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What's Happening?

2010-11

• Aug 27: Dr. Anthony Cortese, President of Second Nature, discusses sustainability at the opening faculty meeting
• Sept 10: Prof. Steven Keller of the University of Missouri, visiting scholar, discusses the "Truth About Climate Change." 3:45pm, ISAT 159
• Sept 15: Documentaries King Corn and Big River by Filmmakers Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney, 7pm, Miller 1101
• Sept 16: Back to Back to the Land: Filmmakers Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney discuss sustainability and their documentaries. 8-9pm, Harrison 2105
• Sept 17: Application deadline for Students to Serve on ISNW Committtees
• Sept 29: Virginia Biodiesel Conference: Fueling Virginia Jobs and Economic Development
• Oct 10: 10-10-10... Bright idea: light for less!
• Oct 13: Join the Town Hall to Discuss Student Learning Outcomes Related to Environmental Literacy. 1:30-3:00pm, Taylor 404
• Oct 14: Join the Town Hall to Discuss Student Learning Outcomes Related to Environmental Literacy, 9:30-10:30am, nTelos Room (ISAT/CS 279)
• Oct 15: National Alternative Fuels Training Consortium’s Odyssey Day
• Oct 19: Professor Andrea Olsen of Middlebury College, author of "Body and Earth: An Experiential Guide", offers invitations for how to inhabit your body with both ease and activism in this time of environmental challenge, 3:45pm, Dance Performance Studio
• Oct 20: Campus Sustainability Day, Students launch "Bike Share Program." 12-5pm, on the Commons
• Oct 21: Ken Dewey's "Climate Change Science: Where Do We Go From Here?" 6:30pm, CS/ ISAT 159
• Oct 27: Annual Trash Sort. 10am, on the Commons
• Nov 17: VMDO Architects discusses sustainable design and JMU's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-registered Wayland Hall renovation. This is the Second Annual Stewardship of the Natural World Interdisciplinary Lecture. 4:30pm, HHS 2301
• Jan 15: JMU Planetarium Opens Season With Moon Samples, Full-Dome Movie
• Jan 19-21: JMU to Send Five Representatives to "Our Changing Oceans: 11th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment"
• Feb 6-April 2: RecycleMania, National Collegiate Waste Minimization Competition
• Feb 26: Tree Planting with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 8:30am- 12:30pm, Mennonite Farm
• March 17: Conserving Biodiversity in Vietnam and Globally. Elanor Sterling, Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation American Museum on Natural History. 7pm, Miller 1101
• March 21: Award Winning Documentary: Tapped. 7pm, HHS 1210
• March 21: Pledge & Free Water Bottles. 2-5pm, on the Commons
• March 22: Global Climate Change: The Moral Limits of State Sovereignty. Dr. Joshua Kassner. 7pm, Miller 1101
• March 22: World Water Day Discussion Board Panel with environment professors. 7-8:30pm, Taylor 302
• March 23: "What Will It Take to Slow and Stop Climate Change?" Dr. Anne Smith. ISAT 159, 5-6:15pm.
• March 23: Pledge & Free Water Bottles. 2-5pm, on the Commons
• March 25: Pledge & Free Water Bottles. 2-5pm, on the Commons
• March 29: Eco-stressors and the Blue Ridge: Making plans for a landscape in transition. Dr. Steve Nash. 4pm, HHS 230
• April 1: Submit Your Green Campaign Idea to the JMU Challenge 2011 by April 1
• April 2: UPB Green Festival. 11am- 4pm, on the Commons
• April 9- May 7: Earth Day 2011 Events in Harrisonburg.
• April 11: Grounding Sustainable Dairying through Artisan Cheese Making. Dr. Heather Paxson, Career Development Associate Professor of Anthropology, MIT. 6:30pm, CS/ISAT 159
• April 11: How to Respond to a Rapidly Changing Environment as Learned from an Adaptable Songbird. Dr. Ellen Ketterson, Distinguished Professor of Biology, Indiana University. 7pm, Miller 1101
• April 15-16: Arbor Day Tree and Native Plant Sale. For more information, contact: 568-3194 or www.jmu.edu/arboretum. 9am-3pm, JMU Arboretum
• April 15-18: Powershift Student Conference. To join the JMU students going to Powershift, contact gr.collier@gmail.com. Washington DC
• April 17: Freedom House Tour, sponsored by the Climate Action Alliance of the Valley and the Harrisonburg Earth Day Coalition. Come check out this self-sufficient, off-grid, sustainable house. Click here for directions. Contact Briana Carper, brianacarper@sst-llc.net with questions. 3pm, Harrisonburg
• April 17: Film showing of Carbon Nation, sponsored by JMU Geology and Environmental Science Dept., the Harrisonburg Earth Day Coalition, and Climate Action Alliance of the Valley. Carbon Nation is a film that highlights steps you, your community, and your country can take to save money, decarbonize your energy sources, and sequester more carbon in your backyard. Followed by a panel discussion/Q&A session. 7pm, JMU Memorial Hall Auditorium, 395 S. High St.
  April 19: Designing for a Sustainable Future: a presentation by Michael Singer. 7pm, Massanutten Regional Library, 174 S. Main St. Harrisonburg
• April 20: Building Science 101 (or Why our Homes Work and Fail): a presentation and discussion of the concepts of building science and how they relate to our home’s efficiency and comfort.  For more information click here. 5:30-7:30pm, Clementine Cafe, Downtown Harrisonburg
  April 21: Lorax-themed Late Night Breakfast by UPB. 10pm, Festival Student and Conference Center 
• April 22: Science on a Sphere Earth Day Showing. Showings on the half hour. 12-6pm, Memorial Hall
• April 23: Shenandoah Sustainability Summit
• April 23: Virginia Discovery Museum  Alternative Energy Day- and Earth Day Celebration

2009-10

• Sept 17: On Campus Farmer’s Market
• Sept 19: Old Trees Tour
• Sept 21: Professor Kit Murphy Talks Tree Frogs. 7pm, WMRA-FM 90.7
• Sept 24: Robert Ehrlich, George Mason University, “Renewable Energy at Mason and Around the Nation Lessons Learned by One Faculty Member New To The Field”, Room 2212 in the Physics/Chemistry Building, http://csma31.csm.jmu.edu/physics/courses/391/SemSched.htm
• Oct 8: Greening the Office Training, 2pm in USB (contact: Training and Development)
• Oct 7-8: State 25x25 Meeting and Commonwealth of Virginia Energy Symposium (VMI), (contact: Ken Newbold)
• Oct 14: Michael Singer, artist,  lecture, “Regenerative Design in the Public Realm”, 4:30pm, Memorial Hall Auditorium, (contact: David Ehrenpreis)
• Oct 19: Campus Safety and You, 9am-12pm, Festival (contact: Training and Development)
• Oct 19: Dr. Krishna Kodukula, SRI International, “Efforts at CADRE to address antibiotic resistance, a global health challenge”, 3:45-4:45pm in Roop 103, http://www.math.jmu.edu/~brownet/colloquia/
• Oct 23: Dr. Marin Robinson, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 
Northern Arizona University, “Wood smoke from prescribed burns: Impacts on health and the environment”, 3:30pm in ISAT 159, http://csma31.csm.jmu.edu/chemistry/Seminars/
• Nov 4: Campus Sustainability Day Annual Trash Sort, 11 am–1 pm, ISAT lawn (contact: Georgia Polacek)
• Nov 5: WATER in Benin: A Study in International Sustainable Development Dr. Bradley Striebig, James Madison University, Memorial Hall Room 6125 at 3:45pm, http://www.jmu.edu/geology/seminars.html
• Nov 18: Greener Virginia-CommonHealth workshop, USB 102, 1-3pm,
• Jan 16- May 1:  The Wells Planetarium will offer free shows for the
  public on Saturdays. The shows will be held at 2:30pm and 3:30pm
  While the shows are free, tickets are required due to limited seating. Tickets can
  be obtained by calling the Warren Hall Box Office at (540) 568-7960 until 4pm
  the day before the show.
• Feb 11: EJC Arboretum Annual Litten Lecture: Biomimicry
• Feb 18: Campus Water Stewardship Workshop for faculty and staff
• March 31: No Drive Day
• April 6: Trashion Show, Grafton-Stovall Theatre at 8pm
• April 8: Center for Enterpreneurship JMU Student Challenge 2010 entries due
• April 14: Trash sort
• April 16:  Lecture by renowned Scholar Dr. Ken Doxsee, University of Oregon,"Green Chemistry", ISAT 159, 3:30pm
• April 20: Supercharge Me, Memorial Hall at 7 p.m
• April 23: Science on a Sphere, Memorial Hall, showings on the half hour from 11am-4:30pm
• April 17-24: JMU EARTH and City of Harrisonburg Earth Week

2008-09

• Oct 27, 28: Power Vote Wind Turbines on the Quad
• Oct 29: Power Vote Gore Webcast
• Nov 21: Edith J. Carrier Arboretum Holiday Plant Sale
• Dec 3: GISAT 112 Course, Success Series Teams, and Energy Pavilion Student and Staff Sustainability Project Presentations
• Dec 6 and Dec. 13: Planetarium Programs
• Jan 18: RecycleMania Begins (see competition standings)
• Feb 19: Campus Water Stewardship Training and Development course
• Feb 27-March 2: Power Shift Conference
• Mar 6-14: Mountain Justice Spring Break trip
• Mar 13: Village Green Wars, March 13- April 13
• Mar 24: Greening Your Office Training and Development course
• Mar 27: FROZEN Launches on Science on a Sphere
• Mar 3-April 2: Environment Virginia Annual Conference @ VMI
• April 13-18: Earth Day Week, theme days: alternative energy, grass roots environmentalism, waste minimization, spirituality, and transportation, culminating in Festival Fest
• April 22: Renewable Energy Day
• April 22: Green Job Fair
• April 24: Eco-driving and Alternative Fuels Training and Development course

See JMU’s master calendar for details at http://www.jmu.edu/jmuweb/calendars/.