KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 4, 2018 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 will celebrate Earth Day throughout the month of April with a series of events and activities for students and the general public, sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Sustainability and various student organizations on campus.<\/p>\n
All of the following events are free and open to the public:<\/p>\n
April 5 at 5 p.m. \u2013 A screening of the documentary A Plastic Ocean<\/strong>, which explores the fragile state of the world\u2019s oceans, followed by a panel discussion about plastics pollution. In the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, 140 Flagg Road, Room 100. Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Society.<\/p>\n April 12 at 5 p.m.\u00a0– Building a Foundation for South County Families<\/strong> \u2013 Alicia Johnson, volunteer and family services coordinator for South County Habitat for Humanity, and Habitat\u2019s director of operations, Jay Schartenberg, will discuss the process and opportunities for sustainable home building and ownership in Rhode Island. Avedisian Hall (Pharmacy Bldg.), 7 Greenhouse Road, Room 170. Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Sustainability.<\/p>\n April 18 at 4:30 p.m. – The Naked Truth about Clothes <\/strong>\u2013 Model and sustainability strategist Summer Rayne Oakes will share her experience in the world of fashion, how clothing affects the environment and the people who make it, and how consumers can shape the future of what we wear. Edwards Hall, 64 Upper College Road. Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Sustainability.<\/p>\n April 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. \u2013 Earth Day on the Quad<\/strong>, a festival of educational exhibits and activities about environmental topics from a diverse array of environmental organizations. Event includes planting and dedication of a magnolia tree behind Quinn Hall, 55 Lower College Road, at 12:30 p.m. 溏心vlog免费B站 Quadrangle (Rain site: Multicultural Student Services Center). Sponsored by 溏心vlog免费B站 Student Action for Sustainability and 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Sustainability.<\/p>\n April 26 at 6 p.m. \u2013 A screening of the documentary Chasing Coral<\/strong>, in which a team of divers, photographers and scientists set out on an adventure to document the disappearance of the world’s\u00a0coral reefs<\/em>. Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, 140 Flagg Road. Sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Marine Science Society.<\/p>\n For more information about these events, contact Amy Cabaniss in the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Sustainability at amy_cabaniss@uri.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 4, 2018 — The 溏心vlog免费B站 will celebrate Earth Day throughout the month of April with a series of events and activities for students and the general public, sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of Sustainability and various student organizations on campus. All of the following events are free and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}