{"id":34599,"date":"2014-04-17T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=34599"},"modified":"2014-09-23T08:26:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T13:26:41","slug":"um-hosts-annual-green-week-celebration-april-22-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-hosts-annual-green-week-celebration-april-22-25\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Hosts Annual Green Week Celebration April 22-25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UM Green Week features an eco-fashion show and gala.<\/p><\/div>\n

OXFORD, Miss. \u2013 The University of Mississippi’s sixth annual Green Week celebration kicks off on Earth Day (April 22) with the goal of opening a campuswide dialogue about sustainability.<\/p>\n

Rob Nixon, author of “Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor” (Harvard University Press, 2011), will deliver the Earth Day keynote lecture at 7 p.m. that day at the Overby Center. His session focuses on complex global issues related to sustainability, including “slow violence,” the slowly unfolding environmental effects that are often underpublicized or unnoticed.<\/p>\n

“As we educate and support the development of the next generation for responsible citizenship, we consider these global issues to be of critical importance to their preparation,” said Anne McCauley, assistant director of the UM Office of Sustainability. “Changing behaviors and habits are important, but equally important is understanding the larger context behind why we advocate for these changes. We hope Green Week brings to light both actions for individual responsibility as well as awareness of social, environmental and economic challenges that need to be addressed.<\/p>\n

The week’s events include Business in the Green, during which representatives from International Paper, Project Green Fork and Toyota will share sustainable strategies and operational practices in the workplace. The event is set for 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Oxford Conference Center.<\/p>\n

Other events include the annual eco-fashion show and gala, which features outfits made from uncommon materials, and the annual Green Week Sustainability Fair. The fair will feature plastic bag knitting, an on-campus farmers market and displays from several university groups.<\/p>\n

An Arbor Day tree planting and celebration in the Grove conclude the week’s activities on Friday.<\/p>\n

“It is a week where we, as a community, can build our environmental conscience and strengthen our commitment to lowering our global impact,” said Kendall McDonald, a junior public policy major from Bay St. Louis who serves as the Office of Sustainability’s Green Week intern.\u00a0“Green Week also plays an invaluable educational role by engaging those who have not previously been exposed to environmental issues.”<\/p>\n

All events are free and open to the public. Green Week events are sponsored by the UM Office of Sustainability, Environmental Studies Minor, Students for a Green Campus, Landscape Services, the Oxford-Lafayette Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Foundation, Jim Keras Subaru, the\u00a0College of Liberal Arts<\/a>,\u00a0Southern Documentary Project<\/a>,\u00a0Croft Institute for International Studies<\/a>,\u00a0Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College<\/a>, the UM departments of\u00a0English<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0history<\/a>, and the city of Oxford.<\/p>\n

2014 Green Week Schedule of Events<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 22<\/strong><\/p>\n

Business in the Green \u2013 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Oxford Conference Center<\/p>\n

Earth Day keynote address \u2013 7 p.m., Overby Center, speaker, Rob Nixon, “Slow Violence, Environmental Activism and the Arts”<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green Week Sustainability Fair \u2013 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Union Plaza<\/p>\n

Udall Scholarship Workshop \u2013 4 p.m., Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, Room 311<\/p>\n

Eco Fashion Show and Gala \u2013 7 p.m., Bryant Hall<\/p>\n

Friday, April 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arbor Day Tree Planting and Celebration \u2013 11:30 a.m., Grove<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Ann McCauley at\u00a0green@olemiss.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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