02 Broadcaster Press April 22, 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com Earth (Every) Day activities planned for next week By David Lias david.lias@plaintalk.net The world may be celebrating Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22, but Vermillion plans to do much more than that, with planned activities for the entire week. The combined energy and manpower of organizations that are involved in both the University of South Dakota and the community will be at the forefront beginning Monday as what has been dubbed Earth (Every) Day activities kick off here. “We’re bringing Frances Moore Lappé to campus on Earth Day,” said Meghann Jarchow, Ph.D., an assistant professor of sustainability at USD. “She’s internationally known, she’s best know for writing ‘Diet for a Small Planet’ in 1971.” Lappé will lead a discussion with USD students on how to foster the development of a living democracy in their communities. That discussion is scheduled for Tuesday, April 22, from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in Farber Hall located in Old Main. Tuesday evening, Lappé will present a lecture based on her book “EcoMind,” and will field questions, followed by a book signing. Her lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the grand ballroom of the Muenster University Center on the USD campus. Jarchow said her initial discussions with members of the Vermillion community about Lappé’s visit here soon mushroomed into an event involving a wide cross-section of people. “I was trying to get cosponsors for her visit, and the reaction was, ‘oh, that’s great that she’s coming to campus,” she said, describing community members’ response. “We ended up having a meeting with several people from different organizations from around the community and on Romsdahls’ Repair & Remodel Carpentry, Interior & Exterior, Painting, Re?nishing, Drywall, & Ceramic Tile Free Estimates 605-670-2161 campus, and it became clear that this was way more than one day’s worth of activities. “We decided to do a variety of things over the week, and have it integrate the campus and the community, and have it ideally be as inclusive as possible, and include whatever organizations want to be part of it.” Among the activities involving a big push from community volunteers is a planned city-wide trash pickup starting with downtown and emanating outward. 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All volunteers are then encouraged to come to the Platz for the Thursdays on the Platz Earth Day event, and a Downtown Sustainability Fair. “I’m interested in seeing all sectors helping,” Maloney said. “I’m interested in high school students helping, in teachers helping, in fraternities and sororities helping, in service organizations helping – in my dream, that’s what it would look like. “I would like to see this happen every year,” she said. 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Other events include a discussion of Lappé’s books at the Vermillion Public Library at 7 p.m. on April 21; the sustainability festival in downtown Vermillion from 5 to 7 p.m. on April 24 mentioned above; a tour of local food options at the Heikes Family Farm from 1 to 6 p.m. on April 25; a hike at North Alabama Bend from 10 a.m. to noon on April 26; an herb walk from 2 to 4 p.m. on April 26; and a series of presentations known as Pecha Kuchas in the MUC from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on April 23. “Earth (Every) Day will be an opportunity to celebrate all of the progress that we are making at USD and in the Vermillion community toward environmental conservation,” Jarchow said. “We will be having more than 15 events that include more than 30 organizations on campus and in the community. We hope that Earth (Every) Day 2014 will act as a catalyst to encourage people from around the area to work towards increasing the sustainability of their lives.” She noted that activities are even planned for Monday, April 28, at the Washington Street Arts Center in Vermillion. “We want to bring people together at that time, and explore ways to take that energy and keep moving,” Jarchow said. “The idea is using Earth Day, and now Earth Week as an awareness building thing, but to not have these activities just stop – it’s to keep these different groups that have now come together jazzed and to keep the momentum going, and to make more progress at doing more greening things in Vermillion.” For more information, people may contact Jarchow at Meghann.Jarchow@usd.e du or visit the website www.SustainableVermilli on.org; follow them on Twitter @USDGreenTeam, #EarthEveryDay and #USDEarthDay2014; or “friend” the club on Facebook at https://www.facebook.co m/SustainabilityAtUSD. Maloney also urges people interested in volunteering on Thursday to contact her by calling her or texting her at (605) 677-9006. “If I can get 10 teams of 10 (people), that would be great,” she said, adding that she has already heard from several USD groups who plan to have teams of volunteers for Thursday’s pick-up activities. “I also want to get some community organizations,” she said, ranging from service clubs, to the local Cubs Scouts chapter. “I’d love to see people of all ages pitch in and help.” Helping sponsor Thursday’s activities are Carey’s Bar, the Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce and Development Company, Mid-American Energy, Chae’s, and Wal-Mart. “I’d like to see this grow every year … sort of like the Komen race did, so that we have teams, with team names, and we could have contests to see who collects the most garbage, and then have those activities culminate with a party every year,” she said. To view a calendar of the week’s events, log on to http://www.sustainableve rmillion.org/.