Candles in the Canyon 2009 ~ the annual fundraising event at the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve is held each May.
Click here to find out how to reserve your VIP table for 2010.
Our Sustainable Future - CSU, Chico
Upcoming Events
This web page is intended to connect campus and community with upcoming sustainable events. If you are a local community member with an upcoming non-profit sustainable event that you would like us to include on this page please e-mail details to sustainability@csuchico.edu
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June 2009
June 20
Green Baby Expo
Bell Memorial Union Auditorium
Sat 10am - 5pm, $8.00 Per Family
The Green Baby Expo is a one-day event whose purpose is to educate, inform, and inspire eco-minded consumers about ways to make our environment, homes and lives safer, healthier, and happier places to live for our children.
The Green Baby Expo is committed to creating the premier, eco-friendly Baby Expo for families. From exhibitors to speakers, they will provide an engaging space for people to connect to the resources which can assist us in understanding how simple, everyday actions can improve the environment. Visit http://greenbabyexpo.com/default.aspx for more details.
June 21-24
UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference - Santa Barbara
Registration opens in Mid-March 2009
For more information please visit http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/conference/proposals.php
Questions: Call 805-893-2003 or send e-mail to Katie Maynard
June 25
Renewable Electricity Production Study in Upstate California
Press Conference 10:00-11:00 a.m.
BMU 210
See Press Release
See Study (pdf)
July 2009
August 2009
August 13 & 14
Butte College - 3rd Annual Sustainability Conference
Green Schools, Green Economy, Green Energy
Registration is now open! Click here
If you are CSU, Chico faculty or staff wanting to attend for free please e-mail Teri Randolph to get your name included on the list.
August 14
Deadline for the Museum of Anthropology's 25th Annual American Visions Photography Juried Exhibition
This year's theme is sustainability
Click here to view complete details (pdf)
$500 Valene Smith Award for Excellence in Visual Anthropology for Best in Show!
Fees: $25 for every 3 images submitted (9 maximum from each entrance)
Selected prints will be displayed from September 8-27, 2009 in Kendall Hall. The grand opening and reception will be held Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.
Contact Adrienne Scott, Museum Curator (530) 898-5397 or anthromuseum@csuchico.edu
September 2009
October 2009
GRC Reaches Out to College and University Students
2009 Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada
October 4-7, 2009
(See flier)
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is reaching out to tomorrow’s geothermal development professionals today. Targeting students currently or previously involved in research work in geothermal energy resources or technology, the GRC is extending an invitation to students to submit abstracts for presentation at its 2009 Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada, October 4-7, 2009.
Deadline for abstracts: March 3, 2009
Deadline for
papers: May 11, 2009
Abstracts are limited to a one- to two-page explication of the topic; papers may extend to four pages. Posters are due at the conference.
Visit www.geothermal.org
October 10, 2009, 9-5
Holt Hall Rm 129
Workshop (General Interest/Technical):
Oak Woodland Ecology and Management
Oak woodlands are an integral and conspicuous part of the California landscape. This
workshop, led by Doug McCreary, will cover such topics as the importance of native
California oaks, benefits of oaks to property owners and to the environment, threats to
native oaks, methods for growing oaks and restoring woodlands, insects, diseases, and
other pests of oaks, legal protection of oaks, and oak management in the urban landscape.
The workshop will meet for the morning in the CSU Chico Herbarium, followed
by an afternoon field visit to the oak woodlands in Upper Bidwell Park, Chico.
Instructor Doug McCreary
Sponsored by Friends of the Chico State Herbarium
Click here for details and registration form (pdf)
November 2009
November 5-8
This Way to Sustainability Conference - CSU, Chico
We are now accepting conference presentation proposals. The deadline for submission is June 1, 2009.Click here to view conference information.
Registration opens in Mid-September 2009
For more information or to volunteer for this event please contact our student coordinators at TWTS@csuchico.edu or our office via e-mail at Sustainability@csuchico.edu
December 2009