LIBRARY (EM)POWERED: Earth Month 2011 at Alden Library

The Alden Library Sustainability Group will host Library (Em)powered on Friday, April 15th, 2011 at Alden Library. Library staff and guests will host events throughout the day on (em)powering themes and DIY projects in support of the Ohio University Office of Sustainability’s Earth Month 2011 activities.

Beyond Origami: Repurposing Bookcovers into Beautiful, Useful Objects

10-11 AM    

Alden Library Rm. 319

Fine Arts Library staff will demonstrate how to make decorative and useful envelopes from beautiful art bookcovers

Window Farming: Indoor Vertical Gardening in a Window

10–4:30 (on display)  Alden Library 4^th fl.

View a window farm display with demonstration video of how a vertical garden can be created in any window from recycled plastic bottles  see related website

Dirt! The Movie

12:00-1:30 PM  &  3:00-4:30 PM (2 screenings)   

Alden Library Rm. 319

Soil is the “living skin of the Earth” – find out how humans can act to preserve this vital resource  see film website

DIY Bookbinding

1-2 PM   

Alden Library 4^th fl

Learn the Japanese stab-binding technique for making beautiful handmade notebooks from found materials

Green Computing Q&A

2-3 PM   

Alden Library 3^rd fl

Ask questions & learn about energy efficient computer use

 

Alden Library is also co-sponsoring a FREE screening of the film, Carbon Nation on Wednesday, April 13 from 7-9 PM at the Athena Cinema, 20 Court St. (co-sponsored with ArtsforOhio and the OU Office of Sustainability)

Worm Circus Roundup

A big Thank You to all who made our worm composting workshop on Wednesday a great success -- Thanks to all who helped with the planning, the publicity and the setting up. And Thanks to Will Dewees, our worm expert extraordinaire. Most of all, Thank You to all who attended -- we had our largest audience yet with nearly 40 people!

Will showed the audience that worms need the following to stay healthy and transform food waste into compost:

air  ~~  moisture (but not too much!)  ~~  darkness  ~~  food scraps (no protein)

Read more about the worm composting tips Will presented in today's Post article

Will at the Athens Farmer's Market


Worm composting book recommended by Will:

Appelhof, M. (1982). Worms eat my garbage (1st ed.). Kalamazoo, Mich., USA: Flower Press.

Photos by Sherry DiBari

Celebrate Earth Month at Alden Library

Ohio University Libraries will continue its Sustainability Film/Workshop Series by sponsoring four events in conjunction with the OU Office of Sustainability's Earth Month 2010 activities.  

We have planned a great lineup of workshops, films and speakers on food-related issues each Wednesday in April from 12-1pm at Alden Library. Come join us!

Wed April 7 --   Grain Food: we will kick off our Earth Month series with some film shorts about food, and speakers Michelle Ajamian & Brandon Jaeger of the Appalachian Staple Foods Collaborative will share about their experiences with growing staple grains in Athens.

Wed April 14 -- Worms & Dirt : learn about producing food and managing food waste in a very small space! Guest Will Dewees will demonstrate how easy it is to construct a worm composting box. Participants  will also learn about growing a garden in a container. There will be free giveaways & prizes!

Wed April 21 -- Heart & Soil: a short documentary film about community gardening with a post-film discussion led by Art Trese, Associate Professor, OU Department of Environmental and Plant Biology.

Wed April 28 -- Food & Community: guests from Community Food Initiatives will talk about CFI's programs & ways the community can become involved. With refreshments from local sources.

For questions or information, contact:

Alden Library Sustainability Group

  

This series is part of Earth Month 2010: Roots of Sustainability, sponsored by the OU Office of Sustainability  http://www.ohio.edu/sustainability/EarthMonth2010.htm

Presentation: Living Green in an OU Dorm

From composting to clothes drying, find out how to save the planet from right inside your own dorm room!  

Living Green in an OU Dorm 
Wed, Feb 17 
Alden Library, Rm 319 
12 Noon / repeats 5:30 PM 
Presented by OU Office of Sustainability Eco-Reps

Reducing Home Energy Use

Hello All,

Sorry for the delay, but here is the powerpoint presentation I gave on 1/17/10 and again on 2/4/10. I added some publications I like (and used for the presentation) and some sources to get some of the supplies you might need to save energy in your home.

Best of luck,
Ron

Reducing Home Energy Use

Transition Town - INFO from Workshop

During the lunchtime workshop some ideas, websites and suggestions came out:

• Transition Town, Southeast Ohio - SE Ohio's new website for transition town group.
• Giant Pool of Money produced by NPR and This American Life. Listen to episode or download transcript. An excellent explanation of economics and the housing crisis.
• Athena Cinema, Thursday @ 7p: Helen Nearing: Conscious Living/Conscious Dying

Wednesday Workshop: Transition Town

What is a Transition Town? Can Athens become one? Come find out at a free workshop Wed, Feb 3 at Alden Library.

Transition Town: Creating local resilience in light of Peak Oil, Climate Change & Economic Crisis, Ben Shender

Wednesday, Feb 3rd
Alden Rm. 319
12:00 PM / 5:30 PM  (come either time)
Free & open to all -- please come join us!

Workshop: Reducing Home Energy Use

Take an hour and learn how to do something positive about your ecological impact on the earth!

Reducing Home Energy Use  
Ron Young, presenter
Noon, repeats 5:30
Alden Library Rm. 319

Sustainability Film / Workshop Series for Winter 2010 -- New Time!

Consciousness: Films and Workshops to Change the World, a quarterly series about becoming more sustainable is back with a brand new lineup!

The series will move from Sunday evenings to every Wednesday at Noon with a repeat session at 5:30 from January 13th to February 24th in the Friends of the Libraries Room on the third floor of Alden Library. 

Wed. January 13 at Noon & 5:30 Film
Everything's Cool will show that despite a veritable mountain of evidence Climate Change continues to be at the center of controversy.

Wed. January 20th at Noon & 5:30 Workshop
Learn how to take your impact into your own hands with Ron Young's presentation Reducing Home Energy Use.
   
Wed. January 27th at Noon & 5:30 Film
We will look at Peak Oil and investigate the changing landscape during the End of Suburbia.
   
Wed. February 3rd at Noon & 5:30 Workshop
Learn about Transition Town and how we can use it build locally resilient networks to help fight against Climate Change and Peak Oil in an impacting presentation by Benjamin Shender.
   
Wed. February 10th at Noon & 5:30 Film
The Story of Stuff takes us on a whirlwind tour of where our stuff comes from and where it goes.
   
Wed. February 17th at Noon & 5:30 Workshop
From compost to clothes drying, the Ohio University Office of Sustainability Eco-Reps will show you how to save the planet from the comfort of your room in our final workshop of the quarter Living Green in an OU Dorm.
   
Wed. February 17th at Noon & 5:30 Film
Ending Consciousness for this quarter, Buyer Be Fair will talk about the benefits and opportunities represented by the fair trade movement.

All students, faculty, staff and community are invited.  Bring something to eat, bring a friend, and bring your questions for our discussion to follow! Brought to you by the Alden Library Sustainability Group at Ohio University.