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CSUN Campus Sustainability Day Preview

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CSUN Campus Sustainability Day Preview


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Whether your a tree-hugger or not, you can’t miss the second annual CSUN Campus Sustainability Day that will be held on Wednesday, October 21 from 9 am – 8:30 pm.

Throughout the morning, faculty and students will hold presentations in the Whitsett Room,room 451, in Sierra Hall. Helen Cox, director of CSUN’s Institute for Sustainability said  the topics include information on new sustainable courses,  initiatives that aim to make CSUN a more sustainable campus and tips about things students can do to reduce their impact on campus and at home.

During a round-table discussion, the event will also give students the opportunity to voice their concerns and thoughts regarding sustainability.

In the afternoon, the event will continue at the Orange Grove and the Hillel Garden. Associated Student’s Environmental Affairs Committee is sponsoring the orange picking event and will donate the fruit to a local food bank.

But, the day doesn’t end there. If you’d like to participate in the “Sustainable Gardening Social,” at the Hillel Garden your ticket in is a can a food that will also be donated. You can check out the garden as you wait for dinner to be served and linger around to watch “King Corn,” a documentary about two recent college graduates who want to learn where their food comes and move to Iowa, plant an acre of corn and follow it from seed to their table.

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CSUN Water Day preview

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CSUN Water Day preview


waterMark your calendars. CSUN’s Water Day is fast approaching.

If you want to learn about the things CSUN is doing to improve the university’s water conservation efforts then this is an event you can’t miss.
The Institute for Sustainability is putting on the event and their tentative schedule for the day includes a workshop on water conservation that will show students how to conserve water both at home and CSUN. Also scheduled is a presentation on the history of water in the San Fernando Valley.

Annie Sherman, administrative analyst at the Institute for Sustainability said prize’s will be given out, they include, Eco-friendly water bottles from Kleen Kanteen and other prizes from the Matador Bookstore and Associated Students.

The event will take place on Tuesday, October 20th from 9am -4pm in the Oviatt Library’s Presentation Room. Don’t know where that is?

No problem. Head straight in to the library and make a left. Once you hit the computer lab, on your right side there will be a staircase that will lead you straight in to the room.

See you there.

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