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Past Events
Past Events at Goucher
Date: Thursday, September 15
Event: Screening of Flow
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Irena Salina's award-winning documentary investigates what experts have labeled the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st century-the world water crisis. There will be a dessert reception following the movie, compliments of Bon Appétit, the college's food services provider.
Date: Monday, September 26
Event: Fall 2011 Visiting Mellon Scholar: Donald Brown
Location: Van Meter B10
Time: 5 p.m.
Description: Donald Brown, associate professor in environmental ethics and science at Penn State University, will give a talk titled "The Critical Missing Element in the U.S. Climate Debate: Ethics."
Date: Tuesday, September 27
Event: Eat Local Challenge
Location: Heubeck, Stimson, and Kosher dining halls and Passport Café at Pearlstone
Time: Lunchtime
Description: Bon Appétit will serve a lunch made almost entirely from ingredients originating within a 150-mile radius of campus. The Eat Local Challenge highlights the flavor of local, seasonal ingredients during peak harvest season, and it addresses the economic stability of nearby communities and food safety issues.
Date: Saturday, October 15
Event: Clean Stream
Location: Meet in front of the Decker Sports and Recreation Center
Time: 10 a.m.
Description: Participants will head into Goucher's woods to clean up a stream that runs through campus. (Wearing comfortable clothes, gloves, and waterproof boots is strongly recommended.)
Date: Friday, November 18
Event: Sustainable Beer and Wine Night
Location: Gopher Hole
Time: 5-8 p.m.
Description: Drink local, drink sustainable! Enjoy locally produced wine and beer from the Greater Baltimore region and learn about wine and beer production, homebrewing, and more. Appreciate how to make sustainable choices and lessen environmental impacts in beverage selections, in a casual setting for Goucher faculty, staff, and students (21 and older) to socialize with one another.
Date: Wednesday, March 2
Event: RecycleMania Art Showcase
Location: Hyman Forum, Athenaeum
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Description: This art competition and showcase promotes recycling and celebrates the environment. Faculty, staff, and students can enter paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, or sculptures in two categories: "Water, Water, Everywhere?" or the general theme of environmental sustainability. Winning works will be displayed in the Athenaeum. Contact Reema Khanchandani at reema.khanchandani@goucher.edu for an application form, due February 24.
Date: Thursday, March 3
Event: Screening of Gasland
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Description: Gasland, a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Josh Fox, focuses on communities in the United States impacted by natural gas drilling and the extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing. Fox began his investigation after he received a letter from a natural gas company offering to lease his family's land to drill for gas. For more information, click here.
Date: Thursday, March 24
Event: "The Vegetarian Myth: Food Justice and Sustainability"
Location: Buchner Hall, Alumnae/i House
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Description: Lierre Keith, a radical environmentalist and author of The Vegetarian Myth, will give a talk about the politics of agriculture, nutrition, and sustainability. Keith argues that agriculture is the most destructive thing humans have done to the planet because it requires the wholesale eradication of ecosystems and destroys topsoil, which is the basis of life. This event is sponsored by Earthworks.
Date: Monday, March 28
Event: Mellon Visiting Scholar Judith Layzer
Location: Van Meter B10
Time: 5 p.m.
Description: Judith Layzer is the director of the Urban Sustainability Project and an associate professor of environmental policy at MIT. She will give a talk titled "Freedom, Efficiency, and Environmental Protection: Conservative Ideas and Their Consequences."
Date: Monday, April 4
Event: Mellon Visiting Scholar Terrence Bensel
Location: Van Meter B10
Time: 5 p.m.
Description: Terrence Bensel is a professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Science at Allegheny College. He will give a lecture titled "Half Full or Half Empty? Deforestation, Land Degradation and the Environment."
Date: Monday, April 11
Event: The Spring 2010 Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professors Jean-Michel and Celine Cousteau
Location: Kraushaar Auditorium
Time: 8 p.m.
Description: Environmentalist/film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau and environmentalist/educator Celine Cousteau - the son and granddaughter of legendary oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau - will give a talk about their work titled "The Great Ocean Adventure." Tickets are $10 for general admission. Goucher students, faculty, staff, and alumnae/i may reserve two free tickets. Tickets must be reserved in advance by going to tickets.goucher.edu.
Date: Thursday, April 14
Event: Low Carbon Diet Day
Location: Stimson and Hebueck dining halls and The Taquería at Pearlstone
Time: Noon
Description: As a prelude to Goucher's annual celebration of Earth Day, Bon Appétit, Goucher's food management company, will serve foods that help illustrate key principles of how food production and consumption can help reduce climate change. For more information, click here.
Date: Friday, April 15
Event: Sustainable Beer and Wine Night
Location: Gopher Hole
Time: 5:30-8 p.m.
Description: Students, faculty, and staff ages 21 and older (with ID) are invited to learn about drinking sustainably and try sustainably sourced beer and wine. Snacks will also be provided. Beer is $2, and wine is $3. For more information, contact Sara Peyser at sapey001@mail.goucher.edu or Hannah Locke at haloc001@mail.goucher.edu.
Date: Saturday, April 16
Event: Earth Day Observance
Location: Campus-wide
Time: Noon
Description: Goucher College is offering a variety of events in honor of the 41st anniversary of Earth Day, which is celebrated worldwide to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the environment.
Date: Saturday, April 23
Event: Clean Stream Project
Location: Sports and Recreation Center
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Description: Enjoy a light brunch with bagels before heading to clean up the stream in Goucher's woods. Participants should wear comfortable clothes, gloves, and waterproof boots. For more information, contact Sarah Jane Edwards at sarah.edwards@goucher.edu.
Date: Wednesday, April 27
Event: "The Pulse of the Planet: Understanding and Sustaining Biodiversity"
Location: Hyman Forum, Athenaeum
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Dr. Steven Monfort, director of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, will give the 2011 Samuel Newton Taylor Lecture. Monfort will discuss the institute's mission to ensure the health and well-being of animals in zoos and in the wild and share its research in aiding the survival and recovery of species and their habitats. He will also discuss the Smithsonian Grand Challenge "Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet," a consortium fostering research to solve the global problems stemming from biodiversity loss, climate change, and ecosystem degradation. For more information, contact Ben Sugerman at ben.sugerman@goucuher.edu or 410-337-6555. Student clubs wishing to meet with Monfort should contact Sugerman to set up a time.
Date: Thursday, September 2
Event: Campus Environmental Summit
Location: Donnybrook Grill by the Sports and Recreation Center
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Description: Join members of the Green House at this BBQ and discussion about environmental actions on campus.
Rain location: Heubeck Multipurpose Room
Date: Tuesday, September 28
Event: Eat Local Challenge
Location: Campus Dining Halls
Time: Lunchtime
Description: The college's food services provider, Bon Appétit Management Company, will serve a lunch made almost entirely from ingredients originating within a 150-mile radius of campus. The only exception is salt. The Eat Local Challenge highlights the flavor of local, seasonal ingredients during peak harvest season, and it addresses the economic stability of nearby communities and food safety issues. For more information, click here.
Date: Saturday, October 2
Event: Clean Stream Project and Planting
Location: Sports and Recreation Center front entrance
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: Attendees should wear long pants and waterproof shoes. Gloves and a light breakfast will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Green House. For more information, contact Green House members Sarah Edwards at sarah.edwards@goucher.edu or Kathleen Hearl at mary.hearl@goucher.edu. The rain date is Saturday, October 9, at the same time and location.
Date: Wednesday, October 13
Event: The Fall 2010 Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professor: Jane Goodall
Location: Kraushaar Auditorium
Time: 8 p.m.
Description: Jane Goodall will give a lecture, titled "Gombe and Beyond: The Next 50 Years," about her work as a primatologist, conservationist, and animal-welfare activist. The world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is renowned for her 50-year study of the social and familial interactions of wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. A book signing will follow the lecture. Tickets are $10 general admission and free for Goucher students, faculty, and staff. Tickets must be reserved in advance by logging on to http://tickets.goucher.edu. For more information, click here.
Date: Wednesday, October 20
Event: Campus Sustainability Day
Location: Various Locations
Time: All day
Description: Goucher is celebrating its first Campus Sustainability Day, a daylong teach-in that will focus on what the college is doing to further environmental stewardship in our community and on larger issues of sustainability, such as the health of local and national natural resources. The events scheduled will be:
- "Green" Vendor Expo
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Pearlstone Atrium
A number of outside suppliers and businesses will be on site to give information about environmentally friendly products and services.
- Green IT @ Goucher
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Batza Room,Athenaeum
Goucher Information Technology (IT) is committed to sharing in the college's campaign for environmental sustainability. Reid Guanti, director of computing services, will discuss the initiatives the office has made to make computer technology use at Goucher less damaging to the environment.
- Local, Organic, Sustainable: What's the Difference?
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Heubeck Lounge
Norman Zwagil of Bon Appétit, Goucher's food services provider, will discuss specifications and standards about how food is labeled so community members can make wise choices about the foods they eat and the impact their diet will have on their bodies and the environment.
- How to Live Sustainable at Goucher College
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Pearlstone Atrium
Members of the Green House, a special-interest house dedicated to environmental sustainability, and the student club Earthworks will discuss how all students can integrate eco-friendly practices into their lives.
- Facilities Management Services Campus Sustainability Tour
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Gather in the lobby of the Athenaeum (Van Meter Highway entrance)
Members of Goucher's Facilities Management Services will take participants on a campus-wide tour that will highlight their office's concerted efforts to conserve energy and lessen the college's environmental impact.
- Lecture/Discussions
"The Chesapeake Bay: How it Works and Why It's In Trouble" and "Effects of Climate Change on the Health of the Chesapeake Bay"
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Hyman Forum, Athenaeum
Assistant Professor Cynthia Kicklighter and Associate Professor German Mora, chair of the Environmental Studies Program, will present these respective lectures about the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States and home to more than 3,600 species of plants and animals and more than 16 million people.
- Oil, Oil Everywhere: Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico
7:30 p.m.
Hyman Forum,Athenaeum
A panel discussion will be presented examining BP's Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, the current and future environmental impacts of the spill, and how the incident will influence energy policy and the management of natural resources. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved in advance by logging on to http://tickets.goucher.edu.
Date: Tuesday, November 2
Event: Screening of Waterlife
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Waterlife is feature-length documentary following the water of the Great Lakes on its journey from northern Lake Superior to the Atlantic Ocean. The movie entwines the water's journey with the stories of some of the 35 million people who rely on it for their survival. A dessert reception will follow the movie. This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by Bon Appétit Management Company. For more information, click here.
Date: Wednesday, February 24
Event: Screening of The End of the Line
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Description: The End of the Line is an independent documentary film lauded at the Sundance film festival as the Inconvenient Truth of the oceans. For more information, click here.
Date: Thursday, March 4
Event: Recyclemania Art Showcase
Location: Hyman Forum in the Athenaeum
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Description: Goucher is promoting recycling and celebrating the environment through this art competition and showcase. Students can enter paintings/drawings/printmaking, photography, or sculptures that focus on the environment and/or recycling. Winners’ works will be displayed in the Athenaeum. Send application to Reema Khanchandani at Reema.khanchandani@goucher.edu by Thursday, February 25.
Date: Tuesday, April 13
Event: Spring 2010 Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professor: Michael Pollan
Location: Kraushaar Auditorium
Time: 8 p.m.
Description: For the past twenty years, Michael Pollan has been writing books and articles about the places where the human and natural worlds intersect: food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. Pollan is the author, most recently, of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. His previous book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by The New York Times and the Washington Post. It also won the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, the James Beard Award for best food writing, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Tickets: This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must reserved in advance by calling the Goucher College Box Office at 410-337-6333 or by e-mailing boxoffice@goucher.edu. There will be a book signing following the lecture; books will be available for purchase.
Date: Saturday, April 17
Event: Clean Stream Project
Location: In front of the Sports and Recreation Center.
Time: 9 a.m.
Description: Attendees should wear long pants and waterproof shoes. Gloves and light breakfast will be provided. Rain date is Saturday, April 24 at the same time and location.
Date: Thursday, April 22
Event: Low Carbon Diet Day
Location: All campus dining halls
Time: All Day
Description: The college’s dining facilities will serve foods that help illustrate key principles of how food production and consumption can help reduce climate change. In addition, results about Bon Appétit's food waste reduction efforts will be announced. Bon Appétit, Goucher's food management company, will also offer a Low Carbon Diet Calculator online at www.eatlowcarbon.org. The calculator is s based on the best-available science and teaches users about the relative carbon impacts of their food choices. It’s a fun way to look at your individual contribution. Bon Appétit is also introducing a Low Carbon Diet Facebook application that allows user to take a "Low Carbon Diet quiz" and share results with their friends.
Date: Wednesday, October 28
Event: Film Screening of “Food, Inc.”
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Description: Documentary filmmaker Robert Kenner uses reports by Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser and The Omnivore's Dilemma author Michael Pollan as a springboard to exploring where the food purchased at the grocery store really comes from and what it means for the health of future generations.
Date: Friday, October 30
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.
Date: Thursday, November 5
Event: Baltimore Bioneers Conference
Location: Hyman Forum in the Athenaeum
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: The third annual Baltimore Bioneers Conference features some of the most insightful and inspiring environmental innovators working to change the region and the world. The lecture that will be held at Goucher is tentatively titled “Transforming Higher Education for the Age of Climate Change.”
Date: Friday, November, 6
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.
Date: Wednesday, November 11
Event: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Goucher’s Fall 2009 Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professor
Location: TBD
Time: 8 p.m.
Description: Kennedy, a high-profile environmental advocate and business leader, will discuss the role that natural resources play in U.S. foreign policy and national security and our responsibility to protect and preserve our planet for future generations. This event is free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved by calling 410-337-6333 or by e-mailing boxoffice@goucher.edu.
Date: Thursday, November 12
Event: Food For Thought
Location: Batza Room of the Athenaeum
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Biology Professor Bob Slocum's Senior Seminar class (BIO 387) is hosting this student-led discussion of issues relating to genetically engineered (GE) crops and foods. The lay public generally has a poor understanding of both the technology used to GE plants and the risks and benefits of using such crops, which are ingredients in about 80 percent of foods in the U.S. The students will attempt to cut through the pro- and anti-business propaganda and focus on the science involved. The discussion will cover how GE crops are produced, the traits they exhibit, how the technology is regulated, safety and nutrition (in contrast to organically grown goods), and if this technology is environmentally sustainable.
Date: Monday, November 16
Event: Protecting Maryland’s Water, Land, and People Into the Future
Location: Hyman Forum of the Athenaeum
Time: 6:30 p.m. networking reception; 7:30 p.m. program
Description: The Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, Baltimore Green Works, and the Goucher Environmental Studies Program present this Maryland legislative preview and networking reception. Learn about upcoming environmental legislation in the Maryland legislature and hear the latest from local environmental groups. Panelists include Shari Wilson, the secretary of the Maryland Department of Energy, and Brad Heavner, the state director of Environment Maryland. Click here to RSVP.
Date: Friday, November 20
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.
Date: Friday, September 12
Event: Campus Conversation on Environmental Sustainability
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Heubeck Multipurpose Room
Description: The Goucher community is invited to participate in a conversation about environmental sustainability. Many of you have already stepped up to support Goucher's environmental campaign, but we hope the entire campus will help promote environmental sustainability on our campus and beyond.
Date: Wednesday, September 24
Event: Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund "Networking Reception and Legislative Preview"
Time: 6:30 p.m Reception; 7:15 p.m. Discussion
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Description: Environmental activists, policy experts and some elected officials will be on hand to discuss warming and growth and prospects for legislation in the General Assembly session that starts in January. Click here for the agenda. For more information contact Jen Brock-Cancellieri at 410-280-9855 ext. 202 or email jbrock@mdlcv.org. This event is co-sponsored by the Goucher Climate Action Group.
Cost: Reservations required. Click here to reserve a seat.
Date: Friday, September 26
Event: Farmers' Market / Environmental Resource Fair
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Location: Van Meter Highway
Description: In keeping with the ongoing emphasis on raising awareness about environmental sustainability - including how food choices affect the global ecosystem - Goucher College will host a farmers' market on Friday, September 26. The event, which will be held 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. along Van Meter Highway in the middle of Goucher's campus, is open to students, faculty, and staff, as well as members of the greater community. Click here for details.
Date: Tuesday, September 30
Event: Eat Local Challenge
Description: Goucher College's food services provider, Bon Appétit Management Company, will serve a lunch made entirely from ingredients originating within a 150-mile radius of campus on Tuesday, September 30, as part of the "Eat Local Challenge." Click here for details.
Date: Friday, October 3
Event: Thomas Friedman as the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professor
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Kraushaar Auditorium
Description: Goucher welcomes world-renowned author and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman as the Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professor. He will talk about his new book, Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America.
Cost: Free and open to the public, but tickets must reserved in advance by calling the box office at 410-337-6333 or by e-mailing boxoffice@goucher.edu. Tom Friedman’s appearance on campus coincides with the start of Family Weekend, and we expect a very high demand for tickets to this event.
Date: Wednesday, November 12
Event: Future of Food
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall
Description: Film director Deborah Koons Garcia will screen her 2004 documentary The Future of Food, which examines biotechnology’s effects on America’s small farmers and consumers.
Date: Wednesdays: October 29, November 12, November 19, and December 3
Event: Eco Cafe
Time: 2-3:30 p.m.
Location: Pearlstone Cafe
Description: Ariane de Bremond, the director of Goucher’s Environmental Studies Program and a visiting assistant professor, will host an Eco Café series to open a dialogue on environmental issues on campus and the college’s environmental major, which she is developing. Drop by the café to make suggestions, ask questions, or share your thoughts. For more information, contact de Bremond at ariane.debremond@goucher.edu or 410-337-6496.
Date: Monday, November 24
Event: A Sustainable Dinner
Time: 5 p.m.
Location: Stimson Dining Hall
Description: Goucher College's food services provider, Bon Appétit Management Company, will serve a sustainable dinner and provide holiday entertainment.
Cost: Limited to Goucher community members
Date: Tuesday, April 21
Event: Climate Change and the Chesapeake Bay
Location:Kelley Lecture Hall, 6:30 p.m.
Description:Hear from the experts during this in-depth panel discussion exploring the effects of the science, policy, and politics of global warming on the Chesapeake Bay. Panel members include Kim Coble, the Maryland director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Dr. Christopher Pyke, CTG Energetics’ director of climate change services; and Lewis C. Linker, the modeling coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Program Office. Refreshments will be provided.
Date: Wednesday, April 22
Event: Low Carbon Diet Day
Description: In celebration of Earth Day, Goucher’s food services provider, Bon Appétit, is declaring April 22 Low Carbon Diet Day. The college’s dining facilities will serve foods that help illustrate key principles of how food production and consumption can help reduce climate change.
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.
Date: Wednesday, April 30
Event: The Irwin C. Schroedl Jr. Lecture in Decorative Arts and Material Culture Presents Dr. Bernard L. Herman
Location: Kelley Lecture Hall, 7 p.m.
Description: Dr. Bernard L. Herman, the George B. Tindall professor of American culture at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will give a lecture titled “Black Duck and Dumplings, Oyster Cakes, and Hayman Sweet Potato Pies: Foodways, Material Culture, and Human Ecologies.” For more information, contact April Oettinger, Ph.D., at april.oettinger@goucher.edu.
Past Events Off-Campus
Date: Thursday, Sept. 11
Event: Health Communities for the 21st Century
Location: Sheppard-Pratt Conference Center
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Description: The Baltimore Regional Green Building Council presents this talk by John L. Knott Jr., as part of its 2008 Master Speaker Series. As President of Noisette Company, Knott's latest project is leading the master planning and revitalization of 3,000 acres of the City of North Charleston's historic urban core. Noisette has been recognized as one of the largest sustainable urban redevelopment's in the United States.
Cost: $40 members, $45 non-members, $50 At the door. Click here to register.
Date: Friday, September 12 through Sunday, September 14
Event: National Healthy Homes Festival
Location: Druid Hill Park at Druid Lake Park Drive in Baltimore
Time: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Description: This event will bring together local and state community partners, health, housing, and environmental organizations, local universities, lead and asthma prevention programs, federal, state, and city agencies and citizens of Maryland in an effort to encourage people to take action in their own homes and rental properties in order to prevent harmful diseases and illnesses caused by toxins such as lead and mold and other home based environmental hazards.
Date: Sunday, September 21
Event: Rally For the River - Celebrate the Jones Falls
Location: Between President Street and Northern Parkway
Time: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.
Description: The Jones Falls Watershed Association will facilitate the 2008 Rally for the River, featuring competitions, vendors and activities. The JFX will be closed between President Street and Northern Parkway for the festivities.
Cost: $5; Free for children 18 and under
Date: Saturday, September 27
Event: Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy!
Location: Lake Clifton High School at 2801 Saint Lo Drive in Baltimore
Time: 10 a.m
Description: Green 4 All, 1 Sky, Al Gore's WE campaign and many other organizations and supporters against Global Warming are launching A National Day of Action. We are calling it, Green Jobs Now: A Day to Build the New Economy! In Baltimore, the Chesapeake Climate Action Network will host an event at Lake Clifton High School, which hosts the Entrepreneurial Training University, a a non-profit organization that is developing green jobs training programs. The rally is a call on Congress to appropriate funding so training programs like these can become a reality across the United States. Green-collar jobs will pull people out of poverty and improve the planet we all live on.
Cost: Free
Date: Sunday, September 28, through Wednesday, October 1.
Event: Gardens & Grace: Caring for the Earth, the City and the Soul
Location: The Cathedral of the Incarnation at 4 East University Parkway in Baltimore.
Time: Varies call or check website.
Description: This conference is for people who care about environmental, social justice and spirituality issues.
For more information: Contact Gardens and Grace Conferences at 410-467-3750, 1-800-443-1399, or e-mail gardensandgrace08@gmail.com.
Date: Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5
Event: Washington, DC Tour of Solar Homes and Buildings
Location: TBA
Time: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. both days
Description: The 2008 Tour of Solar Homes and Buildings covers two days, with a remarkable variety of design, technology and sustainable living concepts illustrated in over 40 homes.
Each touring day has a variety of unique educational opportunities to put a true environmental "spin" on your experience. All the solar tour homes will be listed in your tour guide. Your tour guide will be both your map and "passport" to gain entry to the sites on the tour. The guide will have descriptions, features and directions to each home as well as helpful information on installing a system in your home.
Cost: $5
Date: Wednesday, October 8
Event: Backpacking 101
Location: REI Timonium at 63 W. Aylesbury Rd
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: REI will take the mystery out of Backpacking as we share our knowledge in this show and tell session. We will cover backpacking essentials, including what kind of pack you will need, selecting the proper clothing, and what footwear is suitable for your trip. We will talk about the basic gear you need to reach your destination dry, warm, and happy.
Cost: Free. Call 410-252-5920 for more information.
Date: Saturday, October 11
Event: Tree Planting at Loch Raven
Location: Loch Raven Reservoir
Time: 9:30 a.m.-noon
Description: The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy and REI invites you to help with a tree planting service project at Loch Raven. Fall is a great time to be outdoors, plant trees, meet new people and have some fun.
Cost: Free, but registration required. Contact Peggy Perry at the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy at 410-668-0118 or email little-owl@msn.com.
Date: Tuesday, October 14 through Saturday, October 18
Event: National Recreation and Parks Association 2008 Congress and Exposition
Location: Times and locations vary. Click here for schedule.
Description: Join thousands of park and recreation leaders, advocates, partners and suppliers to get in on MORE education opportunities, MORE networking events, MORE exhibitors, MORE sites to see and MORE memories to make! With something around every corner to either see or do, combined with our amazingly rich Congress program, Baltimore is certainly an exciting place to be this October!
Cost: Student packages available. Click here.
Date: Wednesday, October 15
Event: Hike For Discovery - The Grand Canyon
Location: REI Timonium at 63 W. Aylesbury Rd
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: The Maryland Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will present a presentation on their 2007 trip to the Grand Canyon. The team will share their adventure with pictures of their hikes on the Rim, Grandview, and South Kaibab Trail. The team will may also discuss the Horseshoe Mesa and the abandoned copper mines in the canyon. Spend an evening with us to learn how you can be part of the 2009 team, or just come out and enjoy the picture presentation and get valuable first hand information on the Grand Canyon. For additional information on The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society contact Julie LaFee at 410-527-0220 ext 20 or e-mail julie.lafee@lls.org. Hike For Discovery is an adventure fundraising program for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. In exchange for raising money to promote research to find a cure for Leukemia, Lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and Myeloma, the society provides training and resources all leading up to an adventure weekend in one of America's beautiful national parks.
Cost: Free
Date: Tuesday, October 14 through Saturday, October 18
Event: National Recreation and Parks Association 2008 Congress and Exposition
Location: Times and locations vary. Click here for schedule.
Description: Join thousands of park and recreation leaders, advocates, partners and suppliers to get in on MORE education opportunities, MORE networking events, MORE exhibitors, MORE sites to see and MORE memories to make! With something around every corner to either see or do, combined with our amazingly rich Congress program, Baltimore is certainly an exciting place to be this October!
Cost: Student packages available. Click here.
Date: Saturday, October 18
Event: Trail Maintenance Project at Loch Raven Reservoir
Location: Loch Raven Reservoir
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Join the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy and REI help with a trail maintenance service project at Loch Raven Reservoir. Join us for a fun hands-on learning experience in the proper techniques of trail maintenance. The day will include a guided nature hike, information about invasive plants and the history of the Loch Raven Watershed. After helping to prevent trail erosion that will improve the quality of our drinking water, you'll feel great about making a difference for our precious natural water resource.
Cost: Free, but registration required. To register, contact Peggy Perry at the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy at 410-668-0118 or email little-owl@msn.com.
Date: Wednesday, October 22
Event: Bike Maintenance 101
Location: REI Timonium at 63 W. Aylesbury Rd
Time: 7 p.m.
Description: Working on your bike can be a daunting task, but fear not, REI is here to help! Join one of REI's shop techs to learn the basics of bike maintenance such as a how to fix a flat, lube a chain, and other adjustments that will keep your bike in good running order. In addition, the clinic will provide insight on overlooked yet simple maintenance techniques that will improve your riding experience.
Cost: Free. Call 410-252-5920 for more information.
Date: Sunday, October 26
Event: Essential Camping Skills (Outing)
Location: REI Timonium at 63 W. Aylesbury Rd
Time: 9 a.m.
Description: Camping is the foundation of most of our outdoor activities. No matter what sport you pursue, it all comes back to a pack, stove, tent and warm sleeping bag. Join the REI Outdoor School instructors as they teach you how to make a comfortable home for yourself in the wild. We will leave the trailhead for a day hike with all our gear until we find that little patch of ground we can call home. Then, we will set up a model campsite using proper Leave-No-Trace skills. Our instructors will show you where to position your kitchen area, your "bathroom facilities", and your tent site for maximum safety and comfort. Food storage and wildlife safety will also be covered. Our goal is to teach practical camping skills for use in every situation from car camping to long-distance backpacking.
Cost: $35 for REI members/$45 for non-members. Registration required. Call 410-252-5920.
Date: Saturday, November 1
Event: Volunteer Opportunity at Hydes Field
Location: Hydes Field
Time: 9:30 a.m.-Noon
Description: The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy and REI invites you to help with a tree planting service project at Hydes Field.
Cost: Free, but registration required. To register, contact Peggy Perry at the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy at 410-668-0118 or email little-owl@msn.com.
Date: Friday, November 7 through Saturday, November 9
Event: Baltimore Bioneers '08: Cultivating Change. Inspiring Solutions.
Location: Maryland Institute College of Art
Time: Click here to see schedule.
Description: This year, Baltimore again joins 17 other cities across the country hosting a broadcast of the Bioneers Conference. The Baltimore event will feature screenings from the national conference along with live panel discussions, local speakers, workshops, and entertainment. The annual Bioneers Conference presents leading scientists and social innovators who are creating practical solutions to help restore the Earth’s imperiled ecosystems and heal our human communities. Find out more at www.cultivatingchange.org..
Cost: To register click here.
Date: Saturday, November 8
Event: Volunteer Opportunity at Dulaney Branch
Location: Dulaney Branch
Time: 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
Description: The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy and REI invites you to help with a tree planting service project at Dulaney Branch.
Cost: Free, but registration required. To register, contact Peggy Perry at the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy at 410-668-0118 or email little-owl@msn.com.
Date: Saturday, November 15
Event: Volunteer Opportunity at Bee Tree Preserve
Location: Bee Tree Preserve in Cockeysville
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Description: The Gunpowder Valley Conservancy and REI invites you to help with a tree planting service project at Bee Tree Preserve.
Cost: Free, but registration required. To register, contact Peggy Perry at the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy at 410-668-0118 or email little-owl@msn.com.
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Event: Public Forum on Sustainability Network, hosted by Baltimore County and the Maryland Sierra Club
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Location: Towson Unitarian Universalist Church at 1710 Dulaney Valley Road in Baltimore, MD
Description: Community members concerned with the state of our planet are invited to attend a program on Maryland and Baltimore County's efforts to combat climate change. Speakers include Brian Hug from the Maryland Department of the Environment, and David Carroll, Baltimore County director of Sustainability. We will also hear from Kathy Martin, Baltimore County Commission on Environmental Quality, and Pat Brady, author of the County government's greenhouse gas emissions inventory, who will present her findings. Following the speakers, there will a question and answer session. The first 30 guests will receive free gifts. For more information click here for the Maryland Sierra's web site.
Date: Friday, January 16, and Saturday, January 17, 2009
Event: 10th Annual Conference of Future Harvest: Connect Locally: Food, Farms and Communities
Time: Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Click here for schedule.
Location: Holiday Inn and Conference Center at 5400 Holiday Drive in Frederick, MD
Description: Learn how to improve the sustainability of your farm operation and about new local marketing opportunities that can increase your bottom line. Keynote speaker Nina Planck, author of Real Food and the leading American expert on farmers' markets and local food, will explore best practices in farmers' markets and innovative ideas for developing markets for local and traditional food. The workshops will tell you everything you need to know about soil health from the experts at the Rodale Institute or how to profitably incorporate agritourism into your farming operation. Sponsored by the Chesapeake Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture (CASA). For more information or to register click here.
Cost: Student rates from $35-$55. Click here for rate information.
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009
Event: 2009 Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Visiting Professor: Dr. Wangari Maathai
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Kraushaar Auditorium
Description: Dr. Wangari Maathai, an environmental and political activist, will give a lecture about her work. In 2004 Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the Green Belt Movement, an organization she founded devoted to environmental conservation and reducing poverty through community tree planting. The organization has helped plant more than 40 million trees across Kenya to prevent soil erosion. This event is free but reservations required. Reserve tickets by calling 410-337-6333 or by e-mailing boxoffice@goucher.edu.
Date: March 11-22, 2009
Event: 17th Annual Eco Film Festival Highlights
Time & Location: For the full schedule click here.
Description: This annual Festival provided diverse perspectives on global environments. This years topic will focus on environmental challenges to the globe's oceans and sea life. For general inquiries, please e-mail info@envirofilmfest.org.
Date: April 4, 2009
Event: Toxic Tour
Location: Van Meter Circle, 12:00 p.m.
Description: Glenn Ross (Baltimore City Paper Best Community Advocate) leads a bus tour of “toxic sites” in Baltimore City that have been victim to environmental injustice. Urban development has disproportionally affected the environmental health of certain areas in Baltimore, most of which are inhabited by minorities and low-income citizens. Question and answer session to follow (T Classroom 2:30).
Date: April 4, 2009
Event: Baltimore Ecosystem Study: Baltimore as an Ecosystem
Location: T Classroom 3:00 p.m.
Description: Richard Pouyat (USDA, BES co-principal investigator) is a forest ecologist/soil scientist. Baltimore Ecosystem Study seeks to understand Baltimore as an ecological system, focusing on interactions of the social, biophysical, and built environments. Dr. Pouyat investigates human influences on forest ecosystems. Urban soils play important role as the "brown infrastructure" of urban landscapes performing ecosystem services related to carbon sequestration, sink for nutrients and contaminants, and water storage.
Date: April 4, 2009
Event: Urban Resources Initiative: Linking Universities, Communities, and the Urban Environment
Location: T Classroom 3:20 p.m.
Description: Mary Washington (Assistant Director Baltimore Parks & the Natural Resources Leadership Institute, Parks and People) directs the Urban Resources Initiative (URI), which engages the strengths and resources of higher education to assist underserved urban communities in finding practical, community-based solutions to urban parks and natural resource management issues in Baltimore. Mary has held positions as the Director of HousingStat and the Interim Director of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance.
Date: April 4, 2009
Event: B'More Green: Sustainable Job Training in Baltimore
Location: T Classroom 3:40 p.m.
Description: John Mello is the Supervisor of B’more Green, Civic Works, Inc. (an environmental workforce development certification initiative of Civic Works). Civic Works is a non- profit organization, which serves Baltimore City’s disadvantaged youth and adult residents. John oversees B’more Green operations, program administration, staff and trainers. John is a certified Offender Workforce Development Specialist and is committed to developing environmentally sustainable living wage employment opportunities that are honest and profitable and benefit unemployed and under-employed people in the Baltimore region.
Date: April 4, 2009
Event: Baltimore City Sustainability Commission: Planning a Sustainable Baltimore
Location: T Classroom 4:00 p.m.
Description: Beth Strommen (Manager Baltimore Office of Sustainability) is an environmental scientist and urban planner. Before moving to Baltimore in 1991, she was a planner in the Hackensack Meadowlands of New Jersey. The Baltimore Sustainability Commission is responsible for planning and implementing the City-wide plan for sustainability, which they define as “meeting the environmental, social, and economic needs of Baltimore without compromising the ability of future generations to meet these needs.”
Date: April 4, 2009
Event: Engaging in Inequalities Dinner
Location: Huebeck Multipurpose Room 5:00 p.m.
Description: How does poverty in Baltimore manifest on the dinner table? Come for dinner to experience economic disparities in Baltimore City, and then to discuss what scripture has to say about redistribution. Sponsored by Goucher Christian Fellowship.
Date: Feburary 7, March 14,and April 25 2009
Event: Permaculture Skills for Sustainable City Living (Co-sponsored by the Red Clover Collective)
Location: Red Clover Collective located at E 30th St & Limond Place, Baltimore, MD 21218
Description: Permaculture is the conscious design of sustainable human habitats by following nature’s patterns. It offers practical ways to meet basic human needs for water, food, waste recycling, energy, shelter, and social connection without harming the environment. Various classes will be held such as Permaculture in Your Apartment, Caring for Soils and Rain Barrels. Click here for more information about these specific events.
Date: Various One Day Workshops, March through July 2009
Event: Permaculture Design Courses
Location: Heathcote Community: 21300 Heathcote Road, Freeland, MD 21053
Description: This series of workshops covers the whole Permaculture design course curriculum. Those who attend all 12 days and complete home study assignments, advising sessions, and a design project will earn the Permaculture design apprentice certificate. Students who are not taking the entire course may attend individual days or weekends. Click here for a list of dates and topics.
Date: Saturday, April 18
Event: Baltimore EcoFestival
Location: Druid Hill Park Reservoir in Baltimore
Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Description: This celebration of sustainable living will include workshops, vendors, demonstrations, healthy food, music and art. Geared toward families, the EcoFestival is the opening event of the Baltimore Green Week. For more information click here.
Cost: Free
Date: Tuesday, April 28 through Saturday, May 2
Event: Baltimore Green Week
Location: Various locations throughout Baltimore
Description: Baltimore Green Week is a week-long citywide program comprising community events, hands-on activities, forums, and lectures throughout the city. Each event provides information about how a sustainable lifestyle benefits our community and us. Its purpose is to increase awareness about how local residents can make the Baltimore region cleaner and environmentally safer for all who live and work here. For the schedule of events click here and select the day.
Cost: Free and "low cost"
Date: Friday, September 4, 2009
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.
Date: Friday, September 18, 2009
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.
Date: Saturday, September 26
Event: Clean Stream Project
Location: Entrance to the Sports and Recreation Center. Contact Sarah Edwards at sarah.edwards@goucher.edu for more information.
Time: 11 a.m.
Description: Representatives from Project Clean Stream, an initiative of the Gunpowder Valley Conservancy, will come to Goucher to help survey and clean up our streams. All community members are invited to participate. Refreshments will be avialable at the SRC. This event is sponsored by the Green House.
Date: Tuesday, September 29
Event: Eat Local Challenge
Location: All dining facilities
Time: All day
Description: Goucher College’s food services provider, Bon Appétit Management Company, will serve a lunch made entirely from ingredients originating within a 150-mile radius of campus.
Date: Wednesday, September 30
Event: Campus Conversation on Environmental Sustainability
Location: Hyman Forum in the Athenaeum.
Time: 4-5:30 p.m.
Description: President Sanford J. Ungar invites the Goucher community to participate in a conversation about environmental sustainability issues. Many of you have already stepped up to support Goucher's environmental campaign, but we hope the entire campus will help promote environmental sustainability on our campus and beyond.
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Event: Farmers’ Market
Location: Alumnae/i House Courtyard
Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Description: Goucher will become a marketplace for local food growers and artisans. This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and members of the greater community.
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