UPCOMING EVENTS

2008
Saturday, April 5 GREEN LIVING FESTIVAL 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
      Sponsored by Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful, this festival focuses on how to live in environmentally compatible ways (see http://onmilwaukee.com/market/articles/greenliving.html for Festival details).  Join other MU students at the SEAC office in AMU at 11:30 a.m. from where they will proceed to take the 27th Street bus to the Milwaukee Domes.  Contact Aimee McGinty to tell her that you will be joining the group.

Thursday, January 31 FOCUS THE NATION, 4-6 p.m., AMU 252
     Sponsored by Students for an Environmentally Active Campus, a panel of Marquette professors will speak about climate change from the perspectives of their disciplines.  Our campus is one among 1000 throughout the country that will be sponsoring a teach-in day on the facts of global warming and its solutions.  Contact Aimee McGinty for additional information. 

2007
SEAC WEEK of EVENTS November 5-8

SEAC & WE Energies Information Table, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every day, AMU

Monday, November 5, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Farmer's Market, Lalumiere

     Harvest of Fear, movie with snack & discussion, 7 p.m., AMU 254

Tuesday, November 6, 1 p.m., Friends of the Milwaukee River Speaker, AMU 252

Wednesday, November 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., $0.25 coupon for a Brew Mug, SEAC Table, AMU (sponsored by SEAC & Brew Bayou)

    At 4 p.m. Dr. Heather Kohls (Economics) will speak on the steps we can all take for effective environmental change, AMU 252.

Thursday, November 8, 4 p.m., Talk by Dave Ciepluch, WE Energies, on Low Cost Energy Tips & Emerging Technologies, CU 128.

LECTURE on "The Collaboration of Evangelicals and Scientists on Global Warming" on Thursday, October 4, 4 p.m.
   UW-Madison Biologist Dr. Calvin  DeWitt.  Cudahy 001.  Refreshments will be served preceding the lecture.
   Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Environmental Ethics Program.  Contact Dr. Schaefer for informatiion.

EARTH WEEK April 14-21
Spring Concert, Saturday, April 14, 8-11 p.m., AMU 1st Floor, sponsored by Students for an Environmentally Active Campus--SEAC)
Spring Festival, Thursday and Friday, April 19-20, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., under Raynor Bridge, sponsored by SEAC
Milwaukee River Clean-up, Saturday, April 21, 9 a.m. - 12 Noon, Urban Ecology Center, sponsored by UEC

LECTURE on the "THE PAPER CAMPAIGN," Tuesday, February 27, 7 p.m.
  Linda Wells of ForestEthics will speak on the Paper Campaign, a grassroots movement and non-profit organization which aims to reduce catalog waste and protect endangered forests.  Come to be informed and inspired to get involved.  Sponsored by Students for an Environmentally Active Campus.  Contact Sadie Tuescher for more information. LL 175

ERIC LARSEN LECTURE on EVIDENCE OF GLOBAL WARMING IN THE ARCTIC, Monday, March 19, 7 p.m.

  Larsen will share his discoveries when making the first summer crossing of the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole (http://www.oneworldexpedition.com/).  Refreshments will be served.  Weasler Auditorium

2006
GLOBAL WARMING LECTURE, Tuesday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.
  Dr. George Stone, MATC Professor, will speak in MU 200.  Sponsored by SEAC (Students for an Environmentally Active Campus). 

ROBERT KENNEDY, JR. LECTURE on "CRIMES AGAINST NATURE"
Thursday, May 4, 8 p.m. at UWM
   A lawyer and environmental activist, Kennedy has earned a solid reputation as a defender of the environment.  In his lecture, he will detail what he considers the poor environmetal record of the current Bush administration when compared with past Republican and Democratic administrations.  For advance tickets ($20) call 414-229-3111; tickets at the door are $25. 

EARTH WEEK April 24-28

Monday, April 24, 7-8 p.m. Planting/Composting/Vermiculture Workshop.
  Learn how to recycle your food in order to revamp your soil!  Composting is an awesome tool to use for off-campus students and community members who have a garden.  Vermiculture: Improving Soil with worms! Come learn and go home with a free plant if you bring an item to compost!  (no dairy products).  Otherwise, donations of $1 will be accepted to pot a plant.  AMU 227.

Tuesday, April 25, 6-7/8ish p.m.
   Stories of Protest.  Ten professors will present their stories of protest and show that you shouldn't be afraid to take action! W153.

Wednesday, April 26, 12-1 p.m. Interfaith Earth Month Panel for Soup for Substance
   Two Wisconsin interfaith groups will present "sustaining our planet is a religious, ethical and civic obligation" from Catholic and Islamic perspectives.  AMU 252.

Thursday, April 27, 12-5 p.m.  EARTH DAY FAIR!
   SEAC will have a "farmers market" with baked goods, smoothies, canvas bags, tshirts, lightbulbs, bubbles, soap, a bikeathon, and lots more for sale! Central Mall.

ALL WEEK LONG:  Central Mall Bike Display
   Reduce reuse recycle theme.  Tshirts: sweatshop free tshirts on sale all week!

LECTURE ON JEWISH LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT Thursday, April 6
Rabbi Shlomo Levin of Lake Park Synagogue will teach a "lunch’n learn" in response to the question "What Does Jewish Law Say About Preserving the Environment?"  This opportunity begins at Noon in AMU 139.  Refreshments will be provided but feel free to bring a lunch.  All students, faculty and staff are welcome.

2005

EARTH WEEK April 18-22
    Monday, April 18, 3-4 p.m.  Interfaith Panel, "Caring for the Environment is a Moral Issue:  People of Faith Working Toward a Sustainable Future," including representatives of the Christian and Muslim faiths.  AUM Ballroom A.

    Tuesday, April 19, 7-10 p.m.  Poetry and Music Night, Eagle's Cafe. Wednesday, April 20, 7-8 p.m.  Talk by Ralph Bronner from Dr. Bronner's Soap.  AMU 252. 

    Friday, April 22, Noon-5 p.m.  Earth Day Faire with bands, Fair Trade craft sale.  Westown Square (between AMU and McCormick Hall).  

    Saturday, April 23, 8:30 a.m. to Noon.  Milwaukee River Clean-up.  Meet at AMU 2nd floor couches to travel to Hart Park.

    Saturday, April 23, Noon.  Race for the Earth.  Meet outside Raynor at Noon.  Sign up for race at information table in AMU all week or at Earth Day Faire.

LECTURE Saturday, April 2, 5-6:15 p.m. 

    Lecture on "Nature in Islamic Traditions and Poetry" by Dr. S. Nomanul Haq, University of Pennsylvania, Center Hall, Islamic Center of Milwaukee, 4707 South 13th Street 

GREEN POWER WEEK February 21-25

    Monday, February 21 to Friday, February 25, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.  Information Table on Renewable Energy.   Pick up a Green Power Bracelet (suggested donation of $2) AMU.

    Tuesday, February 22 Noon to Wednesday, February 23 Noon  24-hour stationary bike-a-thon outside the AMU.

    Wednesday, February 23, 7 p.m.,  LECTURE and DISCUSSION on "New Power for an Old Planet"  Rick O'Connor of WE Energies and Lincoln Fowler of Alterra will speak about the importance of renewable and natural energy in homes and businesses.  Cudahy 001.

2004
EARTH WEEK April 19-23

    Monday, April 19, 7 p.m.  RACE TO THE BOTTOM  5k run/walk benefiting CoffeeKids Charity, $10 w/ t-shirt; meet outside Lalumiere

    Tuesday, April 20, 6 p.m.  VENEZUELANS VS GLOBALIZATION  Venezuelan leader and author Jesus Garcia will speak about about corporate globalization, militarism in Latin America, and history and culture of people of African descent in Venezuela.    Esperanza Unida, 611 W. National Ave. 

    Wednesday, April 21 and Thursday, April 22, 7:30 p.m.  PLAY The Ballad of Love Canal is based on the hazardous chemical dumping that has caused numerous birth defects and cancer to residents surrounding Love Canal.  Straz Theater

    Thursday, April 22, Noon   INTERFAITH CELEBRATION OF THE EARTH  AMU Westtown Square Thursday, April 22, 1-4 p.m.  EARTH DAY FAIRE  Bands! Fun! Faire Trade Craft Sale!   Westtown Square

        Saturday, April 24, 8:15 a.m.  MILWAUKEE RIVER CLEANUP  Meet at AMU 2nd floor couches w/ UPASS for a fun service morning of cleaning-up Milwaukee's rivers.    

LECTURE April 5, 2004 -- "Environmental and Social Justice from a Native Perspective" by Winona LaDuke, founder of the White Earth Land Recovery Project and Indigenous Women's Network.  Sponsored by MUSG and Students for an Environmentally Active Campus.  Monday, 7 p.m. AMU Monaghan Ballroom.  Contact Susan Haarman for details.

2003
TRASH PICKUP September 26 -- Starting at 10 a.m. from The Brew and ongoing.  Join the collectors (SEAC and Art students) as they begin to conceptualize their surprise project.  Contact Sarah Rhomberg for more information.

RECYCLING WEEK September 29-October 3 -- Sponsored by MU Students for an Environmentally Active Campus (SEAC); events include:
    Monday-Thursday  11 a.m.-3p.m. -- Clothes Drive: Barter used clothes for plants, stickers, and hemp jewelry, or just stop by to find out about recycling on Marquette's campus!  West Town Mall 
    Monday-Thursday -- Information table at AMU, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 
    Monday, September 29, 7 p.m. -- Poet Jeff Poniewaz will read some of his acclaimed poetry followed by special friends who will also share their talents.  AMU's The Brew, 7-8:30 p.m.
    Tuesday, September 30, 7 p.m. -- Lecture by Kendra Kennell, Waste Management Specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and a part time law student at Marquette, on a recent DNR funded study on the composition of waste going to our landfills.  Cudahy 001.

September 12 -- Lecture by Dr. Dale Jamieson, Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Dimensions of Global Change at Carleton College, on "The Rights of Animals and the Demands of Nature."  Discussion will follow.  DS 105, 3:30-5 p.m.

April 29 -- Culminating Session of the Capstone Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Ethics.  Students will unveil their proposal for generating and using electricity in the United States.  Mary Frances Repko, energy and environment aide to U.S. Senator Russell Feingold, will be commenting on the proposal and explaining her role in the current marking-up of energy legislation in Congress.  Students interested in the INEE program and guests are welcome.  AMU 163, 2-4:30 p.m.

MILWAUKEE RIVER CLEANUP April 26 -- 9 a.m.-Noon at Lincoln Park, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club and the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District.  Bags will be provided.  Join the 20th year of this annual effort to remove tons of garbage and debris.  Contact Lindsay Leiterman for additional details.

EARTH WEEK April 21-28 -- "Love Your MUther" Earth Week celebration sponsored by MU Students for an Environmentally Active Campus (SEAC).  Events include:   
    Tuesday, April 22, 6 and 10 p.m. -- Performance of "The Lorax" in Straz Jr. Tower Theatre, directed by Theatre Arts major Lexi Klupchak/performed by MU students.
    Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m. -- Ralph Bronner on "Magic Soap: Peace, Love, & Clean Business" in AMU 252.  Free soap distributed!
    Saturday, April 26, 9 a.m.-Noon -- River Cleanup at Lincoln Park.
Monday, April 28, Noon-1:30 p.m. -- Native American Spirituality and the Earth (music, tales, Loyola Academy students, and a "smudging" ceremony), AMU West Town.

FORUM  February 19 -- "Taming Traffic: Transportation Solutions for the 21st Century"  Students for an Environmentally Active Campus and the Sierra Club are sponsoring this forum on the pressing transportation issues facing the Milwaukee community at 7-9 p.m. in Cudahy, 001.  Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist, Brett Hulsey of the Sierra Club, and Micabil Diaz-Martinez of the ACLU are the speakers.  A catered reception 6-6:45 p.m. precedes the forum.  Contact Angie Gius for more information.

2002
INEE GATHERING November 11 -- INEE students and faculty will meet on Monday, November 11, at 4 p.m. in AMU 448.     Dr. Robert Griffin, Marquette Professor of Journalism and Director of the Center for Mass Media Research in the College of Communication will share his insights on the tasks ahead for the Committee on Emerging Issues and Data on Environmental Contaminants of the National Academy of Sciences.  He was appointed to this NAS Committee in September as a researcher on risk and science communication and will be participating in its first session the week before we'll be meeting.

    Refreshments will be provided.  Guests are welcome, especially students who might be interested in declaring the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Ethics.    

AIR QUALITY AWARENESS WEEK September 23-27
Sponsored by Marquette's Students for an Environmentally Active Campus (SEAC)
    All week 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.  SEAC Information Booth in AMU 2nd Floor
    Wednesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Hybrid Car Display in Lot A (16th & Wells)
    Thursday, 8 p.m.  AQAW Panel "Why We Can't Keep on Truckin'" and "Balancing Mass Transit in the Cancer Corridor" featuring Robert Bauman, JD, Ralph Schapira, MD, Nevin Uysal, MD, and Kerry Thomas of Transit Now in AMU 163. 

    Contact Angie Gius for more information.

EARTH WEEK April 22-26
    Monday-Friday  Lunch hours--SEAC information table outside at West Towne Mall (or AMU second floor if weather-prompted).  Obtain Care for America kits, an air quality newsletter, pamphlets on practical conservation tips, and other materials.
    "Get your butt off the ground" SEAC campaign to promote putting cigarette butts in their place.
    Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. WW 153--Brett Hulsey of Sierra Club speaking on Milwaukee's public health issues; sponsored by SEAC.
    Thursday Noon in AMU 227--Soup with Substance featuring Irene Senn speaking on ecological justice; sponsored by University Ministry.
    Thursday, 5-6 p.m. in AMU 139--Earth Day gathering of students seeking the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Ethics; interested students welcome.
    Thursday, 7:30 p.m. in WW 153--Prof. Michael O'Hear of MU Law School speaking on environmental justice issues and Drew Stuyvenberg's Burke Scholars' presentation on Milwaukee environmental issues; sponsored by SEAC. 

    Thursday, 10 p.m. in St. Joan of Arc Chapel--Eucharistic Mass with an environmentally focused liturgy, Rev. Joseph Mueller, S.J. presiding.

March 18-22 -- Air Quality Awareness Week sponsored by Students for an Environmentally Active Campus.  Go to SEAC's table in West Town Mall from 10-3 for awareness information.  On Tuesday at 8 p.m., attend the panel discussion on "The State of the Urban Environment" (Prof. O'Hear/Law, Dr. Kuemmel/Engineering, and representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Sierra Club) in AMU Ballroom D.  See the hybrid (gas-electric) cars in parking lot A on Tuesday and Wednesday around Noon.  Contact Drew Stuyvenberg for details.

SUSTAINABLE LIVING DISCUSSION January 22 -- Session to organize a discussion course at Marquette on "Choices for Sustainable Living" at 7:30 p.m., AMU Ballroom D.  Discussion topics for the course include sustainable communities, food and living, ecological principles, business and economy, sustainable buying, and visions of sustainability.  Contact Joan Sommer (288-1997) for additional information.

2001
RECYCLING DRIVE December 12-15 -- Recycling drive in dormitories sponsored by Students for an Environmentally Active Campus (SEAC).  Contact Katie Willison for more information.

PANEL ON ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AT MARQUETTE October 24  -- What's happening in environmental ethics at Marquette?  Find out on Wednesday, October 24, 12:30 p.m. in AMU 448.  A panel of professors and students will talk briefly about their involvement in courses, programs and other Marquette activities that address how humans ought to act toward one another, other species and their habitats, the land, air and water to assure our mutual well being.  Open discussion following.  Drawing for INEE tee-shirts around 1 p.m.