Interconnections – Earth Week Festival Event Schedule – Rensselaer Sustainability Research Network

Saturday, April 16, 2016

1:00-5:00 EcoEd Research Program Symposium
- Presentations
- Location: Sage 3510
1:00-Friday SciTechSoc Scavenger Hunt
- Hands-on scavenger hunt
- Ends Friday, April 22
- Location: campus-wide

10:00-11:45 Natural Building in Practice and Perspective
- A lecture by Michael McDonough of Rising Earth Natural Building
- Location: CBIS auditorium
2:00-3:45 Saving This Place
- Film viewing with filmmaker Rik Scarce
- Discussion to follow
- Location: CBIS auditorium
2:00-3:45 Dealing with Water Contamination in Hoosick Falls, NY
- Radio show by wrpi
- Featuring Kyle Ritchie
4:00-5:45 Collaborating for Clean Water: Hoosick Falls in Perspective
- Panel
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
6:30-8:00
- With Alex Latorto of the Energy Justice Network
- Hands-on activity
- Location: Sage 5711
7:00-8:30 Terrarium Workshop
- Hands-on workshop
- Featuring Forage + Sundry
- Location: Vasudha Lounge

10:00-11:45 Frack U
- A lecture with Alex Lotorto of the Energy Justice Network
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
12:00-2:00 Sustainable Transportation Futures
- A panel on the future of transportation
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
2:00-4:00 Sciences in Environmental Activism
- An activist panel
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
4:00-6:00 Graduate Sustainability Research Exchange
- Presentations
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
5:00-6:30 Eco-Games
- With SEP & SSTF
- Hands-on games
- Location: Mother’s in the Rensselaer Union
6:00-7:30 Terrarium Workshop
- Hands-on workshop
- Featuring Forage + Sundry
- Location: Vasudha Lounge

All Day Green Greeks Day of Service
- Hands-on
- Location: campus-wide
9:30-2:00 Tamarc 1st Graders Go to College
- A community visit
- Location: Mother’s in Rensselaer Union
1:00-3:00 Earth Week Lunch and Reception
- Buffet Style Lunch hosted by Terra Cafe
- Location: EMPAC 5000 & 6000 Level, Evelyn’s Cafe
1:00-2:00 Reflections on a Career in Fracture Mechanics: Everything Put Together Sooner or Later Falls Apart
- A lecture by Tony Ingraffia of Cornell University
- Location: Eaton 214
3:00-4:00 Campaigning for Energy Justice
- Radio show by wrpi
- Featuring Alex Latorto of the Energy Justice Network
5:00-6:30 Canning with Vasudha
- Hands-on
- Location: Vasudha Lounge
7:00-8:30 Fracking Forward: Directions in Energy Justice Activism
- A panel discussion
- Location: CBIS Auditorium

10:00-11:45 Black Gold
- Film and discussion
- Presentations by students in Food, Farms, and Famines (Professor Abby Kinchy of the STS Department)
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
2:00-3:45 Urbanized
- Film and discussion with Professor Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn of the STS Department
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
4:00-6:00 Gray Vs. Green Infrastructure
- A lecture with Lindsey Ostrander of Delaware Engineering & New York WEA, Society for Enviro Professionals
- Location: CBIS Auditorium

10:00-4:00 Ecologic’s Earth Fest
- Hands-on
- Location: Rensselaer Union
10:00-11:45 Debating Nuclear
- With WIN (Women in Nuclear) and the RPI Debate Team
- Panel
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
12:00-1:45 Movements of Elements in the Ecosystem
- A lecture with Professor Rick Relyea of RPI Biological Sciences
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
3:00-4:00 Wiring Lake George
- A panel discussion with Matt Schuler, Deb McGuinness, and Andrea Williams
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
5:00-6:30 Mother: Caring for 7 Billion
- A film and discussion with Professor Chris Bystroff of the RPI Bioinformatics Program
- Location: CBIS Auditorium
6:00-9:00 pm EcoKids Night Out
- With the Society for Environmental Professionals
- Hands-on
- Location: Academy Hall