If you are an educator, or a home-schooler, you may find these useful. Each lesson (we have 12 available for use) provides learning opportunities in a variety of math and science arenas, all taught through the main topic of Sustainability, and with a focus on active learning and community/home connections. NextGen and 21st Century standards are included.

Visit the GSEM webpage at: www.marshall.edu/sustainability/gsem/

OCTOBER

• “Meatless Mondays”  – join us in the “Meatless Mondays” challenge. Eating less meat reduces demand, greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and our carbon footprint, all from changing one simple meal choice. All dining halls offer meatless options, too, so it is super easy.
• “Wednesday Market Days” – Come visit our booth @ the MU Student Center every Wednesday from 11am-2pm. You can share a donation and take home some great fresh produce from the MU Student Gardens.
• “Student Garden Volunteer Days” – Thursdays from 4-7PM @ the MU Student Gardens (Behind the Career Services Center). Come join us for a work day in the student gardens! Students, staff, and faculty are all welcome.
• Campus Sustainability Month – Marshall University is joining organizations across the nation in participating in Campus Sustainability Month (CSM). During the month of October, we will host a series of events to encourage campus sustainability, including: Meatless Monday’s challenge, Wednesday Market Days, Thursday Volunteer Days, 100 Mile Meal, Tech Recycling Event with Goodwill, Green Lecture on Habitat for Humanity and Sustainable Homes, Sweet Potato Harvest at the Student Gardens, and a Hoop House Greenhouse Installation Event. For more information, visit: http://www.aashe.org/campus-sustainability-month/.
• Thurs. OCT. 20th – 100 Mile Meal event @ Towers Market Place from 4-7PM: This fall Marshall’s Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics (MU SAND) is partnering with Dining Services and the Sustainability Department to host their second annual 100 Mile Meal on October 22nd in Towers Marketplace. Food for this dinner will be sourced within 100 miles of Marshall University, helping to support our area farmers and to create a more stable, sustainable economy. This event will be hosted in celebration of Food Day.
• Mon. OCT. 24th: Food Day (www.foodday.org) is a nationwide celebration of healthy, affordable and sustainably produce foods, and a grassroots campaign for better food policies. Food Day builds all year long, culminating on October 24. Food Day is an opportunity to support better local, state and federal food and nutrition policies, educate the public about healthy and sustainable diets, and push for change in the American food system. Last year, universities across the country played a major role in making the campaign an overwhelming success. Over 300 universities organized Food Day events from campus farmers markets to lectures and debates on a range of food issues.
• Wed. OCT. 26th – Tech Recycling Event – Bring your old computers, laptops, printers, copiers, cell phones, tablets, flat-screen monitors, etc. All technology items will be delivered to Goodwill Industries for donation, to support their programming. www.goodwillhunting.org
• Thurs. OCT. 27th – Green Lecture Series: Habitat for Humanity and Sustainable Homes, 2-4pm @ the MSC Don Morris Room, 2E18. Learn about how Habitat for Humanity is building homes for veterans and families in need, and being green in the process. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be provided.
  The Marshall University College of Business, Aetna Integrated Services, and The Marshall University Sustainability Department, in partnership with Habitatfor Humanity, are hosting this free educational event on the topic of Sustainable Homes, as part of our Green Lecture Series. David L. Michael, Executive Director/CEO of the Huntington, WV Habitat for Humanity, will present on the topic of Sustainable Homes. Visitors will learn about energy efficient and low-cost design, recycled and re-purposed materials, building affordable homes for local families and veterans, and more. The lecture will be held on Thursday, October 27th from 2pm to 4pm in the Don Morris Room (2E18) of the Memorial Student Center at Marshall University. All who are interested in green architecture and construction, energy efficiency, affordable housing, recycling and re-purposing, and community revitalization, are encouraged to attend, including students, staff, faculty, and community members.