In case you didn’t know what you should be doing this week, you should be participating in Charlottesville’s own Earth Week. Sponsored and promoted by a local group known as Earth Week Online, the event, scheduled around the 3rd week in April (i.e. now), is about creating awareness around being green on a local level. The events during the following week are meant to build awareness for an internationally recognized, Earth Day on April 22nd.
Started in 1970, Earth Day has grown substantially. Today, through the Earth Day Network, over 15,000 organizations in over 174 countries participate in growing the environmental movement and promoting a vision for a sustainable and healthy planet.
Earth Day’s formal mission is to:
broaden the environmental movement worldwide and to educate and mobilize people, governments, and corporations to take responsibility for a clean and healthy environment
So, we challenge you, cVillains, to do something for Earth Day and tell us what you are doing so we can all get involved. How are you going to mobilize your workplace, your friends and Charlottesville to make the world we live in a better place?
More Resources:
For an interview with the leaders of Charlottesville’s Earth Week, go to Charlottesville Podcasting!
A list of events from Charlottesville’s Earth Week group is after the break:
April 18
Cville Parks Tree Plantings, 3-5 pm
Fridays After Five, 5-8 pm
Wild Virginia’s Geo. Washington Forest presentation, 7 pm
April 19
Tread Lightly 5k Trail Run/Walk, 8:30-10 am
Rivanna River Sojourn, 9 am, all-day paddle event
Earth Day Eco-Fair, 10 am-3 pm
Arts 4 Bike Paths Auction, at the Eco-Fair
Cville Parks Tree Plantings, 10-noon & 2-4 pm
April 20
Rivanna River Sojourn, 9 am, half-day paddle event
Cville Parks Tree Plantings, 2-4 pm
April 22
UVA Recycling & Student Environmental Action’s Earth Day, 10 am-4 pm
Emmitt Nershi concert, 7:30 pm
April 23
Env’l Movie: The Real Dirt on Farmer John, 2 pm
April 24
Env’l Movie: Crude Impact, 2 pm
April 25
Env’l Movie: Eat at Bill’s, 2 pm
April 26
Env’l Movie: Kilowatt Ours, 2 pm
Energy & Climate Change Presentation by Al Weed, 3 pm
Dave Barnes Concert, 10:00 pm
April 27
Ivy Creek Foundation’s Native Plant Sale, 1-3 pm
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China’s carbon output just passed that of the U.S., and they’re just getting warmed up. I’m sure India isn’t far behind.
Kiss your ass goodbye. Carry your own bags to whole foods, ride your bike instead of driving, whatever - you’re just polishing the brass on the Titanic…
Thanks for that, Oy. I just read that the Titanic sunk, not b/c it crashed into an iceburg with such force that it ripped a hole in its side, but that it was constructed with defective rivets that sheered off after the ship bumped the iceburg. Hmmm…
I want to live in a domed city with wall to wall carpeting
Um, you have to ask permission to use photos of my hands. Mmkay?
What is this “earth” you speak of?
Every day is Earthday silly, and hence every week is Earth week. Take care of your mother people, If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper with 100% recycled ones (don’t claim that you have a sensitive ass and have to use the soft stuff), we could save 423,900 trees, If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber paper towels with 100% recycled ones, we could save 544,000 trees. TREES ARE THE ANSWER. I just smoked a huge Bab Marley rolled up with 100% recycled paper.
It would seem, based on the other post that followed this one, that today is, in fact, Girth Day.
Totally
Who care’s about the trees when you can talk about Penis Girth
Where’s Girth Brooks?
sorry - just got back from a little Nooner with Shania Twat
what’s up?
Mmmmm - I want me some Girth
I figured if anyone was an expert witness on Girth, it was you.
well, of course - and thanks for thinking of me.
“She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy” is actually an allegory.
see here for the average lengths and engine displacement
http://johnnypopper.com/jdstats/jdcomp.shtml
where’s w8lucm???
anyhow- i agree about the trees…
and all the kleenex users-stop. please, they only use virgin redwoods. how creepy and disgusting?
/i truly mean disgusting.
The famine is already fomenting rebellion in the countries of the world.
http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080413/focus/focus1.html