Earth Day Celebration/Demonstration April 25, 2009

The schedule of activities is as follows:

9am-12pm – Invasive plant removal workshop with biologist Tom Robertson, to include hands-on projects in the on-campus forest.

10:30am-12pm – Wildflower walk in the on-campus forest with biologist Kevin Lein.

11am/12pm/1pm/2pm – Tours of the unique Rock Creek loop sustainability system including pre-consumer vermicomposting bins and post-consumer composting pilot project.

11am - Food preservation workshop to include canning techniques.

11am-3pm – farmer’s market, children’s activities, music and tables on the mall. Performances by Espirit Manouche Gypsy Jazz band at 11am, Boka Boys Marimba Group at 1:15pm, and a performance by local dance/acrobatic/trapeze artist troupe Do Jump at 2pm.

An early innovator in sustainability at the college level, PCC Rock Creek composts most pre-consumer foods on campus (many of which are grown in its own organic learning garden). The campus also uses compostable silverware and flatware made of corn products and plans are in place to begin composting post-consumer foods, plates and utensils by Earth Day.

The campus also boasts two straw bale houses, an earthen oven, and one building whose water is heated entirely by solar.