Schedule of Events
Monday, April 14
"Reduce Your Environmental Tire Track" with Commuter Student Services & the Environmental Club
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Commuter Commons, SAC 144
This event will focus on issues of sustainability as it relates to Stony Brook commuter students and what we can do to reduce our environmental tire track. Hot beverages will be served.
Farming the Future: Farm Life on Long Island
5:30 pm
Endeavour Hall, Room 120
Tuesday, April 15
Sustaining Biodiversity:
Reconciling the Science and Law of Conserving Threatened Species
4:00 to 5:00 pm
Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
Lecture by H. Resit Akcakaya, Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University. Dr. Akcakaya is an ecologist specializing in population dynamics and conservation biology. He has been working in the area of biological conservation since 1980, and has been involved in both practical and theoretical research on problems of species conservation.
Parliamentary Debate:"The Human Race is Headed for Extinction because of Over-population and Limited Global Resources"
5:30 pm
Wang Lecture Hall 2
Undergraduate College Debaters: Science & Society Team A vs. Model UN Team, Global Studies
Wednesday, April 16
Parliamentary Debate: "Is the Media Seriously Under-reporting Issues of Climate Change?"
6:00 pm
SAC Ballroom B
Undergraduate College Debaters: Science & Society Team B vs. Team C
Public Lecture:
"Understanding the Potential Impact of Climate Change–Example of Sea Level Change"
Earthstock Keynote Speaker Hans-Peter Plag
7:00 pm
SAC Ballroom B
Thursday, April 17
Lunch & Learn: Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition: Nontoxic, Green Living
1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
SAC Room 302
Presenters: Beth Fiteni, Long Island Neighborhood Network;
Laura Weinberg, Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition
Panel Presentation: "Sharing the Nobel Prize: Stony Brook Faculty and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change"
3:30 pm
Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
Four Stony Brook faculty who served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore discuss the inner workings of the IPCC. Robert Cess, Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Edmund Chang, Associate Professor; Marvin Geller, Professor; and Minghua Zhang, Associate Dean of SoMAS and Director of the Institute for Terrestrial & Planetary Atmospheres. Keynote Speaker Hans-Peter Plag. Moderated by Howard Schneider, Dean, School of Journalism. President Kenny, Provost Kaler, and Dean Conover will present plaques to the Nobel Laureates. Reception sponsored by the President's Office.
Renewable Rock Concert: "Do It in the Dark"
7:00 pm to 11:00 pm
Mendelsohn Quad Pit
Featuring a student-run outdoor music concert with energy for the event drawn from solar panels provided by "Go-Solar." Also featuring the student peer education group "Choice" and discussions about healthy lifestyles. Food, t-shirts, games and activities. Music by Paging Grace and Double Wonderful.
Friday, April 18
Earthstock Celebration
Academic Mall (Rain Location is Wang Center)
Bands
11:30 am & 1:00 pm: The Gyst on the Main Stage, Academic Mall
3:00 pm: Concert: Peat Moss and the Fertilizers on the Staller Green
9:30 pm: Jack's Waterfall at the University Cafe
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Pride Patrol Campus Beautification
Advance registration required.
Contact Arlene Skala at 632-6320.
10:30 am
Red Dragon Labyrinth Walk
Labyrinth by Irving & O'Neill Residence Halls
Take a break from the stress of modern life by going back a few thousand years. People are discovering that walking the concentric circles of ancient labyrinths can create inner peace and healing.
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Exhibits
More than 100 educational vendors and exhibits from across the region.
Nike Reuse-a-Shoe Program: Worn-out, athletic shoes of any brand are collected and recycled.
12:15 pm
Opening remarks by President Shirley Strum Kenny
1: 30 pm
Ashley Schiff Memorial Preserve Program
Click here for info on the Preserve.
2:00 pm
Rubber Duck Race down "Stony Brook"
2:45 pm
Ice Cream Social
Adjacent to Psychology Building
3:00 pm
Concert on the Green
Peat Moss and the Fertilizers
6:30 pm
Earthstock Environmental Research and Creative Activity Exhibition
Charles B. Wang Theatre
The URECA exhibition will showcase undergraduate research and creative activity associated with all aspects of the environment including environmental history; population and cultural issues; art, sculpture, dance, and music with an environmental theme; ecology and evolution; preservation and conservation of nature; environmental pollution and restoration; environmental medicine and human health; atmospheric science; oceanography and fisheries; earth system science; climate change. For more information, e-mail Karen Kernan or call 632-7114.
7:30 pm
Provost's Lecture by Earthstock Keynote Speaker Hans-Peter Plag
Charles B. Wang Theatre
"Sustainability: A Mosaic of Many Small Steps in the Right Direction"
Hans-Peter Plag is Research Professor,
University of Nevada, Reno. His research interests include rheology of the Earth mantle; sea level fluctuations and global climate change; Earth rotation studies and integration of the solid Earth into Earth system models; space geodesy; and geodetic reference frames. Sponsored by the Provost's Office and the Living World Lecture Series.
9:30 pm
Closing Concert, Jack's Waterfall
University Cafe
Events schedule subject to change.