SPRING 2009 EVENTS

Friday, January 9 from Noon – 1:30 pm

Curriculum Session for Faculty

Elizabeth Royte, author of Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, was on campus in October, visiting classes and discussing her book.

Are you interested in using this book in your classes but not sure how? Would you like to discuss curriculum ideas with your colleagues? Join us for an interactive discussion on ways to use the text in the spring semester.

Lunch will be provided.

Location: Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Facilitated by Jennifer Satterlee, Lynne Scott

Please RSVP to the Center at 373-3767 or CenterForExcellence@parkland.edu

Friday, February 6 at 7 pm
World of Science Lecture – Planetarium – Admission is $1 at the door.

“Recovering Energy from Wastes”

Dr. Timothy Lindsey, manager of the Pollution Prevention Program at the Illinois Waste Management & Research Center, will show us some practical approaches for reducing fossil fuel consumption and demands on our landfills.

For more World of Science lectures: http://www.parkland.edu/planetarium/scienceLectures.html

Wednesday, February 25 at Noon in the Library

Talk by Heather Rogers

Heather Rogers, author of Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage, will give a free talk about household garbage in the United States.

Ms. Rogers is a writer, journalist, and filmmaker, and has written on the environmental effects of mass consumption for the New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Utne and Architecture.

Her first book, Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage, traces the history and politics of household garbage in the United States. It was named an Editor’s Choice by the New York Times Book Review and a nonfiction choice by The Guardian.

Her documentary film, also titled Gone Tomorrow, screened in festivals around the globe. You can see her film online at:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5934530156227758850

This talk is co-sponsored by Sustainable Campus Committee.

Tuesday, April 7 & Tuesday, April 21 – both from 3 – 5 pm

Two College Clean-Ups!

Meet at bleachers by the track. Food and beverages provided afterwards by Student Life.

Tuesday, April 21 – 11:00 am – C118

Movie: Garbage! The Revolution starts at Home is a feature documentary showing where a family’s three months worth of garbage goes and how it affects the environment – 76 minutes. (Feel free to come and watch whatever part you can.) Popcorn provided.

FALL 2008 EVENTS

LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS:

October 15, 2008

Elizabeth Royte, the author of Garbage Land, will be giving a free talk, open to the public, at 7 pm at Champaign Public Library.

October 16, 2008

Ms. Royte will be spending the day at Parkland College with students and staff.

From 10-11:15 am she will give a talk to students, staff and interested members of the community in room C118, followed by a question/answer period and book signing.

There will be a faculty luncheon with the author in the Center, from 12-1 pm.

Wednesday November 5, 2008

Curriculum Discussion for Parkland College Faculty, from 2-4 pm in D116. Discuss ideas for integrating Garbage Land and activities related to its themes into your spring semester classes. Reserve your spot by emailing CenterForExcellence@parkland.edu.

LESS CEREBRAL, MORE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES:

PARKLAND COLLEGE CLEAN-UP! – Sponsored by Office of the President, Office of Student Life, Parkland Reads, and Sustainable Campus Initiative.

Have you sometimes noticed various kinds of trash around Parkland College and wished someone would pick it up? Can you imagine yourself spending an hour involved in this worthy endeavor? If so, please join us on one or more of the following dates this semester:

9/25/08 – 3-4 pm (meet outside the Theatre), 10/24/08 – 3-4 pm (indoors).

Gloves, bags, treats and the admiration of the Parkland College community will be provided. To sign up, e-mail mreardon@parkland.edu. We hope to see you!

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