Past Events

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Past sustainability events at UofL.

Date	Event
June 13, 2013	Gray Street Farmers’ Market 20/20 Mini-Workshop with Justin Mog Thursday, June 13th 12:20-12:40pm Room 103, School of Public Health & Info Sciences The new 20/20 mini-workshop series of 20-minute educational sessions at the Gray St. Farmers' Market continues! Over 20 weeks, we will cover several themes to help market attendees feel more confident purchasing, eating, growing, and preparing local food from the farmers market. These discussions start at 12:20 p.m. each week in Room 103 at the School of Public Health and Information Sciences. Our June 13th presenter will be Justin Mog, PhD, Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability Initiatives, presenting “Re-localizing Your Foodshed on the Path to Sustainability”.
June 6, 2013	Gray Street Farmers’ Market 20/20 Mini-Workshop Series Begins with Brian Barnes Thursday, June 6th 12:20-12:40pm Room 103, School of Public Health & Info Sciences On June 6, we will host the first mini-workshop as part of our 20/20 Talks – a series of 20-minute educational sessions at the Gray St. Farmers' Market. Over 20 weeks, we will cover several themes with the overall goal for market attendees to feel more confident shopping, eating, growing, and preparing food from the farmers market. These discussions will start at 12:20 p.m. each week in Room 103 at the School of Public Health and Information Sciences. Our first presenter will be Brian Barnes, a senior lecturer in UofL’s philosophy department and organizer and coordinator for UofL's EcoReps Program. Brian will give an overview of the environmental benefits of shopping local and supporting farmers markets. Gray Street Farmers’ Market Thursdays, 10:30am‒2pm (May 16th through Oct. 31st) Health Sciences Center, 485 E. Gray St. With 12 vendors at this year's market, you'll find the finest in farm-fresh local products, including prepared lunches, fruits, vegetables, honey, baked & canned goods, oils, soaps, granola and more. Debit cards and SNAP benefits accepted. UofL's School of Public Health and Information Sciences sponsors the market. Full details here. Contact: Melissa Schreck. Easily accessible from Belknap Campus on TARC Route 18 (free with UofL ID) or via a pleasant 15 minute bike ride.
June 5, 2013	UofL Free Store Work Day Wednesday, June 5th 4-6pm Unitas Tower basement (First St & Cardinal Blvd) Come by the new UofL Free Store to help us organize or to drop off donations of clean, reusable items like clothes, school supplies, electronics, etc. Details & RSVP here.
May 31, 2013	GRASS Student Environmental Group Meeting & Free Store Prep Friday, May 31st at 3pm in the new UofL Free Store (in the basement of Unitas Tower at First & Cardinal) Join us for a Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions (GRASS) meeting and work-day to get the new UofL Free Store ready for its grand opening!
May 24, 2013	Farm to Fork: Fresh Produce Cooking Demo & Tasting Friday, May 24th, 12:30-12:50pm, Nursing School Room 2023 All UofL employees and their spouses are encouraged to participate in Get Healthy Now's TAKE 20 TO RELAX and impact your health and happiness in a BIG way. Register here.
May 18, 2013	Prescription Drug Toss Saturday, May 18th 10am-2pm at Papa John’s Stadium (& Iroquois High School) UofL's Building Resiliency in Campus Community (BRICC) Coalition is partnering with the Center for Neighborhoods' PAL Coalition, LMPD and the DEA to hold a prescription drug toss. The drug toss provides residents with a free, safe and convenient way to dispose of expired or unwanted prescription drugs as well as over-the-counter medications. Bring these items to either location on May 18th for safe disposal. Containers will be recycled. UofL is again participating in the prescription drug toss because: Flushing the medicine or pouring it down the drain contaminates our water system and the environment, harming fish, and other aquatic wildlife; Unused medicine lying around the home can create dangerous opportunities for prescription drug abuse or accidental poisonings; Medications thrown into garbage cans can easily be stolen by someone who could then sell or use the drugs; The drug toss is a safe, free, easy way to properly dispose of unwanted or expired medications as well as over the counter drugs. If you are able to volunteer for this event, please contact: Heather Parrino, heather.parrino@louisville.edu, (502) 852-3442. Volunteers should meet-up at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium in front of the Athletics store at the TARC Shuttle stop at 10am.
May 18, 2013	7th Annual Kentucky Women’s Book Festival Saturday, May 18th 9:30am-2:30pm at Ekstrom Library Judith C. Owens-Lalude will open the festival with a talk on the Underground Railroad. Lalude wrote the recently published novel, “The Long Walk: Slavery to Freedom.” She drew inspiration from stories she heard about her enslaved great-grandfather and his mother, travel to her husband’s native Nigeria and books by men who had been slaves in the same Kentucky counties as her family. Education journalist Sarah Garland wrote this year’s “Divided We Fail, The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation.” The book examines efforts by African American activists in Louisville who tried to overturn the city’s desegregation system. Their case went to the Supreme Court in 2007 and effectively ended the era of school desegregation and changed the way that schools handle race. Other speakers, all with ties to Kentucky, include: Kristen Gentry, assistant professor of creative writing at SUNY Geneseo Nora Rose “Rosie” Moosnick, author of “Arab and Jewish Women in Kentucky” Judi Jennings, researcher and writer Bianca Spriggs, Affrilachian and performance poet who will give the luncheon keynote Erin Keane, Sheri L. Wright and Amy Tudor, who will give a poetry reading Besides author talks, there will be book sales and signings. The lunch session is the only one that requires registration and has a charge. Registration for it is required by May 15 and can be made by calling the UofL Women’s Center at 502-852-8976. The cost is $16. People who do not want to eat lunch can attend for free. This event is sponsored by UofL's Women’s Center and University Libraries.
May 17, 2013	Farm to Fork: Fresh Produce Cooking Demo & Tasting Friday, May 17th, 12:30-12:50pm, University Club All UofL employees and their spouses are encouraged to participate in Get Healthy Now's TAKE 20 TO RELAX and impact your health and happiness in a BIG way. Register here.
May 17, 2013	Bike to Campus Day! Friday, May 17th, city-wide & nation-wide! Louisville's Bike to Work Day Celebration is taking place on Friday, May 17th. Four locations around town will be set up at 7am so commuters can meet up and ride with others. Then at lunchtime at 4th Street Live downtown, riders gather to celebrate the bicycle and give away a bike! Don’t forget to register here - you could win a new bike! 7:00am May 17th: Bike To Campus Ride! Join the UofL Sustainability Council and Get Healthy Now in celebrating Bike to Work Day on Friday, May 17th! This event is aimed at novice riders looking to gain confidence and begin commuting by bike. Guided rides will leave from Tyler Park at 7:00 am and follow low-traffic neighborhood streets to either Belknap Campus or downtown. Riders will have the opportunity to stop at the new Get Healthy Now Wellness Center to re-hydrate and tour the facility. Bagels, coffee, fruit, water, and a gift bag raffle will be available! Details and RSVP here. 11:30am May 17th: Gather at the North Info Center (1st & Brandeis) for a Group Ride from Belknap Campus to Bike To Work Day Celebration at 4th Street Live!
May 14-19, 2013	Sacred Silence: Pathway to Compassion May 14th to 19th at Actors Theatre & Galt House UofL is an underwriting community partner in the Festival of Faiths presented by Louisville's Center for Interfaith Relations. Building up to the Dalai Lama's visit to Louisville, the festival is gathering internationally renowned experts in contemplative traditions from Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Hindu perspectives. Join us for an inspiring series of workshops, lectures, films, and interfaith activities designed to reveal the power of silence, mindfulness and contemplative practice in transforming ourselves and our world. See the calendar of events for the Festival and the Dalai Lama’s Engaging Compassion visit. All events (free or charged) require a ticket, available through the Actors Theatre box office (502-584-1205). Ticket prices for individual programs range from $10 to $25. Student tickets are half-price. Day passes are $25, and passes for the week are $100.
May 14, 2013	Observance of the 50th Anniversary of the Passage of Louisville’s Public Accommodations Ordinance Tuesday, May 14th 3:30p.m. at Fourth & Guthrie Street (between Chestnut & Muhammad Ali Blvd.) UofL's College of Arts and Sciences, Louisville Metro Council, Office of the Mayor and Downtown Development Corporation invite you to the Unveiling Ceremony of the Fourth Street Sit-In Demonstration Site Markers. In observance of the 50th Anniversary of the passage of Louisville’s Public Accommodations Ordinance. Contact: Clest Lanier (502) 852-3042 or cvlani01@louisville.edu
May 2013	Louisville Bike Month Challenge May 1-16, 2013 Spring is the perfect time to rediscover the health-promoting, money-saving and planet-protecting joys of getting around on two wheels. May is national Bike Month, so saddle up, Cards! Join or form a UofL team for Louisville’s Bike Month Challenge May 1-16. Log your trips by bike to grab prizes and the coveted golden handlebars at the Bike To Work Day celebration at noon on Friday, May 17th at 4th Street Live! All trips by bike count as one point. Most points from top five riders on any team wins! Organize a team of your colleagues, neighbors, friends, etc. Need a bike? Register to win a new bike on Bike To Work Day (May 17, 2013), or check one out free any day from Humana Gym or the SAC gym. Find out where to get a bike, bike repair, or bike commuting accessories here. UofL Bike Commuter Resources here. Good news: Studies show bike commuting is one of the best ways to stay healthy! FREE Bike Classes for new and less-experienced riders! No bike needed for the bike classes but you MUST call ahead to reserve your bike.
April 26 - May 1, 2013	Lighten Your Load Free Store April 26th to May 1st Miller Hall UofL Housing invites you to LIGHTEN YOUR LOAD during Move-Out Time! Donate clean unwanted items like clothes, electronics, school supplies, etc. in the bins set up in residence halls, then come browse the Free Store in Miller Hall to take home whatever you like. Open to everyone in the UofL community! The store is open for browsing: Friday, April 26th Noon-3pm Monday, April 29th Noon-3pm Wednesday, May 1st 4-6pm
April 27-28, 2013	Green Give-Aways at UofL Athletics Home Games! Come to one of the Cards FREE home games and walk away with a FREE green goodie that will lighten your load on the planet! Schedule: Saturday 4/27 Noon & 2pm: Softball vs. Georgetown, Ulmer Stadium Saturday 4/27 1pm: Baseball vs. Georgetown, Jim Patterson Stadium Sunday 4/28 Noon: Softball vs. Georgetown, Ulmer Stadium Sunday 4/28 1pm: Baseball vs. Georgetown, Jim Patterson Stadium Sunday 4/28 1pm: Women's Lacrosse vs. Villanova, LaCrosse Stadium
April 26, 2013	Tour of the Morris Forman Wastewater Treatment Plant Friday, April 26th at 4pm. (4522 Algonquin Pkwy.) What happens "down the drain"?! The UofL Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders is organizing a tour of MSD's Morris Forman Wastewater Treatment Plant! Come see where your wastewater goes and how it's processed. Wear work boots and jeans. We'll be walking outside, so make sure to check the weather!! Contact: Mary Lanham <mrlanh01@louisville.edu>. More details here.
April 23, 2013	Get on the Bus! The Path Toward Equal Housing Opportunities Tuesday, April 23rd 12:30pm-4:30pm Kentucky Center for African American Heritage (1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd) April is Fair Housing month! UofL's Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, the Metropolitan Housing Coalition, and the Metro Human Relations Commission are commemorating the 45th anniversary of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 with the release of our 20-year Action Plan for Fair Housing, and with a bus tour that will show you today’s effects of Louisville’s segregated housing history. Activists, business and housing development leaders, students, and those who care about fair, decent, and affordable housing for everyone in Louisville are invited to attend. 12:30-1:15 Registration and Action Plan Release 1:30 buses depart 4:30 buses return to Kentucky Center for African American Heritage The event is free, but space is limited. Please register online for the presentation only, the bus tour only, or both. You can also contact Arthur Crosby at (859) 971-8067, toll free at (866) 438-8617, or by email at crosbylfhc@hotmail.com. This event is sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, the Lexington Fair Housing Council, Kentucky Housing Corporation, Louisville Human Relations Commission, Louisville Urban League, Metropolitan Housing Coalition and UofL's Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research.
April 14-18, 2013	Spring Sustainability Week: "Louisville Goes Green" April 14-18, 2013 The Student Activities Board, Engage.Lead.Serve Board, Sigma Kappa, Delta Zeta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, and GRASS present Spring Sustainability Week - Louisville Goes Green. Each day, we will have a different event to get students involved in our efforts to make UofL more sustainable and to spring you into sustainable action: Sunday, April 14 > Noon-3pm Community Service SOUL Event: Waterfront Park/Louisville Loop. Help clean up the Waterfront Park section of the Louisville Loop! Put your work clothes on and pitch in! Co-sponsored by the Green Initiatives Committee of Engage Lead Serve Board. An email will be sent before the project with directions and other info. Rain or shine. Sign up here. Participate and count your time for the Mayor’s Give-A-Day week of service. Monday, April 15 > 5pm Sustainability Seek & Find and Relay Race! (West Lawn) Form teams with your friends for a scavenger hunt around campus, then join a relay race involving sorting recyclables! Tuesday, April 16 > 7pm Recyclable Sculpture Contest (Community Park Courtyard behind Greek Row) Registration starts at 6:30pm. Teams will have 30 minutes and tape, scissors and string to construct whatever they want out of the recyclables that their team has collected. The results will be judged and there will be prizes and giveaways at this event! Contact Maggie O'Hara (Mmohar01@louisville.edu) to form a team! Wednesday, April 17 > 11am-1pm Local Lunch & Sustainability Fair (Red Barn) Come eat great local food catered by Farm to Fork and get a jump-start on Earth Day by learning about the many ways you can reduce your impact on the planet while saving money and living healthier! Take the Cards Go Green Pledge or the Sustainability Graduation Pledge and walk away with some free green goodies. Free smoothies will be available from the human-powered bike blender! And don't miss the Trash Mob Flash Mob! Learn More. Get Involved. Live Green. Thursday, April 18 > 5:30pm Movie Night! Screening of Bag It hosted by GRASS (Life Science 101) In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic’s effects on our oceans, environment, and bodies. We see how our crazy-for-plastic world has finally caught up to us...and what we can do about it. ALL WEEK: Local food options will be featured at the Global Market station in the SAC! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, hash tag #L1G4 (Louisville First Green Forever).
April 17, 2013	Monthly Meeting of Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club Wednesday, April 17th 5-6pm in Ernst Hall 212 Join us for the last chance this spring to get engaged and learn more about Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency! We'll be joining the solar flight contest and helping the Solar Decathlon team build a fully solar-powered house! Details here.
April 17, 2013	Professional Development for all UofL Employees “Culture Shift – Making UofL Lean and Green in 2013” Wednesday, April 17th, 10:30am - Noon, Human Resources 103A This dynamic and engaging session led by experts in the field will provide you with a helpful introduction to the basic principles of sustainability and how to apply them in your professional and personal decision-making at work and at home. This professional development session has been designed to offer staff and faculty at any level with a wide variety of practical tips that you can use to help UofL shift our culture towards become better stewards of the environment while saving money and helping build a brighter tomorrow for society. Attendees will better understand UofL's commitment to sustainability and learn how each step we take contributes to big results for us individually, for the university, and for the broader community. The session will also introduce you to UofL’s new Eco-Reps Program, which gives you the opportunity to go deeper with follow-up trainings online, a certification, group and individual service projects, and the empowerment of becoming a point-person for sustainability in your unit. Register here.
April 16, 2013	University-wide Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement Symposium Tuesday, April 16th 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. Shumaker Research Building Foyer & Room 139 The Sustainability Council will be hosting a Cards Go Green! Pledge table with green give-aways at the University-wide Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement Symposium. The event is a chance for students to share what they have learned through their research and community engagement experiences with a larger audience. It provides a forum where students can showcase research projects that build on and enrich faculty work across the disciplines. Abstracts are due April 9th. Instructions for abstracts & poster presentations.
April 16, 2013	Letter from a Birmingham Jail 50th Anniversary Read-In Tuesday, April 16th, 10am-2pm, Ekstrom Library east/quad entrance Anne Braden is one of only five white allies mentioned in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” UofL's Anne Braden Institute is joining millions of other organizations and individuals around the world in commemorating MLK’s Letter on April 16th by hosting a read-in of the letter at Ekstrom Library. The letter will be read every hour from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm, and we’ll lead a brief discussion about the letter’s contents as each hour closes. Any faculty, staff, students, and community members who desire to participate by reading portions of the letter should contact Rachel Spears at rdspea01@louisville.edu to let her know what time they would like to read.
April 16, 2013	Eco-Reps Basic Certification Exam Tuesday, April 16th. One-hour exam available from 9am until noon. Humanities Building, Room 300 Interested in learning more about sustainability and becoming a point-person for sustainability in your club, department, or building? Now's the time to get involved with Eco-Reps, the Sustainability Council's new peer-to-peer sustainability outreach and education program for all students, faculty, and staff! At the core of the Eco-Reps program is an online training series focused on topics in sustainability, particularly as they apply at UofL. Watch video series on the EcoReps website and then get certified as an official Eco-Rep! The first examination to obtain the Eco-Reps Basic certification will be available in the Humanities Building, Room 300 on Tuesday, April 16th from 9am until noon. It is intended to take no more than one hour. Questions? Email us at ecoreps@louisville.edu, or call Brian Barnes at 502-338-1338.
April 15, 2013	Voices from the Ashes: Garment Workers Speak Out Monday, April 15, 2013, 5:30-7:30pm, Room W103 Ekstrom Library On November 24, 2012, 112 workers died in a horrific fire at Tazreen Fashions, a garment factory in Bangladesh. Join us for a discussion about what happened and what can be done to ensure it never happens again, with presentations from a Bangladeshi garment worker who survived the fire, Sumi Abedin, and Kalpona Akter, director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. Brought to you by UofL's Social Change program and United Students Against Sweatshops. Details and RSVP here.
April 15, 2013	CSA Fair - Sign-up for Farm-Fresh Local Food to be Delivered to You on Campus! Monday, April 15th 11am-2pm in the Red Barn Meet local farmers and sign-up for weekly baskets of delicious local farm products to be delivered to you at UofL! Subscribe for a weekly selection of fresh, seasonal foods direct from area farmers, complete with a weekly newsletter full of recipes. Full shares start as low as $22 per week. Lower-cost/quantity half-shares starting at $12.50/wk will also be available, or consider splitting a share with friends and colleagues! Participating CSA farms for 2013 include two new farms: Joe Trigg's Farmers2City Connection (F2CC) CSA (Glasgow, KY - Barren Co.) offering Thursday 4-5pm drop-offs at Lutz Hall circle May 30 - Sept. 12; Full-share $22/wk, Half-share $12.50/wk; Questions: Joe Trigg 270-303-1244, joetrigg@yahoo.com. No sign-up deadline. Grasshoppers Distribution (Louisville distributor for multiple area farms) offering a highly flexible a la carte system year-round that provides weekly drop-offs of local produce, diary, eggs, cheeses, bread, sweets, pasta, beef, pork, poultry, specialty meats, condiments, soups, teas, and locally-roasted coffee. Contact: Lynn Greene lynn@grasshoppersdistribution.com, 502-708-1881. No sign-up deadline. Finger Picking Farms (Palmyra, IN) *New for 2013; Offering UofL drop-offs and possible home delivery; Full-share $20.50/wk, Half-share (every other week) $11.36/wk; Contact: Nicholas Posante 502-287-8206, treeclimb08@yahoo.com. Sign-up by 6/1/13.* EpiCurious, Hemmer Hill Farm (Crestwood, KY) *New for 2013; Offering Thursday drop-offs at the University Club circle; Full-share $21.74/wk, Half-share (every other week) $13/wk; Contact: Joyce Keibler 502-228-3860, joyce@hemmerhillfarm.com. Sign-up by 4/29/13.* All UofL staff, faculty, students, and the public are welcome to attend and participate. More details here. Direct questions to Mitchell Payne, 852-5155, mitchell.payne (at) louisville.edu. Follow us on Facebook.
April 15, 2013	Sustainability Scholars Roundtable Monday, April 15th 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cox Lounge at the Law School (2nd floor center of Wyatt Hall complex) All UofL faculty, staff, and graduate students engaged in research related to sustainability are encouraged to join us for an on-going series of Sustainability Scholars Roundtables. See profiles of UofL Sustainability Scholars here. At this Roundtable, we'll plan for next year's colloquium on sustainability and resilience (we're looking for 10 scholars across diverse disciplines to make a research presentation to the entire group). We'll also organize working groups to explore potential collaboration, exchange of research ideas, and/or grant funding proposals around transdisciplinary topics. Participants will vote to select 4-5 work groups from the following: 1. Green Infrastructure 2. Justice, Sustainability, and Resilience [various definitions & dimensions of justice] 3. Water Resources 4. Communities under Stress and Resilient Communities 5. Sustainable Conflict Resolution 6. Green Building and Design 7. Catastrophe Prevention, Preparedness, and Response [e.g., natural hazards, economic collapse, pandemics, etc.] 8. Climate Change Adaptation 9. Sustainable Economic Policies 10. Ecosystem Services 11. Trees [urban, forests, biodiversity & trees, watersheds & trees, etc.] 12. Resilient human development [social, economic, biophilic, psychological, physical, etc.] For more information or proxy voting, contact Tony Arnold <tony.arnold@louisville.edu>. Full details about the Sustainability Scholars Roundtable here.
April 13, 2013	Tour: Falls of the Ohio Hydropower Station Saturday, April 13th, 1pm (Carpools leave at 12:30 from Speed School parking lot) UofL's Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (RE3) Club is organizing an off-campus tour at the Falls of the Ohio Hydropower Station, located 3 miles west of downtown. The station's emissions-free generating capacity has just been updated to 101 megawatts! This tour is going to be awesome. Names of those participating are required to get through security and hard sole shoes are required for the tour. For a spot on the tour RSVP to Sam Ellis (srelli02@louisville.edu) with your name. More details here.
April 14, 2013	Volunteer with UofL's Urban Design Studio: Tree Canopy Inventory Study Sunday, April 14th at 1:00-4:30pm Urban Design Studio (507 S. Third St.) Calling all arborists, horticulturalists, landscape architects, tree specialists, and interested citizens! UofL's Urban Design Studio is organizing a Tree Canopy Inventory Study for Mayor Fischer’s "Give a Day" of Service week! After learning about the poor state of our urban tree canopy last year during Dr. Stone’s Sustainable City Series presentation, we have been trying to figure out ways to help. One way would be to document and assess our existing trees downtown with a spatial database open to anyone interested in analyzing and addressing the issue. We have started this initiative by utilizing multiple aerial images to plot the location of all of the trees downtown in a mapping database. To add critical information about the trees, we are enlisting volunteers with tree identification skills as well as interested citizens. We're assembling teams of two to canvas specific areas with at least one member being a tree specialist: If you have tree identification skills: Please register here as a tree specialist If you do not have tree identification skills: Please register here as a general public participant Two-person teams will be measuring: Tree canopy width, Trunk diameter, Estimated tree height, Tree well dimension, and tree species. There will be a short orientation meeting at the Urban Design Studio at 1pm, during which we will provide some standard guidance on the data collection effort and will then be handing out the map booklets to the teams. If teams want to do the work during the week after April 14th, they may. If you have any questions contact the Urban Design Studio.
April 13, 2013	Ali Shuffle Saturday, April 13th 8am start at West End School (3628 Virginia Ave, Louisville, KY) Walk, run or volunteer for fitness, peace and community in the second annual Ali Shuffle, sponsored by UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice. We're reaching out to people across the city with the unifying theme “Connecting Communities One Step at a Time.” Participants will walk or run 10K from West Louisville to downtown, celebrating the neighborhoods they pass through along the way and the life of Muhammad Ali. Ali made his professional mark in boxing and is leaving a personal legacy of peace building. The Ali Shuffle benefits UofL's Muhammad Ali Scholars, who are learning peace building techniques to apply at home and around the world. It also provides you the opportunity to raise funds for your own causes through sponsorships! Register online to walk/run! Click here for mail-in registration Volunteer to help with the event by emailing mparent@alicenter.org Participate either way and count your time for the Mayor’s Give-A-Day week of service, click here! To find out about fundraising opportunities for you and your organizations, click here: Fundraiser Application. Organization Fundraising Click here to DONATE For more info, contact UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice at 502-852-6372.
April 13-21, 2013	UofL participates in the Mayor’s Give a Day of Service campaign April 13-21, 2013 UofL wants to help make Louisville the most compassionate city in the world, so we encourage everyone to participate in Mayor Fischer’s "Give a Day" of Service week! You can sign up to do service on campus or at charities near campus. Most projects last 2 to 4 hours and you can pick any day to serve. Sign up now while space is available. Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to get involved in one of several ways during the week: Go to UofL's Give a Day of Service website and sign-up to help with any of the projects that are listed - from simply donating food, to working with children, to cleaning up parks, to helping the Habitat ReStore turn trash into treasure. Other community-wide service projects listed here. Plan a new service event, from a letter writing campaign to a clothing drive, to take place during that week. Or consider integrating a service component to an event already planned for that week. Post your volunteer opportunity here. Simply report service work that’s already planned/being done (as an individual or a group) that happens April 13-21. Report those service hours here. See Photos of Service Projects here.
April 12, 2013	Social Change Lecture Series: Meghan Mahoney - "Using Scientific Evidence to Reduce Poverty" Friday, April 12th 1:00pm, Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium As Policy Associate at MIT's Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), Meghan Mahoney is responsible for writing policy publications, conducting cost-effectiveness analysis, and sharing lessons from J-PAL evaluations with policymakers. Meghan holds an M.A.L.D. from Tufts University where she focused her studies on Development Economics and Program Evaluation. Prior to joining J-PAL, she worked as a trade policy analyst, conducting analysis for US policymakers and researching the effects of international trade policy on the US economy. Meghan has also spent time in rural Nicaragua, working on the evaluation of the pilot of a microcredit and sustainable agriculture program. She received her BA in International Relations and Economics from American University. She'll be speaking at UofL as part of the Spring 2013 "Science, Technology, and Social Change" Lecture Series. sponsored by UofL's Social Change Program and co-sponsored by the Sustainability Council. For more information, contact Avery Kolers, 852-0453. Details and RSVP here.
April 11, 2013	Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Non-Violent Conflict Lecture by Grawemeyer World Order Award Winners: Erica Chenoweth & Maria Stephan Thursday, April 11th at 2pm in Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium Denver scholar Erica Chenoweth and U.S. State Department strategist Maria Stephan will give a public lecture. They won the world order award for the ideas in their book, “Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Non-Violent Conflict.” No reservations or tickets are needed. More information on the Grawemeyer Awards here.
April 11, 2013	Cultivating Compassion Training with Ela Edwards-Ponder & Dr. Lora Haynes Thursday, April 11th 2-3:30pm Hotel Louisville (2nd & Broadway) 12th floor Ballroom Join us as we kick start Mayor Fischer’s "Give a Day" of Service Week beginning April 13th with this activity-based Cultivating Compassion training. We will provide exercises, tips and ideas for becoming more compassionate towards your friends and family, and becoming more compassionate towards yourself, strangers, and difficult people. Ela Edwards-Ponder is the board director for SPAVA (Society for the Prevention of Aggressiveness and Violence among Adolescents) and a Leadership Development consultant, Life coach and Emotional intelligence trainer with her own company, A Passionate Warrior. She works with organizations and individuals promoting respect and acceptance of all individuals. Dr. Lora Haynes is an associate professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at UofL and director of the Resilient Families Project at Hotel Louisville, a 3-part program for families experiencing homelessness. She is an innovative and well regarded leader within the community who dedicates herself to teaching the importance of positive parenting and interactive reading, resilience and compassion. This training is part of the Hotel Louisville Lecture Series on Peace & Conflict Transformation for Those at Risk. Free and open to the public. Brought to you by the Resilient Families Project which provides programs for families who are experiencing homelessness & is a collaboration between the these emotions, manage & channel them. Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Wayside Christian Mission. Conveniently served by bus from UofL (free with UofL ID!) on TARC Route 4.
April 9, 2013	National Equal Pay Day Tuesday, April 9th 10am – 12:30pm Red Barn West Plaza National Equal Pay Day reflects how far into 2013 women must work to earn the same wages that men earned in 2012. According to 2010 data, women in the U.S. earn just 77 cents for every $1 men earn. Everyone is encouraged to wear red to signify how far into the year women and people of color are “in the red” with respect to their wages. Stop by the UofL Women’s Center table for informational material and resources, Equal Pay buttons, stickers and more. In the event of rain, we will move inside the SAC, 2nd floor near the Multipurpose Room. Call the UofL Women's Center, 852-8976 for more details.
April 4, 2013	Peace Corps at UofL Information Sessions Thursday, April 4th, 5:00 PM Houchens Building, Career Services LL03 Learn about what it’s like to be a Peace Corps volunteer, at any age. Meet local volunteers who lived and worked in international communities, promoting sustainable development around the world. Hear their inspiring stories and ask questions to learn how you can make a difference in the lives of others and your own. Office Hours: Held on 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 9:30 – 11:00 AM at the Career Development Center (Houchens, LL03) Alternative time available by appointment. Contact UofL recruiter Laura Fonseca at lfonseca2@peacecorps.gov
April 2, 2013	“Public Health is Diversity & Inclusion in Louisville” Tuesday, April 2nd at 2 pm Room 103 of School of Public Health & Information Sciences (485 E. Gray St.) A special public lecture by Stephen Hanson, PhD, associate professor of philosophy for National Public Health Week 2013! Sponsored by the School of Public Health & Information Sciences (SPHIS) Student Council.
April 1, 2013	Reproductive Health Fair Monday, April 1st, 11 - 1, Humanities Quad Globally, there's no greater threat to sustainability than human population growth, unwanted pregnancy, and lack of education and opportunity for girls. The Feminist Alliance of UofL invites you to the 2nd Annual Reproductive Health Fair! Come learn from a dozen campus and community groups who work to promote the rights of women, especially around reproductive health. Groups such as the Kentucky Health Justice Network, the Kentucky Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, Campus Counseling Services, Campus Health Promotion, and the Women’s and Gender Studies Department will be available to help you better understand their missions. We will also have fun activities, raffles, games and free food (pizza, soda, cookies). To host a table, or for more information about the fair, please contact Amanda Lukas acluka01@louisville.edu
March 29, 2013	“Biopower, Brain Imaging, Big Pharma, and the ‘Mentally Imbalanced Female’: Can the Science of Psychiatry ever be Liberatory?” Friday, March 29th at 1:00 in Natural Science Room LL30 A lecture by Dr. Nancy Potter, UofL Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics & Medical Humanities. Details and RSVP here. Part of the Spring 2013 "Science, Technology, and Social Change" Lecture Series. All events free & open to the public. Sponsored by UofL's Social Change Program. For more information, contact Avery Kolers, 852-0453.
March 27-29, 2013	The Legacy of Cesar Chavez, Mexican-American Farm Worker and Labor Activist Wednesday, March 27th through Friday, March 29th in various campus locations A three-day celebration organized by the classical and modern languages department to mark Cesar Chavez Day and the 20th anniversary of his death. Chavez co-founded the National Farm Workers Association, which became the United Farm Workers union. Full details here. Admission is free and open to the public: Wednesday, March 27 (Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library): 1pm Panel discussion: “The Legacy of Cesar Chavez” with Felix Garza, National Farm Workers Ministry Inc. president, and Gary West, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 227 retired president. 2pm Film screening: “Viva la causa: The Story of Cesar Chavez and a Great Movement for Social Justice” Thursday, March 28 (Room 205, Humanities Building): Film screenings: 6pm “The Chicano Wave” and 7pm “The Struggle in the Fields” Friday, March 29 11am, Noon and 1pm Student marches to celebrate Chavez’s activism and to commemorate his 1966 California march for striking farm workers. (Start at Ekstrom Library, circle Belknap Campus and end at Grawemeyer Hall) Film screenings (all are hourly 8 a.m.–3 p.m. in Ekstrom Library): “A Class Apart: A Mexican American Civil Rights Story,” Room W102; “The Other Side of Immigration,” Room W104; and “Viva la causa: The Story of Cesar Chavez and a Great Movement for Social Justice,” Chao Auditorium.
March 26, 2013	“Saving Earth in the Age of Man: Conservation in a Human-dominated World” 2012-13 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture: M. Sanjayan, lead scientist, Nature Conservancy Tuesday, March 26th, 6pm, MITC Room 131G (Bigelow Hall). Nature Conservancy lead scientist and CBS News contributor M. Sanjayan will explain how the environmental movement is falling behind and needs an overhaul that will involve new, unlikely conservation allies: business, young people and the rural poor. Since becoming science and environmental contributor to CBS News last year, Sanjayan has covered stories such as global climate change, marine debris, ivory poaching in Africa and fire management in the western United States. Sanjayan is a Catto Fellow with the Aspen Institute whose scientific work has been published in Science, Nature, and Conservation Biology. He has also co-hosted documentaries for the Discovery Channel (Mysteries of the Shark Coast, Expedition Alaska), BBC (Wildlife in a War-Zone), and featured in National Geographic TV (Earth Report 2009). His four-part series on energy for Discovery Channel (Powering the Future) aired in July 2010. A reception will follow in the nearby Hite Art Galleries, Schneider Hall. Co-sponsors of this event are the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Kentuckiana and the Kentucky Nature Conservancy. Full details here.
March 24-26, 2013	Kentucky Workshop on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency 2pm Sunday, March 24th through 5pm Tuesday, March 26th International Convention Center, Louisville, KY UofL's Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research invites you to gather with top researchers from Kentucky universities and industries to discuss the latest developments and challenges in renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. Discover current research from across the state and discuss a focused technological road map for commercialization of various renewable energy innovations in Kentucky. Excellent networking opportunity! This workshop highlights five themes: solar energy, biofuels and biomass conversion, energy storage, energy materials discovery, and energy efficient buildings. NEW THIS YEAR! We'll offer three different Short Courses on Sunday 2-4pm: Short Course 1: “Tools for Materials Genome Research” Short Course 2: “Standard Research Practices in Materials R&D for Renewables” Short Course 3: “Manufacturing R&D in the Energy Sector” Full details and registration here.
March 25, 2013	Soul Food Junkies Screening & Discussion with Filmmaker Byron Hurt Monday, March 25th 2-4:30pm in Ekstrom Library basement auditorium Join us for a free screening of the new one-hour documentary, Soul Food Junkies, and a discussion with filmmaker Byron Hurt as he explores the health advantages and disadvantages of Soul Food, a quintessential American cuisine. In the film, Soul Food is also used as the lens to investigate the dark side of the food industry and the growing food justice movement that has been born in its wake. Learn more about the film here. The discussion will be followed by tastings of REAL Soul Food, featuring healthy, local options! Co-sponsored by: Anthropology, Pan-African Studies, Office of Health Promotion, and the Anne Braden Institute.
March 23, 2013	Earth Hour Saturday, March 23rd 8:30-9:30pm Earth Hour is a global moment to switch off lights and do something fun and community-building to raise awareness about the devastating effect our energy use has on the planet. Wherever you are, turn out the lights and join “the world's largest voluntary action for the environment!” UofL has been participating since at least 2009 by darkening our landmark Student Activities Center clock tower. We will do so again this year and encourage the whole UofL family to take creative action wherever you live and play to recognize Earth Hour by shutting off the lights for an hour at 8:30pm and taking stock of our global crisis and need for stronger, more sustainable local communities. Louisville joins Earth Hour, will dim lights Saturday (Courier-Journal, March 17, 2013)
March 23 to April 12 2013	Campus Conservation Nationals March 23rd to April 12th Live on campus? Help the Cards to victory with conservation! UofL is competing nationally and locally in the Bluegrass Unplugged competition against UK, WKU, and Berea to reduce electricity use in residence halls during the Campus Conservation Nationals. CCN is a friendly nationwide electricity and water reduction competition on 200 college and university campuses, covering 2500 buildings and 250,000 students! Last year, UofL finished in the top ten with residents cutting electricity use by 11.9% (38,415 kWh), saving $2,689, and keeping 78,789 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the air! We can do even better in 2013! Over these three weeks, UofL is competing to achieve the greatest possible energy reductions in twelve residence halls. Click on the links below to see how much electricity your hall is using: Bettie Johnson Hall Community Park (real-time!) Kurz Hall (real-time!) West Hall Center Hall Wellness Hall Threlkeld Hall University Tower Apartments (UTA) Miller Hall Louisville Hall (real-time!) Unitas Hall (real-time!) Cardinal Towne Prizes will be awarded to the UofL residence hall which can reduce the most! The Grand Prize will be a Skate Party at Skate World for the winning hall! After each week of the competition, residents in the leading hall will be able to pick up free UofL Sustainability reusable shoulder bags, mugs, and water bottles in their lobby! The Kentucky school with the greatest average reduction will take home the Bluegrass Unplugged trophy! Make a personal commitment to reduce and keep track of your hall's progress with UofL's Building Dashboard online portal! Read the story: UofL Green Scene: Students Compete to Reduce. Follow us on the UofL Housing Green Committee Facebook group!
March 22, 2013	“Public Art and the City: Art In/On the Landscape” symposium Friday, March 22nd, 8:30am - 2:30pm, University Club UofL's Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships is hosting a daylong symposium on public art March 22nd to examine connections among art, sustainability and the environment. New York City sculptor and studio artist Mary Miss, will deliver the keynote address. Miss also is the artistic director of the collaborative City as Living Laboratory Inc., which promotes sustainability to the public through the arts. She has art installations and exhibitions throughout the United States and several other countries. Morning panelists will discuss recent public art projects in St. Louis, Nashville and Long Beach, Calif. The featured artists have created or managed works in outdoor settings such as vacant city lots, flooded waterfronts and alongside urban waterways. Those speakers include Tiffany Carbonneau, Bellarmine University assistant professor of art; Leslie Markle, Washington University curator for public art; and Caroline Vincent and Van Gill, Nashville Metro Arts Commission public art manager and project coordinator. An afternoon roundtable session about perspectives on public art will feature UofL professors discussing sacred places, environmental history, urban planning and mapping as a tool to understand landscape. Dan Jones, chairman and CEO of 21st Century Parks, will give the luncheon talk about the Parklands of Floyds Fork urban parks system project. Registration is $25 for the general public and includes breakfast and lunch. University students and faculty may attend for free if they register by March 18. Registration is encouraged by March 18 as seating is limited. Contact: Janna Tajibaeva at 502-852-2247 or janna@louisville.edu. Full details here.
March 21-24, 2013	"Girl Rising" highlights importance of educating girls worldwide Gheens Science Hall and Rauch Planetarium Thursday, March 21st at 12:15pm Friday, March 22nd at 6pm Sunday, March 24th at 3pm UofL will offer three free screenings of “Girl Rising,” a new film about the power of educating girls for positive social change. Directed by Academy Award-nominated Richard Robbins, the film spotlights young women from Nepal, Peru, Haiti, Egypt, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, India and Cambodia as they overcome obstacles in pursuit of an education. Actresses Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Meryl Streep, Salma Hayek, Cate Blanchett and Selena Gomez narrate the film as part of a social action campaign by 10x10 to promote the need for educating girls worldwide. Sponsored by the Women’s Center and Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium.
March 20, 2013	Community Workshop: “Ali’s Louisville? Making a Compassionate City” Wednesday, March 20th 4:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Hotel Louisville, 120 W. Broadway While Louisville claims Muhammad Ali as its iconic son and global figure of compassion, would Ali claim his hometown as a compassionate city? Join UofL's Ali Institute for Peace and Justice for a workshop to generate plans to help Louisville become the nation’s most compassionate city! The goal is to draw a diverse group of about 100 people who normally might not be at the same table — downtown developers, young people, theologians, teachers, block watch captains, city officials — to discuss practical components of compassionate government, education, economic development, infrastructure, transportation, housing, health, etc. The group will develop action items and then commit to helping to implement them. Workshop co-sponsors include the Muhammad Ali Center; The Partnership for a Compassionate Louisville; the Office of Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer; The Center for Health Equity; and UofL’s Peace, Justice and Conflict Transformation Studies program. A light supper will be served so participants are asked to RSVP to maforb01@louisville.edu or 502-852-1493.
March 19, 2013	UofL Engineers Without Borders Chapter Meeting *Featuring Guest Speaker: Dr. Eric Zhu, Research Director at Louisville Water Company* Tuesday, March 19th 7:30-8:30pm in 314 Vogt Hall EWB&WP will be welcoming Dr. Zhu, Research Director at Louisville Water Company, as a guest speaker at our March 19th meeting! He will be presenting about water quality. As always, this meeting is not restricted to engineers - anyone interested in learning about our water supply is welcome!
March 19, 2013	Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity Tuesday, March 19th 5-7pm RELOCATED TO: Miller Information Technology Center (MITC), Bigelow Hall The Department of Diversity, Equity and Poverty Programs in collaboration with UofL's College of Education and Human Development Diversity Committee will host a film screening of Shakti Butler's, new film entitled, “Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity.” Aukram Burton, JCPS Diversity and Equity Specialist will facilitate a discussion about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity, and help participants to deepen the conversation about its causes and consequences. The goal is to allow participants to see the multiple ways we walk through the world through dialogue that rekindles our connection to one another and enables us to learn about a worldview different than ours. To heal the wounds of racism and dismantle systemic inequity, we must be able to hold courageous conversations.
March 19, 2013	“Crisis in the Middle East and Global Energy” Ambassador Molly Williamson, The Middle East Institute Tuesday March 19th 2-3:30pm, Ekstrom Library, Room W104 Ambassador Williamson will focus on current political and energy issues in the Middle East in light of the Arab Spring upheavals and continuing tensions between Israel and Arab worlds. Presented by the Department of Political Science and The Louisville Committee on Foreign Relations. For more information please contact Dr. Charles Ziegler, Department of Political Science, (502) 852-3248, ceziegler@louisville.edu
March 19, 2013	"Low-Carbon Urban Transportation and its Co-Benefits" Felix Creutzig, Ph.D., Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change and Princeton University Tuesday, March 19th 11:00am Room 123 Urban Studies Institute, 426 W. Bloom St. A lecture brought to you by the Dept. of Urban & Public Affairs.
March 9-14, 2013	Alternative Spring Break: New Orleans Service Trip This year’s relief-focused trip to New Orleans is planned by UofL's Engage. Lead. Serve Board in cooperation with the National Relief Network, an organization committed to bringing large numbers of volunteers to state and federally declared disaster areas for the purpose of helping families in their efforts to rebuild their homes, their communities, and their lives. 2013 Program Dates: February 13, 7-9pm: Pre-Trip Orientation designed to answer critical trip planning question, address risk management issues, build relationships with program participants, and prepare student volunteers for what they will be experiencing in New Orleans. February 23, 8am-1pm: Pre-Trip Service Experience to further team building among student participants and engage volunteers in relief work in this region. March 9-14: 6 day Alternative Spring Break trip will include 4 full days in the New Orleans area with 3 full days of service and a 1 day cultural excursion. Travel will be by bus from Louisville to New Orleans. Full details and application here. For more info, contact the ELSB Service Break Coordinator, Trevor Collinsworth at tlcoll03@louisville.edu.
March 6, 2013	Green & Graeter’s: Environmentalism in Islam Wednesday March 6th at 6:30pm Shumaker Research Building Conference Room Join us for an environmentally-themed day during UofL's Islamic Awareness Week (March 4-8, 2013)! Speaker Mufti Hussain Kamani will be enlightening us about the connections between environmentalism and Islam. Bring a bowl and spoon because Graeters Ice Cream will be provided! Full details and RSVP here.
March 4, 2013	Boehl Lecture: Alejandro Camacho on "Community Benefits Agreements" Monday, March 4, 2013, 6:30 p.m. Law School Room 275. Internationally renowned scholar of environmental law and adaptive management Alejandro Camacho will give a lecture on "Community Benefits Agreements" -- contracts between developers and community groups regarding various kinds of community benefits that the developer is to provide, ranging from environmental conservation to public infrastructure to historic preservation to affordable housing, etc. Camacho is a Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California Irvine, where he directs the Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources and is co-investigator on an NSF grant with The Nature Conservancy and the Chicago Wilderness on incorporating adaptive management into ecosystem restoration and governance. Free and open to the public. Full details here.
March 4, 2013	Vandana Shiva: "Violent Economic 'Reforms' and the Growing Violence Against Women" Monday, March 4, 2013, 5:30pm, Student Activities Center Multipurpose Room The 2013 Minx Auerbach Annual Lecture in Women's & Gender Studies features Indian philosopher, environmental activist, author and eco-feminist, Dr. Vandana Shiva. Trained as a physicist, Dr. Shiva has authored more than 20 books and serves as one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization, where she is a towering figure of the global solidarity movement known as the alter-globalization movement. She has argued for the wisdom of many traditional practices, and the preservation of indigenous knowledge and seeds. Dr. Shiva suggests that a more sustainable and productive approach to agriculture can be achieved through reinstating a system of farming that is more centered on engaging women. She advocates against the prevalent "patriarchal logic of exclusion," claiming that a woman-focused system would change the status quo in an extremely positive manner. She was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 1993 and plays a major role in the global Ecofeminist movement. Free and open to the public. Reception follows lecture.
March 1, 2013	Help Plant Spinach & Peas at the Garden Commons! Friday, March 1st at 4pm UofL's organic Garden Commons is located at the Cultural Center and is a community space open to all. Come help us plant delicious spring greens! No experience necessary!
March 1, 2013	“Building Blocks of Resiliency” Friday, March 1st at 1:00 in Natural Science Room LL30 A lecture by Dr. Josh Human, Director of the UofL Center for Hazards Research. Full details and RSVP here. Part of the Spring 2013 "Science, Technology, and Social Change" Lecture Series. Future events in the series: Dr. Nancy Potter, Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics & Medical Humanities: “Biopower, Brain Imaging, Big Pharma, and the ‘Mentally Imbalanced Female’: Can the Science of Psychiatry ever be Liberatory?” Friday, March 29th at 1:00 in Natural Science Room 030 Meghan Mahoney, MALD, policy associate with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Friday, April 12th at 1:00 in Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium All events free & open to the public. Sponsored by UofL's Social Change Program. For more information, contact Avery Kolers, 852-0453.
February 25 to March 1, 2013	Inclusion & Equity Week February 25th to March 1st UofL's College of Arts & Sciences Office for International, Diversity, and Outreach Programs presents this annual series of events, all free and open to the public. Light Refreshments will be served. Full details here. Monday, Feb. 25 – Unsung Champions Wax Museum 12 – 2 pm, Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library Tuesday, Feb. 26 – You Mean There’s Race In My Movies? 4 – 6 pm, Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library Wednesday, Feb. 27 – UofL Diversity Revisited: A Look Into The Future 12 – 2 pm, 139 Shumaker Research Bldg. Thursday, Feb. 28 – The Real Game of Life 11 am – 1 pm, Red Barn Friday, Mar. 1 – Intent vs Impact 12 – 2 pm, 254 Ekstrom Library Programs will be led and facilitated by the Arts & Sciences Inclusion & Equity Interns. The Inclusion and Equity Internship Program is designed to expose a team of students to the scholarship and best practices concerning greater inclusiveness and equity, with the purpose of cultivating social justice leadership skills among college students. For additional information regarding Inclusion & Equity Week or the Inclusion and Equity Internship Program, please contact Marian R. Vasser at 502-852-2252 or mrvass01@louisville.edu
February 21, 2013	Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (RE3) Forum Thursday, Feb. 21st 4:00 - 6:00pm in Ernst Hall Room 212 UofL's RE3 Club is hosting this moderated Q&A session with several representatives from top-notch local renewable energy and energy efficiency businesses to discuss careers in the industry. Our panelist include: David Huff, Director of Customer Energy Efficiency and Smart Grid Strategy for LG&E Tony Hans, National Director of Sustainable Projects for CMTA Troy Lay, Co-Founder and COO at Alternative Energies Kentucky David Underwood, NABCEP certified solar installer, Earthwell Energy Management Greg Long, Environmental Engineer, Ford Assembly Plant Discussion topics will focus on what employers are looking for, what it's like working in the field, and the future of renewable energy jobs. Questions may be sent in advance to srelli02@lousiville.edu. The Q&A session will be followed by a free dinner and open discussion with guests. Details and RSVP here.
February 20, 2013	Let's Talk Lunch: You’re designed to move: Overcoming barriers to regular exercise! Wednesday, February 20th at Noon in the Cultural Center Need an emotional lift? Or need to blow off some steam after a stressful day? Biking home, workout at the gym, or a brisk 30-minute walk can help. Physical activity releases brain chemicals that leave you feeling happier and more relaxed. Our bodies are designed to move! But with homework, a job, family, extracurricular activities, and not to mention studying, fitting in exercise seems impossible! Stop by this workshop to learn how to overcome barriers to regular exercise! Sponsored by Cultural Center, Association of Black Students, Health Promotion, and Student Support Services Program. Bring a plate and utensils to enjoy our free lunch!
February 20, 2013	Jon McCourt on The Quest for Social Justice: A Very Personal Journey through the Conflict in Northern Ireland World Day of Social Justice, Wednesday, Feb. 20th at 10:00am, Ekstrom Library Chao Auditorium. Jon McCourt grew up in Derry, Northern Ireland. He marched for civil rights in 1968, and joined IRA in 1969. He was a participant in the Bloody Sunday march for civil rights. He left the IRA in the mid 1970s, feeling disillusioned that it had moved too far from the civil rights agenda and was contributing to increased polarisation and sectarianism. He then became a community peace activist, and has worked in the area ever since, including working with victims of violence, community relations, and youth in criminalized areas. He has also travelled to and worked with those involved in conflicts in other areas of the world, including Bosnia, the Middle East, Rwanda and conflict torn countries in Africa. He will discuss struggle, loss, division, polarisation, hope and healing and share personal moments and reflections. Brought to you by UofL's Psychological & Brain Sciences Department along with The Peace, Justice, & Conflict Transformation Program.If you need further information or require any accommodations in order to participate fully in this event, please contact Dr. Melinda Leonard at 852-3180 or email at maleon04@louisville.edu.
February 19, 2013	Cardinal Cook-off: Local Food/Local Chef Show Down! Tuesday, Feb. 19th 6–8pm, SAC Multi-purpose Room The Student Activities Board and Office of Health Promotion are co-sponsoring the Cardinal Cook-off as a part of Body Appreciation / Body Awareness (BABA) Weeks! Read more here. The event features: • Chefs: Laurent Geroli/Brown Hotel, Dallas McGarity/Marketplace, Mary Wheatley/Winston’s & CookWithMary, Melissa Ingram/UofL Dining • Master of Ceremonies: Kevin Nelson #1, Food and Beverage Director/Wayside Christian Mission's Hotel Louisville Hotel AND Chef Kevin Nelson #2, Host of TV show, Down & Out with Chef K • Audience will watch, learn, laugh and taste as chefs prepare 3 dishes (some vegan) each from exciting mystery food baskets, including local foods! • Free to students, faculty, staff and public. Free tasting! Drawing for tasty prizes! • SIGN UP FREE here to be guaranteed a seat and to entered in drawing to be on the Judging Panel. • Featured Event of the annual BABA (Body Awareness/Body Appreciation) Series. • Follow Twitter @healthycards and Facebook UofLHealth Promotion
February 19, 2013	Hotel Louisville Lecture Series on Peace and Conflict Transformation for those at Risk Stephanie Barnett: Choose Well Louisville & The Louisville Time Bank Tuesday, February 19th 2:00-3:30pm Hotel Louisville, 120 W. Broadway Please join us as Stephanie Barnett highlights the features of a "ChooseWell community" - one that connects and supports its members in their quest for holistic and sustainable wellness. Find out more about ChooseWell's new program which integrates healthy food choices, physical activity and spiritual growth to enable busy parents to nurture their own wellness and to create a model of wellness for their kids. See how ChooseWell's partnership with The Louisville Timebank creates a model that allows participants to access holistic wellness services through gifts of time vs. cash ... and offers a vision of a health system that holds us in our wellness, rather than profits from our sickness. Stephanie Barnett is a thirty year veteran of our challenged health care system. She's used her experiences as an executive with one of the county's largest health insurance companies and her role as a consultant and advocate for independent physicians and the communities they serve to explore a new model of compassionate care. This event is FREE and open to the public. Conveniently served by bus from UofL: TARC Route 4. Questions? Please contact co-organizer, Lora.Haynes@Louisville.edu, of UofL's Resilient Families Project.
February 19, 2013	Professional Development for all UofL Employees “Culture Shift – Making UofL Lean and Green in 2013” Tuesday, Feb. 19th, 2:00-3:30pm, Human Resources 103A This dynamic and engaging session led by experts in the field will provide you with a helpful introduction to the basic principles of sustainability and how to apply them in your professional and personal decision-making at work and at home. This professional development session has been designed to offer staff and faculty at any level with a wide variety of practical tips that you can use to help UofL shift our culture towards become better stewards of the environment while saving money and helping build a brighter tomorrow for society. Attendees will better understand UofL's commitment to sustainability and learn how each step we take contributes to big results for us individually, for the university, and for the broader community. The session will also introduce you to UofL’s new Eco-Reps Program, which gives you the opportunity to go deeper with follow-up trainings online, a certification, group and individual service projects, and the empowerment of becoming a point-person for sustainability in your unit. Register here.
February 16, 2013	Volunteer at Seneca Park Saturday, February 16th - 10:00AM-12:00PM We will once again be working with Olmsted Parks again to clean up litter, remove invasive species, and/or plant new trees. We will carpool from campus, planning to leave around 9:30 AM. To find out more or to sign-up and reserve your spot, contact Joe LaCasse by e-mail at j0laca01@louisville.edu or call/text 270-339-2523.
February 15, 2013	GRASS Meeting and Weatherizing Service Project Friday, February 15th noon Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, 318 W St. Catherine Street (at 4th St.) Join us for a volunteer day to help the church weatherize and become more energy efficient. We need volunteers to help install plastic on windows. We will also have our regular GRASS meeting there at 3pm. Take the #4 bus there from campus by grabbing any northbound bus on 4th street (they come every 15 minutes or less).Great opportunity to get volunteer hours for class or just help save the earth!
February 15, 2013	UofL Hosts First Meeting to Create a Regional Organization of Peace Studies Faculty Friday, February 15th 10:00am - 2:00pm, Ekstrom Library Room 254 Organizational and sharing meeting for peace studies faculty in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia. In addition to sharing information about programs and identifying opportunities for collaboration, we would like to discuss the possibility of formally establishing an organization of peace studies faculty in our six state region. Lunch will be served. RSVPs and Questions to: Russell Vandenbroucke (UofL) <r.vandenbroucke@louisville.edu> or Rebecca Glasscock (Bluegrass Community & Technical College) <rebecca.glasscock@kctcs.edu>.
Feb. 15 - May 15, 2013	A Selection from the Harlan and Anna Hubbard Collection On Display Monday - Friday, 8am to 5pm, Feb. 21 - May 15, 2013 Kain Rare Books Gallery, Ekstrom Library lower level Kentucky artist, writer and back-to-nature philosopher Harlan Hubbard and his wife, Anna, were one of the first couples to intentionally choose living a simple life “off-the-grid.” The couple lived deliberately and artistically, first on a shantyboat as they traveled the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, then as farmers on seven acres at Payne Hollow in northern Kentucky from the early 1950s through the late 1980s. They farmed most of their food, made sassafras tea, made candles to read by and collected anything that drifted upon shore. This first exhibit of the newly-combined library – Archives & Special Collections – includes selections from the journals, literary manuscripts, letters and artwork UofL holds in the Hubbard collection, ca. 1903–1987. Admission is free and open to the public.
February 14-28, 2013	Body Appreciation / Body Awareness (BABA) Weeks February 14-28, 2013. Multiple health-promoting activities all over campus, brought to you by the Office of Health Promotion! Full details here.
February 14, 2013	UofL Bus to I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort! Thursday, February 14th. Bus leaves 10:30am from the Planetarium and returns by 3:00pm Join other UL students as we and thousands of other Kentuckians descend upon the capitol in Frankfort to tell lawmakers that WE LOVE MOUNTAINS...and that the practice of mountaintop removal mining is unacceptable! Details and RSVP here. More information about I Love Mountains Day 2013 here. Email Troy Tucker <T0TUCK01@louisville.edu> to reserve a spot on the bus. UofL's participation is being organized by the student environmental group, GRASS. The Provost has approved this event under the excused absence policy! Students who would have to miss classes on February 14th need to fill out this form, get your instructor's signature in advance of the event and KEEP THE FORM. Then, after the rally, take the form with a “certificate” from GRASS proving your attendance to the professor.
February 13, 2013	First meeting of UofL's new Solid Waste Reduction Committee Wednesday, February 13th 9-10am Service Complex Room 125A (Warnock & Brook Streets) Phase I of our “Mini Bin” Garbage Reduction and Single Stream Recycling program are in place and the program has been the major factor in increasing recycling rates across the University, particularly in the areas of cardboard, paper, aluminum, glass and plastic. While the numbers have increased every year since the program’s inception in 2009, there are areas that need to be improved, including: • Promotion of recycling program--increasing awareness, understanding of program, individual prompts to increase recycling • Changing University-wide culture to normalize recycling--behavioral change, institutional change • Improving on current methods and discovering new opportunities to reuse items University-wide • Goal setting--developing university-wide goals, matrices to measure progress, a reporting system, and feedback mechanism to the University community • Custodial staff--training, development of policies regarding waste disposal (e.g. if a recycling bin has mixed waste and recyclables how should the bin be handled?), performance review standards • Waste reduction--identification of specific waste streams that can be minimized or eliminated, modification in purchasing selected items (e.g. should we buy paper without wrappers for each 500 sheets?) • Recycling at special events--sports venues, conferences, catering, other large events • Pre- and post-consumer food waste composting UofL's new Solid Waste Reduction Committee will attempt to address these concerns and we'd love to have your input. This voluntary committee will report to the Sustainable Operations Committee. Contact: Aaron Boggs <aaron.boggs@louisville.edu>.
February 12, 2013	Sustainability Scholars Roundtable Tuesday, February 12th 2:30-3:30 p.m. Cox Lounge at the Law School (2nd floor center of Wyatt Hall complex) All UofL faculty, staff, and graduate students engaged in research related to sustainability are encouraged to join us for an on-going series of Sustainability Scholars Roundtable gatherings. See profiles of UofL Sustainability Scholars here. We gather several times a year to share research interests, goals, and projects; hear from external renowned scholars; have roundtable discussions about sustainability research; and discuss specific sustainability topics of common interest. At this gathering, we will discuss "resilience" -- what is resilience and what does the concept mean for sustainability and for our research. If you'd like to attend, please contact Chair Tony Arnold, who will be distributing some brief reading to begin stimulating thinking and discussion, likely a short excerpt from a forthcoming book on resilience from Columbia University Press.
February 10, 2013	Yearlings Club: A Community Conversation on Fair Housing Sunday, Feb. 10th 4:00-6:00 p.m. Yearlings Club, 4309 W. Broadway The 2010 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice in Louisville Metro found that our community remains highly segregated by race. Join in the discussion on developing Action Steps for a 20-Year Action Plan for Fair Housing! Panelists: Dr. Catherine (Cate) Fosl, Founding Director, Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research and Professor, University of Louisville; Cathy Hinko, Executive Director, Metropolitan Housing Coalition; and Carolyn Miller-Cooper, Director, Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission. Moderator: Christy J. McCravy, Metro Housing Coalition Board President. Currently in its eighth year, the University of Louisville/Yearlings Club Lecture Series brings university faculty and the African American community together to discuss important issues. The goal is to forge a common bond, and build greater capacity to understand and address urgent community problems. Free and open to the public. Light refreshments served. For additional information, please contact Clest Lanier (502) 852-3042 or cvlani01@louisville.edu. Sponsored by the A&S Office for International, Diversity, and Outreach Programs.
February 9, 2013	Louisville Student Cycling Coalition - First Spring Meeting Saturday, Feb. 9th at 5:30pm at Quills coffee shop, Cardinal Towne We will discuss upcoming events, student involvement, and some general introductions to different biking communities around Louisville. If you're up for a ride that morning, so please comment on the Louisville SCC Facebook Page!
February 9, 2013	Volunteer at Iroquois Park Saturday, February 9th - 10:00AM-12:00PM We will once again be working with Olmsted Parks again to clean up litter, remove invasive species, and/or plant new trees. We will carpool from campus, planning to leave around 9:30 AM. To find out more or to sign-up and reserve your spot, contact Joe LaCasse by e-mail at j0laca01@louisville.edu or call/text 270-339-2523.
February 8, 2013	“Nature: They Ain’t Making it Like they Used To” Friday, February 8th 1:00-2:00pm in Humanities 106 A viewing of pre-recorded lecture by Dr. Noah Efron, Professor of Science, Technology & Society at Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel. Part of the Spring 2013 "Science, Technology, and Social Change" Lecture Series. Future events in the series: Dr. Josh Human, Director of the UofL Center for Hazards Research: “Building Blocks of Resilience,” Friday, March 1st at 1:00 in Natural Science Room LL30 Dr. Nancy Potter, Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics & Medical Humanities: “Biopower, Brain Imaging, Big Pharma, and the ‘Mentally Imbalanced Female’: Can the Science of Psychiatry ever be Liberatory?” Friday, March 29th at 1:00 in Natural Science Room LL30 Meghan Mahoney, MALD, policy associate with the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Friday, April 12th at 1:00 in Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium All events free & open to the public. Sponsored by UofL's Social Change Program. For more information, contact Avery Kolers, 852-0453.
February 7, 2013	reTHINK 'Big': Liberals, Conservatives and the Search for Humane Scale Thursday, Feb. 7th 6-7:30pm, Humanities Room 205 In an age of big governments, big corporations and big farms, there are increasing calls for citizens to support local food movements, local business and smaller governments. UofL political scientist David Imbroscio will moderate a discussion on the search for "humane scale." Discussants include Thad Williamson, associate professor of leadership studies and philosophy, politics, economics and law at the University of Richmond, and Mark Mitchell, chair of the government department at Patrick Henry College. Questions and feedback from the audience are encouraged. Full details.
February 7, 2013	First Spring Meeting of the Garden Commons Thursday, Feb. 7th at 6pm in the Cultural Center Students, faculty, and staff are welcome to come help us make plans for another amazing growing season at UofL's organic campus garden! We'll be discussing the possibility of adding a beehive, as well as fish, fruits, and all kinds of delicious herbs and vegetables! Come join in the fun and learn how to grow your own!
Feb. 3 to March 30, 2013	UofL Competes in RecycleMania 2013! February 3rd to March 30th RecycleMania is a friendly annual competition among university recycling programs in North America. During this 8 week period, UofL is competing to reduce waste, increase recycling and raise conservation awareness across campus! You can help the Cards to victory by fully utilizing UofL’s amazingly easy, single-stream recycling system that lets you recycle everything in the same bin: all types of plastic, paper, cardboard, metal, and glass! Details on what you can recycle at UofL are available here. Check out our hilarious Cardinal Cam Video! Keep up with the Cards progress at the RecycleMania website. UofL will be competing in the Competition Division for the following categories: Grand Champion; Per Capita Classic; Gorilla Prize; Targeted Materials (Paper, Cardboard, Cans & Bottles, and Food Service Organics); and Waste Minimization!
February 1, 2013	Green Initiatives Visit to WaterStep Friday, Feb. 1st 12:30-3pm Join Green Initiatives of the Engage Lead Serve Board on Friday, Feb 1 to visit WaterStep, an international non-profit based in Louisville. In their words, WaterStep “is an organization that will do whatever it takes to save lives at risk from waterborne illness anywhere in the world.” In doing so, WaterStep provides water purification systems for communities in need. Our visit to their headquarters will allow us to see how and why they operate. Students will also be able to learn how they can stay involved with WaterStep. We will carpool from campus at 12:30PM and return by 3:00PM. The visit is limited to a group of 15 students, so e-mail j0laca01@louisville.edu to find out more information and reserve your spot ASAP.
January 30, 2013	Intro Meeting: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club (RE3) Wednesday, Jan. 30th 5:00pm in Ernst Hall 212 This is a general body meeting open to anyone interested in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency. We will be discussing upcoming events, generating questions for our first RE3 Forum (moderated Q&A session with local renewable energy and energy efficiency business leaders), and voting on a spring semester tour. This semester we'll have moderated Q&A networking opportunities with industry professionals and we'll be joining the solar flight contest and helping the Solar Decathlon team build a fully solar-powered house! Dinner will be provided! Details and RSVP here. *RE3 will meet on the last Wednesday of each month in Ernst 212.*
January 25, 2013	Climate Science: Baby vs. Bathwater Friday, January 25th 1:00pm in Natural Sciences Room 030 Sarah Lynn Cunningham, director of the Louisville Climate Action Network, environmental engineer, and Courier-Journal "Kentuckiana Green" blogger presents the first lecture on the spring 2013 Social Change lecture series on "Science, Technology, and Social Change." Details and RSVP here.
January 21, 2013	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service 2013 Monday, January 21st, 10:00am-3:00pm Leaves From: MITC, Bigelow Hall On Mon., Jan. 21, UofL will be closed as we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to our country. The Engage.Lead.Serve Board, in partnership with the Cultural Center and the Anne Braden Institute, will provide multiple service opportunities at a number of different organizations across the city for MLK Day of Service. The kick‐off event begins at 10am in Bigelow Hall (MITC), and will include a guest speaker and FREE brunch for participants. Transportation to and from the service sites will be provided. Service should wrap up by 3pm. Registration is available now! Walk-ins may be accommodated depending on site availability. Contact Tajuan Sellars at 852.3436 for more info.
January 19, 2013	ELSB Presents: Olmsted Parks Volunteer Day Saturday, Jan. 19th 10am-12pm, Seneca Park Join The Engage. Lead. Serve. Board and other green-minded volunteers to help keep Olmsted Parks beautiful! Contact ELSB's Director of Green Initiatives, Joe LaCasse for more info on carpooling to the site (Seneca Park).
January 16, 2013	“Modern Day Slavery: Breaking the Chains” Conference Wednesday, Jan. 16th 6:00-8:00pm, Red Barn Tickets: $15 for the general public and UofL employees; $7.50 for UofL students. Register here. Speakers will include Theresa Flores, a child sex trafficking survivor, and Colleen Clines, director of the Anchal Project, a nonprofit group that works to empower marginalized and exploited women in India. Funds raised through ticket sales will support a summer service learning trip to Peru, where UofL students and employees will meet with women who are survivors of sexual violence and human trafficking. The Women’s Center also is accepting donations for a silent auction at the event. For more information or to donate to the silent auction, contact the Women’s Center, 502-852-8976. The Women 4 Women student chapter and UofL Women’s Center are the conference organizers.
January 16, 2013	Cookies & Community: Get to Know NC3! Wednesday, Jan. 16th 4-5:30pm, Ekstrom Library Room 254 Network Center for Community Change (NC3) invites you to learn more about NC3, chat about our community, and have some cookies! This thriving community movement creates change in Louisville’s urban neighborhoods, organizing residents and Network members to improve educational and economic opportunities, urban land use, youth innovation, and food justice in our community. Come learn more about this movement and how you can help build a stronger connection between UofL and Louisville’s urban neighborhoods. If possible, please RSVP to Jessica Potish.
January 16, 2013	First Spring Meeting of Student Environmental Group, GRASS Wednesday, Jan. 16th 12:15-1pm, Ekstrom W104 Interested in getting involved in making a sustainable difference on campus and on Planet Earth? Join GRASS - Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions! Details and RSVP here.
January 12, 2013	EarthSave Potluck featuring UofL Cancer Researcher, Dr. Ramesh Gupta Saturday, January 12th 6 - 8 p.m. Location: United Crescent Hill Ministries Community Center (150 State St. Louisville, KY 40206 (map) Following a thoughtfully prepared, healthy and plant-based potluck, our presentation this month will be given by Dr. Ramesh Gupta, a researcher from the UofL Medical School's Brown Cancer Center. His perennial research shows the power of chemicals in certain healthy foods. His research takes on both cancer and cardiovascular disease. He is not only an excellent communicator and researcher, but is very passionate about all the right things. AGENDA: 4:00 PM Free Vegetarian Cooking Class 6:00 PM Plant-based/Vegan/Veggie Potluck and announcements 7:00 PM Dr. Ramesh Gupta: Research shows berries make very merry. 8:00 PM Enviro/Health/Food/Ethic music and conversation Cost: $2 when you bring food and a placesetting ($3 with no placesetting; $8 if totally empty handed) Questions? Call 502.299.9520
January 9, 2013	Jared Diamond presented by the University of Louisville Kentucky Author Forum Wednesday, Jan. 9th at 6pm, $20 Bomhard Theatre, The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts (501 W. Main St.) Jared Diamond, author of The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?, is a professor of geography at UCLA. He began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. He is the author of Collapse and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel. In The World Until Yesterday, he surveys the differences between the “traditional” societies and industrial or post-industrial societies, with an eye to one question: What can we learn from the former that can make the world we live in a better place for all of us? Jared Diamond will be interviewed by Sarah Hrdy, Professor Emerita, University of California-Davis, Associate in the Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology at Harvard, author of Mothers and Others. Tickets available at the Kentucky Center Box Office, 502-584-7777 or 800-775-7777 or www.kentuckycenter.org A limited number of FREE tickets to the evening Forum interview will be made available to UofL students, on a 1st come, 1st serve basis. Contact Julie Kroger in the President’s Office: julie.kroger@louisville.edu.
January 8, 2013	Community Conversation on Fair Housing Tuesday, January 8th at 5:30pm Centennial Room of the Louisville Free Public Library, Main Branch (301 York Street) Join UofL's Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, the Metropolitan Housing Coalition, and the Louisville Metro Human Relations Commission for a Community Conversation on Fair Housing! The 2010 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice in Louisville Metro, KY found that our community remains highly segregated by race, income and family status. Civil rights and equal protection laws of the 1960s created a basis for greater fairness, yet their passage could not undo the longstanding separations and inequalities in residential patterns that have been present since Louisville’s earliest days. A new project "Making Louisville Home for Us All: A 20-Year Action Plan for Fair Housing," funded by the US Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD), aims to offer a fuller understanding of how our current housing problems came to be, and develop clear action steps that take that history into account. We will outline a concrete vision with action steps for Louisville to become a fair, welcoming, and diverse home to all of its people. We want you to participate in a conversation about fair housing and help us develop those action steps. Full details here.
December 15, 2013	Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club: Solar Tour at Apocalypse Brew Works Saturday, Dec. 15th at 5pm Apocalypse Brew Works, 1612 Mellwood Avenue, Louisville, KY Celebrate the end of the semester with some amazing local craft brew and learn about how a solar power and solar hot water heater system can be implemented at a brewery! We'll get a tour and explanation of the solar systems at Apocalypse Brew Works! Check out this video preview of their system!
Dec. 6, 2012	A&S Meet The Professor: Susan Matarese & Paul Salmon: The Order of Nature and the Order of Grace: Shaker Perspectives on Health and Wellness Thursday, Dec. 6th, noon at University Club $14 regular, $ 7 students RSVP required: Janna Tajibaeva at 502-852-2247 or janna@louisville.edu The College of Arts and Sciences presents a monthly lunch and lecture series titled “Meet the Professor.” This month's talk is "The Order of Nature and the Order of Grace: Shaker Perspectives on Health and Wellness,” with Susan Matarese, political science professor, and Paul Salmon, psychological and brain sciences professor. The couple will talk about the health practices of the utopian society that sought to create “heaven on earth” in communities stretching from New England to Kentucky.
Dec. 3, 2012	Local Food Caterers’ Fair Monday, Dec. 3rd, noon to 1:30pm in the Red Barn Anyone who orders catered food for campus events can help advance sustainability by hiring caterers that use locally-grown food products in their menus. To help familiarize you with these caterers, the Sustainability Council and the Office of Business Affairs would like to invite you to a special local-food caterers’ fair on Dec. 3rd from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Red Barn. Caterers will be on hand with menus and samples and will be ready to discuss catering options with you. We encourage all business managers and others involved in ordering food for UofL to attend. Please RSVP by emailing or calling alstar01@louisville.edu or 852-5155.
Nov. 30, 2012	Recycled Cinema: Talk w/Susan Jarosi Friday, Nov. 30th 3:30pm, Room 300, Bingham Humanities Building “Recycled Cinema as Material Ecology” examines the films and videos of the artist Raphael Ortiz. This case study presents a broader argument about the significance of recycling within the history of post-war experimental film. Ortiz’s work corresponds to the historical development of the environmentalist movement and modern forms of recycling in the United States. Susan Jarosi's article on this subject is in the current issue of Screen. Additional Information: The Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society
Nov. 30, 2012	A Conversation with Death Row Exoneree Randy Steidl Friday, Nov. 30th 10:30am in Ekstrom Library Room 258 Students associated with UofL's Anne Braden Institute will host a discussion with death row exoneree, Mr. Randy Steidl. He will be sharing some thoughts about his experience on death row, as well as his campaign to abolish the death penalty. The case against Steidl was based entirely on two (now discredited) eye-witnesses; he maintained his innocence but it was not until several journalism students from Northwestern U. got involved that his case really got another look. After their investigation a judge ordered a new trial but that trial never happened because of the complete absence of evidence - not because evidence was lost but because it never existed. Charges were dismissed and Randy was released after 17 years behind bars in May of 2004. Though Randy supported the death penalty prior to his experience, he has now become an outspoken opponent, and he has been credited as a critical player in Illinois's successful repeal campaign last year. The gathering is open to the public and we encourage students to attend. For more info, contact Ryan Warren at rbwarr01@louisville.edu, organizer of the discussion.
Nov. 30, 2012	Holiday Cards “Buy Local” Shopping Tour Friday, Nov. 30th 8am-6pm Starts & Ends at the University Club UofL and the Louisville Independent Business Alliance (LIBA) will take shoppers on a whirlwind tour of local shops and restaurants Friday, Nov. 30, on its second annual Holiday Cards “Buy Local” Shopping Tour. The tour will take patrons to locally owned businesses in a variety of Louisville neighborhoods. A $35 registration fee includes opening and closing receptions, door prizes and transportation to more than a dozen shops on Barrett Avenue, East Market Street (NULU), Frankfort Avenue, Mellwood Avenue and in Butchertown. Participants are asked to register before Nov. 27th by calling Alice Wissel at 502-852-3533. Full details here.
Nov. 21, 2012	Gleaning at UofL CSA Courtney Farms with Garden Commons Wednesday, November 21st 10am - 4:30pm Meet up for carpooling at 10am in the parking lot of St. Agnes (1920 Newburg Road) Join us for a farm gleaning at Courtney Farms, one of the partners in UofL's CSA program. Last year when we gleaned this farm, we collected a huge amount of food and we hope this year will be the same. Lunch and hot cider will be provided of course. Mary Courtney, who runs the farm with her husband, says their CSA has ended so anything that remains we can take. Because we are expecting such a large amount of food we will be asking Dare to Care to bring a truck to help transport. Details and RSVP here.
Nov. 20, 2012	Stopping the Violence: How Can We Help? Tuesday, Nov. 20th at Noon in Room 275, School of Law Featured speakers include leaders of Louisville’s Network Center for Community Change, Dana Jackson, executive director, and Anthony D. Smith, director of network organizing. This Diversity Forum is for people who want to help solve Louisville’s violence problem. Free lunch available at 11:30 a.m. Co-sponsors: UofL Office of Community Engagement, Brandeis Diversity Committee, Black Law Students Association, Anne Braden Institute. Additional Information: Make Change Together.
Nov. 19, 2012	Garden Commons Pot Luck and Movie Night Monday, November 19th 6:00pm at the Cultural Center Details and RSVP here.
Nov. 15, 2012	Rev. Sally Bingham Speaks on Climate Chaos: The Hottest Generation Ever Thursday, Nov. 15th 5:00pm Strickler Hall, Room 101 Rev. Sally Bingham is the founder of Interfaith Power & Light, a religious response to global warming, whose mission is to be faithful stewards of Creation by responding to global warming through the promotion of energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. It is a national campaign which intends to protect the earth’s ecosystems, safeguard the health of all Creation, and ensure sufficient, sustainable energy for all. UofL's Sustainability Council is co-sponsoring this lecture along with GRASS, Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light, Our Earth Now, Festival of Faiths, and Kinesis. Details and RSVP here.
Nov. 15, 2012	UofL Sustainability Scholars Roundtable Thursday, Nov. 15th 10:00am to 11:15 am (1st of a series of 3 meetings/year) Brandeis School of Law, Cox Lounge (2nd floor middle of building) All UofL faculty, staff, and graduate students engaged in research related to sustainability are encouraged to join us for the first in a series of Sustainability Scholars Roundtable gatherings. Come share your research interests, goals, and projects (limit: 3 minutes per researcher for initial meeting). In future meetings we'll discuss specific sustainability topics of common interest, hear from external renowned scholars, and have roundtable discussions about sustainability research. The long-term goals of this initiative are to: Develop awareness of sustainability research at U of L; Develop networks of scholars to enhance collaboration and sharing of ideas; Enhance research grant capacity & opportunities through interdisciplinary proposals; Improve and increase sustainability-related research at U of L. This is a project of the Sustainability Council's Research Committee. For more info, contact: Tony Arnold at tony.arnold@louisville.edu
Nov. 14, 2012	UofL Women’s Center's Annual Empowerment Luncheon: “Accountability in Leadership” Wednesday, Nov. 14th 11:30am–1pm at the University Club Admission: $35/person (Reservations by Nov. 7th: 852-8976) UofL’s Women’s Center invites you to the Annual ECS Women’s Empowerment Luncheon with keynote speaker, Crit luallen! Luallen is known as one of Kentucky’s most experienced and respected public leaders, having served as Auditor of Public Accounts and Secretary of the Governor’s Executive Cabinet, the highest appointed position in Kentucky state government. Previously Luallen served as State Budget Director, Secretary of Finance, Secretary of Tourism, and Commissioner of the Department of the Arts. Luallen served as President of the Greater Louisville Economic Development Partnership and was named Public Official of the Year by the Washington, D.C. based “Governing” magazine forher positive impact on government in Kentucky. Her work brought a new accountability to board-governed organizations across Kentucky.
Nov. 14, 2012	Wednesday, November 14th 9am - 3pm Shumaker Research Building, UofL's Belknap Campus The University of Louisville Center for GIS would like to welcome YOU to GIS Day 2012! Join us as we celebrate Geographic Information Systems and explore the benefits of geospatial technology in our community! Events will include: Presentations from local GIS agencies & sustainability experts (See the complete Agenda) Map Gallery Freebies Refreshments (pizza and soft drinks) 2-3pm Tours of UofL's Campus Sustainability Initiatives! Arbor Day Tour - Tree Campus USA: Find out just why UofL has been designated an official “Tree Campus USA” from professor and tour guide Dr. Tommy Parker. (Leaves at 2pm from Shumaker Research Building 139) UofL Sustainability Tour: UofL has made great strides in its efforts to become greener and more sustainable. Join sustainability expert Dr. Justin Mog on a tour of the significant changes that have taken place here on Belknap Campus. Get a preview of the Tour with this map. Details and RSVP here. (Leaves at 2pm from Lutz Hall 225) All are welcome to attend, and this event is entirely FREE, but please fill out a quick registration so we know that you're coming! The first 50 online registrants get a FREE GIS Day t-shirt! Full details here.
Nov. 10 & 17, 2012	S.O.U.L. Volunteer Opportunity: Project Warm Blitz Saturday, November 10th and 17th. 9am - 1pm In teams with other students (get a group of your friends to join your team!), you'll carry out energy audits and help weatherize low-income homes to save energy and keep people warm in Louisville this winter! Since 1982 Project Warm has provided free weatherization services for people who cannot afford their high utility bills. Project Warm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization funded in part by LG&E, Metro Louisville, and the donations of many generous businesses and individuals. Learn more at Project Warm's website or call (502) 636-9276. Details and registration here.
Nov. 9, 2012	"Aquaculture's present and future roles in world, domestic, and local food systems" Dr. James Tidwell from Kentucky State University Friday, Nov. 9th noon-1pm in Shumaker Research Building Room 139 Guest lecture sponsored by the Dept. of Biology.
Nov. 8, 2012	The 2012 Anne Braden Memorial Lecture: Dr. Robin D.G. Kelley: "Neoliberalism and the War on Our Youth" Thursday, November 8th at 5:30pm UofL Playhouse (1911 S. Third St.) Robin D.G. Kelley Award-winning author and African American studies scholar Robin D.G. Kelley will give the sixth annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture Nov. 8. His free, public talk is expected to touch on incarceration, racism, public schools, the Occupy protest movement and the February fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Dr. Kelley is Professor of American Studies, Ethnicity and History at the University of Southern California. He is a dynamic speaker, a radical thinker & author of 6 prize-winning books, including Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression, and most recently Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (2009). Sponsored by UofL's Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research. Read more about the lecture here.
Nov. 7, 2012	Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency (RE3) Club meeting Wednesday, Nov. 7th from 12-1 in Ernst 212. Lunch will be provided (Jimmy Johns) All interested students, staff, and faculty are welcome to attend! Meeting topics include: 1. Date change for Kentucky Department of Energy speaker 2. Formalizing RE3 charter (What do you want out of the club?) and officer recruitment 3. Solar Decathlon and other opportunities on campus 4. Ideas for end of semester and Spring semester Have any ideas/opportunities/events you want to discuss? Please feel free to contribute! Email President Sam Ellis (srelli02@louisville.edu) or bring them with you to the meeting.
Nov. 5, 2012	Garden Commons: Beekeeping Workshop Monday, Nov. 5th 7pm at the Cultural Center Getting pumped about bees with friends. We will be screening a short film on urban beekeeping and explaining some basic principles about beekeeping, how to get started, what they do, where they like to spend their free time, where their kids go to preschool etc. There may also be honey related foods or non-honey related foods it really all depends. Details and RSVP on Facebook.
Nov. 5, 2012	Rethinking American Exceptionalism: What's So Great about America? Monday, Nov. 5th 6-7pm, Chao Auditorium Ekstrom Library McConnell Center 2012 Public Lecture Series: Richard M. Gamble is the author of In Search of the City on a Hill: The Making and Unmaking of an American Myth. He is the Anna Margaret Ross Alexander Professor of History and Political Science at Hillsdale College. Gamble challenges the widespread assumption that Americans have always used this potent metaphor to define their national identity. He demonstrates that America's 'redeemer myth' owes more to nineteenth- and twentieth-century reinventions of the Puritans than to the colonists' own conceptions of divine election. He reconstructs the complete story of 'the city on a hill' from its Puritan origins to the present day for the first time.
Nov. 1-4, 2012	Campus Community Partnerships for Sustainability Conference Interdisciplinary Sustainability Symposium: Cross-Pollinating for Resilience Bluegrass Bioneers Thursday, November 1st through Sunday, November 4, 2012 Various locations. Over the course of four unforgettable days, UofL will be hosting three amazing events focused on sustainability, all with the over-arching theme of Cross-pollination! Our goal is to provide a collaborative space – a hive of activity – that unites passionate people and transformational ideas for a future built on greater environmental, social and economic responsibility. Mark your calendars and plan to participate! Register a la carte for all these events here. Campus Community Partnerships for Sustainability Conference (Nov. 1 at JCTC with additional events Nov. 2-3 at UofL) The University of Louisville and Jefferson Community & Technical College are proud to co-host the 6th annual CCPS conference! CCPS brings together students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community partners from around Kentucky and the region to network, celebrate our achievements, and exchange ideas and best practices in sustainability. Field trips, panels, and presentations will touch on sustainable solutions around food, transportation, buildings, energy, climate action planning, social justice, waste management, stormwater management, academic programs in sustainability, ecological conservation, community partnerships, awareness-raising, and more! Get all the details here. Follow CCPS 2012 on Facebook. Interdisciplinary Sustainability Symposium: Cross-Pollinating for Resilience (Nov. 1 at JCTC and Nov. 2 at UofL Strickler Hall Room 101) UofL's Sustainability Council, with vital sponsorship from the Liberal Studies Project and Dept. of Biology, is proud to present an unforgettable day-long symposium bridging these two gatherings with international, national, and UofL experts in sustainability. Please register here if you plan to attend. Speakers include: 7:30pm Nov. 1 - Chris Martenson, co-founder of Peak Prosperity. Speaking on "The Crash Course: Essential Insights For Prospering In Our Increasingly Uncertain Future" (Local Harvest Dinner & Keynote Address, Nov. 1 6:30-9pm, $25 or free with CCPS registration.) 9am - Maria Koetter, CHMM, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Sustainability, Louisville Metro Government. Speaking on "City-wide Sustainability" 9:45am - Llewellyn Wells, former VP at Rocky Mountain Institute, and founder of Living City Block. Speaking on: "Urban Regeneration at the Right Scale" 11am - Lisa Markowitz, UofL Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology. Speaking on "Fresh Food Initiatives in the Americas" 1:15pm - Irma Ramos, MD, UofL Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences. Speaking on: "Challenges Posed by Climate Change Among Disadvantaged Populations" 2pm - Open World Delegation from Russia. Speaking on: "Russian Perspectives on Sustainability" 3:15pm - Joe Gorman - National Council Coordinator, Student Environmental Action Coalition. Speaking on: "New Organizing and Coalition-building Strategies in the Coalfields" 4pm - Margaret Carreiro, UofL Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Environmental Science. Speaking on: "Urban Park Woodlands and Managing for Climate Change" 5pm - Guy McPherson, University of Arizona professor emeritus of natural resources & environment, and author of the blog Nature Bats Last and the new book Walking Away from Empire. Speaking on: "The Good, the Bad, and the Astonishing" - Watch the Raw Video. Listen to the Edited Audio. Bluegrass Bioneers (Nov. 2-4, 2012 at UofL Strickler & Davidson Halls) Plenary speakers will include Bill McKibben of 350.org, Michael Brune of the Sierra Club, and many others. Now in its 4th year, Bluegrass Bioneers continues to innovate and inspire, from their first year spawning of 15Thousand Farmers (a city-wide sustainable local gardening support system) to this year's Urban Homesteading Bicycle Tour, “Pimp Our Garden” (a guerrilla gardening event), a Waterway Pollution Art Contest for K-12 area schools, and Kenny Stanfield, of Sherman-Carter-Barnhart Architects, highlighting the nation's first Net Zero School, Richardsville Elementary School in KY. Plug into the buzz now on Facebook and Twitter. Bluegrass Bioneers has a year-round presence and continues to be FREE because of the outpouring of community and university in-kind and financial support. Please register here if you plan to attend.
Nov. 1, 2012	Engineers Without Borders and Water Professionals Meeting Thursday, Nov. 1st at 6:30pm in Vogt Hall 314 The UofL chapter of Engineers Without Borders and Water Professionals is meeting on Thursday, November 1st for a biweekly General Body Meeting. Free pizza and drinks will be provided! The chapter will be discussing our next steps in applying for a program from EWB-USA, in which we will design and implement a sustainable solution to a problem in an international country. Please join us in this endeavor, no matter your major!
Nov. 1, 2012	A&S Meet The Professor: Carol Hanchette, Medical Geography: Exploring Health, Disease and Environment through a Geographic Lens Thursday, Nov. 1st, noon at University Club $14 regular, $ 7 students RSVP required: Janna Tajibaeva at 502-852-2247 or janna@louisville.edu The College of Arts and Sciences presents a monthly lunch and lecture series titled “Meet the Professor.” This month Carol Hanchette, geography and geosciences professor, speaks on "Medical Geography: Exploring Health, Disease and Environment through a Geographic Lens.” She will explain the role of mapping and spatial analysis in her research, using prostate and ovarian cancers, lead poisoning and asthma as examples, and will draw from historical study of infectious diseases such as cholera.
Oct. 30, 2012	Sustainability 101 - Professional Development Training open to all UofL Employees Tuesday, Oct. 30th 2:00-3:30pm Human Resources Training Room 103A Sustainability 101 will provide you with an introduction to the basic principles of sustainability and how to apply them in your professional and personal decision-making at work, school and home. This professional development session will provide faculty and staff with a wide variety of practical tips that you can use to become a better steward of the environment while saving money and helping build a brighter tomorrow for society. Attendees will better understand the University of Louisville's commitment to sustainability and learn that each step we take adds up to big results for us individually, for the university, and for the broader community. Please register for this free training here.
Oct. 25, 2012	Rethinking the Trail of Tears: Liberty, Constitutionalism & the Cherokee Perspective Thursday, Oct. 25th 6-7pm, Chao Auditorium Ekstrom Library McConnell Center 2012 Public Lecture Series: Amy Sturgis is the author of several books on U.S. presidential history and Native American studies, including *The Trail of Tears and Indian Removal* and *Tecumseh: A Biography*. The Trail of Tears shouldn't have happened. People at the time knew that it was wrong, that it was illegal, and that it was unconstitutional, but they did it anyway. The forced removal of the Cherokee Nation to "Indian Territory" (modern-day Oklahoma) was wrong on both moral and legal grounds. How can the Trail of Tears provide lessons to us today? We can't look aside and ignore the Trail of Tears as an example of something that was just part of the mid-19th century mindset. It is a story about how a group that had power gained at the expense of a minority unable to defend itself. The Trail of Tears set precedents we can only hope to avoid repeating.
Oct. 25, 2012	Mary Berry will speak on "The Berry Center and Cultural Change" Thursday, Oct. 25th 2:30pm with local harvest reception to follow Shumaker Research Building Room 139 In 2011 Mary Berry established The Berry Center in New Castle, KY to focus on issues confronting small farm families in Kentucky and around the country. One of the goals of The Berry Center is to bring focus, knowledge and cohesiveness to the work of changing our ruinous industrial agriculture system into a culture that uses nature as the standard, that accepts no permanent damage to the ecosphere, and takes into consideration human health in local communities." Co-sponsored by the Dept. of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences Committee on Food Justice, and the Sustainability Council. This event is in celebration of Food Day, a national campaign for healthy, sustainable, affordable, and fairly produced food, which is a project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Find Food Day on Facebook and Twitter (@FoodDay2012).
Oct. 24, 2012	Campus Sustainability Day Wednesday, October 24th 10am-2pm Humanities Quad Join us for the fifth annual celebration of all things sustainable at UofL and in our community! Learn about what various campus and community groups are doing to create a sustainable revolution. Sign-up to get involved. Leave with some green freebies, great information, and a smile on your face! Learn about all of UofL's new Transportation Alternatives and get hands-on, personalized guidance in how to use UofL's new Bike Fix-It Stations! Bring your bike for a tune-up! Shred-It will offer free shredding and recycling of documents, video tapes, and computer diskettes from their truck in the circle in front of the College of Business 10am - 2pm. The Louisville Biodiesel Cooperative will be collecting waste cooking oil for recycling at their booth on the Quad! In celebration of national Food Day, we'll have several booths focused on food issues and fair trade coffee and tea available. UofL's event will be part of the national celebration of the 10th anniversary of Campus Sustainability Day.
Oct. 24 to Nov. 4, 2012	UofL Sustainability Week! - over a full week of events to celebrate and raise awareness! Events include: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 10am-2pm – Campus Sustainability Day (Quad) Wednesday, Oct. 24, Lunch – Food Day with Nutrition Navigators (Ville Grill). Wednesday, Oct. 24, Noon – Let’s Talk Lunch: “Neo What?!” Neoliberalism and a more perfect democracy (Cultural Center). Thursday, Oct. 25, 10:30am–2pm – Gray Street Farmers’ Market. Last of the season! Special Guest vendor: Gelato Gilberto! Thursday, Oct. 25, 2:30pm – Mary Berry on "The Berry Center and Cultural Change" for Food Day (Shumaker 139) Thursday, Oct. 25, 6pm – Amy Sturgis on Rethinking the Trail of Tears: Liberty, Constitutionalism & the Cherokee Perspective (Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library) Friday, Oct. 26, 3pm – Campus Tree Advisory Committee - Fall Meeting with National Arbor Day Foundation (Life Sciences Room 137) Friday & Saturday, Oct. 26-27 – Power Shift: Real Skills for Social Change (Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage, 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.) Sunday, Oct. 28, 10am - 3pm – Garden Commons Volunteer Work Day! (10am - Composting at the lot on Bloom St. between Brook & Floyd. 1pm - Gardening next to the Cultural Center, rain or shine!) Tuesday, Oct. 30, 11am-1pm – Learn to Use UofL's New Bike Fix-It Stations! (Humanities Quad) Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2-3:30pm – Sustainability 101 - Professional Development Training open to all UofL Employees (Human Resources Room 103A) Thursday, Nov. 1, Noon – A&S Meet The Professor: Carol Hanchette, Medical Geography: Exploring Health, Disease and Environment through a Geographic Lens (University Club) Thursday, Nov. 1 – Campus Community Partnerships for Sustainability Conference (JCTC) Thursday, Nov. 1, 6:30pm – Engineers Without Borders & Water Professionals Meeting (Vogt 314) Thursday-Friday, Nov. 1-2 – Interdisciplinary Sustainability Symposium: Cross-Pollinating for Resilience (JCTC and UofL) Friday-Sunday, Nov. 2-4 – Bluegrass Bioneers (Strickler & Davidson Halls).
Oct. 22 to Nov. 10, 2012	Peace & Justice Weeks An annual series of events brought to you by UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace & Justice. Schedule and details to be announced soon here. October 1 – November 10 – Operation Dignity – Collecting “Boxes of Hope” Join the Muhammad Ali Scholars to help ease our newest neighbors’ transition from refugee to resident. Your donations of new and gently used household items will help Kentucky Refugee Ministries set up apartments for refugees resettling in Louisville. Full details about what and where to donate available online here, or contact us at 502-852-6372 or erika.stith (at) louisville.edu. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 5-7pm – One Million Bones (Ekstrom Library Quad) One Million Bones is a social art project that uses education, hands-on art-making, and large scale public art installations to raise awareness of mass atrocities and conflict related crises happening today in Congo, Sudan, Burma and Somalia. This event will generate bones to be used in the large scale installation on the National Mall in D.C. in spring 2013. Every bone made will raise a dollar towards the efforts made by Care International to assist in these disastrous times. Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7pm – Fleeing Home, Finding Home (Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library) Join the Ali Institute and guests for an exploration of the experiences of refugees. You won’t want to miss the personal stories that share why people were forced to leave their homes, chronicle their long journeys to Louisville, and celebrate their outstanding contributions to this city. Special guests include Laine Lopez, Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Movement for Justice and Equality in Mauritania, and others. Friday & Saturday, Oct. 26-27 – Power Shift: Real Skills for Social Change (Kentucky Center for African-American Heritage, 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.) Tired of all the talk about violence in our community? Are you ready to act powerfully on behalf of yourself and your neighbors? You are invited to join us for a community organizing workshop lead by Rev. Alvin Herring. This skill building workshop, for both novices and seasoned community organizers, will provide you with the tools needed to define your own issues and interests, organize others, and act to win. October 25th 9am-7pm and October 27th 9am-4pm. Food will be provided for all participants. Sponsored by UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice, The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, and Councilwoman Attica Scott. RSVP to Mikal Forbush, Ali Institute Program Coordinator, at 852-1493 or maforb01@louisville.edu. Saturday, Nov. 10, 11am-6pm – Hello Neighbor! Day of Dignity/Day of Compassion (Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth St.) Join UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute and the Muhammad Ali Center for a grand community celebration of our diversity and the people-to-people connections that make our city a welcoming place. The event will feature great food, community resources for new and long-time residents, health services, live entertainment and a tour of the Muhammad Ali Center exhibits - complimentary to all attendees! Sponsored by UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace & Justice, the Muhammad Ali Center, Islamic Relief USA, Kentucky Refugee Ministries and the Office for Globalization.
Oct. 22, 2012	Canning & Food Preservation Workshop Monday, Oct 22nd 6:00-7:30pm at the Cultural Center Garden Commons is hosting workshops throughout the year to educate students and community members about different aspects of growing your own food. This workshop will be about canning and other methods of food preservation so you can save the food from your garden and eat it year-round. A Master Gardener from the Jefferson County Coop Extension office will be here to teach the workshop and provide a demonstration on canning. Every attendee will have the opportunity to can apples to take home. If possible, bring with you a mason jar with fitting lid to the workshop! Full details & RSVP here.
Oct. 22, 2012	Sustainable Closet: Clothes, Books, and Things Drive Monday, Oct. 22th 6:00-9:00pm West Lawn (Red Barn if there's rain) UofL's environmental group G.R.A.S.S. is holding a drive during the Panhellenic Fall Festival to collect used clothing, shoes, books, electronics, and other things to support the reuse and repurposing of clothes and other household objects! One of the most environmentally friendly things we can do is reduce the demand for clothing that is in abundance in our world! Please donate all types of clothes (except undergarments), as well as any dishes, cds, books, binders, bags, We will have boxes at our G.R.A.S.S. table for the collection and will have a Goodwill-style sale later during UofL Sustainability Week! Good donations mean good pickin's for all! Details and RSVP here.
Oct. 22, 2012	Film Screening of Anne Braden: Southern Patriot Monday, October 22nd 5:30pm Floyd Theatre, Student Activities Center Anne Braden: Southern Patriot (1924-2006) is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader. Braden--a native of Louisville-- was hailed as a white southerner who was “eloquent and prophetic” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail. Ostracized as a “red,” she fought for an inclusive movement community and mentored three generations of social justice activists. Free & Open to the Public. This screening will be the kickoff event for Peace & Justice Weeks 2012 by the Muhammad Ali Institute (Oct. 22-Nov. 10). This event is co-sponsored by the Anne Braden Institute, the Ali Institute, and the A&S International, Diversity, and Outreach Programs.
Oct. 19, 2012	Homecoming Farm-to-Table Dinner Friday, Oct. 19th 7pm on The Ville Grill patio Cost: two meal plan swipes or $20 (for which you can use meal plan flex points). Reservations required. Students, employees, and alumni are invited to join us for a one-of-a-kind family-style dinner on the patio of the campus dining hall, where you will be served a four-course menu of local foods featuring: Kale and Potato Soup Winter Salad with Black Radish and Apple Escarole Apricot and Pinot Grigio Smoked Cornish Hens with Winter Medley Vegetables Pumpkin Crème Brule with Cinnamon Ice Cream and Bourbon Smoked Sugar We look forward to this time to slow down and enjoy the company of our neighbors and the bounty of our region! Make reservations online here. Non meal plan members should provide your phone number online and we will call to confirm the reservation of anyone wishing to pay by credit. Advance cash payment for reservations can be made at The Ville Grill on the corner of Third Street and Brandeis Avenue. Questions? Contact: Charlie Clabaugh, 502-852-7261, charlie.clabaugh@sodexo.com
Oct. 19, 2012	How to Fall from Trees: Gliding Ants and Other Discoveries from the Rainforest Canopy Friday, Oct. 19th 5:30-7:30pm in 101 Life Sciences A homecoming lecture by Dr. Steve Yanoviak, Biology’s Newest Faculty Member & the Wallace Chair of Conservation in Biology. Light Refreshments & Alumni Mixer following the Lecture in Life Sciences Room 137. For More Information: 502.852.5051 or elea.fox@louisville.edu
Oct. 19, 2012	Itzel Polo Mendieta: The Other Dreamers Friday, October 19th 12:00-1:30pm Cultural Center Multipurpose Room Please join us for conversation & light refreshments! Itzel Polo Mendieta was born in Mexico City and grew up in San Francisco Tetlanohcan, a small rural community with a high rate of citizens journeying to the United States, a process known as “out migration.” Itzel has worked as a volunteer for an organization that seeks to decrease the negative impacts of migration by working with the relatives of those who have migrated, especially women, to offer support, services and resources as needed. Currently, Itzel is working as a community organizer in Mexico City with The Other Dreamers, a group comprised of young returned migrants – some who were deported, others who returned voluntarily – who do not have the necessary support to re-integrate into Mexican society and the Mexican labor force. The Other Dreamers seek to increase access to education and create better job opportunities for their constituency, since under Mexican law the process to validate educational studies from the United States can be lengthy and expensive. The Other Dreamers organize for better job opportunities and access to education in Mexico. Co-Sponsored by the A&S Office of International, Diversity, and Outreach Programs, LALS, POLS, and UNA-Louisville Chapter, KITLAC. Contact Person: Dr. Tricia Gray, tjgray01@louisville.edu
Oct. 18, 2012	Occupy Israel: Notes from a Year of Social Protest Thursday, Oct. 18th 7:00-8:30pm Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium Noah Efron, senior fellow of Shaharit -- A Think Tank for New Israeli Politics, will discuss the ongoing tent city movement in Tel Aviv. Efron is a professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Bar Ilan University and formerly served on the Tel Aviv-Jaffa City Council. He is the author of Real Jews: Secular, Ultra-Orthodox, and the Struggle for Jewish Identity in Israel, as well as numerous scholarly and popular publications. He also hosts The Promised Podcast. Free & open to the public. Refreshments provided. Details and RSVP here.
Oct. 18, 2012	Nature: They Ain't Making it Like They Used To Thursday, October 18th 1:00-2:30pm Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium Dr. Noah Efron, the founding chairperson of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel, will speak on the way that our expanding capacity to alter nature is changing our understanding of what "nature" is. Prof. Efron is the author of two books and numerous essays on the complicated intertwine of knowledge, religion, and politics. He has served as president of the Israeli Society for the History and Philosophy of Science and is a standing member of the Ministry of Agriculture's Committee on Genetically Modified Organisms. He has held fellowships at Princeton, Harvard, and MIT. Details and RSVP here.
Oct. 17, 2012	Free Professional Development Workshop: Welcoming Diversity Wednesday, Oct. 17th, 2pm Human Resources Room 103A Did you know that the concept of diversity is more than just respecting different groups of people? Really understanding diversity is to learn that every individual is unique. Do you have questions about diversity or are you curious about how UofL is committed to welcoming all types of individuals? Please attend this free workshop. Michael Anthony and Brian Buford offer a fun and knowledgeable approach to learning more about diversity. Additional Information: Registration. More information (Opens as a PDF). Email Staff Development.
Oct. 15, 2012	Debate: Should UofL Buy from Sweatshops? Monday, Oct. 15th 1pm Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium Join us for a discussion between Professor Avery Kolers (philosophy department, University of Louisville) and Professor Benjamin Powell (economics department, Suffolk University) as they examine the economic and philosophical arguments for and against purchasing goods made in sweatshops.
Oct. 13, 2012	How Can We Best Serve? Conference Saturday, October 13th 10am - 2pm, Ekstrom Library You are invited to join dynamic discussions about the issues facing our community. Service veterans and novices alike will gain awareness and valuable networking opportunities through breakout sessions, a keynote address and lunch. Details and Registration here.
Oct. 13, 2012	Homecoming S.O.U.L. Service Projects Saturday, October 13th, Sites and start times vary. Details and registration here.
Oct. 13, 2012	Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference: “No Water; No Food” Saturday, October 13th, 9am-5:30pm, $40 Location: Kentucky Country Day School, 4100 Springdale Road, Louisville, KY 40241 The 13th annual Healthy Foods, Local Farms Conference is for people and organizations who care about where their food comes from....and that their daily repast is ethically and sustainably raised / grown and harvested. In observance of the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, this year's conference will focus on the topic of water and water quality. Tickets are $30 before September 15, $40 after that date. Registration cost covers: meals, snacks and conference materials. Contact Aloma Dew at (270) 316-0334 or by email at aloma.dew@sierraclub.org to inquire about scholarships. Supported by UofL's Sustainability Council and featuring UofL glaciologist Keith Mountain as a speaker and a variety of UofL students and faculty at Learning Stations on: Composting and vermiculture; Permaculture: Catching and storing water; The incredible journey of water; and Healthy oceans. Full details and registration here.
Oct. 12, 2012	UofL Reconsidered: Your Roles as a Faculty in Engaged Scholarship Friday, Oct. 12th 8:30-10:45am, MITC Room 201 Barbara Holland, an internationally known scholar on community engagement will offer a free workshop for faculty to address the question: What is the Scholarship of Engagement and how can teaching, research, and service be re-cast in this frame of reference? Emphasis will be placed on seeing teaching, research, and service through the community engagement lens and its implication on faculty professional life. Faculty will: a) Gain an overview of how to connect engagement to promotion and tenure; b) Explore ways of documenting engagement work; and c) Be introduced to strategies for infusing engagement into their course/teaching, classroom/course development and design, and the writing of Student Learning Outcomes. Register here. Additional Information: nisha.gupta (at) louisville.edu
Oct. 11, 2012	Community Engagement Awards Thursday, Oct. 11th 6:00-7:30pm Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library RSVP 502-852-2148 (Business attire) President James R. Ramsey and the Office of Community Engagement cordially invites you to attend a ceremony and reception celebrating UofL's annual Community Engagement Awards. The 2012 Honorees are: Faculty: International Service Learning Program Faculty Team Student: Morgan Forrester Community Partner: Wayside Christian Mission
Oct. 11, 2012	Conversation on Community Engagement: Q&A with Barbara Holland Thursday, Oct. 11th 4:30-5:30pm Humanities Room 300 Faculty and staff are invited to meet Barbara Holland, an internationally known scholar on community engagement during her visit to UofL.campus at the “Conversation on Community Engagement.” Bring questions, concerns and ideas about building community engagement into your work at UofL. Additional Information: nisha.gupta (at) louisville.edu. Register here.
Oct. 6, 2012	Louisville Solar Tour Saturday, October 6th Noon-4pm. Various sites. UofL will host tour sites (Sackett Hall & Garden Commons at the Cultural Center) along with UofL employees and students who live in solar-powered homes. We'll open our doors to give you a glimpse of our renewable energy future! Throughout the afternoon, you can tour dozens of different homes and institutions on your own or as part of group bus or bike tours. The bus costs $15 per person, but is FREE for students who email timdarst (at) aye.net by October 3rd. Full details here.
Oct. 3, 2012	Louisville Sustainability Forum Wednesday, Oct. 3rd Noon - 1:45 pm Passionist Earth & Spirit Center (behind St Agnes Church at 1920 Newburg Road)) Featured Presentation: "Engaging People in Environmental Issues" by Melissa K. Merry, UofL Assistant Professor of Political Science. Dr. Merry will discuss the micro-blogging and social networking website, Twitter and its potential for engaging and mobilizing citizens on environmental issues. She will offer a brief background on the site and describe how environmental organizations' used Twitter to convey information in the aftermath of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. She will offer a set of practical recommendations for anyone seeking to maximize their outreach by this increasingly popular website. Melissa's research deals with environmental organizations and the ways that they frame problems for public debate. 5 minute presentations: "Mining the Waste Stream" by David Coyte Heating Water with Solar Energy by Leah Dienes, Owner/Partner/Head Brewer, Apocalypse Brew Works Food & drink: Heine Bros. provides us with Heine Bros. coffee. Feel free to bring a bag lunch. If you'd like to prepare extra food or drink to share with others, that is always welcome!
Sept. 30 - Oct. 5, 2012	UofL Pride Week A celebration of justice, dignity, and respect for all! See the full schedule here. Highlights include: Tuesday, Oct. 2nd 2pm - Learning to Reduce, Prevent, and Cope with Stress. Presented by Dr. Stephanie Budge and the Counseling Psychology TransLGBQ Lab (CEHD Room 371) Wednesday, Oct. 3rd 7pm - Keynote Speaker Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, openly gay man, founder of Define American.com and immigration reform advocate. He was recently featured in a TIME cover story about the challenges undocumented people in America face. (SAC Multipurpose Room) Thursday, Oct. 4th Noon - Let's Talk Lunch: The Revolutionary Principles of Nonviolence* - Learn more about the life of Civil Rights pioneer Bayard Rustin in this informal session co-hosted by the Black Faculty & Staff Association and the Cultural Center. Featuring Mandy Carter, National Black Justice Coalition and Walter Naegle. (Cultural Center) Thursday, Oct. 4th 7pm - Bayard Rustin Centennial Celebration - Mandy Carter and Walter Naegle will lead a discussion and viewing of the film, Brother Outsider, that tells the story of Bayard Rustin's lifetime of activism and how he organized the March on Washington from the shadows as an openly gay man. (SAC Multipurpose Room)
Sept. 28, 2012	Sustainability 101 - Professional Development Training open to all UofL Employees Friday, Sept. 28th 1:30-3:00pm Human Resources Training Room 103A Sustainability 101 will provide you with an introduction to the basic principles of sustainability and how to apply them in your professional and personal decision-making at work, school and home. This professional development session will provide faculty and staff with a wide variety of practical tips that you can use to become a better steward of the environment while saving money and helping build a brighter tomorrow for society. Attendees will better understand the University of Louisville's commitment to sustainability and learn that each step we take adds up to big results for us individually, for the university, and for the broader community. Please register for this free training here.
Sept. 28, 2012	Climate Change and Soil Biology: Dr. Wim van der Putten, Netherlands Institute of Ecology Friday, Sept. 28th Noon (Shumaker Research Building 139) "Climate warming, range shifts and aboveground-belowground interactions" 4pm (Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium) "Soil biodiversity in a changing world: should we worry about the underworld?"
Sept. 28, 2012	Basic Pantry: Grocery Store Tour Feeling Lost? Learn how to buy LOCAL, FRESH, AFFORDABLE, HEALTHY food at your local grocery store! Friday, Sept. 28th 11:50am – 2:30pm Meet tour guide at TARC stop on Eastern Parkway in front of Speed School. Bus departs at noon. OR meet at ValuMarket in MidCity Mall at 12:30 pm. Tour Highlights: Participants receive: $10 gift card to shop at ValuMarket, UofL Sustainability re-usable shopping bags (made in the USA of 100% recycled fibers), coupons for items on the Basic Pantry Shopping List, recipes, shopping tips and snacks. Reserve and pay $5 registration fee online OR in person at the Health Promotion Reception in Student Services Annex. Group size limited to 12...register now! Tour led by a Registered Dietitian and a student Nutrition Navigator with time to shop at end of tour. Brought to you by UofL Health Promotion, Student Services Annex between SAC & Houchens. 502-852-5429.
Sept. 27, 2012	Info Session: Interfaith Power & Light Thursday, Sept. 27th 11am-1pm Ernst Hall, Room 212 Come for free pizza and learn about social entrepreneurship in sustainable energy! Interfaith Power & Light is a non-profit which promotes sustainable energy awareness within faith communities and puts solar panels on houses of worship. Sponsored by UofL's Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club (RE3). Details and RSVP here.
Sept. 25, 2012	Film Screening: Bag It Tuesday, Sept. 25th 7:30pm, Ekstrom Library Chao Auditorium Bag It has been garnering awards at film festivals across the nation. What started as a documentary about plastic bags evolved into a wholesale investigation into plastics and their effect on our waterways, oceans, and even our bodies. Join the Bag It movement and decide for yourself how plastic your life will be. Co-sponsored by GRASS, Louisville Plastic Bag Ban, and OurEarthNow. Details and RSVP here.
Sept. 25, Oct. 2, Oct. 30, Nov. 27, Dec. 4	Learn to Use UofL's New Bike Fix-It Stations! First & last Tuesdays of each month, 11am-1pm Humanities Quad What are those strange new red things and how do I use them?! Five new Bike Fix-It Stations with basic tools and a pump have been installed on campus (at Humanities, SAC/Red Barn Plaza, SAC Floyd St. entrance, University Tower Apartments and HSC Kornhauser plaza)! For help with repairs, scan the QR code on the Fixit to view detailed instructions. The Fix-It Station at the Humanities building will be staffed in Fall 2012 from 11am-1pm on the first and last Tuesdays of each month!
Sept. 25, 2012	Network Luncheon: Anne Braden - Southern Patriot Tuesday, September 25th Noon Shumaker Research Building, Room 139 Tickets: $7.00 per person. Reservations required. Free admission for pre-registered students. Deadline to reserve is September 20, 2012 Join us as we review film clips from the new documentary film on one woman’s historic role in the civil rights movement earning her the label “race traitor” and participate in a discussion with activists Carla Wallace, Bob Cunningham and Dr. Cate Fosl as they share information about their personal encounters with Anne Braden. Register online here. For additional information, please contact Clest Lanier, 852-3042, cvlani01@louisville.edu or Marian Vasser, 852-2252, mrvass01@louisville.edu. Sponsored by the A&S Office for International, Diversity, and Outreach Programs.
Sept. 24, 2012	Fall Planting Workshop Monday, Sept. 24th 6-8pm Garden Commons @ The Cultural Center Come out to the garden and help with fall planting. Even though the weather is winding down, there are still plenty of crops to grow. We will be planting potatoes onions, garlic, greens, kale, and cover crops. There will also be a demonstration on growing potatoes in five gallon buckets. Come on out, enjoy the weather and see what Garden Commons is all about!
Sept. 24, 2012	“Ain't I A Person?" Poverty & Public Policy Film Screening & Lecture Monday, Sept. 24th 5:00-7:30pm Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium Dr. Keith Kilty's documentary, "Ain't I a Person," puts a human face on poverty in the U.S. Poverty is a critical problem in the United States and has been throughout our history, one that generally does not receive a great deal of attention by policy makers. Retired Ohio State University professor and Journal of Poverty founder Dr. Keith Kilty will screen his documentary and discuss putting poverty back on the public policy table. See the trailer.
Sept. 20-21, 2012	"Where Do We Go from Here: From Conflict to Peace or Violence?" International Day of Peace Commemoration Peace Studies Symposium Thursday & Friday, Sept. 20-21st Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium Thursday, Sept. 20th, 5:30pm – Keynote, Dr. Vincent Harding Towards the end of his life, Martin Luther King, Jr. often declared with loving insistence, "America, you must be born again." What does that mean for us in the 21st century? Dr. Vincent Harding, an associate of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who now serves as Professor of Religion and Social Transformation at Illiff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He has written numerous books, including Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero, and will be conducting a "democratic conversation" on "The Last Years of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Future of America." Plus: Presentation of student research and peacemaking projects, including: Post-conflict Reconciliation in Northern Ireland; Student Understanding and Attitudes about Nuclear Weapons; Health Care and Homelessness; Diminishing Machismo among Boys in Honduras; Oral history interviews with service veterans. Tabling by Louisville peace and justice organizations. Reception to follow. The event is free, open to the public, and is followed by a reception. Seating is limited so please register in advance by contacting Janna Tajibaeva at janna@louisville.edu or phone 502-852-2247. Friday Sept. 21st, 8:30am - 4:00pm Featured speakers include: Russell Vandenbroucke, Director of UofL's new Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation program: “Peace Studies’ Window on the World” Susan Duncan, Dean, UofL's Brandeis School of Law: “Restorative Justice and Juvenile Court: Reforming the Experience One Child at a Time” C. Anneta Arno, Director of Louisville's Center for Health Equity: “Injury and Violence through a Public Health Prevention Lens” Lunch (University Club) Keynote: John Mueller, Ohio State University: “The Demise of War?” Melinda A. Leonard, UofL Professor of Psychology: “Combining Peace Studies and Social-Cognitive Research to Enhance Personal, Family, and Community Relationships.” Michael Moryc, professional photographer and Vietnam veteran, addresses his return pilgrimage to Southeast Asia and opens the Ekstrom exhibit of "Return to the Land of Dragons: Photographic Impressions of Vietnam" on his return to Vietnam 40 years after serving there (with David Horvath). Reception to follow. The day-long symposium also features student peacemaking projects, art installations, and meals. Registration is $25 (includes breakfast and lunch) for the general public and encouraged by September 1st as sitting is limited. University students may attend for free if they register by September 15th. Full details and registration here.
Sept. 19, 2012	Book-in-Common S.O.U.L Service Project & Keynote with author Wes Moore of The Other Wes Moore Wednesday, September 19th 2-6pm Service Project with Wes Moore. Check in at SAC Floyd Theatre UofL students, faculty and staff will join Louisville youth and community leaders in the historic Parkland neighborhood for service alongside author Wes Moore. Registrants will go to West End School for an introduction and brief training. Teams will then canvass the neighborhood on the way to Parkland Boys & Girls Club for dinner and concluding activities. Participants receive a T-shirt, light dinner and reserved seat at the keynote talk. Space is limited, so sign up now! Details and registration here. Watch video of service project. 6:30pm Wes Moore Keynote, SAC Multi-purpose Room. Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, will share insight into his book and explore how the themes in his book can be applied to action in our community. Get your free ticket here.
Sept. 19, 2012	Ice Cream Social with GRASS - Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions Wednesday, Sept. 19th 2-4pm, Humanities Quad Come enjoy some great locally-sourced ice cream sundaes and meet others at UofL who give a damn about sustainability! Meet other GRASS members and eat Comfy Cow ice cream (or sorbet). Sodexo will also provide some local food to sample. YOU MUST RESERVE A SPOT USING THIS LINK SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH FOOD TO ORDER!
Sept. 18-26, 2012	WEEK WITHOUT VIOLENCE September 18 – 26, 2012 This worldwide campaign encourages communities to think and act towards a world without violence. Activities at UofL will focus on raising awareness, promoting attitude change and enabling individuals and organizations to begin positive actions towards ending violence in their communities. See full calendar here. Select events include: UofL Celebrates International Day of Peace - Thursday, Sept. 20th (Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library) 5:30pm: Dr. Vincent Harding, historian, scholar of religion and society, civil rights leader, and Martin Luther King Jr. biographer, conducts a "democratic conversation" on "The Last Years of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Future of America." Plus: Presentation of student research and peacemaking projects, including: Post-conflict Reconciliation in Northern Ireland; Student Understanding and Attitudes about Nuclear Weapons; Health Care and Homelessness; Diminishing Machismo among Boys in Honduras; Oral history interviews with service veterans. Tabling by Louisville peace and justice organizations. Reception to follow. The event is free, open to the public, and is followed by a reception. Seating is limited so please register in advance by contacting Janna Tajibaeva at janna@louisville.edu or phone 502-852-2247. Peace Studies symposium - Friday, Sept. 21st 8:30am‐4pm (Chao Auditorium,Ekstrom Library) A speaker symposium in partnership with Liberal Studies for International Day of Peace. Full details below. PARK(ing) Day - Friday, Sept. 21st 10am-6pm, in front of Cardinal Towne UofL's mini-park will be on Cardinal Blvd. between 3rd & 4th St. An annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. Check out last year's photos! Again this year, UofL will be collaborating with several other groups to transform Louisville parking spaces into parklets to draw attention to how we use our public space and the importance of ending the violence on our streets caused by motor vehicles. Hundreds of people are killed and injured by cars on Louisville’s streets each year. Nationally, 32,310 people were killed on our roadways last year. It doesn't have to be this way. UofL's Sustainability Council wants to help stop by the violence on our streets by raising awareness about safer streets with fewer cars and slower traffic! More details to come. The Line Campaign - Tuesday, Sept. 25th 2:30-4pm (SAC Floyd Theater) The Line Campaign is a non‐profit organization and movement that is committed to empowering young leaders to create a world without sexual violence. We create critical dialogues and original media to inspire action. Join the director, Nancy Schwartzman, for a film and discussion! Take Back the Night - Tuesday, Sept. 25th 5:30‐7:30pm (Red Barn plaza) This year's featured speaker will be Nancy Schwartzman, a filmmaker, media strategist, and catalyst for social change. Named one of the "10 Filmmakers to Watch in 2011" by Independent Magazine, Nancy Schwartzman's work explores the intersection of sexuality, new media, and the complexities of modern relationships. Nancy is the Founder and Executive Director of The Line Campaign, a non-profit using media and action to end sexual violence. With the creation of 'Circle of 6' iPhone app, Nancy's team won the highly competitive White House Apps Against Abuse Technology Challenge. 'Circle of 6' will help friends stay close and prevent violence before it happens. Citizen Lobbyist Workshop - Wednesday, Sept. 26th 5pm (Brandeis School of Law, Room 275) Learn how to effectively use your voice to impact social policy and advocate for legislative change in Kentucky. MensWork and ACLU will review key legislation to be filed in 2013.
Sept. 17-21, 2012	Local Foods Week at Global Market Sept. 17-21, 2012 SAC 2nd Floor If you’re looking for local, the search just got a whole lot easier! Visit Global Market on the second level of the Student Activities Center for a wide array of local dishes each day this week. View the menu here. Look for the "L" for local icon...and don't miss the from-scratch homemade pumpkin pie on Wednesday!
Sept. 14, 2012	Professor Cate Fosl delivers Daughters of Greatness breakfast talk Friday, September 14th 8:30-10:30am Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. 6th Street Tickets: $15 Students, $20 Ali Center Members, $25 Non-Members (RSVP to reserve tickets by Sept. 7: Erin Herbert at eherbert(at)alicenter.org or 502-992-5341) Throughout the year, the "Daughters of Greatness" breakfast series at the Muhammad Ali Center invites prominent women engaged in social justice, activism, philanthropy, and social change to share their stories with the Louisville community. These women have followed in the footsteps of great traditions of social activism and continued the work of those who have influenced them in their own lives. The "Daughters of Greatness" series provides a place for dialogue and discussion on current issues of community engagement, social movements, and how to make the world a better place. On Sept. 14, Dr. Cate Fosl, founding director of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research and Braden's biographer, will discuss the evolution of her friendship with Braden, the challenges of interviewing and writing about a passionate, charismatic activist who was also a compelling writer in her own right, and the process of building a research institute dedicated to advancing public understanding of the U.S. civil rights movement, both its powerful history and its unfinished agenda of racial and social justice.
Sept. 13, 2012	Solar Cook Out! Thursday, Sept. 13th 11am-1pm Outside Ernst Hall, Speed School of Engineering Learn about Solar Cooking and build a burger or hot dog! Sponsored by UofL's Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club (RE3). Details and RSVP here.
Sept. 13, 2012	Advancing Green Infrastructure in Louisville Thursday, September 13th 9am - 4pm Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium Register online. Louisville’s combined sewer system discharges raw sewage directly into Beargrass Creek and the Ohio River when there are heavy rainstorms, on average 30 times a year. Join us as we bring together diverse stakeholders from the public and private sectors to collaborate and explore new opportunities for expanding the use of green infrastructure in Louisville. These green techniques can be used to address the city’s wet weather pollution problems while beautifying our communities and saving money. Panel discussions will evaluate Louisville’s progress with green infrastructure to date, provide a national context for this progress, identify technical and policy barriers to the use of green infrastructure in Louisville, discuss “lessons learned” from a design and engineering perspective, and explore opportunities for future collaboration and coordination. Speakers will include: Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer; Gordon Garner, CH2M Hill; Representatives from Ford Motor Co., Brown-Forman Corp., Kentucky Life & Accidental Insurance, University of Louisville, Louisville local government agencies, and private residential green infrastructure projects. Complete schedule here. Hosted by Watershed Watch in Kentucky, River Network, & Natural Resources Defense Council. Co-sponsors: Partnership for a Green City, Center for Neighborhoods, EPA Region 4 Environmental Finance Center, Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center, Kentucky Waterways Alliance, Green Building Council, Tetra Tech, and Virginia Environmental Endowment The workshop cost is $20 per person; early registration through September 10. Retirees and students pay only $10. After September 10, the registration fee for everyone is $25. Fee includes lunch and workshop materials. If you are interested in attending but need assistance with the fee, please contact hank.graddy@gmail.com for scholarship availability. Register online*.
Sept. 12, 2012	GRASS Event: Tire Collecting for PARK(ing) Day (and neighborhood cleanup) Wednesday, Sept. 12th at 5:00pm Departing from: Gheens Science Hall & Rauch Planetarium We need tires for blocking off the parking spaces for PARK(ing) Day (Sept. 21) and there are tires dumped in alleys in the West End so were going to take care of both. Meet at the planetarium and bring a vehicle if you have one to help transport the tires. Details and RSVP here.
Sept. 6, 2012	What's Next: Climate Change with Dr. Keith Mountain Thursday, Sept. 6th, 7 p.m. LFPL Main Library (301 York Street, Louisville, KY 40203) Free Tickets: 574-1644 Dr. Keith Mountain is professor and chair of the department of geography and geosciences at the University of Louisville. From shrinking ice to scorching summers, he has been engaged as a researcher in the science of climate change for over 30 years - his perspective shaped by his research in places as far away as Antarctica, Greenland, China, Africa and South America, and as close as Louisville’s Iroquois Park. Join him for a discussion on global climate change! The event is free, but tickets are required; call 574-1644.
Sept. 6, 2012	A&S Meet The Professor: Lisa Markowitz: Lost Crops of the Incas Rediscovered Thursday, Sept. 6th noon at University Club $14 regular, $ 7 students RSVP required: Janna Tajibaeva at 502-852-2247 or janna@louisville.edu The College of Arts and Sciences presents a monthly lunch and lecture series titled “Meet the Professor.” This month Lisa Markowitz, professor and chair of the anthropology department, will talk about her ethnographic field work in the alpaca-raising regions of Peru. In Peru over the past decade, gastronomy has boomed in tandem with the economic growth and recent culinary trends include the celebration of formerly disparaged peasant foodways, especially the native Andean foods developed by the ancient Incas.
Sept. 5, 2012	Peace Corps Session Wednesday, Sept. 5th, 5–6pm, Career Development Center, Houchens Building, LL03 Peace Corps' UofL Campus Office hosts monthly information sessions for UofL students and alumni. The Peace Corps is currently looking for qualified applicants to work and serve abroad in: agriculture, forestry and environment; education and English/ESL teaching; public health and HIV/AIDS work; youth and community development; and business and IT. Come to September’s information session to learn more! Office hours will be held on September 14th and September 28th. All office hours are held at Houchens, LL03, from 9-11 AM. Alternative times are available by appointment.
Sept. 5, 2012	Help Launch Food Waste Composting in SAC Multipurpose Room! Wednesday, Sept. 5th 11am-12:30pm, SAC Multipurpose Room UofL professor and composting guru, Brian Barnes <brian.barnes@louisville.edu>, will be on hand to provide training to students interested in helping staff some new post-consumer food waste scrape stations in the SAC Multipurpose Room. You can help other students learn how to compost while reducing the amount of waste UofL sends to the landfill! You'll also have the opportunity to learn about future sustainability trainings to become a certified UofL Eco-Rep!
Sept. 4, 2012	Urban & Public Affairs Speaker Series: What is Urban Affairs? Tuesday, September 4th at Noon Urban & Public Affairs Building Rm 123 (426 W. Bloom St.) Dr. John Gilderbloom, Professor, Urban and Public Affairs, presents “What is Urban Affairs? The Answer My Friend is the New Urban Sociology with Green as a Topping! Brown Bag Lunch
Aug. 27, 2012	First Garden Commons Meeting Monday, Aug. 27th 6pm Garden Commons at the Cultural Center Come join us for our first Garden Commons meeting! We will plan on having meetings every week or bi-weekly. This meeting along with a schedule of all our events is also available at OrgSync.
Aug. 27, 2012	The Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research presents Social Entrepreneurship Panel Discussion: Identifying opportunities for renewables, energy, health & water and championing socially responsible activity Monday, Aug. 27th 1-2:30pm Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Airport, 2735 Crittenden Drive Speakers include: Bryce Butler, Executive Director at the Blue Sky Foundation, a venture philanthropy foundation that deploys creative market solutions to alleviate the effects of poverty around the world. Ted Smith, Director of Innovation for Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government, finding creative ways for local government to better deliver basic services, stimulating economic development through public-private partnerships, and embracing invention and entrepreneurship in the local community. Students, faculty, & staff welcome to participate! For more information, contact Sam Ellis, President, RE3 Club, srelli02@louisville.edu
Aug. 26, 2012	Louisville Film Premiere: "Anne Braden: Southern Patriot" Sunday, Aug. 26th 3pm Kentucky Center for African American Heritage, 1701 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd. "Anne Braden: Southern Patriot" is a first person documentary about the extraordinary life of this American civil rights leader and Louisville native. When charged with sedition for attempting to desegregate a Louisville neighborhood in 1954, Braden used the attach to embrace a lifetime of racial justice organizing matched by few whites in American history. Braden's story explores not only the dangers of racism and political repression but also the power of a woman's life spent in commitment to social justice. Full details. Sponsors include: UofL's Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, UofL College of Arts & Sciences, and many others.
Sundays Fall 2012	Garden Commons Volunteer Work Days! (get your hands dirty!) Sundays 10am - Help us collect & manage compost on campus! Meet at the lot on Bloom St. between Brook & Floyd. Sundays 1pm - Help us grow organic produce on campus! Meet in the garden next to the Cultural Center, rain or shine! Full schedule of all Garden Commons events is available on OrgSync.
Aug. 25, 2012	GRASS Trip to Bernheim Forest for CONNECT Saturday, Aug. 25th Meet-up to carpool: 5:30pm at UofL's Planetarium Join UofL's student environmental group, GRASS as we bus (or possibly carpool, details TBD) down to Bernheim Forest for the awesome CONNECT event. Described as a collision between art, science, and nature, CONNECT is a one-of-a-kind event featuring live music, food, art, and exhibits amongst the natural beauty of Bernheim. The event runs from 6:22 to 10:22 pm (2 hours before and after sunset). Stay tuned at the Facebook Event Page for details about when and where we will be meeting up to head down there. The entrance fee is $5 per person, but we do have some scholarships available, so if the cost is going to keep you from attending, contact Joe LaCasse <j0laca01@louisville.edu> about the possibility of claiming one of those.
Aug. 24, 2012	Kick-Off Meeting: GRASS (Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions) Friday, August 24th 12:15-1pm In the Quad outside of Ekstrom Library (in the grass, of course) Help us start off the semester with exciting ideas for great events! RSVP on Facebook!
Aug. 21, 2012	Wendell Berry on “Specialization or Fragmentation?” James L. Stambaugh Jr. MD Lecture in Humanities in Medicine noon–1 p.m. Aug. 21 Kornhauser Library Auditorium, Health Sciences Center Wendell E. Berry, Kentucky poet, novelist, essayist and activist, will present “Specialization or Fragmentation.” Berry holds numerous honorary degrees and is the recipient of the 2012 Jefferson Lecture in The Humanities Award. The Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine Division of Medical Humanism and Ethics is the event sponsor. Watch a video of the lecture here.
Aug. 15-22, 2012	Sustainability is being woven into Welcome Week events, including: Thursday, Aug. 16 - Morning Walk: Discover Old Louisville! 10 – 11 a.m., meet at the bottom of the Student Activities Center ramp Take a scenic walk in Old Louisville, highlighting local businesses, neighborhood vitality, and healthy local food options! Thursday, Aug. 16 - Car-Free Lunch Trip to Gray St. Farmers' Market 11:00 a.m. meet up. Cyclists gather in front of the Red Barn. Bus riders bring UofL ID and meet at the TARC Route #18 stop across from the Floyd St. Garage and the Belknap Bus Station. Bring spending cash/debit card. All attendees will receive a reusable UofL Sustainability shopping bag made in the USA of 100% recycled materials! Saturday, Aug. 18th - S.O.U.L. volunteer projects 12-6pm. UofL's Garden Commons is hosting a volunteer work-day and the Sustainability Council is teaming up with Breaking New Grounds to co-host a volunteer site focused on Sustainable Urban Agriculture. Our goal is to introduce new UofL students to the complex issues of sustainability through the lens of food and compost production in an urban setting. We'll provide the tools and the oversight to put a group of up to 15 volunteers to work managing worm compost operations, community gardens, and hoop-house vegetable production in the middle of one of Louisville's "food deserts." We'll also introduce students to the Louisville TARC bus system and how to use it free with UofL ID. The trip departs from the SAC Multipurpose Room and involves a short walk to and from bus stops. Wear sturdy work shoes and clothes you can get dirty. Register to volunteer here. Tuesday, Aug. 21 - Recognized Student Organizations (RSO) Fair & SAB Cook-Out, 11am-1pm, Red Barn plaza. Free food! Come learn about the many sustainability-related student groups on campus and sign-up to get involved! Wednesday, Aug. 22 - UofL Involvement Fair, 11am-1pm, Red Barn plaza. Free food! Stop by the UofL Sustainability table to find out how you can make a difference, grab some green goodies, and get a free bike tune-up!
Aug. 11, 2012	UofL Sustainability presentation at EarthSave Saturday, August 11th - 6pm Vegan Potluck, 7pm Presentation United Crescent Hill Ministries, 150 State Street (on Frankfort Ave). Join UofL's sustainability coordinator, Dr. Justin Mog, for a delicious vegan potluck followed by a presentation about UofL's ever-evolving and multifaceted sustainability initiatives, including plenty of food-related efforts! 6 p.m. POTLUCK: Bring a plant-based dish (cooked or raw), your recipe to share, and your own utensils/plates. Make every effort to avoid dairy, eggs and the usual cast of animal-derived foods; replacements/substitutions are easy if one makes the effort. Suggested donation: $3 with a dish to share or $8 without a dish to share. Kids under 5 are free. Bring a complete place-setting with utensils for a price reduction of $1 per person. EVERYTHING ALWAYS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ABSOLUTELY! If you bring food and this is your first time, please call ahead for a brief orientation and perfunctory but mandatory invitation: Nate at 502-299-9520. EarthSave Louisville educates people about the extremely powerful and documented effects our food choices have on the environment, our health and all life on Earth, and encourages an ever-transitioning shift toward a healthy, plant-based diet.The monthly Vegetarian Potluck is always held on the 2nd Saturday at 6 p.m. RSVP and more details here.
Aug. 1, 2012	PARK(ing) Day Pre-Planning Event Wednesday, August 1st 6:00-8:00pm Eiderdown - 983 Goss Ave. Interested in building your own pop-up park for PARK(ing) Day this September? Join UofL's Urban Design Studio and PARK(ing) Day 502 for a casual information session and City Suds Urbanism Happy Hour at Eiderdown on Goss Avenue on Wednesday, August 1 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Patrick Piuma, Director of the Urban Design Studio, and Patrick Smith, Author of MapGrapher, will be on hand to showcase examples of pop-up parks from around the country, answer questions about how to build your own park, and offer pointers on assembling a team and finding materials for your park. Brainstorm with your fellow urbanists on how we can improve public space in Louisville. It’s free to participate and registration forms will be on hand. Whether you’re building a pop-up park during PARK(ing) Day or just planning on taking in a few community built spaces across the city, come be part of the discussion. Together, we can transform Louisville into a city of pop-up parks for a single day and help to make our public spaces better year round!
July 23, 2012	KIPDA bike transportation focus group Monday, July 23rd, 6-7pm UofL’s Urban Design Studio (507 S. Third St.) Tell our area's regional planners what it's like to bicycle on streets in our area. They want to hear where you go, what makes you happy and what aggravates you. This information will be used to create a document that will guide transportation decisions in our region over the next 30 years! As part of the “Connecting Kentuckiana” major transportation plan update being developed by the Kentuckiana Regional Planning and Development Agency, KIPDA wants to hear about problem spots, problems with connectivity, safety, and access for cyclists. Do your homework, mark up a map, tell your friends, and be there. Snacks will be provided! RSVP on Facebook
July 15, 2012	UofL Professor & Composter Brian Barnes speaks at 15Thousand Farmers' 15th Day Celebration Sunday, July 15th from 6pm-8pm Chapel at Dismas Charities St. Ann, 1515 Algonquin Pkwy. Brian Barnes, local sustainability advocate, worm wrangler and lecturer in Philosophy at UofL and Bellarmine Universities, will be speaking about "Composting and Community." Beginning in 2009, Brian Barnes led the effort to build a food waste composting facility at U of L. Since it started operation in July 2010, U of L has diverted more than 65,000 pounds of pre-consumer food waste and coffee grounds from landfills into the production of rich, fertile soil that enhances not only the University's Garden Commons, but many other landscape projects around campus. Barnes also has started similar programs at Bellarmine University, Americana Community Center and The Chance School. Some of these groups also are developing organic, sustainable gardens to use the rich soil they create from the composting process so they can provide healthy foods to the communities they serve. Barnes uses the composting sites as teaching tools for his business ethics students. On tours of the sites, he emphasizes sustainability and healthy foods, and teaches them how to build composting systems, connect with community organizations, and challenge existing paradigms as they relate to food as a social justice issue. He also takes students to Louisville's "food deserts" so they can see firsthand the lack of healthy food availability that exists in many urban markets. At the same time, he teaches them about sustainable systems and the efforts of the community organizations he works with to address this critical need. As always, there will be a potluck meal, so bring a healthy dish to share if you can. Also bring along some seeds to swap, and/or some of your extra plant starts to trade, and bring along some friends as well! Full details here.
July 7, 2012	Butterfly count at UofL’s Horner Wildlife Sanctuary in Oldham County Saturday, July 7th 10am-3pm All are invited to participate in the annual butterfly count at UofL’s Horner Wildlife Sanctuary near Brownsboro, led by UofL biology professor emeritus Charles Covell and other butterfly specialists, as part of a national effort to monitor butterfly populations across the country. Volunteer counters of all ages should meet at 9:30 a.m. at the parking lot of the now-closed Brownsboro general store and restaurant, one mile northwest of Exit 14 off Interstate 71 and about 20 miles north of Louisville. If it rains heavily, the count will be postponed until the same time Sunday, July 8, if that day's weather is clear. The count will be done in a defined area from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., although volunteers do not have to stay the entire time. Participants should wear hats, hiking shoes, long pants and long-sleeved shirts and bring insect repellent, water and lunch. Nets will be supplied, but volunteers also can use cameras, binoculars and notebooks to gather information. The data will be reported to the North American Butterfly Association for its published results. Read more.
June 14, 2012	Sustainability 101 - Professional Development Training open to all UofL Employees Thursday, June 14th 2:00-3:00pm Human Resources Training Room 103A Sustainability 101 will provide you with an introduction to the basic principles of sustainability and how to apply them in your professional and personal decision-making at work, school and home. This professional development session will provide faculty and staff with a wide variety of practical tips that you can use to become a better steward of the environment while saving money and helping build a brighter tomorrow for society. Attendees will better understand the University of Louisville's commitment to sustainability and learn that each step we take adds up to big results for us individually, for the university, and for the broader community. Please register for this free training here.
June 13, 2012	Belknap Campus Sustainability Tour Wednesday, June 13th 3:30-5pm Leaving from the Garden Commons at the Cultural Center Gain a new perspective on sustainability initiatives at UofL! Join us for a Belknap Campus Sustainability Tour led by UofL sustainability coordinator, Dr. Justin Mog.
June 5, 2012	Sustainable City Series #21: Trees, Cities, and Climate Change: How Louisville Can Cool Itself Down Tuesday, June 5th 5:30-7pm at the Glassworks Building, 815 W. Market St. Featuring Dr. Brian Stone, Jr., a Georgia Institute of Technology city and regional planning professor Dr. Brian Stone, Jr., Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning, will discuss the effects of climate change on cities and the role that trees can play in reducing the influence extreme heat events can have on our city. Various characteristics of urban environments contribute to elevated temperatures in our cities as compared to the surrounding countryside, known as the urban heat island effect. The amount of vegetation within a city is one of the leading factors in determining if a city can cool itself. Recent studies have indicated that Louisville's tree canopy has been in a steady state of decline. This information has come as a great surprise to many as we often consider ourselves a "city of parks" and have not taken note of the overall reduction in trees due to damage and disease. Mayor Fischer has recently formed a Tree Advisory Board to develop policies to better care for and aggressively address the issue. Please join us on June 5th for an engaging and discussion with Dr. Stone, author of the new book The City and the Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live, as we learn how Louisville can cool itself down. Space is limited so PLEASE REGISTER HERE by Monday, June 4th to reserve your seat. This event is free to the public. Food will be provided by Ramsi's Café on the World and Heine Brother's will be providing coffee. For more information please call 502.587.7015. Learn more about the topic in the recent front-page story in the Courier-Journal. Brought to you by UofL's Urban Design Studio. This event is made possible by the Tree Commission with the generous support of Christina Lee Brown.
Thursdays May 17 - Oct. 25, 2012	Gray Street Farmers’ Market 10:30am – 2pm every Thursday (May 17 - October 25, 2012) rain or shine! Bike ride to the Farmers' Market leaves Thursdays at 11am from the Red Barn. At HSC on the 400 block of E. Gray St. (between Preston & Jackson). On TARC Route 18 from Belknap. Featuring a wide variety of local vendors, offering hot lunch items, fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat, cheese, honey, bakery items, canned goods, crafts and flowers. More information about the farmers’ market here. Directions here.
May 10, 2012	Pedal with the President to UofL for Bike Month! Thursday, May 10th 7:30am leaves from Amelia Place (2515 Longest Avenue) Photos. Coverage on WLKY. Join President Ramsey and others for a fun, easy 30-minute ride to campus to celebrate Bike Month! Riders will leave together and then split into two groups - one headed to Belknap campus and another to HSC. Both routes will be fairly flat and low-traffic. The route to Belknap is mapped out here. The route to HSC is mapped out here. Watch the video for Bike to Work Month 2011 and the 2010 UofL Bike To Work Day video.
May 2, 2012	Garden Commons Slow Food Harvest Party! Wednesday, May 2nd, 7pm at the Cultural Center UofL's Garden Commons hosts an end-of-the-year get-down with a delicious slow food meal shared among friends in the garden! For more info join the Garden Commons Facebook group or contact Lindsey Samotis at lesamo01 (at) louisville.edu
May 2012	May is Bike Month! UofL encourages you to use two wheels for transportation throughout May 2012! New to Bike Commuting? - UofL employees can participate in Get Healthy Now's new Safe Cycling Classes! - Experience a Free Escort Service with an experienced bike commuter! General routes and contact info here. - Stop in for a Free New Rider Clinic on Mondays 6:15-9pm, April 30th through June 11th at Waterfront Park's Yellow Parking Lot. - Take a free bicycling class for adults! "Bicycle Superhero Basics" will be held Saturday, May 19th and Saturday, May 26th 1-4:15pm; "Bicycle Superhero II" is Saturday, June 2nd 12-5pm. May 10th: Pedal with the President to UofL! Thursday, May 10th 7:30am gather at Amelia Place (2515 Longest Avenue) President Ramsey led a fun, easy 30-minute ride to campus to celebrate Bike Month! Photos. Coverage on WLKY. May 18th: Join with folks from around Louisville to celebrate national Bike To Work Day on Friday, May 18th from 11:30am until 1pm at Fourth Street Live! Register & enter to win a new Trek 7000 commuting bike, with packs and rack! Bike To Work Day Meet & Rides leave at 7am (and return from 4th St. Live at 5:15pm) from Seneca Park, Iroquois Park, Shawnee Park, and Southern Indiana. May 1-17: UofL has formed teams from around campus for the Louisville Bicycle Challenge – a friendly competition to encourage friends, colleagues, and neighbors to start using bikes to get around regularly! Full details about the Challenge are below and here. Meet other participants on Facebook. UofL Teams Currently Registered (more welcome): UofL Sustainability Council Crankers UofL Bicyclists Speed School Jeep Dodgers How the Challenge Works: First form or join a team of about five co-workers, friends, neighbors, or whoever. Teams can be any size, but only the top 5 scorers will count towards your team’s point total. No more than one team member can be "experienced" riders - people who have taken more than 365 trips by bicycle in the last 365 days. All team members will register online at GreenLightRide under a team name you create (please indicate UofL affiliation). Each one-way trip you make by bicycle is worth one point, whether it’s riding to work, to the store, to appointments, to a friend’s house, or just for fun. Log your trips at GreenLightRide. At the May 18th Bike to Work Day celebration, the team with the most points wins the golden handlebars and the reputation as being the bestest bikers in Louisville!!! Join the victory party at 4th Street Live!, noon-1pm on March 18th. Glory! Prizes! All serious contestants will win a set of emergency bike lights from Bike Louisville. Additionally, the winning team will receive these fabulous prizes: Custody of the coveted "Golden Handlebars" trophy Championship helmet mirrors, locally hand-crafted by Bud's Helmet Mirrors Championship cargo panniers, locally hand-crafted by Agent Ümlaut Designs There may be more prizes materializing, so check back later! What's the Score? Here is the scoreboard. Feel free to talk smack on the Facebook Event Wall. You and your teammates should log in and record your individual trips every day or so in May. When you log in, you will be able to see how the other teams in the Louisville Commuter Challenge are doing. If you have questions about signing up, contact Dave. Have fun out there on your bikes! Have we enticed you? Are you excited about bicycling? Are you ready to form a team and sign up to win fame, glory, and adoration? Terrific! Here's what to do: Creating Your Team: Go to GreenLightRide Click register in the upper-right hand corner for a new account Fill in the form (write down your username and password so you don't forget!) and click “submit” Navigate the menus to Teams > Create Team Pick a brilliant name and click “submit” Click on the name of your team to go to your team's page The easiest way to invite friends and co-workers to join your team is to copy & paste the URL address from your team's page and send it to people you are trying to recruit. The top 5 scorers will count towards your point total. Enroll your team in the Louisville Bicycle Challenge! Go to GreenLightRide and click "Join Challenge"!
April 29, 2012	Garden Commons work party Sunday, April 29th 1-3pm at the Cultural Center Interested in organic gardening? Ready to get your hands dirty? Then come to the Garden Commons work party Sunday, April 29th! We'll be planting sweet potatoes, okra and other summer crops! For more info contact Lindsey Samotis at lesamo01 (at) louisville.edu
April 24, 2012	RSA Sustainability Day Tuesday, April 24th 12:30-2pm at the Garden Commons at the Cultural Center Lunch will be served! Take a study break and join UofL's Resident Student Association for a fun, relaxing celebration of Earth Day! Learn how to make "flower bombs" and mini wind turbines (pinwheels). Come discuss how to incorporate sustainability into your life with UofL's Sustainability Coordinator, Justin Mog. Free lunch will be provided, so bring a plate, utensils and cup to reduce waste! More on Facebook.
April 24, 2012	Green Threads: Sustainability Across the Curriculum (faculty workshop) Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 from 9 am to 3 pm in Shumaker Research Building Room 228 Are you interested in environmental issues and sustainability? Are you thinking of adapting a course or creating a new course to focus on issues of sustainability? If so, please consider this invitation to participate in Green Threads: Sustainability Across the Curriculum. This faculty development workshop, sponsored by UofL’s Sustainability Council, is in its fourth year, and we are currently recruiting a new group of participants for 2012-2013. Green Threads will take place Tuesday, April 24th, 2012 from 9 am to 3 pm. In this workshop, we will explore a variety of ways to embed issues of sustainability into the curriculum and into our classrooms. Participants will receive an honorarium of $500, information on local and regional sustainability issues, and resource materials as well as have opportunities to network with other faculty. Previous participants have evaluated this workshop as intellectually stimulating and exciting! Workshop Applications: Please submit an application, including a description of how you’re considering changing an existing course or the new course you’d like to develop by Monday March 26th, 2012 to Barbara Burns <bburns@louisville.edu>. Green Threads participants must agree to: (1) Participate in the day-long workshop on April 24th 9 am to 3:00 pm (2) Read materials prior to the workshop (3) Submit a syllabus for the revised or new course and a paragraph on the intellectual process involved by August 2012 (4) Report back to the group in an August field trip and at a Spring 2013 presentation for the university community. Learn more and download the application at our Green Threads page.
April 20, 2012	RE3 Club Info Session: Louisville Biodiesel Cooperative Friday April 20th 3-4pm in Ernst Hall 212. UofL's Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club will host a guest presentation by the Louisville Biodiesel Cooperative. The Co-op turns waste vegetable cooking oil into renewable fuels. Join us for a roughly 30-45 min presentation followed by an open Q&A and discussion.
April 20, 2012	GREEN THREADS: A Conversation about Implementing Sustainability Across the Curriculum Dine and Discover: Teaching Strategies Friday, April 20th Noon - 2:00 pm, Delphi Lab - Ekstrom 244 Register here This interactive panel discussion will allow faculty to learn about the Green Threads program which provides faculty development and resources to incorporate sustainability issues into their courses. The workshop will have three parts. In Part One, session conveners Joy Hart, Russ Barnett, and Barbara Burns will describe the history of the Green Threads program and its relation to Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) initiatives across the country. In Part Two, a panel of faculty will describe how they implemented sustainability into their coursework, focusing on specific exercises and pedagogy. Part Three will focus on the logistics and practical solutions to engaging students in our community to further learn about sustainability. Justin Mog, assistant to the provost for sustainability initiatives, will talk about opportunities that are available on- and off-campus for students to get more involved in sustainability. The goals of the Green Threads Dine and Discover workshop will be to: Share best practices and emerging scholarship in teaching and learning related to sustainability; Provide an interactive and collaborative learning experience for UofL faculty; Offer participants concrete teaching strategies and "take-aways" for immediate implementation as it relates to sustainability; and Disseminate relevant resources and scholarship for further exploration and learning related to sustainability Presenter Bios: Sarah Emery, PhD, from the biology department, will talk about how she connected plant taxonomy to sustainability issues in her class "Plant Taxonomy and Ecology BIOL 391." Sharon Kerrick, PhD, from the College of Business will talk about how her students created business plans as part of "Sustainability/ Green initiatives" business plan track in "Entrepreneurship II ENTR." Kristi King, PhD, from the department of health and sports sciences, will talk about her course "Community Health Promotion and Disease Prevention" HSS 676 in which students work with community groups to establish interventions that support health, social and environmental issues that links health, well being, exercise and sustainability. Register here for this unique opportunity.
April 20, 2012	Shelby Campus participates in clean-up at E. P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park Friday, April 20th 9:30am-11:30am Faculty, staff and students from UofL’s Shelby Campus will help naturalists at E. P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park near Louisville’s Freys Hill area remove invasive bush honeysuckle plants from the park. Community volunteers are invited to join in the 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. clean-up, which is part of Mayor Greg Fischer’s “Give A Day” week.
April 17, 2012	Climate Change Teach-In Tuesday, April 17th Outdoor Fair: 11am - 2pm between Shumaker Research Building & Lutz Hall (Rain Location: Lutz Hall atrium) Speakers & Film Carbon Nation: 5-7pm Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library UofL’s Sustainability Council brings you the fourth annual Climate Change Teach-In, an exciting opportunity to learn more about global climate change and what you can do to address the issue. A variety of UofL departments will be invited to share their perspectives on climate change and help students understand their options for studying the issue and for making positive life changes! Booths include: Cards Go Green! Pledge – earn a reusable shoulder bag and water bottle (Sustainability Council) Tree Campus USA and Belknap campus Tree Tour (Sustainability Council) Learn to fix your bike! and pick up a Louisville Bike Map (Sustainability Council) Bicycling for Louisville – Get involved in your local bike advocacy and education organization GRASS – Green tip fortune cookies, sign-up to get involved in UofL’s student environmental group Office of Health Promotion – Learn about the connections between a healthy body and a healthy planet UofL Dept. of Geography & Geosciences – Learn about opportunities to study climate change Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District – Replace your lawn! Take home a wildflower seedball and learn about rebates for giving up your gas-powered lawnmower KAIRE – Learn about the Idle-Free Louisville campaign Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club - Demos of various solar powered technologies Garden Commons – Showcasing the new mural on UofL’s compost van Louisville Water Company – Free reusable water bottles to fill up on Louisville Tap There will also be an evening program (5-7pm) in the Chao Auditorium with speakers and a screening of Carbon Nation - a climate change solutions movie by local filmmaker, Peter Byck. Pre-screening speakers include Dr. John Cumbler, UofL Professor of Environmental History and Dr. Keith Mountain, UofL Professor of Geography & Geoscience, an expert in the science of global climate change. This year's Climate Change Teach-In will be held in conjunction with the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Symposium (which will be held the same day 12:30-4pm in Shumaker Research Building's atrium and room 139). The Symposium is a chance for undergraduates to share with the university community how faculty, staff, and students are applying teaching/learning, research, and service to address community needs. Those doing sustainability-related work are encouraged to submit abstracts (due April 9, 2012) as described here. Learn more and let us know you're coming on Facebook! See photos from the 2011 Climate Change Teach-In here.
April 17, 2012	Equal Pay Day! Tuesday, April 17th 10am outside of the Administrative Annex Building This date symbolizes how far into 2012 women must work to earn what men earned in 2011. Wear RED on Equal Pay Day to symbolize how far women and minorities are “in the red” with their pay. Stop by the Women’s Center table and pick up “Equal Pay” buttons, pay equity information and free PayDay candy bars. (If it rains, come inside building to the Women’s Center, lower level). Additional Information: Call 852-8976.
April 15-22, 2012	UofL participates in the Mayor’s Give a Day of Service campaign April 15-22, 2012 UofL wants to help make Louisville the most compassionate city in the world! Students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to get involved in the Mayor’s Give a Day of Service campaign in one of several ways during the week of April 15-22: 1. Go to the Give a Day of Service website and sign-up to help with any of the projects that are listed through the Metro United Way. 2. Plan a new service event, from a letter writing campaign to a clothing drive, to take place during that week. Or consider integrating a service component to an event already planned for that week. 3. Participate in any of the events UofL is already organizing, such as the Relay for Life, the April 14th Ali Shuffle, or the April 20th clean-up at E. P. “Tom” Sawyer State Park (see below) 4. Simply report service work that’s already planned/being done (as an individual or a group) that happens during that week (or just before/after). Simply send an email with your name, status (student, faculty or staff), department, and brief description of your activity, who or what organization it benefited and when you did it to Sarah Humphrey.
April 14, 2012	Ali Shuffle 10k Run/Walk: "Connecting Communities One Step at a Time" Saturday, April 14th 8am Begins at West End School, 3628 Virginia Avenue This 10K will follow the life steps of Muhammad Ali, starting at his boyhood home and weaving its way through sites that were important to his life and then ending at the Muhammad Ali Center. This is a great fundraising opportunity for student groups or other organizations. The entrance fees will support UofL's Ali Scholars but any dollars groups raise in sponsorship will go to the organization of their choice. Register online here. Online registration runs through April 9th. $20 registration fee includes t-shirt. Late Registration is available April 10-13 in person at the Muhammad Ali Center, 144 N. Sixth Street. Mail-in registration form here Fundraising Opportunity (click for fundraising information) Fundraiser Application here Want to volunteer? Contact alishuffle.service (at) gmail.com This event is brought to you by UofL's Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice. For more information, call 502-852-6372.
April 13, 2012	Mickey R. Wilhelm Solar Flight Competition Friday, April 13th 10:30am - Noon. Papa John Cardinal Stadium (access via north gate) Student teams from UofL's Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Engineering Fundamentals will compete to determine which team has built the best solar powered aircraft. Come to the stadium and cheer on the flying Cards! Contact Andrew Marsh for more information: 852-8597, andrew.marsh (at) louisville.edu. Learn about the 2011 competition here.
April 12, 2012	Documentary Film Screening: The Truth That Wasn't There Thursday, April 12th at 5 p.m. in the SAC Floyd Theatre Director Guy Gunaratne and Producer Heidi Lindvall will speak following a screening of their award-winning documentary which follows three student filmmakers who visit Sri Lanka in the wake of its civil war. Refreshments will be provided after the screening. Amnesty International is sponsoring Gunaratne's and Lindvall's tour of cities and campuses across the country. At UofL, the screening is sponsored by the Peace, Justice & Conflict Transformation program, The Floyd Theatre, the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, the Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society, and the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice.
April 12, 2012	2012 Grawemeyer Talk: Severine Autesserre Thursday, April 12th at 1 p.m. in Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library Recipients of the 2012 Grawemeyer Awards will discuss their winning works and ideas at the University of Louisville! Barnard College political scientist Severine Autesserre will speak April 12th. She won the world order award for her book, “The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding.” No reservations or tickets are needed for the free, public talks.
April 11, 2012	Let's Talk Lunch: Energy Use & Appalachian Justice Wednesday, April 11th, noon-1pm at the Cultural Center Free Lunch Provided! To wrap-up UofL's participation in the Campus Conservation Nationals and lay the groundwork for UofL's fourth annual Climate Change Teach-In on April 17th, the Sustainability Council and Kentuckians For The Commonwealth will host a discussion around making the connections between personal/institutional energy use and Appalachian justice. Join the conversation with KFTC's long-time campaigner for Appalachian justice, Mary Love, and leave with not only greater awareness of the issues in Appalachia around coal and mountain-top removal, but a feeling of empowerment that you can make a difference through personal choices and advocacy! More on Facebook. Free lunch will be provided - please bring a cup, plate, utensils, and cloth napkin to reduce waste!
April 11, 2012	4th Annual Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Sign-up Fair Wednesday, April 11th, 11am - 2pm in the Red Barn Meet local farmers and sign-up for weekly baskets of delicious local farm products to be delivered to you at UofL! Subscribe for a weekly selection of fresh, seasonal foods direct from area farmers, complete with a weekly newsletter full of recipes. Full shares start as low as $22 per week. Lower-cost/quantity half-shares starting at $12.50/wk will also be available, or consider splitting a share with friends! All UofL staff, faculty, students, and the public are welcome to attend and participate. Direct questions to Mitchell Payne, 852-5155, mitchell.payne (at) louisville.edu. Participating CSA farms this year include: Joe Trigg's Farmers2City Connection (F2CC) CSA (Glasgow, KY - Barren Co.) Drop-Off: Thursdays 4:00 - 5:00 pm at Lutz Hall, 31 May - 13 Sept 2012 Full Share: $350 per 16 weeks; Half Share: $200 per 16 weeks; Kenny's Cheese Offering: Price TBD Courtney Farms CSA (Bagdad, KY - Shelby Co.) Harmony Fields Farm - certified organic CSA (Shelbyville, KY - Shelby Co.) Lucky Clover Farm - (Richmond, KY - Madison Co.) Grasshoppers Distribution (Louisville distributor for multiple area farms) Get full details about all of the CSA options for 2012 here. Connect with other subscribers and find more information at the UofL CSA Facebook Page!
April 9-12, 2012	Delta Zeta's Pink Goes Green Week April 9-12, 2012 The purpose of Pink Goes Green is to inform others about things they can do to save energy and protect the environment. We will be promoting tips to each of the fraternity and sorority chapters on campus about how they can help. A different theme will be promoted each day: Monday, April 9th Energy Efficiency: We will give each fraternity and sorority house/suite on campus two packs of energy efficient light bulbs along with tips on other ways to save energy. Tuesday, April 10th Save Water: We will give each chapter a few water bottles full of tips on how to save water and encouraging everyone to use less water! Wednesday, April 11th Walk More Drive Less: We will be encouraging students to ride their bikes or walk as opposed to driving everywhere. We will also encourage carpooling and riding the bus. Thursday, April 12th Recycling: We will host a competition at 7:30pm in the courtyard between Greek Row and Community Park. For this competition each fraternity and sorority chapter will have to build something out of recyclable items such as plastic bottles and cans. One award will be given to the team that creates the most creative recyclable structure and another award will be given to the team that collected the most plastic bottles and cans throughout the week. We will be donating the cans to the Red Barn for a program funding scholarships for students. A final award will go to the team that collects the most plastic bags. We will be encouraging people to recycle everything they can, to use products that were made out of recyclables, and to reduce and reuse things as well! Direct questions to Lauren Nehus: 859-394-4270, lenehu01 (at) louisville.edu. Get excited about being more environmentally friendly!!
April 9-12, 2012	Inclusion & Equity Week (April 9-12, 2012) Monday, April 9th 5-7pm at the Cultural Center: “White Women, Sexism and Superiority” with Jill Sadowski Tuesday, April 10th 5:30-7:30pm in 139 Shumaker Research Bldg. “If These Halls Could Talk” film viewing and discussion with Lauren Taylor & Grace Howard Wednesday, April 11th Noon-2pm at the Cultural Center “I’m Not a Racist, But…..” with Jessica Ronald & Natalie Topp Thursday, April 12th 2:30-4:30pm in 139 Shumaker Research Bldg. “Inclusion & Equity Intern Showcase” Join us for food, fun, and fellowship. We will also share information on 2011 - 2012 initiatives and programs. All programs will be led and facilitated by the Arts & Sciences Inclusion & Equity Interns. Light refreshments will be served. All events are open and attendance is free. More info about the Arts & Sciences Inclusion & Equity Program is here, or contact Marian R. Vasser at 502-852-2252 or mrvass01 (at) louisville.edu.
April 6, 2012	Green Economics Lecture Series Concludes with Frank Goetzke “The Long Shadow of the Future: Environmental Policies and Intergenerational Justice” Friday, April 6th 1:00-2:15pm in Ekstrom Library, Room W104 Join us for the last program in our Spring 2012 Green Economics Lecture Series! The speaker for April 6th will be UofL's own Urban & Public Affairs Professor Frank Goetzke, an expert in Urban and Regional Economics, Applied Microeconomics and Econometrics, Spatial Econometrics, Transportation Planning and Environmental Policy. For more details, contact: Avery Kolers <ahkole01 (at) louisville.edu>
April 6, 2012	BlueSky Foundation - Bringing Renewable Energy to the Poor Friday, April 6th, 11-12pm in 212 Ernst Hall The BlueSky Foundation will be giving a presentation to UofL's Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club and other interested students on April 6th form 11-12pm before that Friday's build sessions. The Foundation is doing some interesting projects to bring sustainability and renewable energy to the Third World. Don't miss it!
April 5, 2012	Reproductive Health Fair Thursday, April 5th, 6-8 pm, West Lawn (next to Red Barn) This free event will allow you to play fun games, celebrate spring, win prizes, eat good food, and learn all about local organizations in Louisville that deal with Reproductive Education! The Feminist Alliance of the University of Louisville (FAUL) is hosting this spring event featuring activities, games, info tables, three pro-choice speakers, and FAUL's new all-options reproductive health booklet! More info on Facebook.
April 5, 2012	Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center Info Session: Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice for UofL students and alums Thursday, April 5th at 6pm in Career Development Center (Houchens Bldg, Lower Level) The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will be on the UofL campus on April 5th to discuss careers in the field of community organizing with students interested in empowering their communities and working for social change. DART is now accepting applications for the 2012 DART Organizers Institute, a paid, four-month field school for people interested in launching a career in community organizing. The DART Center has built coalitions throughout the country that have won important victories on a broad set of justice issues including: Education reform in low-performing public schools; Job Training; Drugs and Violence; Criminal Recidivism; Living Wage; Neighborhood Revitalization; Predatory Lending; Affordable Housing, etc. The DART Organizers Institute combines a classroom orientation with on the ground infield training at a local grassroots organization and in-field training site. Organizers are provided with a cost of living stipend and travel. After successful completion of the program, DART will place graduates into permanent full-time salaried positions earning $32,500/year + benefits. The DART Organizers Institute will begin July 9, 2012. Training locations and permanent placements sites include cities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Virginia and Florida. Please RSVP by contacting Hannah Wittmer at hannah@thedartcenter.org or calling 785.506.8915 with your name, phone #, email address and year in school.
April 4, 2012	Garden Commons Workshop: Spring Planting Wednesday, April 4th, 7pm at the Cultural Center UofL's Garden Commons Spring Organic Gardening Workshop Series wraps up with a chance to get your hands dirty by helping plant in the garden for the spring! Reap the rewards of your work by joining us for a Slow Food Harvest Party on May 2nd. For more info join the Garden Commons Facebook group or contact Lindsey Samotis at lesamo01 (at) louisville.edu
April 4, 2012	The New Wilderness Project Wednesday, April 4th, Humanities Room 100, with repeat performances at noon–2pm or 6–8pm The A&S Office for International, Diversity and Outreach Programs invites all to participate in a performance of “The New Wilderness Project.” The project is co-directed by Maketa Wilborn and Benjie Howard, and is a partnership of educators and artists that focuses on social justice, stewardship for the environment and community development. Through multimedia performance art and an experientially delivered, integrated curriculum, their work builds awareness of diversity, develops cultural competence and leadership skills, supports equity in teaching and achievement, encourages stewardship for nature, and provides a framework for participants to take creative action. Free and open to all without registration. Refreshments will be served at both events. For more information call David Owen, 852-0458, or Marian Vasser, 852-2252.
April 4-7, 2012	"Think Pink, Go Green" Mini-Week Sponsored by The B.E.autiful Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. More info on Twitter #ThinkPinkGoGreen Wednesday, April 4th: B.E.autify Campus at 5-6:30pm at the Cultural Center!!! Thursday, April 5th: Vote for a B.E.tter AmeriKa - 11am-1pm in the SAC - Join the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and the men of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity as we support President Obama's Green Initiatives and help people register to Vote! Friday, April 6th:Living Green: Pledge to Go Green! Stop by the Student Activities Center 11:30a - 1:30p to receive tips for eco-friendly living and pick up a delicious PEARLfect green treat! Sat., April 7th: Park Clean Up! 9:00-12:00pm at Seneca Park. Need a ride? BE at the Cultural Center at 8:30 for Carpool!
April 3 - Sept. 6, 2012	Get Healthy Now - Safe Cycling Classes Location: Crawford Gym, Lower Level, Room 17. Enroll here April 3 - May 8: Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. July 13 - August 24: Fridays, 2:00 p.m. August 2 - September 6: Thursdays, 12:00 p.m. Stay active this summer and throughout the year with Get Healthy Now’s FREE 6-week Safe Cycling class open to all UofL employees! Safe Cycling will help you to become a cyclist who rides with greater safety and confidence. Designed as a guide to the basic elements of bicycling safety and equipment, and based on the League of American Bicyclists' national BikeEd program, this class will cover basic bike maintenance, riding skills, rules of the road, and more. This central idea of this class is "Cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles." Get Healthy Now encourages participants to ride bicycles for fun, fitness and transportation, leading to a happier and healthier person, planet and safer environment for all. Enroll here Additional Information: Julia Mackenzie-Rollinson by email, or phone: 852-7755.
April 2 2012	Free Screening: Vegucated Monday, April 2nd, 6pm in the Floyd Theater The Louisville Vegetarian Club will be hosting a free screening and discussion of the documentary Vegucated at UofL! This fantastic documentary follows three meat- and cheese-loving omnivores as they agree to try a vegan diet for six weeks. Join us as we follow them on their journey to better health, and more kind, compassionate, and sustainable eating! More on Facebook.
March 31 to April 6, 2012	UofL Athletics Green Week! March 31 to April 6, 2012 UofL Athletics is planning a "Green Week" during the first week of April! UofL has several FREE home events during that week at which we will promote and raise awareness about sustainability, and encourage people to live a more green lifestyle through announcements, demonstrations, and informational booths! More details to come, but featured events will include: Baseball: March 31 vs. Villanova - Jim Patterson Stadium 1:00 p.m. THEME: Sustainable Transportation - Bike To The Game! Softball: April 4 vs. Kentucky - Ulmer Stadium 6:00 p.m.; April 6 - vs. Rutgers - Ulmer Stadium 12:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. THEME: Recycling - Get free reusable water bottles! Men's Tennis: April 5 vs. Eastern Kentucky - Bass-Rudd Tennis Center 12:00 p.m.; vs. Wright State - Bass-Rudd Tennis Center 5:00 p.m. THEME: Sustainable Energy - Get free compact fluorescent light bulbs! Women's Lacrosse: April 5 - vs. Loyola - UofL Lacrosse Stadium 5:00 p.m. THEME: Sustainable Energy - Get free compact fluorescent light bulbs! Women's Tennis: April 6 - vs. Marshall - Bass-Rudd Tennis Center 2:00 p.m. THEME: Recycling - Get free reusable water bottles!
March 31, 2012	TEDxUofL: A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE FUTURE Saturday, March 31st 9am-5pm, Ekstrom Library Chao Auditorium TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share ideas worth spreading. UofL’s first TEDx conference will address the “3Es for the Future: Education, Entrepreneurship & Environment," highlighting the skills needed in a global economy (Education), the habitat of tomorrow (Environment), and the enterprising spirit to make it all happen (Entrepreneurship). Come join the discussion with leading thinkers, researchers, practitioners and entrepreneurs. TEDxUofL will feature a diverse group of live speakers from the Louisville area on the following themes: Session 1: What is the big question? (9:00am-10:00am) Session 2: Educational Challenge (10:30am-12:00pm) Session 3: Environmental Balance (1:00pm-2:45pm) Session 4: Entrepreneurial Spirit (3:15pm-5:00pm) Free registration is available now for all! Seats are limited so register early. For more information, email info@tedxuofl.com, visit the TEDxUofL website, or follow us at Facebook and Twitter.
March 30, 2012	"Trash the System or Crash the Planet" Green Economics Lecture Series with David Ruccio RESCHEDULED FOR: Friday, March 30th 1:00-2:15pm NEW LOCATION: Davidson Hall, Room 301 Join us for an engaging talk by Notre Dame Economics professor and author of Rethinking Planning, Development, and Globalization, David Ruccio. Check out his blog for World Economics Review. More info and RSVP at the Facebook page for the event. David posted a reading that you may like to do in advance. This Friday afternoon Green Economics Lecture Series continues: The speaker for April 6th will be UofL's own Urban & Public Affairs Professor Frank Goetzke, an expert in Urban and Regional Economics, Applied Microeconomics and Econometrics, Spatial Econometrics, Transportation Planning and Environmental Policy. (1:00-2:15pm in Ekstrom W104) For more details, contact: Avery Kolers <ahkole01 (at) louisville.edu>
March 29, 2012	Double-Feature Movie Night: Campus Conservation Nationals Kick-Off! Thursday, March 29th 7:30-10pm in Ekstrom Library Chao Auditorium UofL's student environmental group, GRASS, in partnership with Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, invites you to a special film event to kick-off UofL's first-ever energy conservation competition! Join us for a screening of two excellent documentaries about the highly unsustainable nature of our current energy use, the effects of our wasteful energy use on the people of Appalachia, and smart solutions for getting us out of this crisis: 7:30pm - Deep Down: A Story from the Heart of Coal Country (57 min.) - Deep in the Appalachian mountains of eastern Kentucky, where coal is king, Beverly May and Terry Ratliff find themselves at the center of a contentious community battle over a proposed mountaintop removal coal mine. 8:30pm - Mary Love from KFTC will speak briefly about her personal experiences fighting mountain-top-removal in Appalachia. 8:45pm - Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America (56 min.) - A timely, solutions-oriented look at one of America’s most pressing environmental challenges: energy. Filmmaker Jeff Barrie offers hope as he turns the camera on himself and asks, “How can I make a difference?” In his journey Barrie explores the source of our electricity and the problems caused by energy production including mountain top removal, childhood asthma and global warming. Along the way he encounters individuals, businesses, organizations, and communities who are leading the way, using energy conservation, efficiency and renewable, green power all while saving money and the environment.
March 27, 2012	Judi Jennings on "Civil Rights, Women's Rights and Economic Justice in Appalachia: The Helen Matthews Lewis Story" Thursday, March 27, noon-1pm, Filson Historical Society, 1310 South Third Street. Dr. Helen Matthews Lewis does not just talk and write about social change, she makes social change happen. At age 87, Lewis is a proponent for racial justice, advocate for women, pioneer of Appalachian studies, scholar, participatory researcher, poet, preacher and outstanding cook and bartender. Social justice supporters, history lovers and those who want to know more about Appalachia are invited to participate in a free program on the life and impact of Lewis presented by historian Dr. Judi Jennings. “Helen Lewis is a contemporary s-hero,” says Jennings, the Executive Director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Jennings co-edited a new book entitled Helen Matthews Lewis: Living Social Justice in Appalachia, recently published by the University Press of Kentucky. The book is based on oral history interviews with Lewis and selections from a wide range of her writings, including essays, talks, poems and sermons, interspersed with recipes, her signature cocktail specialty and gardening tips. Sponsored and hosted by the Filson Historical Society, 1310 South Third Street. Co-sponsored by the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, The Women’s Center and the Social Change Program at UofL. Register at 502-635-5083.
March 27, 2012	Spring meeting of UofL's Campus Tree Advisory Committee Tuesday, March 27th at 10am Ekstrom Library, Room W210 Interested in the future of our trees on campus? The mission of the Campus Tree Advisory Committee is to promote, enhance, and protect the urban forest on University of Louisville property. The committee seeks to engage students, faculty, staff and community members in pursuing this mission in line with the UofL’s commitment to climate neutrality and sustainability. The work of this committee has helped UofL achieve Tree Campus USA recognition from the National Arbor Day Foundation two years running! More on Facebook.
March 26 to April 15, 2012	Campus Conservation Nationals - Bluegrass Unplugged March 26th to April 15th UofL is competing nationally and locally against the University of Kentucky in the "Bluegrass Unplugged" competition to reduce electricity use on campus! Campus Conservation Nationals is the first nationwide electricity reduction competition on university campuses, with over 150 campuses and 250,000 students across North America participating. It is designed to empower the future generation of energy and environmental leaders, and to foster a culture of conservation. For the current three week period from March 26th to April 15th, 2012, UofL is competing to achieve the greatest possible energy reductions in twelve residence halls. Click on the links below to see how much electricity your hall is using: Bettie Johnson Hall Community Park (real-time!) Kurz Hall (real-time!) West Hall Center Hall Wellness Hall Threlkeld Hall University Tower Apartments (UTA) Miller Hall Louisville Hall (real-time!) Unitas Hall (real-time!) Cardinal Towne Prizes will be awarded to the UofL residence hall which can reduce the most and you can help us beat UK! Make a personal commitment to reduce and keep track of your hall's progress with UofL's Building Dashboard online portal! Read the story from UofL Green Scene: Wrapping your mind around reducing campus energy use. Check out the map of participating schools. Follow us on the UofL Housing Green Committee Facebook group! When it's all over, take the Student Survey!
March 23, 2012	"Green Investing: Can Our Money Make a Difference?" Green Economics Lecture Series with Susan Taylor of Just Money Advisors Friday, March 23rd 1:00-2:15pm in Davidson 301 Join us for an engaging talk by Susan Taylor, PhD from Louisville's own Just Money Advisors on the role of large and small investors in environmental justice! This Friday afternoon Green Economics Lecture Series continues: On March 30th, we'll hear from Notre Dame Economics professor and author of Rethinking Planning, Development, and Globalization, David Ruccio, speaking on "Trash the System or Crash the Planet" (1:00-2:15pm in Davidson 301). The speaker for April 6th will be UofL's own Urban & Public Affairs Professor Frank Goetzke, an expert in Urban and Regional Economics, Applied Microeconomics and Econometrics, Spatial Econometrics, Transportation Planning and Environmental Policy. (1:00-2:15pm in Ekstrom W104) For more details, contact: Avery Kolers <ahkole01 (at) louisville.edu>
March 22, 2012	Eco-feminist Norma Ramos speaks on "Trafficking in Women" Thursday, March 22nd at 6 pm, Speed Art Museum Auditorium The 2012 Minx Auerbach Annual Lecture in Women's & Gender Studies features eco-feminist, public interest attorney and social justice activist, Norma Ramos. Ramos links the worldwide inequality and destruction of women to the destruction of the environment. She currently serves as the Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women, which is the first organization to fight against human trafficking internationally, now in its twenty-first year. She writes and speaks extensively about the sexual exploitation of women and girls as a core global injustice. As an early environmental justice activist, Ramos works to build an environmental movement that addresses inequalities based on race, gender and class. She is the former executive director of the Rainforest Foundation and serves on the board of the National Hispanic Environmental Council. She is the recipient of the Women's Committee Award and the Flor De Maga Award, both from the Puerto Rican Bar Association. She was recently awarded the Humanist Heroine Award 2009 from the American Humanist Association. Free and open to the public. Reception follows lecture.
March 21, 2012	Garden Commons Workshop: Herbalism Wednesday, March 21st at 7pm in the Cultural Center UofL's Garden Commons Spring Organic Gardening Workshop Series rolls on with this opportunity to learn about herbal medicine! Myron Hardesty, a local herbalist, will speak with us about medicinal plants. The Series continues with Wednesday 7pm workshops on: Spring Planting (April 4) and a Slow Food Harvest Party (May 2). For more info join the Garden Commons Facebook group or contact Lindsey Samotis at lesamo01 (at) louisville.edu. RSVP to the Facebook event.
March 20, 2012	Spring Cooking Workshop Tuesday, March 20, 5:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. Office of Health Promotion Activity Room. Sign up at the Office of Health Promotion (502-852-5429) and learn to cook a delicious meal for $3. Chef Jim Whaley will lead a cooking workshop featuring fresh vegetables to celebrate spring. Make sure to join us.
March 13, 2012	20th Sustainable City Series Forum: CREATING A HEALTHY, VIBRANT LOUISVILLE Tuesday, March 13th 6pm at Glassworks (815 W Market Street, Louisville, KY) (Additional professional workshop 8:30am - 12:30pm at the Urban Design Studio) Creating a healthy, vibrant city is the key to improving our quality of life, one of the most important elements that will attract and retain the most creative and best educated people in the world. In order for our city to rise to the lofty expectations of our community, we need to not only plan for a vibrant city, but we must act with bold intention and go beyond the benchmarkings of our peer cities, and put into action a series of initiatives that will make our city an active and attractive place for everyone. Please join us on March 13th for an engaging and inspirational discussion with internationally renowned liveable city advisor Gil Peñalosa as we not only hear about what a healthy, vibrant city is, but what we can do to make it happen today! Space is limited so please RSVP by Sunday, March 11th to reserve your seat. This event is free to the public. Food will be provided by Ramsi’s Café on the World and Heine Brother’s will be providing coffee. For more information please call 502-587-7015 or visit the Urban Design Studio website. Along with the public event at Glassworks, we will also be offering a workshop at the Urban Design Studio from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm on March 13th geared towards professionals in city planning, transportation planners, development, public health, economics, architecture, landscape architecture and other related fields. If you are interested in attending Gil's workshop, please email Patrick Piuma <patrick.piuma (at) louisville.edu to learn more about it and reserve a space. This workshop will be limited to 40 people, coffee will be provided by Heine Brothers Coffee.
March 11-16, 2012	Alternative Service Breaks Use your spring break to build friendships, develop leadership skills and learn about real world issues with community-based solutions while having fun and helping others!! The Engage.Lead.Serve Office is offering three alternative service breaks to Hazard, KY, Chicago, IL and Black Mountain, NC. Each trip addresses a different issue and provides students opportunities for leisure and service. Visit here to learn more! Sign up soon if you’re interested! Trip: Affordable Housing Development Register here! Trip Location: Hazard, KY # of participants: 12 Dates: March 11 - 15 This year we are teaming up with the Housing Development Alliance to learn about housing needs in rural Kentucky. Come work side by side with lcoal carpenters to help provide Appalachian families with warm, safe and affordable homes through the "Hammerin' in the Hills" program. Working with a diverse group as this, you will not only take away practical skills you can use daily, but gain an understanding of the issues surrounding affordable housing. Trip: Non-Profit Agencies Register here! Trip Location: Chicago, IL # of participants: 18 Dates: March 12 - 16 The theme for the trip is the study of non-profit organizations and their development. Students will have the opportunity to visit non-profits like the Lincoln Park Zoo and Conservatory and provide serve for one of the many Chicago-based non-profits. The hope is you will get the opportunity to speak with a development officer and CEOs of some of the many non-profits being visited in the Windy City. Trip: Healthy Food Access and Living Register here! Trip Location: Black Mtn, NC # of participants: 12 Dates: March 11 - 15 In its fourth year, this partnership with Asheville, NC (Black Mt. Community Garden) will examine community initiatives focusing on healthy food access for low income populations and healthy living by: assisting local elementary schools with their environmental programming serving at the Community Garden and The Welcome Table discussing sustainable agriculture with community farmers, leaders and activists exploring downtown Asheville learning about local art, music initiatives and line dancing at the weekly Farmer's Ball exploring BookWorks, a community resource for print and book arts located in West Asheville
March 8, 2012	International Women’s Day Dinner & Celebration Thursday, March 8th 6-8 pm, Red Barn International Women’s Day is "a global day of recognition and celebration... honoring women's advancement while diligently reminding of the continued vigilance and action required to ensure that women's equality is gained and maintained in all aspects of life." Join us for an evening of celebration as we share stories of "Women's Work". Come enjoy a free dinner, music, and good conversation! We'll hear from a panel comprised of women from a variety of fields and roles including Luz Rivera (a visiting labor activist from Mexico), Tina Riddle (a woman in the military), Dr. Diane Pecknold (a mother and professor), and Elmer Lucille Allen (a retired chemist and social activist). The event will feature the piece "Revisiting the Dinner Party: A Place at the Table" created by students from the Hite Art Institute. There will also be multiple opportunities presented to give back to women in our local community and across the world. More info and RSVP on Facebook, or contact Sharon LaRue <peacc (at) louisville.edu> or Alisha West <adwest03 (at) louisville.edu>. Sponsored by: Commission on the Status of Women, Anne Braden Institute, PEACC, The Department of Women's and Gender Studies, Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, The Women's Center, and the Red Barn.
March 8, 2012	Sowing Struggle: Urban and Rural Social Movements in Tlaxcala, Mexico with Luz Rivera Martínez, lead organizer of Consejo Nacional Urbano Campesino (CNUC) Thursday, March 8th 1pm, Room 100 Bingham Humanities Building As co-founder and lead organizer of CNUC, Luz has worked tirelessly over 20 years to protect peasantsʼ rights and build inspiring,community-based autonomous projects. Luz and CNUC also accompany the Apizaco merchantʼs union, a bus-drivers' cooperative, and the National Assembly of Braceros in their struggles against corrupt governance, police repression, and neoliberalism. Her talk will cover important lessons for anyone interested in womenʼs, peasant, and labor movements. Presented by the Mexico Solidarity Network. Sponsored by the A&S Office of International, Diversity and Outreach, the History Department, the Braden Institute, the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, and the Department of Anthropology.
March 8, 2012	New Employee Housing Close To Campus: Tours & Ribbon-Cutting for The Edge at Liberty Green Thursday, March 8th at 10:30am At the corner pocket park at Hancock and Marshall Streets, just a block north of HSC Join Mayor Greg Fischer and Metro Councilman David Tandy for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and unit tours for the latest housing project suitable for UofL employees looking to live within walking distance of HSC, or easy biking distance from Belknap campus! The Edge at Liberty Green is a green-designed mix of housing types and sizes for both purchase or rent. The Sustainability Council invites everyone in the UofL community to come explore this exciting, new option in low-impact, healthy, urban living!
March 7, 2012	Theatre Arts Repertory Company: “Whose Habitat Is It Anyway” Wednesday, March 7th at 7 p.m. at the Thrust Theatre After performing for more than 30 years and for as many as 150,000 theater-goers, the University of Louisville Department of Theatre Arts Repertory Company will make its first public appearance March 7 when the group performs two UofL faculty-written plays to raise money for the theater program. The group will stage, “Whose Habitat Is It Anyway,” by Nefertiti Burton, a play teaching respect for the environment and how all living things are connected, as well as the comedy “Seven Labors of Arlecchino,” by James Tompkins. Both are suitable for young children and serve as teaching tools. The event is a fund raiser through the university’s Charting Our Course campaign to benefit theater arts. The performances are free but $15 is a suggested donation. For tickets and information, call C.F. Callihan, director of development for humanities, at 852-1541 or visit UofLalumni.org/rep-mar-2012.
March 7, 2012	Garden Commons Workshop: Container Gardening RESCHEDULED: Wednesday, March 7th, 7pm at the Cultural Center UofL's Garden Commons Spring Organic Gardening Workshop Series continues! Container gardens are perfect for apartments, dorms, or anyone else without access to land. Come out and learn the ins-and-outs of container gardening and how to start your own! The Series continues with Wednesday 7pm workshops on: Herbology (March 21), Spring Planting (April 4) and a Slow Food Harvest Party (May 2). For more info join the Garden Commons Facebook group or contact Lindsey Samotis at lesamo01 (at) louisville.edu
March 7, 2012	Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club - Monthly Meeting Wednesday, March 7th 12:15pm in Ernst Hall room 212 The Club will discuss a few organizational matters, progress on our project to build solar panels to power the ventilation system for the greenhouse at UofL's Garden Commons, and future build sessions. THERE WILL BE FREE PIZZA!
March 6, 2012	SunGas: Renewable Thermochemical Fuels Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research Seminar Tuesday, March 6th 2-3:15pm, Ernst Hall Auditorium, Room 103 Jane Davidson, professor of mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota, will present “SunGas: Renewable Thermochemical Fuels”. Her exciting talk will address reducing greenhouse gas emission AND meeting booming global energy demands. For more information, contact Andrew Marsh, 852-8597, andrew.marsh (at) louisville.edu
March 3, 2012	UofL Volunteer Workday for Olmsted Parks Conservancy Saturday, March 3, 2012 9am-Noon Seneca Park (3151 Pee Wee Reese Road Louisville, KY 40207) UofL students will be meeting at the parking lot by the Seneca Park basketball courts at 9am. Or, if you'd like a ride from campus, we will be meeting in the Threlkeld Hall lobby at 8:30am to carpool. This service event is organized by UofL's Biology Undergraduate Society. More details at their Facebook page.
March 2-3, 2012	Power Shift: Real Skills for Social Change, a community organizing workshop led by Rev. Alvin Herring Friday, March 2nd from 2-6pm and Saturday March 3rd from 9am-4pm Muhammad Ali Center (144 N. 6th Street) Desiring to make real change in your community? Struggling to truly be effective? Learn how to organize to WIN! The Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace and Justice at the University of Louisville invites you to join us for skills-based workshop that will be valuable to both novice and seasoned community organizers. Please plan to attend both sessions. Lunch will be provided on Saturday. $10 is the suggested donation, but no one will be turned away. Please RSVP by February 24th to Mikal Forbush, Ali Institute Program Coordinator, at 502-852-1493 or maforb01 (at) louisville.edu.
March 1, 2012	BABA Week Keynote Event featuring Eco-Chef Bryant Terry Thursday, March 1st, 5:15 – 8:15 pm SAC Multipurpose Room Join eco-chef, food justice activist and cookbook author Bryant Terry for a cooking demonstration and talk…followed by food sampling! In his most recent book, *The Inspired Vegan, Terry shares his favorite preparation and cooking techniques, as well as simple recipes that will help you build the foundation for a healthy kitchen! In this engaging and informative evening with Terry, he will focus on food justice issues and the imperative for individuals to learn how to get local food that is budget friendly. Learn how to prepare foods that you want to eat! Terry will be available for a book signing, Q&A session, and reception following his presentation. The reception will feature great music and more cooking demos by Sodexo and Sullivan chefs. Schedule: 5:15 – 6:00pm Local Food Resource Tables and Music 6:00 – 7:15pm Chef Terry’s cooking demonstration, talk and Q&A 7:15 – 8:15pm Reception, book signing, food sampling and more cooking demonstrations All recipes prepared with local foods provided by Creations Gardens and ValuMarket. Taste samples of Chef Terry's food! 6 attendees will be selected to be sous chefs for the evening and cook side-by-side with guest chefs! We will have a drawing for cookbooks! Resource tables will be available with food samples from local vendors including; Creations Gardens, Grasshoppers Distribution, EarthSave, and ValuMarket. FREE to students (and faculty/staff who bring at least 5 students with them)! $10 for faculty, staff and public. Get tickets and more details at* louisville.edu/healthpromotion.
February 29, 2012	Geography Club Movie Night: Gasland Wednesday, Feb. 29th at 5:30pm in Lutz Hall Room 225 Join the Geography Club for a free screening of Gasland - a Sundance Film Festival winning documentary about the controversial issues surrounding hydraulic fracture drilling for natural gas. Free snacks will be provided!
February 29, 2012	Let's Talk Lunch: Women's Work, Let's Work Together Wednesday, Feb. 29th, 11:30 a.m., Cultural Center Multipurpose Room UofL's Anne Braden Institute and the PEACC program would like to invite you to join us at our upcoming "Let's Talk Lunch." The theme of this year's International Women's Day Celebration (March 8th - see below) is "Stories of Women's Work" so the purpose of the lunch is to gather all of the women from around campus (students, faculty, and staff) to talk about the work we do to make our campus better, discuss challenges we face as women, and build community with one another. Free lunch will be provided - please bring a cup, plate, utensils, and cloth napkin to reduce waste!
February 28, 2012	Shelby Campus: Partnering for Sustainability Tuesday, Feb 28th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Burhans Hall Room 208. Come learn about ongoing sustainability initiatives at UofL’s Shelby Campus and surrounding businesses; the importance of partnerships in sustainable development; and how to get involved in making the Shelby Campus community and neighboring areas more sustainable! Join us for an exciting panel of experts in sustainability: Larry Owsley, UofL V-P for Business Affairs, campus sustainability initiatives Stephanie Weldy, UofL Get Healthy Now Program, achieving the health benefits of physical activity in a sustainable way Maria Koetter, City of Louisville Sustainability Director, city sustainability initiatives Mitch Brooks, Northeast YMCA, incorporating sustainability into business practices Matt Ricketts, NTS Development, sustainability features of the new LEED-Certified building on Shelby Campus Lunch will be provided starting at 11:15 a.m.! Please register here for this free event by February 23rd!
February 27, 2012	UofL USGBC Student Chapter Event: Green Architects Tour Monday, February 27th 5:30pm The Whitestone Building, 607 West Main St., Louisville, KY 40202 Come tour Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan Inc. (AJRC, Inc.) Architecture firm downtown! AJRC is an architecture group based in downtown Louisville which has worked on several different large projects, including UofL's LEED Gold Clinical and Translational Research building. Arne Judd LEED AP, Tim Doelling LEED AP, and John Chovan will be leading the tour. Open to the general public. Free pizza and rinks will be provided. For information or to RSVP, email usgbc00 (at) gmail.com.
Feb. 27 to March 2, 2012	Body Awareness Body Appreciation (BABA) Week Monday, Feb 27 – Friday, March 2 (Full schedule here) BABA Week 2012 features a wide variety of events to help you on the road to health, happiness, and feeling good in your skin! Join us for free yoga and zumba classes, massage, cooking demonstrations, discussions, and talks. Full schedule here. Our keynote speaker on Thursday, March 1st 6pm will be Bryant Terry, a chef, food justice activist, and author of three books. His latest project is *The Inspired Vegan. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed Vegan Soul Kitchen* cookbook and co-author of Grub. Full details below or from Campus Health Promotion, organizers of BABA Week!
February 21, 2012	Conversation on Community Engagement: Barbara Burns Tuesday, February 21, at noon in room 210 of Ekstrom Library Barbara Burns from the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences will speak on the topic “Learning about Peace in the Real World: Teaching, Research & Community Engagement”. This is a wonderful opportunity to hear how Barbara is connecting community engagement to her teaching and research.
February 20, 2012	World Social Justice Day Monday, February 20th 2:30pm-4:00pm Ekstrom Library, Room W103 Commemorate World Social Justice Day with Angene & Jack Wilson, authors of Voices from the Peace Corps: Fifty Years of Kentucky Volunteers! Angene Wilson is professor emeritus of education at the University of Kentucky, where she was chair of the secondary social studies program from 1975 to 2004. Jack Wilson spent more than thirty-five years in public service, beginning as a Peace Corps administrator in Sierra Leone, Washington, DC, and Fiji, and continuing as an administrator of environmental protection programs in Ohio and Kentucky. This program is co-sponsored by the UN Association – USA Louisville Chapter and the Department of Political Science and funded in part by the KY Humanities Council, Inc. and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
February 17, 2012	Faculty Research Forum presents the 2010 recipients of the Anne Braden Institute Faculty Research Fund Awards Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:30-5:30pm in Humanities, Room 300 The Commonwealth Center for the Humanities and Society Faculty Research Forum presents the 2010 recipients of the Anne Braden Institute Faculty Research Fund Awards: Dr. Glenn Crothers (UofL Assoc. Professor of History, Co-Editor Ohio Valley History and Director of Research at The Filson Historical Society). Dr. Crothers will discuss his project, "Samuel M. Janney and Benjamin Hallowell: Quakers Reformers of the 19th Century U.S. South." His study examines, in part, how Janney and Hallowell pursued a social justice agenda while living in a slave society whose white members had little patience for Quaker efforts. Dr. Jennie E. Burnet (UofL Asst. Professor of Anthropology). Dr. Burnet will present, "Why did they NOT kill? Rwandan Muslims and Resistance to Genocide." Her project shines the light on the unexamined area of the motivations of "rescuers" or "resisters" to communal violence. Dr. Nicole E. Seymour (UofL Visiting Asst. Professor of English). Dr. Seymour will provide an update on her project titled, "Down with People: Anti-Natalism as Queer Environmentalism?" Her research draws from environmental justice and queer studies to examine areas where environmental concerns overlap with the concerns of sexual minorities such as gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals. The Faculty Research Forum is free and open to the public. Refreshments Served!
February 17, 2012	Dine & Discover: Challenges of Using Community as Classroom: Supporting Student Success Beyond the "Campus Bubble" Friday, Feb. 17th from noon-2 p.m. at the Delphi Center The Office of Community Engagement in partnership with the Delphi Center will offer an interactive panel discussion with four UofL faculty who are heeding the call to teach community-based learning courses. Panelists will share their stories of how they got started with this important work, and offer practical strategies for others who are looking to get involved. Lunch is served but pre-registration is required. Register or learn more here.
February 15, 2012	Let's Talk Lunch: White Allies for Racial Justice Wednesday, Feb. 15th noon-1pm Cultural Center At this Let's Talk lunch, a panel of white staff and faculty will discuss why white people have a stake in the struggle for racial justice and what being a white ally means. They will also discuss the vision and goals of a new group on campus called the White Allies for Racial Justice. Free lunch provided.
February 14, 2012	Cook with Your Best Friend! Come out to the Office of Health Promotion at 5:45pm on February 14th to cook (and eat!) a wonderful meal! Join Chef Jim Whaley and create a delicious menu of blackened tofu slabs with corn salsa, and a chocolate dessert fit for Valentine's Day! Bring a date, bring your best friend, or come on your own and meet new people! Sign up at the Office of Health Promotion. $3 for the entire meal! Location: Health Promotion Activity Room http://louisville.edu/campushealth/services/promotion/health-promotion-1/
February 14, 2012	Get on the FREE UofL Bus to I Love Mountains Day in Frankfort! Tuesday, February 14th. Bus leaves 10:30am from the Planetarium and returns by 3:00pm Join other UL students as we and thousands of other Kentuckians descend upon the capitol in Frankfort to tell lawmakers that WE LOVE MOUNTAINS...and that the practice of mountaintop removal mining is unacceptable! More information about I Love Mountains Day 2012 is here. Email Troy Tucker <canvas.87 (at) gmail.com> to reserve a spot on the bus. UofL's participation is being organized by the student environmental group, GRASS. You can support the cause every time you purchase Henie Brothers' Mountain Dream coffee at the Tulip Tree Cafe in Ekstrom Library throughout February! The Provost has approved this event under the excused absence policy! Students who would have to miss classes on February 14th need to fill out this form, get your instructor's signature in advance of the event and KEEP THE FORM. Then, after the rally, take the form with a “certificate” from GRASS proving your attendance to the professor.
February 8, 2012	Garden Commons Workshop: Seed Starting Wednesday, Feb. 8th, 7pm at the Cultural Center UofL's Garden Commons Spring Organic Gardening Workshop Series kicks off with this opportunity to learn about indoor seed starting and to start some seeds of your own! The Series continues with Wednesday 7pm workshops on: Container Gardening (Feb. 29), Herbology (March 21), Spring Planting (April 4) and a Slow Food Harvest Party (May 2). For more info join the Garden Commons Facebook group or contact Lindsey Samotis at lesamo01 (at) louisville.edu
February 7, 2012	Meeting of Student Environmental Group, GRASS Tuesday, February 7th · 4:00pm Strickler Hall Room 310G Join UofL's only campus-wide student environmental organization, GRASS (Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions) as we organize to make things happen in 2012! We will be finalizing plans for our participation in I Love Mountains Day 2012 and moving forward on our other initiatives: Green Fund, bottled water ban and lights out for the vending machines. We need your help, energy and input!
Feb. 5 to April 6, 2012	UofL Competes in RecycleMania! February 5th to April 6th RecycleMania is a friendly annual competition among university recycling programs in North America. During this 8 week period, UofL will be competing to reduce waste, increase recycling and raise conservation awareness across campus! You can help the Cards to victory by fully utilizing UofL’s amazingly easy, single-stream recycling system that lets you recycle everything in the same bin: all types of plastic, paper, cardboard, metal, and glass! Details on what you can recycle at UofL are available here. Check out our hilarious Cardinal Cam Video! Keep up with the Cards progress at the RecycleMania website. UofL will be competing in the Competition Division for the following categories: Grand Champion; Per Capita Classic; Gorilla Prize; Targeted Materials; and the new Waste Minimization competition!
February 3, 2012	Kick-off Event: Green Economics Lecture Series with Juliet Schor Friday, February 3rd 1:00-2:15pm in Davidson 301 UofL is organizing an exciting Lecture Series on Green Economics to be held four Fridays at 1pm throughout Spring 2012! Join us for the first lecture featuring co-founder of the Center for a New American Dream and Professor of Sociology at Boston College, Juliet Schor! Her most recent book is Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth (The Penguin Press 2010). She is also author of the national best-seller, The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure (Basic Books, 1992) and The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need (Basic Books, 1998). She is one of the Guardian’s “sustainable business” bloggers, and her recent post, “Occupy Sustainability”, is here. Schor will be speaking on “How and why millions of Americans are creating a time-rich, ecologically-light, small-scale, high-satisfaction economy.” For more details, contact: Avery Kolers <ahkole01 (at) louisville.edu>
February 2, 2012	Help GRASS make an installation for I Love Mountains Day! Thursday, Feb. 2nd · 6:00pm Humanities courtyard Join UofL's only campus-wide student environmental organization, GRASS (Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions) as we organize for I Love Mountains Day! We'll be converting old yard signs into mountains for an outdoor installation on Belknap campus to raise awareness about mountain-top removal and to encourage others to get on the bus to Frankfort with us on Feb. 14th!
February 1, 2012	Mark Winne: Good Food for All: Food Democracy or Food Tyranny? Wednesday, February 1st at 6pm in Shumaker Research Building Room 139 Nine billion humans on the planet by 2050; 50 million food insecure Americans today; climate change altering our capacity to produce food. These realities must be addressed if we're going to ensure an affordable and healthy food supply for all throughout the 21st century. Mark Winne, long-time food system activist and author, will consider the approaches of both the dominant industrial food system and smaller, more community-based food system, and what they mean for health and democracy. Mark Winne has worked for 40 years as a community food activist, writer, and trainer. From organizing breakfast programs for low-income children in Maine to developing innovative national food policies in Washington, DC, Winne has dedicated his professional life and writing to enabling people to find solutions to their own food problems as well as those that face their communities and the world. Of his first book, Closing the Food Gap, Dr. Jane Goodall said, “It is heartening to find a book that successfully blends a passion for sustainable living with compassion for the poor.” Mark Winne’s second book, Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture takes on the universal struggle between human freedom and authority in its relationship to food. From urban gardening heroes in Cleveland, to feisty farmers in New England, to lower income mothers in Texas, Winne shows how people are reclaiming their connection to their food, health, land, and governments. Along the way he finds people of every stripe whose refusal to accept their fate harkens back to a classic form of American individualism, one that has proven itself able to fight back against systems that not only want to conquer our wallets, but also hope to control our minds. Food Rebels challenges us to go beyond eating local food to become part of a larger solution that demands a system that sustains not just our bodies, but also our souls. Watch the video. Learn More. Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, Sustainability Council, Urban & Public Affairs, and the Kentucky Institute for the Environment and Sustainable Development.
January 30, 2012	Meeting of Student Environmental Group, GRASS Monday, January 30th · 4:00pm Strickler Hall Room 307 (or thereabouts) UofL's only campus-wide student environmental organization, GRASS (Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions) is organizing to make things happen in 2012! Join us! We will be moving forward on our first four initiatives: Green Fund, I Love Mountains, bottled water ban and lights out for the vending machines. We need your help and input please try to attend.
Jan. 27 - Feb. 25, 2012	“Consumed” [sculptures constructed from discarded inner tubes] by Alysia Fischer Exhibit runs January 27 - February 25, 2012 Gallery Talk: Friday, February 3rd, 6pm Cressman Center for Visual Arts (100 E. Main St.) “Consumed,” an installation of sculptural work by Miami University professor, artist and anthropologist Alysia Fischer, opens Jan. 27 at the University of Louisville Cressman Center for Visual Arts. “Imminent,” inner tube, by Alysia Fischer The artist will talk about her work Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. at the gallery. A reception will follow the lecture. The exhibit showcases Fischer’s innovative use and manipulation of recycled inner tubes to create tactile objects that come alive with light and shadow. “Denying the discard cycle so prevalent in American culture, I work with used inner tubes destined for the landfill. The resulting objects reflect my engagement with the local waste cycle. I work with locally sourced discarded materials in order to demonstrate their further potential. As hybrid forms retaining their industrial history, while simultaneously denying a continuation of those uses, the use of the material is extended indefinitely,” Fischer wrote of her work. Fischer is a native of Louisville, Ky., and a graduate of Centre College. She has studied glassblowing, religion, Near Eastern studies and archaeology. She has a PhD in anthropology from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts degree in studio art from Miami University. She is a professor for the Center for American and World Cultures at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. “Consumed” will run through Feb. 25. The Cressman Center is at 100 E. Main St. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; and First Friday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. All Cressman Center events are free and open to the public.
January 25, 2012	Garden Commons General Information Meeting Wednesday, January 25, 7:00pm, Cultural Center Interested in Garden Commons? Ready to get your hands dirty? Then come to our general information session to learn about how you can get involved and grab a schedule of our events for the semester! For more info contact Lindsey Samotis at lesamo01 (at) louisville.edu
January 24, 2012	Conversation on Community Engagement with Brian Barnes Tuesday, January 24 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. in room 210 of Ekstrom Library Brian Barnes from the Department of Philosophy will present on how he incorporates service into his teaching through the use of composting in the community. He will talk about how natural processes, like composting, can become the foundation of community engagement for very diverse populations. Building strong community relationships necessitates finding common ground; composting as a sustainable system sends the right message to many groups from across the ideological and cultural spectrum. Pizza will be served.
January 24, 2012	Free screening: ‘Miss Representation’ Tuesday, Jan. 24th noon-2 p.m. in the Law School Room 275 The Brandeis School of Law presents the documentary “MISS REPRESENTATION,” followed by a discussion. The film premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and explores media misrepresentations of women, which have led to underrepresentation of women in positions of power. Co-sponsors: Black Law Students Association; Diversity Committee; Lambda Law Caucus; Women’s Law Caucus. Free pizza lunch available while supplies last. Open to everyone.
January 24, 2012	Louisville Metro Energy Assurance Planning Summit Tuesday, January 24th 7:30am - 4:30pm Founder's Hall - University of Louisville - Shelby Campus Please join Director Doug Hamilton of the Louisville Metro Emergency Management Agency (EMA) at the Louisville Metro Energy Assurance Planning Summit, an all-day workshop that will be held Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, at University of Louisville’s Shelby Campus. The Summit is being held in conjunction with a Local Energy Assurance Plan (LEAP) development effort currently underway. The purpose of the Summit is to engage public and private stakeholders to discuss issues and best practices for Energy Assurance Planning for the Metro region. The primary goal of Energy Assurance Planning is to reduce the impacts of power outages or other energy emergencies on our community during natural or caused disasters through long-term planning to improve the reliability and redundancy of energy delivery systems. The Summit will include presentations from subject matter experts on topics such as critical infrastructure energy reliability and interdependencies, cyber security, energy efficiency, renewable energy and backup power considerations, as well as an interactive panel discussion on energy resiliency strategies to engage participants to help formulate the Louisville Metro Energy Assurance Plan. Registration is free and includes breakfast, lunch, and refreshments. To register and get more information on the Summit, please contact David Zopff of AMEC at (502) 267-0700 (david.zopff@amec.com) or Jim McKinney of EMA at (502) 572-3458 (jim.mckinney@louisvilleky.gov).
January 20, 2012	Farm to Campus Workshop: Bringing local food to your college campus Friday, January 20, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Floyd Theater in the Student Activities Center (including a free locavore lunch at the Red Barn) A free workshop for college and university administrators and sustainability coordinators, food service vendors, food service operators, wellness coordinators, interested faculty, staff, students, and anyone interested in bringing local food to their campuses and institutions of higher education. The agenda will include panel discussions of national and Kentucky-based speakers with experience in the field, including Mark Bomford, director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project. Colleges and universities that connect food services with local agriculture demonstrate a commitment to sustainability that is attractive to prospective and current students in addition to staff, faculty and alumni. Food services buying local food contribute to the economic stability of their region and their neighbors. Admission to the event is free, but attendees must register online by Wednesday January 11, 2012 at http://farmtocampus.eventbrite.com or by calling Leellen Starrett at (502) 852-5155. For more information contact: Mitchell Payne at (502) 852-5155 or mhpayn01 (at) louisville.edu Special Rate Rooms Reserved at: Country Inn and Suites Louisville Airport 502.753.5555 Rate: $79+taxes Hilton Garden Inn 502.297.8066 Rate: $114+taxes or Click Here Sponsored by: University of Louisville and Louisville Farm to Table
January 19, 2012	Human Trafficking Conference Thursday, Jan. 19th, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Red Barn The Women 4 Women Student Chapter wants to raise awareness about modern-day slavery and encourage students and the public to become involved in efforts to make other people aware of the problem and to help stop it. Admission is free and open to the public. Speakers include: Anthony Talbott, co-founder of Abolition Ohio and a member of the Ohio Attorney General's Trafficking in Persons Study Commission. Talbott has discussed human trafficking in the media and has given many presentations on human trafficking to students in the Ohio area. He will talk about domestic trafficking in the region. Robin Malony, president of UofL’s Cards 4 Freedom, will discuss domestic trafficking of minors and trafficking in the Louisville area. Gabrielle Maxedon, former president of the Women 4 Women Student Chapter, will discuss how students and the general public can get involved to end human trafficking.
January 18, 2012	Spring Kick-off Meeting of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Club Wednesday, January 18th at 12pm in Ernst Hall room 212 Interested in renewable energy related concepts, challenges, and innovations? Check out the first in this series of lectures and workshops, brought to you by the RE3 (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency) Club! Held the 1st Wednesday of the month, each session will include FREE food and may include lab tours, videos, and hands-on activities. This will be a general meeting. Come out and see what we are all about and get involved in sustainable solutions right in your own backyard!
January 16, 2012	2012 Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day of Service (SOUL) Monday, January 16th 10:00am-3:00pm Sign-in at Bigelow Hall in the Miller Information Technology Center (MITC) Register here! Americans across the country will celebrate the national holiday honoring the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As they have since 1994, thousands of Americans will remember Dr. King by serving in their communities and making it "a day ON," not "a day off". The Engage.Lead.Serve Office in partnership with the Cultural Center and the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research will provide multiple service opportunities at a number of different organizations across the city. The kick-off event will include a guest speaker and free brunch for those who attend. Transportation to and from the service sites will be provided. Walk-ins may be accommodated depending on site availability. If you’d like more information, please contact Toni Solis at 852.3436 or tjsoli01 (at) louisville.edu or stop by the Cultural Center! Register here!
January 13, 2012	Shoe Drive Kickoff Friday, January 13th 11:30am - 1:30pm, Speed Building Join the UofL chapter of Engineers Without Borders as they collect shoes for EDGE Outreach, an organization in Louisville that donates shoes to third world countries in need. FREE hot cocoa and cider! Help a great cause and donate your old shoes!
January 11, 2012	FREE Webinar: Student Engagement in Sustainability Initiatives Wednesday, January 11, 2011 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. ET Representatives from KEEPS and Kentucky school districts will discuss the benefits of student involvement in district-wide energy efficiency and environmental sustainability initiatives. Webinar attendees will learn about KEEPS and partner organization resources available to encourage students to be proactive in their school's sustainability efforts. See webinar details and register online. For questions, call (800) 334-8635 ext. 8520965, or visit us at KEEPS
January 11, 2012	Conversation Café/Let's Talk Lunch on Community Service Wednesday, January 11th Noon to 1pm - Cultural Center The author Wes Moore calls his book, The Other Wes Moore, a “call to action.” UofL is answering that call! Join First Year Initiatives and student leaders from the Engage Lead Serve Office in discussing the importance of serving your community, and find out more about how to get involved in the Book-in-Common Service Initiative and other campus and community projects. FREE lunch!
January 10, 2012	Meeting of Student Environmental Group, GRASS Tuesday, January 10th · 4:00pm Strickler Hall Room 310G UofL's only campus-wide student environmental organization, GRASS (Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions) is organizing to make things happen in 2012! Join us! We will be moving forward on our first four initiatives: Green Fund, I Love Mountains, bottled water ban and lights out for the vending machines. We need your help and input please try to attend.
December 9, 2011	Holiday Cards Buy Local Shopping Tour Friday, December 9, 2011 8am-6pm. UofL faculty, staff, alumni and friends will board a bus Dec. 9 to experience some of Louisville’s most popular and interesting local businesses. Led by Jane Ramsey and sponsored by the Louisville Independent Business Alliance, the Holiday Cards Buy Local Shopping Tour will include stops at NULU, Frankfort Avenue and Westport Village. Cost is $30 and includes continental breakfast, refreshments, prize drawings and receptions at the University Club. Space is limited. RSVP deadline is Nov. 30: Alice Wissel, 502.852.3533. More information here.
December 6, 2011	UofL-Old Louisville Bike Boulevard community design charrette (part 4) Tuesday, December 6th 7-8:30pm at the Central Park Info Center In line with our Bicycle Master Plan, UofL is working with Bike Louisville and area neighborhood groups to create a safe network of on-street bike facilities to campus. We especially need a northbound route from Cardinal Blvd that provides safe, (s)low-traffic connectivity with our Health Sciences Center and downtown. We think this is an ideal test-case for Louisville's first dedicated Bike Boulevard with limited, local-access-only auto traffic (learn about Portland, Oregon's bike boulevards with this great video). The draft plan for Old Louisville bike corridors is available for review here. Come share your thoughts about this plan and your ideas for a more bike-friendly environment around UofL!
December 3, 2011	Saturday Academy: "Occupy Louisville--Back to Black" Featuring Khalilah Collins, Jaison Gardner, Mikal Forbush and Dr. Kaila Story, UofL. Moderated by Philip M. Bailey. Saturday, December 3rd from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm DuValle Education Center Cafeteria, 3610 Bohne Avenue The Saturday Academy is an outreach initiative of the University of Louisville’s College of Arts and Science in collaboration with Jefferson County Public Schools, the UofL Pan-African Studies Department, Louisville Urban League, Councilwoman Cheri Bryant Hamilton, and the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage Weather or emergency cancellations can be checked by calling 852-1397. For more information contact LyShanna Cunningham, Saturday Academy Program Assistant @852-2658 or email at lkcunn01@louisville.edu, or visit http://louisville.edu/saturdayacademy or our Facebook page.
December 2, 2011	Free Screening: Mother Friday, December 2 at 7:00pm in SAC Room W303 Mother: Caring for 7 Billion is an independent documentary that connects the often-neglected topic of of overpopulation to issues like overconsumption, climate change, and social justice. A sobering yet hope-inspiring film, "[Mother] strives not to blame but to educate, to highlight a different path for humanity." The screening is free and open to all, and begins at 7:00 PM on December 2. It will be preceded by a short original film on community supported agriculture. Afterward, there will be an opportunity for interested attendees to get connected with groups directly involved in addressing problems like overpopulation and social injustice. For more information, please visit http://www.motherthefilm.com/
December 2, 2011	U of L Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club Meeting Friday, Dec. 2nd at noon in the 3rd floor classroom of Ernst Hall The U of L Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Club will be meeting on Friday at noon in the 3rd floor classroom of Ernst Hall to discuss the groups solar energy project. Anyone interested in learning about renewable energy technologies or working on a project to see them adopted in the greater community is invited and encouraged to attend!! Questions can be directed to Ezra Clark, ezra.lee.clark (at) gmail.com.
December 2, 2011	SOUL Volunteer Opportunity: Mentor potential college students Friday, December 2nd, 10am-Noon Interested in talking with high school students about the importance of pursuing a college education? If you are available from 10 AM - 12 PM on Friday, December 2nd to participate in a "Close the Deal" program at Jeffersonville High School, then be sure to complete the volunteer form. You would be asked to speak to a table of 8-10 students about the college experience (class schedules, how to get involved in campus life, residence life/food plans, buying text books, etc.) and answer students' questions.
November 30, 2011	Meeting to Revive Student Environmental Group, GRASS Wednesday, November 30 · 4:00pm Strickler Hall Room 307 Bring your ideas and dreams for UofL's only campus-wide student environmental organization, GRASS (Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions). Let's start making them happen!
November 21, 2011	Meeting to Revive Student Environmental Group, GRASS Monday, November 21 · 4:00pm Strickler Hall Room 307 Bring your ideas and dreams for UofL's only campus-wide student environmental organization, GRASS (Group Recycling And Sustainable Solutions). Let's start making them happen!
November 20, 2011	Sunday Thanksgiving Workday at Garden Commons! Sunday, November 20 · 1:00pm - 4:00pm Thanksgiving at Garden Commons! Come on out this Sunday and help us beautify the garden! We will be cleaning up the space and the greenhouse, discussing operational issues such as planting and greenhouse space usage and just generally beautifying everything!
November 17, 2011	Ellen Arnold to lecture: ‘Imagining the Wilderness’ Thursday, Nov 17th 4:30 p.m. Shumaker Research Building 339 Ellen Arnold will lecture on Medieval hagiography including many exciting, humorous and even tragic stories of the human encounter with nature. This talk will use stories from the medieval Ardennes to explore the many ways that monks thought about the wilderness and about the proper balance between wild nature and human civilization. In the hands of medieval writers, bears, boars, lions and even fish become indicators of sin and sanctity, power and weakness, and even nobility and monastic humility. Info: John Cumbler, department of history, 852-6817.
November 12, 2011	SOUL Volunteer Opportunity: Project Warm Participate in Project Warm this year on November 12th to help local needy families winterize their homes. Be a team leader, form a team or join one by registering here.
November 10, 2011	5th Annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture: Dr. Michelle Alexander “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 6pm (doors open at 5:30) The Speed Art Museum Auditorium (2035 S. Third St.) In this free, public talk, civil rights lawyer, professor and author Michelle Alexander will speak about what she describes as the “mass incarceration” of African Americans during the fifth annual Anne Braden Memorial Lecture Nov. 10 at the University of Louisville. Michelle Alexander Author of the 2010 book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander is a highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar who currently holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of Law at The Ohio State University. Prior to joining the Kirwan Institute, Professor Alexander was an Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, where she directed the Civil Rights Clinics. Read more.
Nov. 8, 2011	Cooking Workshop! Tuesday, November 8th from 5:30-7:00pm in the Office of Health Promotion Activities Room. Join professional Chef Mary Wheatley for a hands-on workshop in making a delicious menu including smoothies, breakfast paninis, and veggie frittata! Have breakfast for dinner! The cost is $3 per class and includes dinner. Stop by the Office of Health Promotion to sign up.
Nov. 3, 2011	Boehl Distinguished Lecture in Land Use Policy Audrey McFarlane on Rebuilding the Public Private City: Insights for Redevelopment from Regulatory Takings and Critical Race Theory. Thursday, November 3rd, at 6:00 p.m. in the Law School Room 275. Audrey McFarlane is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore Law School and a Visiting Professor at Northeastern University School of Law. Her scholarly work focuses on the intersection of race and class in local government law specifically in the areas of land use and economic development. She has written on empowerment zones, the racial geography of economic development, community participation in economic development, the impact of globalization on business incentives, and business improvement districts. Her current work is on eminent domain, regulatory takings and gentrification. The lecture is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.
Nov. 2-7, 2011	“Sacred Air: Breath of Life” Festival of Faiths (Henry Clay Building, 604 S. 3rd St.) Check out the UofL Sustainability booth and learn how our campus trees and sustainability initiatives are helping protect our sacred air! UofL tree experts will be on hand at the booth to answer questions Thursday, Nov. 3rd from 6-8pm during the Night of a Thousand Stars event. UofL will also be represented on the student panel at the Youth Breakfast with Bill McKibben on Thursday, Nov. 3rd, 7:30am – 9:00am.
Oct. 31 - Nov. 16, 2011	Peace & Justice Weeks: A New Conversation on Equality (Oct. 31 - Nov. 16) Organized by the Muhammad Ali Institute for Peace & Justice at UofL, a variety of events on campus will focus attention on this year's theme to move the discussion around equality beyond a historical perspective to a conversation about how to create a more equitable future. More details at http://louisville.edu/aliinstitute Monday, October, 31st 12-2 p.m. Ekstrom Library, Rm. 280 Muhammad Ali Institute Open House Tuesday, November 1st 12:30 p.m. Ali Institute, Ekstrom Library, Rm. 280 Brown Bag Lunch: Resilient Families Project at Wayside Christian Mission Thursday, November 3rd 12 p.m. Ali Institute, Ekstrom Library, Rm. 280 Brown Bag Lunch: Playing for Peace: Sports as a Tool for Conflict Transformation in Cyprus Thursday, November 3rd 5 p.m. Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library Harry Belafonte’s daughter, Gina, speaks at a screening the documentary “Sing Your Song” about his activism in the civil rights movement and his work for social justice. Details. Monday, November 7th 6 p.m. Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library What is Occupy Louisville? Tuesday, November 8th 12 p.m. Ali Institute, Ekstrom, Library, Rm. 280 Brown Bag Lunch: Waving the White Flag: The Politics of Race & Identity in the Peace Movement Wednesday, November 9th 5 p.m. Schumaker Research Building, Rm, 139 KDC Presents: Expressions of the Dreamers Thursday, November 10th 12 p.m. Ali Institute, Ekstrom Library, Rm. 280 Brown Bag Lunch: Standing as One Community (Ummah Wahida): Rwandan Muslims and Resistance to Genocide Tuesday, November 15th 7 p.m. Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library Reclaiming Our Dream: Youth Presentation Wednesday, November 16th 6 p.m. Shumaker Research Building A New Conversation on Equality - Bridging the Generations
October 28, 2011	Grocery Store Tour Friday, Oct. 28th 12:30pm-3:00pm Take a tour of the local ValuMarket with a registered dietician and learn how to shop smart! Participants will receive: re-usable shopping bags, coupons for items on the Basic Pantry Shopping List, recipes and incentives. Tour led by a Registered Dietitian. Either ride TARC (free with UofL ID!) or join the bike tour. Sponsored by Office of Health Promotion, Sustainability Council and ValuMarket. Group size is limited to 15. Stop by the Office of Health Promotion to sign up. Details here. Read about it here!
October 28, 2011	National Arbor Day Event - Tree Planting on Belknap Campus Friday, Oct. 28th, 10:30am-1pm. College of Education main entrance (facing the University Club). Join Provost Willihnganz and the National Arbor Day Foundation for a very special event to honor UofL's commitment to campus trees! After a ceremonial tree planting with speakers and students, Limbwalker Tree Service will provide a planting demonstration for attendees. We will then spread out across campus to plant the remaining trees. The first 100 volunteers will get to help plant the trees, and receive a free T-shirt and lunch! Come and help us kick-off what will be a busy tree planting season for the University of Louisville!
Thursdays May through October 27, 2011	Gray Street Farmers’ Market 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. every Thursday, May 19 - October 27, 2011 Located on the 400 block of E. Gray Street, between S. Preston and S. Jackson streets. Click here to get directions. Eat well! Reduce your environmental footprint! Support your local economy! Meet your farmer! A farmers' market is where all facets of sustainability come together. The Gray Street Farmers' Market features a wide variety of local vendors, offering lunch items, fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat, cheese, honey, bakery goods, canned goods, crafts and flowers. Each week you can enter to win a $20 farmers market gift certificate to be raffled monthly. More information about the farmers’ market here.
October 26, 2011	Living Simply & Sustainably Wednesday, Oct. 26th, 7pm, Floyds Fork Park building (4002 S. Pope Lick Rd.) UofL's sustainability coordinator, Justin Mog, will be speaking to the Floyds Fork Environmental Organization about ways that all of us can revolutionize our daily lives for greater personal and planetary health and wealth!
October 25, 2011	Student Sustainability Network Meet & Greet Tuesday, October 25th 7 p.m., Ekstrom Library room W210 The SGA, SAB, and RSOs related to sustainability will unite with members from UofL’s Sustainability Council to meet, mingle, and discuss this year’s plans related to sustainability. Benefit from sharing your ideas and discover what others are doing to promote sustainability on campus. Save room for dessert, as cupcakes and pie will be served!
Oct. 25, 2011	School of Urban & Public Affairs Speaker Series Presents: Dr. Melissa Merry: "Framing Disaster: Environmental Groups' Response to the Gulf Oil Spill of 2010" Tuesday October 25th at Noon in Rm 200 Urban Studies Institute (426 W. Bloom St.) Melissa K Merry is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Louisville.
October 24, 2011	*When Spirit Meets Action: Working Together In Response to Climate Change* with special guest, author and activist, Julia Butterfly Hill Monday, October 24th 7pm at Bellarmine University (Brown Activities Center, Frazier Hall) 6:30pm Car-Free groups will depart from UofL. Cyclists gather at the Red Barn for a 5 mile ride. Others gather at the TARC #29 eastbound stop on Eastern Pkwy in front of the Speed School of Engineering (bring UofL ID for free bus fare, and walking shoes for the 10 block walk down Norris Place from Eastern Pkwy). Julia Butterfly Hill is the young woman who lived 160 feet up in an ancient redwood tree in a world-changing effort to protect old growth forests. She is the author of the best-seller The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods and the subject of the PBS Documentary Butterfly both of which chronicle her amazing story. Click here to see her biography. We can’t all live in a redwood tree for two years to make a better world - but we all have something we can do. Please join us. Hosted by Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light.
October 24, 2011	Documentary Film: SAK VID PA KAMPE: An Empty Sack Does Not Stand Up (Haitian Proverb) Monday, Oct. 24th 6pm SAC Floyd Theater Light Refreshments will be served. Admission is Free. Sponsored by the Debate Society and the Garden Commons This 29-minute documentary produced by Agricultural Missions, Inc chronicles the struggle for food sovereignty in Haiti since the 2010 Earthquake. SAK VID PA KAMPE focuses on the solutions to the impoverishment and vulnerability of the Haitian populace, as being implemented by organized rural Haitians. It shows how international solidarity can successfully help Haitians transform the structural roots of their impoverishment and exploitation, and confront the ecological challenge we all face.. Check out the trailer. The screening will be followed by Q & A with Education and Advocacy Coordinator, Stephen Bartlett, Film Director and UofL graduate, Stephon Barbour, and Anthropology/PAS Professor Dr Yvonne Jones, as well as local solidarity leaders For more information, contact Stephen Bartlett, sbartlett (at) ag-missions.org, 502-896-9171.
Oct. 17-23, 2011	UofL Sustainability Week - a full week of events to celebrate and raise awareness: Monday, Oct. 17, 3pm – Colombian activist John Henry González on agrarian reform and the protection of workers’ rights (407 Ford Hall) Monday, Oct. 17, 4:30pm –"Fighting Sexual Exploitation in the Community," with Rachel Durschlag. Sponsored by Cards 4 Freedom (Students Against Human Trafficking). (Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom) Monday, Oct. 17, 5pm – Tour UofL’s LEED Gold certified CTR Building (CTR 503, 505 South Hancock St.) Tuesday, Oct. 18, 4pm – Architect Gary Kleier on "Green Renovation, Restoration and Reuse in Historic Buildings" (Chao Auditorium) Tuesday, Oct. 18, 6pm – Book-in-Common Keynote with author Wes Moore (SAC Multipurpose Room) Wednesday, Oct. 19, 10am-2pm – Campus Sustainability Day (Quad) - An annual showcase of campus and community sustainability initiatives! Shred-it will be offering free shredding and recycling of personal papers & floppy disks 10am-2pm at the College of Business circle. Wednesday, Oct. 19, Noon-1pm – Let's Talk Lunch: "Why Going Green Ain't Gonna Cut It. Sustainability's foundations in social & economic justice" (Cultural Center) Wednesday, Oct. 19, 5:30 pm – Sustainability in Peace Corps – Impacting Communities at Home and Abroad (Ekstrom Library, Room W104). Highlighting the work of returned Environment and Agriculture volunteers and related initiatives of other volunteers (such as Youth development volunteer, Laura Kutner’s recycled bottle project), and the work local Peace Corps offices are doing. Wednesday, Oct. 19, 6-8 pm Biology Undergraduate Society event featuring Dr. Eason discussing biology internships, and two undergraduates discussing their experience in undergraduate research and an overseas medical mission. Free Food! (Life Sciences Room 137) Thursday, Oct. 20, 10:30am-2pm Gray Street Farmers’ Market at HSC (Directions). Eat well! Reduce your environmental footprint! Support your local economy! Meet your farmer! Market vendors offer lunch items, fruits, vegetables, eggs, meat, cheese, honey, bakery goods, canned goods, crafts and flowers. Thursday, Oct. 20, noon – Shelby Campus Green Team Brown Bag Session with Sarah Lynn Cunningham, Louisville Climate Action Network (Burhans Hall room 207) Thursday, Oct. 20, 5pm & 7pm – Farm to Table dinner (Ville Grill). A special four-course family-style served dinner featuring local foods. Make your reservations now at Ville Grill, located on 3rd St. and Brandeis Ave. Thursday, Oct. 20, 6-7:30pm – Outstanding Community Engagement Awards & Reception. Free Food! (Chao Auditorium, Ekstrom Library) Friday, Oct. 21, 4-5:30pm – Campus Sustainability Walking Tour (Leaves from: Strickler Hall) Friday, Oct. 21, before 8pm – Sigma Pi sponsors Game Day Recycling at State Fairgrounds tailgating before UofL home football game vs. Rutgers Friday-Sunday, Oct. 21-23 – Bluegrass Bioneers Conference at UofL. Latest details on Facebook! Saturday, Oct. 22, 8:30am-Noon – Volunteer Opportunity: Central Park Clean-up! Be a part of the Mayor’s Week of Service! Team up with the Old Louisville Neighborhood Association and Operation Brightside to help keep Central Park looking great. Pizza for lunch! Saturday, Oct. 22, 10am-2pm – How Can We Best Serve Conference (SAC, Floyd Theater) All week: Fall Harvest week at The Ville Grill, featuring fresh, seasonal foods from our local area! Does it taste better if it’s from your own backyard? Find out! Each day we’ll feature a dish from a local farm—and you can even meet the farmer! We'll also be highlighting vegetarian options at Wild Mushroom and other campus venues for the fact that reducing consumption of animal protein reduces your carbon footprint. All week: Sign up for the city of Louisville's Give a Day of Service!
October 22, 2011	How Can We Best Serve Conference Saturday, October 22, 2011 10:00 AM- 2:00 PM Student Activities Center, Floyd Theater Hungry for social justice? Don't miss the 3rd Annual How Can We Best Serve Conference on October 22! This student-run event brings leaders from the front lines of social change in Louisville to campus for solutions-based conversation about challenges facing our community. Through the conference, the UofL AmeriCorps Bonner Leaders connect the student body, faculty and community members with nonprofits in Louisville. The conference consists of 6 workshops that provide students information about social justice issues and help them understand their role in building a better future for our community. This year, the workshops will integrate themes addressed in the Book-in-Common, The Other Wes Moore by Wes Moore. Until Then: Look for the Bonner Leaders fundraiser table each Wednesday (9/14-10/19) from 12-2 in the SAC - 2nd floor, by the Multi Purpose Room, where you can learn about a social justice issue and support the conference by buying goodies from ice cream to coffee to Rice Krispie treats!
Oct. 21-23, 2011	Bluegrass Bioneers Conference at UofL *Breakthrough Solutions for People and Planet* Free and Open to the Public Friday, October 21, 9am-10pm Saturday, October 22, 9am-11pm Sunday, October 23, 10am-6:30pm Strickler Hall, University of Louisville The Bioneers Conference is the leading sustainability and social solutions conference in the country. It brings together, in 21 U.S. cities, more than 10,000 social, scientific, and environmental innovators, visionaries, and citizens from all walks of life working to create a more just and sustainable world for humanity. Bluegrass Bioneers is the southeast region's incarnation of the national Bioneers conference combining world-renowned pre-recorded plenary talks from the conference in California with live regional environmental visionaries to create a one-of-a-kind sustainable solutions event. Inspirational talks and life stories from California include Amory Lovins (green energy guru & Chairman of Rocky Mountain Institute), Gloria Steinem (renowned author and feminist icon), Paul Stamets (world's leading "myco-technologist"), Phillippe Cousteau (ocean explorer, author, activist) and many others. They will be joined by live regional leaders and visionaries like author Chad Montrie, professor Barbara Burns, Kimberly Frieder (children's author & environmentalist), Christian Thalacker (biodiesel entrepreneur), Keith Mountain (glaciologist & state geographer), Justin Mog (UofL sustainability director), Brian Barnes (UofL & Bellarmine philosophy professor), Mark Steiner (Cultivating Connections), Teddie Phillipson-Mower (environmental educator), Tom FitzGerald (Kentucky Resources Council), Joe Franzen & Claude Stephens (urban homesteaders), Sean Patrick Hill (author), Open Ground, 350 Louisville and many more. Entertainment this year includes Harry Pickens, Andrea Davidson, River City Drum Corps, and the Troubadours of Divine Bliss...plus screenings of the feature films "YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip" and "Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time." There will also be a Family Day, a Re-skilling Fair, a Peace Mini-Fair, and a local/sustainable Iron Chef Dinner sponsored by Whole Foods and 15Thousand Farmers. The University of Louisville will host the Annual Bluegrass Bioneers Conference which is presented by BEcreative and the UofL Sustainability Council and sponsored by Organic Valley. Learn more at the Bluegrass Bioneers website and check out the Facebook page!
Oct. 21, 2011	UofL Campus Sustainability Walking Tour (map) Friday, Oct. 21st, 2011 4:00-5:30pm Leaves from: Strickler Hall lobby Lead by: Justin Mog (UofL assistant to the provost for sustainability initiatives) & Russ Barnett (Director, Kentucky Institute for the Environment & Sustainable Development) Since 2008, the University of Louisville's Sustainability Council has worked to reshape our campus community and operations around the principles of sustainability. Join us for a guided walking tour (map) of UofL's efforts to reshape our campus community and operations around the principles of sustainability. Highlights will include: Cultural Center: Organic Garden Commons, composting & rain barrels SAC: Bike racks; BigBelly solar trash compactors; Kentucky Proud section of bookstore Threlkeld: Single-stream recycling; energy-efficiency retrofits Lutz Circle: Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) pickups; No-Idling Policy Steam & Chilled Water Plant: Coal-free campus Ernst: Biodiesel program & Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research Eastern Parkway: Road diet - bike lanes & bus shelters Duthie: LEED Gold renovation Sackett: Dual-tracking solar panels Gardiner: Green conference room; A&S Green Team office audits; Campus Tree Tour Ekstrom: Heine Brothers fair trade, locally-roasted coffee; Bike-share program; Rain Gardens Ville Grill: Trayless dining; vegetarian/local/organic/fair-trade foods & food waste composting Louisville Hall: Green Dorm Room; Basic Pantry (Cardinal's Nest); TARC HSC-Belknap shuttle stop College of Business: Water bottle filing station to eliminate bottled water; Green Roof
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