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Earth Days Book Discussion
Vermillion Public Library (Kozak Room)
1:00PM - 3:00 PM
Book: The Soil Will Save Us by Kristin Ohlson
Sponsoring Organizations:
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Living River Group of the Sierra Club
USD Earth Day Fair
Muenster University Center (MUC), USD
11:00AM - 2:00 PM
Sponsoring Organizations:
Sustainability Club
Library Event: Recycled Art
Vermillion Public Library
1:00PM - 3:00 PM
Sponsoring Organizations:
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Free Showing: Happy Feet
Coyote Twin Movie Theater
3:30PM - 5:00 PM
Sponsoring Organizations:
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
Vermillion Downtown Cultural Association
Winona LaDuke & Annie Humphrey Performance
Building a Green Economy
Farber Hall (Old Main 111), USD
7:00PM - 9:00 PM
Event Description:
Winona LaDuke and Annie Humphrey will have a combined lecture and music performance celebrating Earth Day. LaDuke is a Native American activist and an advocate for environmental, women's, and children's rights and was Ralph Nader's running mate. Humphrey was named the 2018 Artist of the Year by the Native American Music Awards. LaDuke will give a lecture titled "Building a Green Economy: Indigenous Strategies for a Sustainable Future," and original music from Humphrey will be integrated into the event.
Sponsoring Organizations:
USD-HHMI Inclusive Science Initiative
Department of Sustainability and Environment
Native American Cultural Center
Center for Diversity and Community
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Native American Studies
Earth Days Activities at the Library
Kozak Room, Vermillion Public Library
3:30pm-4:30 PM
Sponsoring Organizations:
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
USD School of Education
Earth Days Gala
MUC Ballroom 225, USD
5:00PM - 8:00 PM
Event Details:
This is a free event with free food, but tickets are required and can be reserved on the link provided: https://attendify.co/sustainability-gala-FBbr1hc. The Gala will be serving dinner, will have speakers, and activities throughout. Formal attire is requested.
Sponsoring Organizations:
Sustainability Club
Bus, Bike, or Walk to School & Work Day
Event Details:
Free transit rides for pre-scheduled trips . To schedule a ride, please call Vermillion Public Transit at 624-7433 and speak with the dispatcher to register for the service and schedule your ride(s). Rides are scheduled on a first come, first serve basis, so scheduling
rides in advance will give the best outcome.
Sponsoring Organizations:
Vermillion Public Transit
Earth Days Activities at the Library
Kozak Room, Vermillion Public Library
3:30PM-4:30 PM
Sponsoring Organizations:
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
USD School of Education
Celebrate Sustainability: Free Concert
MUC Pit Lounge
7:00PM-10:00 PM
Event Details:
Would You Kindly is playing at 7pm, and BEARD is playing at 8pm. This is a free event and anyone can come enjoy the music!
Sponsoring Organizations:
Sustainability Club
Beard
Earth Days Activities at the Library
Kozak Room, Vermillion Public Library
3:30pm-4:30 PM
Sponsoring Organizations:
Edith B. Siegrist Vermillion Public Library
USD School of Education
Vermillion Public Transit Open House
Vermillion Public Transit Building (604 High St.)
4:00PM - 6:00 PM
Sponsoring Organization:
Vermillion Public Transit
Green Day on the Platz
Downtown Vermillion
4:30PM - 6:30 PM
Includes something for everyone.
All are welcome to enjoy local famers' homegrown goodies kids crafts, clog dancing, PLOGGING- a litter pick-up event, samples from Hy-Vee, and pizza with topping from local, seasonal ingredients for $1/slice, from R-Pizza. Fiddler, Ingrid Lane, will play music during Green Day. Listen while watching USD gallery artists create a live chalk art piece at the Platz during the event.
PLOGGING participants can receive compostable garbage bags, then walk or jog and collect litter around downtown.
For more information about plogging, please visit www.Kab.org.
The farmers market website is: Vafm.wordpress.com
Sponsoring Organization:
Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company
Vermillion Area Arts Council
HyVee
Greening Vermillion
Campus in Bloom
Meet on the west side of the MUC
5:00 PM
Two events will be happening simultaneously:
We will be plotting small plants for the inside of the MUC during finals week to lift spirits with a note about sustainability.
Chalking stations with ideas and facts will be set up for anyone who would like to chalk outside of campus to spread awareness.
Sponsoring Organization:
Sustainability Club
Plant Some Trees
Multiple locations around Vermillion
Sponsoring Organizations:
City of Vermillion
University of South Dakota - Grounds
USD Biology Club
Vermillion High School
SESDAC
Night Sky Hike
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
8:30 PM
Free transportation available to Spirit Mound will be provided by Vermillion Public Transit. If you would like a ride to Spirit Mound, please call 624-7433 to reserve a seat. The VPT bus will pick people up at 8pm in the MUC parking lot.
Sponsoring Organizations:
Spirit Mound Trust
SD Game, Fish & Parks
National Park Service
Vermillion Public Transit
Tour of Green Homes
Meet at Austin Whittemore House, 15 Austin Street
2:00PM - 5:00 PM
Event Details:
Join us for a bus tour of local "green" homes that save energy, re-use materials, save water, and use other sustainable materials and practices in home building and remodeling. We'll stop in to talk with several homeowners and see for ourselves how they have built green into their homes. With others, we'll see green on the outside of their homes from the bus.
Examples of green features including a "cooling widow's walk," passive geo-solar heating and cooling, solar panels, decks made of recycled plastic bags, geothermal heating and cooling, and more.
Snacks and beverages, including wine, beer, and hard cider, will be served midway at the home of tour guide Jim Wilson.
Space is limited, and the cost is low. Contact Jim Wilson at 605-920-6247 or whitewilson@msn.com to reserve a seat for $5. Be sure to mention if you need special accommodations. Reservations must be made by April 20.
Sponsoring Organizations:
Greening Vermillion
Vermillion Area Chamber and Development Company
Vermillion Public Transit
Clay County Historic Preservation Commission
Annual Recycled Art from elementary schools
Displayed in Kozak Room of the public library
Sponsoring Organizations:
Vermillion Public Library
For more information about any of the Earth Days events, please contact Meghann Jarchow (Meghann.Jarchow@usd.edu), and she will put you in contact with the event coordinator(s).
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