SHARE THE EARTH is a series of earth-friendly events that takes place in the UWM Union during the academic year.
All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.
Union: Share The Earth
Earth Week in the Union
Monday through Friday, April 22-26
Throughout the Union and Spaights Plaza
April 22, 2013 is the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day, a national celebration founded by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970. Join Union Programming, the Environmental Sustainability Committee and UWM's Office of Sustainability in a week-long celebration of Mother Earth. All events are FREE and open to the public. Come Share the Earth during Earth Week!
Monday, April 22
Earth Day Runway with Madam Chino and Friends - Local designer (and UWM alumna!) Madam Chino returns to UWM for Earth Week with a new collection of recycled fashion. Drumming by De La Buena.
12pm and 12:30pm – Concourse
Bike Safety checks - It's FINALLY getting warm! Pull out your bike and bring it over to make sure it's road worthy!
1-4pm – Spaights Plaza
Tuesday, April 23
Food Day and Hooping for Hoop Houses - 12-2pm – Spaights Plaza (bad weather location - lobby of the UWM Theater, between the Art and Music buildings)
Food Day - It's all about food today at UWM! Community food organizations and campus food partners will be tabling with information about the great work being done on our campus and in the city to get everyone fresh, healthy, local food. Community organizations are open to internships with students, so if you're looking for a summer opportunity that helps people eat healthier food, there could be an organization present here for you to work with!
Hooping for Hoop Houses - A fun, high energy event! Hula hoopers will compete to see who can hoop the longest. Sponsors have pledged per minute to raise money for a hoop house on UWM's campus so we can compost, diverting food waste from the waste stream and building our soil for the campus gardens. Come watch the show! If you want to hoop, contact Laura Stevens at steven73@uwm.edu.
Wednesday, April 24
A Celebration of Women Environmentalists - Don't miss this display, highlighting the work being done by some of the amazing women environmentalists in the Milwaukee area.
All day - Union Concourse
Reception for filmmaker Jenny Deller - Join us to welcome Ms. Deller, whose film, Future Weather, will have its Milwaukee premiere in the Union Theatre at 7pm.
5:30-7pm - Union Art Gallery
Milwaukee Premiere of Future Weather - This new film tells the story of a young woman whose concerns about the environment reflect her larger concerns about the future. Outstanding performances by Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor and newcomer Perla Haney-Jardine.
7pm – Union Theatre
Thursday, April 25
Green Eggs and Ham – Join us on the Union Concourse for a good breakfast made from local foods. Take a tour and see what UWM is doing to be sustainable!
8:30-10:30am – Concourse
Photographs from the Alternative Spring Break Trip to Asheville, NC - Participants who did service work while on Alternative Spring Break in Asheville, NC share their beautiful photographs of the environment.
All day - Concourse
Friday, April 26
Eco-friendly crafts and planting with the COAST leaders - The Neighborhood Housing Office is sponsoring a day of eco-friendly crafts, planting herbs in reusable containers.
11am-1:30pm - Concourse (Spaights Plaza, if the weather is beautiful)
Photographs from the Alternative Spring Break Trip to Asheville, NC - Participants who did service work while on Alternative Spring Break in Asheville, NC share their beautiful photographs of the environment.
All day - Concourse
And more!
Catch this video of an Earth Day Runway Show
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Future Weather
Share the Earth Environmental Film Series
Wed., April 24 7pm
Filmmaker Jenny Deller in attendance!
When her single mom runs off to California, 13-year-old Laudurée, a passionate environmentalist, clings to her rural home and a carbon sequestration experiment. But her grandmother Greta, a caustic nurse, has other plans. Thrust together, the two women must learn to trust each other in the face of an uncertain future. Featuring outstanding performances by Amy Madigan and newcomer Perla Haney-Jardine, Future Weather is a coming-of-age drama about saying goodbye to what we love and leaping into the unknown.
Read this review in Variety
For more information, visit futureweathermovie.com
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Chasing Ice
Share the Earth Environmental Film Series
Wed., May 8 7pm
Chasing Ice is the story of one man’s mission to change the tide of history by gathering undeniable evidence of our changing planet. Within months of his first, eye-opening trip to Iceland, National Geographic photographer, James Balog, conceived the boldest expedition of his life: The Extreme Ice Survey. With a band of young adventurers in tow, Balog began deploying revolutionary time-lapse cameras across the brutal Arctic to capture a multi-year record of the world’s changing glaciers.
Winner of the Sundance Film Festival 2012 Excellence in Cinematography Award (U.S. Documentary) and the Full Frame 2012 Environmental Award.
Read this review by Roger Ebert
For more information, visit chasingice.com
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Share the Earth brings discussion of environmental issues into a variety of disciplines so that students across the academic spectrum feel they can take environmental action. Annual events include the Green Student Information Fair, which takes place in September, and Earth Week, a week of themed-events set in conjunction with Earth Day – April 22 – near the end of each academic year. The Share the Earth Environmental Film Series is a monthly series of free screenings that takes place on selected Wednesdays in the UWM Union Theatre. In addition to films and informational events, this series also presents a varied schedule each year that has included art exhibitions, live music, speakers, theatrical performances, as well as health and nutrition events. Share the Earth collaborates with student organizations, Union and campus departments, community organizations and others to present a wide array of events that engage the UWM campus community in environmental stewardship and activism. To learn more about sustainability at UWM, visit the UWM Office of Sustainability's website.