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JCCC Students Celebrate Earth Day

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Johnson County Community College’s Student Environmental Alliance will celebrate Earth Day with Going Green 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, in the Commons Building Corner Lounge and Courtyard. The event is free and open to the public. Students will be promoting awareness of environmental issues, ideas and actions.

PAST PARTICIPANTS included the JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance, Kansas City Food Circle, Great Plains Clean Energy Alliance, Lakeside Nature Center, Johnson County Environmental Department (Solid Waste Management, Air Quality, and Household Waste), Sierra Club, Root Deep Urban Farm, Burroughs Audubon Society, Smart Car, Johnson County Transit, Ride Share/Mid-America Regional Council, JCCC’s bookstore, JCCC’s dining services sustainability subcommittee, Locally Grown JCCC Community Supported Agriculture, Heartland Habitat for Humanity, S.O.5 Initiative, JCCC’s interior design student association, Motor Heads Scoot and Cycle and Heartland Tree Alliance.

Guest speakers and musical guests are invited to apply for scheduled appearances.

For more information, contact:

Isaac Miller
913-980-0368
President, JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance (S.E.A.)

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Tables and chairs for vendors/presenters will be provided at no cost. In the past there have been about 200-500 attendees, mostly students and faculty, with some community members. We intend to expand upon that this year, but we need your help!

LOCATION:
12345 College Blvd. Overland Park, KS, in the Commons Courtyard.

The Building closest to the event will be the Student Center, and most of us will be outside, near the Big green hill.

We are currently in the planning stage of this event so we will have more details as things progress and more vendors and non-profits become involved. Please feel free to call for sign-up details, etc… and…
PLEASE PASS THE WORD!

Thank You
Isaac
913-980-0368
President, JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance (S.E.A.)
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This event is free and open to the public. Students will be promoting awareness of environmental issues, ideas and actions.
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2009’s Guest Speakers included:
* John Schmidt from The Land Institute,
* Jill Crawford from Bridging the Gap,
* Jay Antle from JCCC’s sustainability committee,
* William Nana from S.O.5 Initiative
and
* Mary English from The Climate Project.

11th Hour

JCCC Sustainability Expo & Dinner

Regnier Center – JCCC

September 10th, 2009 … 4pm-9pm

Sustainability Expo & Dinner

September 10^th, 2009

JCCC will be hosting a “Sustainability Expo & Dinner’ at the Regnier Center.  Area farmers will have booths to display information about their farms.  Some of the vendors will have product to taste.  All vendors will be available to talk and discuss the process which they go through to get the product from the field to the plate.  Most of the discussion will be about the importance of communities reverting back to sustaining their communities with local products.   This process, in return, will help our community erase the effects of our carbon foot print.  Ecco Elvis will perform right before the doors open for the dinner.  Product from the JCCC Student Farm, as well as other products from the expo vendors, will be incorporated into the five course meal.  A special documentary about “family Farm Memories” will be presented.  Cost for the dinner is $65.00 per person.

Expo:  4:00 to 7:00

Dinner: 7:00 to 9:00

Johnson County Community College – Regnier Center
MAP = http://www.jccc.edu/home/site.php/welcome/maps/fullcampus

(Regnier Center is easily accessible from the East entrance,
off Quivira, near 11200 Quivira Rd, Overland Park, KS)

MAP = http://maps.google.com/maps?q=11200+Quivira+Rd%2C+Overland+Park%2C+KS&hl=en

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Story by JCCC Student Environmental Alliance

JCCC Students Celebrate Earth Day – 10:30am-3pm CST – 4/16/2009

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Johnson County Community College’s Student Environmental Alliance will celebrate Earth Day with Going Green 2009 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. CST, on Thursday, April 16, in the Commons Building Corner Lounge and Courtyard. The event is free and open to the public. Students will be promoting awareness of environmental issues, ideas and actions.

Participants include the JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance, Kansas City Food Circle, Great Plains Clean Energy Alliance, Lakeside Nature Center, Johnson County Environmental Department (Solid Waste Management, Air Quality, and Household Waste), Sierra Club, Root Deep Urban Farm, Burroughs Audubon Society, Smart Car, Johnson County Transit, Ride Share/Mid-America Regional Council, JCCC’s bookstore, JCCC’s dining services sustainability subcommittee, Locally Grown JCCC Community Supported Agriculture, Heartland Habitat for Humanity, S.O.5 Initiative, JCCC’s interior design student association, Motor Heads Scoot and Cycle and Heartland Tree Alliance.

Guest speakers include John Schmidt from The Land Institute, Jill Crawford from Bridging the Gap, Jay Antle from JCCC’s sustainability committee, William Nana from S.O.5 Initiative and Mary English from the Climate Project.

Music will be performed by Glass Axe, Bobby Yarsulik and Adam Blackwood in the courtyard.

For more information, contact Lydia Blackwood, president, JCCC’s Student Environmental Alliance, at 785-393-2967.

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