sweet gum ball in snow
Photo by David Frings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earth Day 2008
Schedule of Events

 

 

Time Activity Location
April 14-27 Display:Samford Community Earth-Related Art
http://library.samford.edu/about/exhibits.html
Contact: Lori Northrup, Reference Dept. Coordinator
lanorthr@samford.edu
Davis Library
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
10 a.m. Earth Week Convocation
Liturgy for the Earth
Contact: Matt Kerlin, University Minister
mskerlin@samford.edu
Reid Chapel
Thursday April 17, 2008 - Earth Awareness Day at SU
10 a.m.

Earth Week Convocation
R.G. Lyons, Minister
Church Without Walls
Contact: Matt Kerlin, University Minister
mskerlin@samford.edu

Reid Chapel
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Exhibits open
Student/Faculty Exhibits
Outside organizations
Contact: Betsy Dobbins, PhD, Dept of Biology
egdobbin@samford.edu

Ben Brown Plaza
1-2 p.m. Brock School of Business Earth Day Forum
Edwin Marty, Founder and Executive Director
Jones Valley Urban Farms
Contact: Betsy Holloway, Ph.D., Brock School of Business
bbhollow@samford.edu
[flyer]
Brock Forum (DBH)
7 p.m. SU Film Club
“Go Further” - An Eco-friendly Comedy
Contact: Caroline Williams                                              
mwilli3@samford.edu
Divinity North 305
Saturday April 19, 2008
9 a.m. ALEEC spring conference
keynote speaker: Jared Diamond, Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Geography & Physiology, UCLA
"Lessons from Environmental Collapses of Past Societies"
Contact: Virginia Brown. Vulcan Materials Center
vnbrown@samford.edu
Wright Center
Tuesday April 22, 2008
7 p.m. Foreign Film Series
"L'erreur Boréale"/ "Forest Alert"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193912/
Contact: Angela Ferguson, Ph.D., Dept of World Languages
adfergus@samford.edu
Sciencenter Planetarium