Things to Dig This Week

WEDNESDAY
6 p.m. – steps in front of Gorgas Library - SGA Department of Environmental Concerns will meet to chalk for National Teach-In

THURSDAY
10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Climate Dialogue: National Teach-In (hourly sessions) – 205 Gorgas

4 p.m. – Internship info for Student Conservation Association – 205 Gorgas

5 p.m. – Students for Fair Trade Justice Speaker – 205 Gorgas

“This Column is 100 Percent Recyclable” featured in The Crimson White

SUNDAY
11 a.m. Sack lunch & break up soil for Spring Organic Garden at UA Arboretum

4 p.m. UAEC/Earthfest planning meeting in 109 Carmichael

5:30 p.m. UA Vegetarians, Vegans, and Allied Community Potluck in 109 Carmichael

CLIMATE DIALOGUE: NATIONAL TEACH-IN featuring hourly sessions of faculty perspectives on the effects of Climate Change and Global Warming will take place on Thursday, Feb. 5., from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. A list of speakers can be viewed at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=44803761823&ref=ts. Please forward the word about this event.

STUDENT CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION RECRUITER TO VISIT UA - A Recruiter for SCA will be giving information about internships at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 5, in 205 Gorgas. http://www.thesca.org/

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS TO PLANT SPRING ORGANIC GARDEN AT UA ARBORETUM this Sunday, Feb. 8., at 11 a.m. Anyone can come to socialize and help break up the soil. Bring a sack lunch and be prepared to get dirty. Directions: http://www.arboretum.ua.edu/visit/visit.htm

PLANNING FOR EARTHFEST 2009 HAS BEGUN. UAEC’s annual celebration of the planet will take place on Sunday, Apr. 19 on the University of Alabama Quad. To pitch ideas for the event, come to the Earthfest Planning meeting this Sunday, Feb. 8, at 4 p.m. in 109 Carmichael Hall, or contact an EF chair member: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfqckzp8_14d7x4b4fn

UA VEGANS, VEGETARIANS, AND ALLIED COMMUNITY INVITE YOU TO A POTLUCK this Sunday, Feb. 8 at 5:30 P.M. in 109 Carmichael Hall. Bring a meatless dish! Contact Jennifer Collins (jlcollins@bama.ua.edu) for more information.

UA SAIL CLUB NOW ACCEPTING NEW MEMBERS
Check them out on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=44999758802&ref=share
Contact Katherine Smith at uasailclub@gmail.com to join.

UA WILL BE AT POWERSHIFT 2009 IN D.C. FEB. 27-MAR. 2 UAEC still has room for one person to go for FREE. Contact UAEC President Daniel Marbury (drmarbury@bama.ua.edu) to register. http://www.powershift09.org/

CREATIVE CAMPUS HOSTS PLANET LOVIN' PUTT-PUTT HOLE DESIGN CONTEST. Awards amount to over $1000. Registration deadline is April 1. See http://www.creativecampus.poxmedia.com/Planetlovinputtputt to download a contest guide.