Monday, 04 Apr 2016
Iowa NSF EPSCoR Energy Policy Seminar Series
"The pass-through of RIN prices to wholesale and retail fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard," James Stock, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Lecture: Climate Change, Ontology & Urbanization
"Airquakes: Climate Change, Atmosphere & Urbanization." Keynote Lecture, Center for Excellence in the Arts & Humanities Symposium "What Is the Urban?" Albert Pope is the Gus Sessions Wortham Professor of Architecture at Rice University.
Tuesday, 05 Apr 2016
Panel Discussion: Iowa Farmers on Sustainability
"Farming for the Long Term." Three Iowa farmers share practical solutions and personal experiences with conservation and sustainable agriculture practices. The Shivvers Memorial Lecture.
Wednesday, 06 Apr 2016
Lecture: Beal Lecture in Rural Sociology
"The Geography of Inequality: Local Governments and Community Well-Being across America" - Linda Labao is a professor in Rural Sociology, Sociology, and Geography at The Ohio State University's School of Environment and Natural Resources
Sunday, 10 Apr 2016
Lecture: Murmurs at Every Turn: The Natural and Human Migrations of Northern Greece
Writer Julian Hoffman lives beside the Prespa Lakes in northwestern Greece, the first transboundary park in the Balkans. Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series
Saturday, 16 Apr 2016
Make Masks & Puppets for the All Species Parade
Ames' second annual All Species One Earth Parade will be held downtown on Saturday, April 23. Animal masks, costumes and puppets are encouraged, and The Workspace can help.
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016
Make Masks & Puppets for the All Species Parade
Ames' second annual All Species One Earth Parade will be held downtown on Saturday, April 23. Animal masks, costumes and puppets are encouraged, and The Workspace can help.
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016
Lecture: Food Regimes, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology
Eric Holt-Gimenez is the executive director of the Institute for Food and Development Policy, better known as Food First. The organization was founded in 1975 by Joseph Collins and Frances Moore Lappe and promotes access to healthy, ecologically produced, and culturally appropriate food. Holt-Gimenez worked for more than two decades with small-scale farmers in Mexico and Central America and prior to joining Food First served as the Latin...
Thursday, 21 Apr 2016
The Future of Water: Assessing Sustainability from Space
Ronald Lecture Series in Environmental Conservation. Bridget Scanlon heads the Sustainable Water Resources Program and is Senior Research Scientist at the Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin.
Friday, 22 Apr 2016
Live Green! Earth Day Celebration
Celebrate Earth Day with ISU and the Ames community. Bike tune-ups, food, and sustainability-minded giveaways!!
Campus Beautiful Cleanup
Iowa State University is known for its beautiful campus which includes the largest collection of campus public art in the country. Join University Museums staff as we celebrate Earth Day by picking up litter around exterior campus sculptures while sharing the inspiration behind the art. Do your part for the environment and meet in the Anderson Sculpture Garden, south side of Morrill Hall. The earth without art is just eh.
Lecture: An Earth Day Reading
"All the Land to Hold Us" Part of the Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writers Series.
Saturday, 30 Apr 2016
Stash The Trash
Stash the Trash is a volunteer effort that brings students and community members together to help clean up the Ames community and assist homeowners with yard work. The event is organized by the ISU Student Activities Center and the Volunteer Center of Story County. Volunteers can choose to work alone, with a group of people, or with an organization.
Art Supply Swap
Bring items from your own stash - things that you aren't going to use, but can't bring yourself to throw away. Swap for new or new-to-you supplies!