Tuesday, 01 Feb 2011
CANCELED: Spoon jewelry class
Recycle silverware (even forks and knives!) into rings, earrings, bracelets & more.
Wednesday, 02 Feb 2011
Sustainable Agriculture Colloquium
"The Interface between Climate Change and Agriculture," Dr. Ray Arrit, Professor of Agronomy.
Sock Monkeys with Amber Russell
Not your traditional red heel sock monkeys, come make some fun, funky, personalized sock monkeys!
Sunday, 06 Feb 2011
Will Climate Change Impact the Sustainability of Iowa Farms?
Gene Takle is director of Iowa State's Climate Science Initiative team that was established in response to the public concern over global climate change and its impact on every segment of society. The 2011 Shivvers Memorial Lecture and part of the Live Green! Sustainability Series.
Tuesday, 08 Feb 2011
Spoon Jewelry
Recycle silverware (even forks and knives!) into rings, earrings, bracelets & more.
Wednesday, 09 Feb 2011
Sock Monkeys with Amber Russell
Not your traditional red heel sock monkeys, come make some fun, funky, personalized sock monkeys!
Wednesday, 16 Feb 2011
Cigar Box Guitars
Make a playable guitar out of a cigar box and serenade all those around you.
Monday, 21 Feb 2011
2011 Symposium on Enhancing Sustainability at Iowa State University
The afternoon session features section discussions (3) organized for students, staff and faculty. It continues with a reception and poster presentations (6:30-8 p.m.), and lecture by Jerome Ringo, Green Port (8 p.m.).
Symposium keynote: Diversity in the Environmental Movement
"Diversity in the Environmental Movement: Our Collaborative Opportunities," Jerome Ringo. Jerome Ringo worked for more than twenty years in the petrochemical industry before turning to a career in conservation and environmental justice. Ringo is senior executive for global strategies with Green Port. University Symposium on Sustainability reception and research poster display precedes the talk, 6:30-8 p.m.
Tuesday, 22 Feb 2011
2011 Symposium on Enhancing Sustainability at Iowa State University
The morning session includes the keynote address, reports on sustainability achievements on campus and summaries of three Feb. 21 visioning discussions, and concludes with an awards luncheon.
Sustainability symposium keynote address
"The New Color of Green: A Collective Voice Towards Change," Jerome Ringo. Jerome Ringo worked for more than twenty years in the petrochemical industry before turning to a career in conservation and environmental justice. Ringo is senior executive for global strategies with Green Port. University Symposium on Sustainability Keynote Address.
Business Innovation and the Environment
Kim Jordan is CEO and cofounder of New Belgium Brewing, the third-largest craft brewer in the United States, best known for its production of Fat Tire. A 1% For The Planet member company based in Fort Collins, Colo., New Belgium is recognized for its environmental commitment and progressive business practices. Part of the National Affairs Series on Innovation and the Live Green! Sustainability Series.
Wednesday, 23 Feb 2011
Cigar Box Guitars
Make a playable guitar out of a cigar box and serenade all those around you.
Saturday, 26 Feb 2011
Authors on the Craft of Writing: A Rough Guide to the Mind and Heart
"Authors on the Craft of Writing: A Rough Guide to the Mind and Heart," a panel discussion with three authors who write from the trenches of experience, who treat landscape as a character and whose work wrestles with the mind and heart. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Reading: Writing on Place and the Travels Between
"Forty-three countries, Five Continents: Writing on Place and the Travels Between." Pam Houston is author of two short story collections, "Cowboys Are My Weakness" and "Waltzing the Cat;" a collection of essays, "A Little More About Me;" and the novel "Sighthound." Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Sunday, 27 Feb 2011
Author readings: Flyaway Magazine
Three writers in the Iowa State MFA Program in Creative Writing and Environment will read from their creative work: Melissa Lamberton, "Tracing the Creek Home;" Nate Pillman, "Fern Canyon;" and Rebekah Beall, "Parkophilia." The participants were selected from a competitive pool of submissions by the staff of Flyway, a journal of writing and environment.
Reading: Gnawed Bones
Peggy Shumaker is the Alaska State Writer Laureate. Her new book of poems, Gnawed Bones, is a meditation on mortality and the natural world. Schumaker's many other books include the lyrical memoir, Just Breathe Normally, and six collections of poetry. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs and Parenting
Michael Perry is a humorist and author of the bestselling memoirs "Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time," "Truck: A Love Story" and "Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting." In over his head with two pigs, a dozen chickens and a baby due any minute, Perry shares stories from his new life in the country. Part of the Symposium on Wildness, Wilderness and the Creative Imagination.