The Schedule - March 16 - 20, 2009

who, what, where, when

With each year RCW hosts more and more events, and this year is certainly no exception! 

 

Monday, March 16
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Bike Co-op's Bike to School Day

The AMS Bike Co-op is challenging students, staff and anyone coming out to campus to ditch their smog box, show some love for mother earth and bring their trusty steed to school. Ride past the corner of Westbrook and University where Co-op volunteers will be handing out free snacks and hot bevvies to all you hungry cyclists! Also, mechanics will be on site with basic tools to do a free checkup of your bike.

 8:00AM - 11:00AM Corner of Westbrook & University
Oxfam's Uneven trade soccer game Join us on the knoll for a rousing game of soccer that outlines the inequity present in our current global trade system. Get al ittle exercise, learn about world trade, and find out how you can make a difference every time you go to the grocery store, or buy a new shirt! 12:00PM - 2:00PM The Knoll
Governing Consumption in an Unbalanced World Influencing consumers to act more sustainably is one of the most difficult challenges for environmental governance. Influencing enough consumers to affect global change is an even greater challenge. Why is it so difficult to govern consumer behavior? What governing strategies tend to be most effective in terms of reducing the environmental damage of consumption? What tend to be weak or ineffective? What do the answers to these questions say about the overall potential of global environmental governance to promote global sustainablity? Professor Peter Dauvergne will address these questions to discuss the degree to which the structures, organizations, policies, financing, rules and norms of environmental governance are influencing consumer choices and uses of products and services. 1:00PM - 2:00PM SUB 207
       
Tuesday, March 17      
Bike Co-op's Bike Blender Smoothies &
P & Y Indy 		We've been thinking ahead. We know that youv'e been inspired by Bike to School Day, and we know that you can't get enough of bike commuting. So the Bike Co-op is going to keep your thirst for thigh-powered transport quenched with their pedal-powered bike blender smoothies. They'll also be happy to help you out with bicycle safety checks and tips for maintenance. Free bike engravings will also be offered! In the afternoon sun (2:00 - 3:00pm), a Purple and Yellow bike race will be held on the North side of the SUB. Public bikes like you're never seen them used before... 11:00AM - 3:00PM SUB South Side Entrance
Consuming the earth, consuming ourselves: only 9,125 shopping days left until the end of the world A lively talk about consumption, you and the environment from the instructor and students of Sociology 420, Sociology and the Environment. We take you through some of the social and cultural roots of consumption and ask: "What does it mean to be a 'green' consumer and does it matter? Is it being a 'responsible consumer' an endpoint, a 'copout' or just the first step down a long road of fundamental social change?" 1:00PM - 2:00PM SUB 215
       
Wednesday, March 18      
Translating Thought to Action: How to Promote Positive Social Behaviour Guests: Jeremy Frimer, Phd Candidate in Psychology (focus in moral motivation) and Dr. Charles Weineberg, UBC Sauder School of Business (focus in Marketing). For more information, click here. 12:00PM - 1:30PM SUB 207
Ancient Forest Committee Movie Night The Ancient Forest Committee is a group of students involved in promoting awareness of the precarious state of BC's remaining old growth temperature rainforests on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. The film being presented is about endangered old growth forests and is by Jeremy Williams, an award-winning photographer and filmmaker. He has produced and directed over fifty films on environmental, social and political issues. 1:00PM-2:00PM SUB 209
Oxfam No Sweat Fashion Show Since 1963, Oxfam Canada has worked to build lasting solutions to global poverty and injustice, envisioning a world where, "human beings can earn a decent living to support themselves and their families." For the last seven years, Oxfam UBC has hosted No Sweat Fashion Shows, to empower students by educating them about how their purchase power can build a sustainable world. 18 March 2009, UBC OXfam is hosting its 8th Annual No Sweat Fashion Show, and this year will feature an Ethical Snack Bar to open the event, so come early to sample delicious and sustainable treats. The fashion show will examine the good, the bad and the ugly of clothing production - and show you how you can use your purchasing power to build a sustainable world. For more informatino contact tbergen@interchange.ubc.ca. 6:00PM-8:00PM SUB South Side Lounge (behind Starbucks!)
       
Thursday,
March 19 		     
Vote With Your Dollar Fair Various exhibitors will be present to showcase the latest ways to conserve energy, reduce waste, and shop ethically. There will be vendors who will showcase their socially responsible and ethically sound products and services. Think before you buy! Are you using your dollar to the max? 9:00AM- 4:00PM SUB Main Concourse - South End
Food Security in the 21st Century Guest: Dr. Judy McLean (focus in global systems nutrition and food).
For more information, click here. 		10:00AM- 12:00PM SUB 214
Photo Scavenger Hunt The Student Environmental Center is organizing a unique photo scavenger hunt that will enlighten you to find out answers to questions like: Do you know what the purple bikes on campus are? Team up with one camera and three friends for the RCW "Hunt for Sustainability" cross-campus photo scavenger hunt! Snap photos of UBC's green buildings and compost bins to gain points and win prizes. Interested? Email rcw.scavenger.hunt@gmail.com as soon as possible or come to the booth on Thursday, March 19th to get a registration form. 10:00AM- Midnight Pick up your information sheets at 10:00AM at the SUB South Side Entrance
Super Sized Stuff Swap If you haven't run into one of SEC's monthly Stuff Swaps outside of the SUB, you've been missing out. Every month we setup a table full of FREE STUFF, and invite anyone in the community to come and trade in old unwanted items for other peopel's shiney new old stuff. You can even take items without leaving anything, butyou'll owe some stuff Karma next month. And this time because it's Responsible Consumption Week, this Stuff Swap's going to be bigger and better. You'll see. 11:00AM- 2:00PM SUB Main Concourse - North End
Consumption and Sustainability: How Big is Your Footprint? This talk aims to highlight some of the implications of our current consumption patterns on the natural world by using the Ecological Footprint as an illustrative tool. The speaker will share some examples of sustainable consumption initiatives in the European Union, and will present a short video on BedZED, an eco-neighbourhood near London, UK, that aims to shrink residents' footprints. 12:00 - 1:00PM SUB 214
Design's For a Sustainable World Competition Teams from a wide variety of disciplines will be participating ni a challenge to combat poverty around the world. Take part in the most exciting and unique interdisciplinary competition on campus this year! The challenge includes researching, planning, designing, and building an appropriate solution to everyday needs of peopel all over the world. Teams will be provided with a case study in advance and will build their solution on March 19th with only a few tools and a big pile of junk at their disposal. For more information go to http://ubc.ewb.ca/dsw for details. All day! Outside on the south side of the SUB
       
Friday,
March 20 		     
Vote With Your Dollar Fair Various exhibitors will be present to showcase the latest ways to conserve energy, reduce waste, and shop ethically. There will be vendors who will showcase their socially responsible and ethically sound products and services. Think before you buy! Are you using your dollar to the max? 9:00AM- 4:00PM SUB Main Concourse - South End
UBC Waste Management Booth Stop by the UBC Waste Management booth inside the SUB and challenge yourself with an exciting interactive game of recycling basketball! Test your athletic dexterity and your sorting skills for fun and prizes! Find out more about recycling and composting at UBC, and chat with UBC Waste Management staff. Kitchen-sized compost bins and reusable market bags will also be available for purchase. Hope to see you there! 10:00AM- 11:00AM SUB Main Concourse - North End
Do you eat your salad underdressed? Salad making ideas for sustenance from the inside out! Learn simple-yet-delicious recipes for refrigerator salad dressings while finding out which wild, local greens are safe to eat and their health benefits. This workshop also provides tips on making salads sustainable and exciting to eat. Finally, we finish off the workshop with a salad for lunch! 12:00PM- 12:45PM Food, Nutrition & Health Room 130
Liberating Your Computer Ifny Lacroix of Free Geek Vancouver will given an informative and interactive workshop on open source, sustainable software. Free Geek is a Vancouver-based not for profit organization specializing in ethical recycling and reuse of computers, as well as community education and empowerment. 12:00PM - 1:00PM SUB 216
Living and Working with Meaning In our capitalistic society, individuals are components for the operation of the treadmill of production and consumption. We consume, therefore we exist. We work very hard so that we can consume more conspicuously. We are told to compete and win. We are told that the greatest thing we can achieve is being "successful" by outcompeting others. Trapped on the treadmill or in the rat race for "success", we forget to live our lives. As soon as we realize it, some feel empty from their heart and refuse to keep living without meaning while others choose to not to acknowledge by running even faster and faster. For whoever has a hunger for meaningful life, Tom Williams of GiveMeaning will talk about living and working with meaning. 1:00PM - 2:00PM SUB 214
Sprouts Volunteer Work Party There will be a volunteer party hosted by Sprouts, complete with sustainable snacks. Sprouts is a non-profit venue located in the basement of the SUB that sells local, organic fruits and vegetables as well as an assortment of other earth-friendly products. 4:00PM- 5:00PM Sprouts (basement of SUB)

* Event information is subject to change. Please check back for regular updates*



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