Secretary of State Doug La Follette, a founding organizer of the original Earth Day in 1970, will speak out on today’s environmental challenges at an Edgewood College Earth Week forum on April 19, 2004. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz will also deliver a “State of the Environment” speech at this public event, which starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Edgewood College Sonderegger Science Center.

Edgewood College students, faculty, and staff have organized a highly diverse series of events to mark Earth Week 2004, ranging from flower planting by school children … to roundtable discussions by local business leaders … exhibits of student “Eco Art” … faculty discussions of Native American environmental thought … a “how to” presentation by an Edgewood staff member who powers his diesel car by recycling the College’s used cooking oil … and more. All events are free and open to the public. For details please see the following schedule or contact Tim Andrews at TeAndrews@edgewood.edu, 663-2254, or Richard Nagel at RNagel@edgewood.edu, 663-2333.

Earth Week 2004 at Edgewood College

All events are free and open to the public.

MONDAY APRIL 19

10:00 – 12:00, Park & Pleasure Drive
Trash pickup, meet in Predolin Hall lobby

12:00 – 1:15, Washburn Heritage Room, Regina Hall
“Award Winning Environmental Management Activities for a Healthcare Products Company”
Ronald Meissen, Baxter International

7:00 – 8:00, Sonderegger Science Center 108
“From Black Smoke to Backlash”
Doug La Follette, founding organizer of first Earth Day in 1970, Wis.
Secretary of State

8:00 – 8:30, Sonderegger Science Center 108
“State of the Environment”
Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz

8:30, Sonderegger Science Center lobby
Reception

TUESDAY APRIL 20

1:00 – 2:00, Sonderegger Science Center 108
“Clean, Green Diesel Fuel: How to Fuel Your Diesel Car with Used Cooking Oil”
Rich Path, Edgewood College

4:00 – 5:50, Sonderegger Science Center 108
“Environmental Practices in Madison: What We Are Doing Right!”
• Dave Boyer, Madison Cutting Dye
• Bruce Greer, Alliant Energy
• Bob Stoffs, Madison Gas & Electric
• Sonya Newenhouse, Madison Environmental Group
• Daniel Einstein, UW-Madison
• Kevin Little, Informing Ecological Design
• Sherri Gruder, Mayor’s Energy Conservation and Green Building Committee of the Energy Task Force
• Bryant Moroder, Sustain Dane
• Kay Plantes, WHY!
• Michael Vickerman, RENEW Wisconsin

WEDNESDAY APRIL 21

8:00 – 10:00, Wingra Commons, DeRicci Hall
Community “Eco Art”
Edgewood College art practicum students

10:00 – noon, Park & Pleasure Drive
School children plant the new rain gardens

2:00 – 3:15, Washburn Heritage Room, Regina Hall
“Managing an Environmentally Friendly Business”
Tim Andrews, Edgewood College

THURSDAY APRIL 22

8:30 – 9:45, DeRicci Hall 313
“Doing Good by Doing Well”
John Imes, Wisconsin Energy Initiative

12:00 – 1:30, Sonderegger Science Center lobby
Reception for science displays, student exhibits from “Philosophies of Earth” and “The Soul and Nature”

2:00, Rennebohm Library L3
“Native’s Nature v. Nature’s Native: Land, Narrative, and Change” Milford Muskett, Edgewood College

4:00 – Sunset, Lake Wingra boat house
Boating, nature hike, picnic FRIDAY APRIL 23

10:00 – 2:00, Outside DeRicci Hall and Edgewood High School Plant flowers

8:00 – 10:00, Wingra Commons, DeRicci Hall
Community “Eco Art”
Edgewood College art practicum students

SATURDAY APRIL 24

11:00 – 12:00, Lake Room, Regina Hall

Friends of Lake Wingra "Friends and Volunteer meeting"

1:00 – 4:00, Vilas Park
Guided canoe tours of Lake Wingra

UNSCHEDULED EVENTS, DEPENDENT ON WEATHER