Brought to you by Mudders Organizing for Sustainable Solutions (MOSS) and Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)

Welcome to the EarthWeek homepage!  This week MOSS and ESW hope to raise awareness on the Harvey Mudd campus about sustainability issues.  We want to give our fellow students a perspective on the college’s consumption levels and how those levels relate to state, national, and global consumption levels.  The members of MOSS and ESW have worked hard to compile consumption facts so please check them out.

EarthWeek Consumption Level Links

Recycling

Energy

Waste

Water

Sustainable Food

EarthWeek starts Monday, April 16th and ends on Sunday, April 22nd, which as you know is Earth Day.  We invite you to be apart of the fun events we have planned as well as out weekly meetings.  We meet every Wednesday at 5:30 pm in the Mitchell Room.

EarthWeek Events

Trip to the Grand Central Recycling Plant 

Description:  Join ESW in finding out how our campus recycling is processed.
Location: Meet in front of the LAC
Time: 5:30 am...free coffee and Danishes will be provided. We will be back for 9am classes.  If you need to be back by 8am, let us know so that we can arrange for you to leave earlier.
Contact: Annika Eberle and Autumn Petros-Good

Monitor your water use with these convenient water kits!

Description:  This is a quick and easy way to help your fellow students assess the water usage in the dorms.  Hurry to pick one up because there are a limited number of kits!
Location:  Pick one up at the dining hall.
Time:  Lunch time.
Contact:  Whitney Buchanan (wbuchanan@hmc.edu) and Ben Tribelhorn (BTribelhorn@hmc.edu) for more info.

Weigh your Food Waste

Description:  Have you ever wanted to know how much food is wasted by the students at Harvey Mudd?  Well now you can by placing your uneaten food into the weigh station in the tray return area.  Let’s try to reduce the amount of food wasted each day!
Location:  Dining hall tray-return area
Time:  All week-long
Contact:  Bill Casey, Dining Services (William_Casey@hmc.edu) or Lindsay Wray (lwray@hmc.edu)

Reduce Energy Usage…It’s Fun and Easy

Description:  Retrofit your incandescent light bulbs with new compact fluorescent bulbs...for free!  The compact fluorescent light bulbs use about 2/3 less energy than the incandescent bulbs and will cut energy costs!   So swap out those energy sucking bulbs, free of charge and help reduce the amount of energy this campus consumes.
Location:  Dining hall
Time:  Lunch time Monday April 16th  - Thursday, April 19th
Contact:  Dean Guy or Theresa Potter

Outdoor BBQ

Event:  The HMC community is invited to an outdoor BBQ complete with an organic menu and organic plates and cups.  Location: In front of the dining hall
Time:  April 20th 11:15 am – 1:15 am
Contact:  For more information contact Bill Casey, Dining Services (William_Casey@hmc.edu)

Earth Films with FNMG

Description:  Join the Friday Night Movie Guys for some “earthy” themed films.  They will be showing Baraka and ScaredSacred; two riveting films that are sure to entertain.  Organic snacks will be provided.
Location:  Galileo hall.
Time:  Baraka starts at 7:00 pm and ScaredSacred at 9:00 pm.
Contact:  For more information contact Shawn Duenas (Shawn_M_Duenas@HMC.Edu).

Greening XVI Conference Hosted by the HMC Center for Environmental Studies

Description:  This year the Harvey Mudd Center for Environmental Studies will host Greening XVI.  This is a conference where environmental social scientists from throughout Southern California gather for a one-day conference showcasing the latest research from graduate students and faculty in the area.  The conference is free, complete with a continental breakfast and lunch. 
Location:  Beckman auditorium.
Time:  Breakfast starts at 8:30 am.
Contact:  Please RSVP to Professor Paul Steinberg (paul_steinberg@hmc.edu) if you are interested in attending so that there is enough food for everyone.

How Can you Affect a Greenhouse?

Description:  Take a trip with Mudders Making a Difference to help the Mt. Baldy Park service refurbish their greenhouse.  Learn how to take clippings of native plants (i.e. willow, cottonwood, mule fat) and get them growing in the greenhouse. 
Location:  Mt. Baldy.
Time:  Sunday, April 22, 7:45 AM - 4ish PM. Meet in front of the LAC.
Bring: Bottle of water, gardening gloves/clippers if you've got it
Contact:  For more information contact Tom Donze (tdonze@hmc.edu) with "Baldy Greenhouse Trip" in the subject field.

Make a Tye-Dye Shirt

Description: Join DOS muchachos and the activist of the past in bringing back the most powerful of fashions.  FREE TYE-DYE shirt making at the LAC.
Location: LAC
Time: Wednesday, April 18th
Contact:  Patrick Foley, Rishad Manekia, Ace Ellett, or Kelley Hodges.

Playing with the Big Green Ball…a Symbol for Playing with the Earth

Description: Hug it, pick it up, love it….it’s everyone’s favorite big green ball!  Work together with others to raise the ball up high, kind of like one would do with the earth if it were physically possible.
Location: In front of the LAC
Time: Thursday, April 19th
Contact:  Patrick Foley, Rishad Manekia, Ace Ellett, or Kelley Hodges.
 

Recycled Art Contest 

Description: Using only items you would find in a recycling bin, create a piece of artwork that looks like one of your favorite professors or president Klawe (other entries that don’t look like a prof/president will be accepted).  MUCC will provide some materials there but be sure to bring your own stuff too.
Location: The grass area between West and South dorms. People can work all night and the winners will be notified the following day. Winners get a pizza party!
Time: Thursday, April 19th at 6:00 pm
Contact:  Adrian Sampson (asampson@HMC.Edu)

Adopt a sprinkler head

Description:  Have you seen those signs saying “Adopt a Highway”?  Well this is kinda like that.  Adopting a sprinkler is fun and easy…pick a sprinkler, name it, and watch over it.  If is starts acting up or it begins to water the sidewalk, notify F&M so that they can fix it.
Location:  TBA.
Time:  TBA.
Contact: Lindsay Wray (lwray@hmc.edu)

A Huge Thanks!

MOSS and ESW would like to thank Dean Guy and Theresa Potter for their support with EarthWeek.  We also want to thank Sally Arroyo for her help with our logo and her helpful advice.  Thanks so much to Professor Haskell, Professor Martonosi, and Professor Saeta for their input and wisdom at our weekly meetings.  Bill Casey in dining services has been a huge support and source of great information.