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Sustainability Events

ASU Earth Month 2013

It's that time again! Time to celebrate everything great about the Earth, sustainability, and ASU! Feel free to join in on the festivities below. You can live tweet us during events using @ASUGreen and #EarthMonth2013.

Tempe Campus


Wednesday, April 17
Bike to Work Day
6:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m., participating Tempe locations
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Thursday, April 18
Free Film Screening: A Place at the Table
6:30 p.m. doors open, Valley Art Theater
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Friday, April 19 - Saturday, April 20
Going Native: Savouring the Southwest Concert and Workshop
Community Christian Church
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Friday, April 19
ASU Book Arts Collective's Earth Day Letterpress Keepsake
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., ASU School of Arts Letterpress Studio, Room 45
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Saturday, April 20
Zero Waste Day
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Tempe Fire Training Facility
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Saturday, April 20
SOLS Takes a Hike
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch
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Monday, April 22
Wrigley Lecture Series: Naomi Oreskes
Who is Responsible for Climate Change?
4:00 - 5:30 p.m., Old Main, Carson Ballroom
Reception to follow
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Monday, April 22
Free Film Screening: Bidder 70
6:00 p.m., Cottonwood Hall, Room 101
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Tuesday, April 23
Farmers Market @ the ASU Tempe Campus
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Orange Mall, west of the Memorial Union fountain

Wednesday, April 24
School of Sustainability Open House and Poster Session
Wrigley Hall, Room 102

Monday, April 29
Sustainability Series: Richard Morrison
Ethics and Sustainable Practices
12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Lunch will be provided
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Through Friday, May 31
Free Exhibit: Looking for the Future in the Past: Archaeology's Long-Term View
Monday-Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., School of Human Evolution and Social Change Building
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Polytechnic Campus


Thursday, April 11
Earth Day of Service
4:30 - 6:30 p.m., House of Refuge, West Desert Village
Students and community volunteers are invited to lend a helping hand to improve the community garden at the House of Refuge. Big kids and little kids will be able to test their knowledge about sustainability by playing recycling games as well as participating in a water tasting event.

Saturday, April 13
Polytechnic Date Palm Workshop
8:00 a.m., ASU Date Palm Germplasm Grove, ASU Polytechnic Campus, 7127 E. Upton Ave, Mesa, 85212.
Learn how to work your backyard date palms for a delicious harvest, care for your palms year-round, remove offshoots, and propagate new palms. Guest speaker Arthur Futterman of Futterman Farms, Indio, CA.
Sign up for this workshop here or call 480-268-4165.

Saturday, April 27
Polytechnic Date Palm Workshop
8:00 a.m., ASU Date Palm Germplasm Grove, ASU Polytechnic Campus, 7127 E. Upton Ave, Mesa, 85212.
Learn how to work your backyard date palms for a delicious harvest, care for your palms year-round, remove offshoots, and propagate new palms. Guest speaker Arthur Futterman of Futterman Farms, Indio, CA.
Sign up for this workshop here or call 480-268-4165.