Estrella Mountain Community College provides sustainable learning opportunities through internal events, conferences, and speakers, and promotes external events that relate to sustainable topics. Please select a month from below to view all activities available during this time.
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Celebrate Earth Day on Sunday and Earth Week @ EMCC!
Monday, April 23 Meatless Monday at the EMCC Grill
Meatless Monday is a movement with a mission that encourages individuals to cut out meat, one day a week. It is better for your health, your wallet and our planet! Chartwells at the EMCC Grill will be serving vegetarian specials to promote food, economic and health sustainability. Support our planet and eat "green" at the Grill!
Veterans Can Recycling Drive
EMCC Veterans Committee will have aluminum can recycling bins placed around campus to promote sustainability. Funds raised from recycling aluminum will benefit student scholarships! Recycling drive will be on-going.
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Tuesday, April 24 Maricopa Green Paper Reduction Pledge 8am-3pm Komatke Hall Courtyard
What will you do to reduce daily paper usage? Take the Chancellor’s challenge to reduce your paper use by 10 percent. Pledge by dropping by the Sustainability table in the Komatke Courtyard. EMCC is just a few signatures behind GCC in leading the district in pledges, so encourage coworkers and students to sign up!
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Wednesday, April 25 E-Waste Recycling Drive 10am-2pm Komatke Hall Courtyard
Join local Tolleson nonprofit OCM Recycle West for an E-Waste Recycling Drive to benefit EMCC student scholarships! OCM will be collecting electronic items for recycling, and they will donate a portion funds raised back to us! Accepted items include computers and computer equipment, printers, phones, wires, cables, etc. Anything with a plug and more! Donated items must be personal property only. College property will not be accepted.
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Thursday, April 26 Climate Reality Project 10am-11:15am Center for Teaching and Learning
Presenter: Rob Smith Hosted by EMCC Sustainability Team and the Honors Program, this nationally recognized presentation founded by Al Gore will bring the facts about the climate crisis into focus, so that we can all engage in meaningful conversations about how to solve it. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.
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Friday, April 27 Dumpster Dive 12pm-1pm Image Zone
Sustainability Team is hosting a dumpster dive, a chance for students to support recycling efforts and sustainability on campus, while experiencing first hand just how “eco-friendly” EMCC is when it comes to recycling! Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate.
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August 2011
Changing Planet: Adapting to Out Water Future
Thursday, August 25, 2011 | 6:00pm-7:30pm
Arizona State University
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November 2011
EPA Superfund Open House
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 | Time: TBD
Estrella Mountain Community College, EST Community Room
Go Green '11
Tuesday, November 15th | 8:30am-5:00pm
Phoenix Convention Center
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