Check out the UCM Teach-In

If you have time this Thursday, February 24th, stop by the Elliot Union for the UCM Teach-In on Sustainable Solutions. Several big name companies will be in attendance to talk about how to make your life more green. Convince your professors to let you classed attend one or more of the sessions for extra credit. You can also get a free t-shirt and coffee mug for attending.

Here is the schedule:

9:30 - 10:45 A.M.
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Treasure, 234 – Art & Design
“Learning to Go From Lean to Green” 235 – Business
Watershed Health for Sustainable Stream Resources, 219 - Science & Worldly View
Green City Forum - EPA, City of KC, Lee Summit, & Sedalia, 117 - Gov. & Pub. Policy

11:00 - 12:15 P.M.
Trash into Tapestries: KC “Green” Artist Wil Lala, 117 – Art & Design
Sustainable Industry Forum: Systec Environmental/Hallmark, 237A - Business
“It’s Getting Hot in Here!”: NOAA on Climate Change, 237A – Science & Worldly View
Building Green with Burns and McDonnell, 235 – Art & Design
Sustainable Food with Sodexo, 238 – Business

12:30 - 1:45 P.M.
Find YOUR “Green” Nature, 238 – Gov. & Pub. Policy
Social Justice & the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, 123 – Science & Worldly View
Re-Use Forum: KC Habitat ReStore & Ripple Glass, 117 – Business
Oil Peak & Lessons Learned from the BP Oil Spill, 235 – Science & Worldly View
Sustainable Living: Clothing & Cosmetics, 219 – Art & Design

2:00 - 3:00 P.M.
Green Democracy: Missouri State Rep. Jason Holsman, 237A – Gov. Pub. Policy
Recycled Art Demonstration by Artist Wil Lala, 234B - Art & Design
Visualizing Tomorrow: Growing OUR Future Today, 235 – Science and Worldly View
Rebuilding Morrow-Garrison GREEN with Gould Evans, 117 – Art & Design
Farmed vs. Wild Fish: Sustainability and Health Concerns, 219 - Science & Worldly View

3:30 - 4:45 P.M.
“Sustainable Central: What’s Next?” - UCM Office of Sustainability 237A -Art & Design
“Climate Change: What Do We Know?” 125 - Science & Worldly View
Come Fly WITH Us: Promoting Sustainability from the Stage with GREEN Theate, 117 - Art & Design