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<\/p>\nEarth Week – April 8-12, 2024<\/p>\n
Earth Day 2024 Theme – PLANET VS PLASTICS<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n Monday, April 8 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT to Monday, April 8 2024 at 1:30 PM EDT<\/p>\n Location: East Hall African American Students Center<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Free documentary and lunch with a conversation on Environmental Justice to follow.<\/p>\n This film shares the story of Mossville, Louisiana, a once-thriving community founded by people of color that became a breeding ground for toxic petrochemical plants that have forced residents from their homes and left the others exposed to contamination and pollution. The film introduces one man who has refused to abandon his family\u2019s land and has fought for environmental justice and equity.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tuesday, April 9 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT to Tuesday, April 9 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT<\/p>\n Location: Memorial Student Center Lobby<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The augmented reality (AR) sandbox is a dynamic, interactive, 3D educational tool designed to help understand and further knowledge of topography, mapping, natural hazards, watersheds, levees, and more!<\/p>\n The augmented reality (AR) sandbox uses a motion sensor via a Microsoft Kinect 3D camera, projector, and specialized computer software to map contour lines, which are then augmented in real time onto the sand as it adjusts to the elevation levels within the sandbox. The overall goal of the sandbox is to allow students to physically create topography models to allow for an engaging and exciting interactive experience<\/p>\n This event will take place in the Memorial Student Center lobby and is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 10:30 AM EDT to Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT<\/p>\n Location: Memorial Student Center Plaza<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Earth Day Fair will be held at the Memorial Student Center Plaza and will have vendors, workshops, activities, and LOTS of free stuff. Come by and check out the vendors, the EV Car show, and the wild life rescue that will be on Buskirk Field.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 10:30 AM EDT to\u00a0Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT<\/p>\n Location: Buskirk Field<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The WV Electric Auto Association will be on campus from 10:30am-3pm in Buskirk Field with a variety of electric vehicles. Come talk to the owners, sit in the cars, or go for a ride around the block.<\/p>\n Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 4:00 PM EDT to\u00a0Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT<\/p>\n Location: Corbly Hall room 106<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Citizens’ Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan, grassroots organization with over 200,000 active volunteers. They have more feet on the street, focused on climate change, “outside of the beltway”, outside of Washington, than any other environmental group. Citizen’s Climate Lobby is recognized by members of the Senate and the House as the organization making the most progress addressing the climate crisis globally.<\/p>\n Mark Tabbert will be here to talk about the solution options we have dealing with climate change, favored policy, and national legislative progress. There’s actually a lot of progress to talk about! Who knew that the largest caucus in the House today is the Conservative Climate Caucus with 70 plus members? https:\/\/citizensclimatelobby.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT to\u00a0Wednesday, April 10 2024 at 6:00 PM EDT<\/p>\n Location: Marco’s in the Memorial Student Center Basement<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly common, with every major automaker racing to bring cars to market and most shifting away from building traditional gas-powered vehicles this decade. Clearly, EVs are the next big thing in cars, and they are coming to a driveway near you. The West Virginia Electric Auto Association will teach you what you need to know to decide whether going electric is right for you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thursday, April 11 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT to\u00a0Thursday, April 11 2024 at 6:30 PM EDT<\/p>\n Location:Memorial Student Center room 2W16-B<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Story of Plastic is an Emmy Award winning, searing expose, uncovering the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling. Different from every other plastic documentary you\u2019ve seen, The Story of Plastic presents a cohesive timeline of how we got to our current global plastic pollution crisis and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it. This film introduces audiences to the heroes and the villains behind one of the world\u2019s most pressing environmental issues, from the extraction of fossil fuels to plastic disposal and the global resistance fighting back. A panel discussion will follow.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact Amy Parsons-White<\/a> or Carrie Nilles<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Earth Week – April 8-12, 2024 Earth Day 2024 Theme – PLANET VS PLASTICS Earth Week events MONDAY APRIL 8, 2024 Mossville: When the Great Trees Fall Monday, April 8 2024 at 12:00 PM EDT to Monday, April 8 2024 at 1:30 PM EDT Location: East Hall African American Students Center Free<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":537,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6114","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6114"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6125,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6114\/revisions\/6125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/sustainability\/files\/Monday.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMossville: When the Great Trees Fall<\/h4>\n
TUESDAY APRIL 9, 2024<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nAugmented Reality Sandbox<\/h4>\n
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2024<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nEARTH DAY FAIR<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nEV Car Show and Ride Along<\/h4>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nClimate Change Advocacy and Solutions with Citizen’s Climate Lobby<\/h4>\n
\nLearn about effective advocacy and the transformational advocacy that CCL uses that accounts for progress.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nElectric Vehicles 101: Answers to All Your EV Questions<\/h4>\n
Thursday April 11, 2024<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nThe Story of Plastic<\/h4>\n