Emerging Green Builders • Athens

Archive for April, 2009

If you haven’t already, go to the College Avenue Parking Deck top floor down town to check out ‘Park a Park’.  Professor Didi Dunphy and her class of 15 students have put together a park in the space of one car lot at the top of the parking deck. The project is part of Professor Dunphy’s Art X Hyper Media Class. This class brings art into unexpected places using methods not bound by regular media as forms of artistic expression. The idea is to shake up people’s interpretation of what art can be by using people, nature and structure as forms of social expression.

In coordination with and through the auspices of Athens Clark County Leisure Services, the park began its existence at 11 am this morning and will cease to exist at 5:30 pm this afternoon. They have italian ice popsicles, colas, and pb&j’s on a first-come-first-served basis. You can scribble art in the chalk graffiti square, play board games, or just relax in the park on one of two benches or on the astro-turf.

Be sure to take time between classes to visit this unique and ephemeral built space.

Hey everyone,

Just a reminder that the ‘Constructing in Fire-Managed Ecosystems’ lecture with Joe O’Brien is tonight at 6:30pm in 501/502 Caldwell Hall. Also, stop by the EGB table this afternoon if you are around Tate Center for the Earth Day event.

Happy Earth Day!

Kate

We’re tabling for the Earthday event right now on Tate Plaza. Come by and visit us. We should be around until 3pm.

Due to scheduling issues, we have postponed the lecture on Construction in Fire-Managed Ecosystems with Joe O’Brien scheduled for tomorrow at 283 Bar.  I will send out an email as soon as we have a date and time nailed down for next week.

Instead, we will be meeting at 7pm at Little Kings on Thursday, April 16 to plan for the rest of the semester and next year.  We will be discussing plans for the Cob Workshop and other events for this spring and summer, as well as planning for next fall.  If you are interested in getting more involved with EGB and you have ideas for the future, please join us Thursday for drinks and discussion.

Sorry for the confusion and hope to see you Thursday night at Little Kings!

Kate

UGA is one step GREENER!!!

With the success of The Green Initiative Fee, an informational meeting to discuss UGA and Athens Going Green will be held at 6:30 pm on Wed., April 22 in Rm 147 in the Miller Learning Center. The event is open to students, faculty and other members of the UGA community to learn more about conservation and recycling to help the planet. The meeting is expected to last 90 minutes.

The forum, which will continue with Earth Day’s theme of “It’s So Easy Being Green,” will highlight how simple it is to help the environment. The event will feature suggestions and solutions, as well as ways to become more involved.

There will be 6 panelists speaking on various GREEN issues around campus and Athens.  The panelists are:

• Andrew Lentini – UGA’s Recycling Coordinator
• Dr. Laurie Fowler – Director of Public Services and Special Programs at the Odum School
• Suki Jansen – Athens-Clarke County Waste Reduction Administrator
• Nancy Lindbloom - co-chair of Greenfest
• Mayor Heidi Davidson – Mayor of Athens-Clarke County
• Dick Field - Athens-Clarke County Environmental Coordinator

Audience members will be invited to ask questions and participate in discussion. Following the formal portion of the event, audience members will have the opportunity to personally interact and discuss issues with the panelists and each other.

The event is hosted by Dr. Lynn Sallot’s Public Relations Campaign class and is a part of the National Conversation of Climate Action.

(Thanks to Monica Padman for posting this email from Jill Martin about this event)