April 14, 2009        

MEDIA CONTACT: Thai Phi Stone
tpstone@gwu.edu; 202-994-6424

SUSTAINING THE EARTH

GW Celebrates Earth Week
APRIL 15-24, 2009

EVENT:  

From planting trees around campus to the Accelerating Greenhouse Gas Reduction Symposium, GW's Earth Week has an event fit for all students, faculty, staff and neighbors interested in protecting the earth's resources.

On Earth Day, April 22, 2009, GW will host the Earth Day Fair. At the event, GW President Steven Knapp will release the results of the University's greenhouse gas inventory, which will be followed by the Real Food Cookout. The cookout features a sustainable lunch for members of the GW community. 

Earth Week events aim to generate awareness, create community around sustainability and empower people to take action.

AGENDA:  

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
7:30am - 5:30pm: Accelerating Green Gas Reduction: Technology, Public Policy & the Law Symposium, Keynote Speaker: Graham M. Pugh, Department of Energy
Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St., NW
RSVP to info@scottcircle.com

2 - 2:30pm: Fuel Cell Media Conference Call: Explanation of Delta X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structures

5:30pm: The Edison Electric Institute will offer a demonstration of the Toyota Prius, converted to a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle with a Hymotion system.
Marvin Center, 800 21st St., NW

7:30 - 9:30pm: "Planet Forward" Viewing Party
Funger Hall, Room 103, 2201 G St., NW
RSVP to sustaingw@gwu.edu

Thursday, April 16, 2009
10am - 7pm: Your Voice and Actions on Sustainability
Marc C. Abrahms Great Hall, Marvin Center, 800 21st St., NW

3 - 5pm: Tour of the E Street Green Roof
1957 E St., NW, 7th Floor

Friday, April 17, 2009
10am - 4pm: Your Voice and Actions on Sustainability
Executive Dining Room, Building 2, 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn, VA

12 - 1:30pm: Discussion on "How Can I Be Sustainable in the Work Place?"
Executive Dining Room, Building 2, 44983 Knoll Square, Ashburn, VA

Monday, April 20, 2009
9am - 4pm: Your Voice and Actions on Sustainability
Campus Quad, Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road, NW
(Rain location: G-Dub Java Lounge)

12 - 1:30pm: Discussion on Climate Change, Fossil Fuels and GW
Post Hall, Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road, NW

7:30pm: Wall-E Screening
Eckles Library, Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road, NW

Tuesday, April 21, 2009
12:30 - 2pm: Discussion on Biodiesel Fuels
Marvin Center 402, 800 21st St., NW
RSVP to rediang@gwu.edu

6:30 - 8pm: The Nation's Watershed: A Forum on the State of Rivers in the USA
1957 E St., NW, Room 113

6:10 - 8pm: Discussion on Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Funger Hall, Room 108, 2201 G St., NW

Wednesday, April 22, 2009: Earth Day
8am - 5:30pm: GW's 3rd Annual Climate Action Conference - Day 1
Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St., NW
Register at www.climateactionconference.org

9am - 4pm: GW Forward: Earth Day Fair and Real Food Cookout  University Yard, 2010 H St., NW                                                                        *The event has been moved indoors to the Marvin Center, Columbian  Square, 800 21st St., NW*  11am: President Knapp gives remarks. Meghan Chapple-Brown, director of  the Office of Sustainability, will release the results of the University's  greenhouse gas inventory.

10am - 2pm: Green Thumb Planting: Plant Perennials and Young Trees!
Meet at H & 22nd Streets at 10am

1 - 3pm: Strong Earthling Challenge: Colonial Challenge Goes Green
Kogan Plaza, 2120 H St., NW

4 - 6pm: Screening of King Corn
Funger Hall, Room 208, 2201 G St., NW

7 - 9 pm: 24th Annual Excellence Awards
Lisner Auditorium, 730 21st St., NW

7 - 9pm: Eileen Clausen on "Sustaining Sustainability"
Post Hall, Mount Vernon Campus, 2100 Foxhall Road, NW

Thursday, April 23, 2009
8am - 5:30pm: GW's 3rd Annual Climate Action Conference - Day 2
Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St., NW
Register at www.climateactionconference.org

Friday, April 24, 2009
8:30am - 5:30pm: Institute for the Analysis of Solar Energy Kickoff Symposium, "Solar Energy: Solar as a Solution to Energy and Environmental Problems?"
Jack Morton Auditorium, 805 21st St., NW
Register at http://solar.gwu.edu

RSVP:  

All events are free and open to the public. Members of the media interested in attending should contact Thai Phi Stone at tpstone@gwu.edu or 202-994-6424.

BACKGROUND:

People can follow the University's sustainability efforts at http://twitter.com/Sustain_GW or join the Facebook group: Sustainable George. GW is committed to operating the University's programs and activities in ways that express our responsibilities as a pre-eminent institutional citizen of the nation's capital.

For more information about Earth Week events, visit www.sustainability.gwu.edu/pdf/earthweek_poster.pdf.

For more information about the University's sustainability initiatives, visit http://sustainability.gwu.edu.

For more news about The George Washington University, visit www.gwnewscenter.org.

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