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Join the Campus Environmental Center and the UT Sustainability Network for a day of fun activities and tons of free goodies in celebration of Earth Day 2008!  On Tuesday, April 22nd from 10a.m. to 3p.m., we will have activities on the West Mall, McCombs School Patio, East Mall, and the FAC Atrium,  so take the time out of your day to give the Earth a hug!

The Campus Environmental Center will be celebrating its 5th year Anniversary on the West Mall with free cake and Sweet Leaf Tea!  Come learn about all our fantastic committees and how we have spent the last five years creating change and serving the UT campus.  Join in on one of our fun activites and win a prize or get yourself into a drawing for a refurbished laptop!  Or bring two recyclables -- plastic bottles, cans, ink, and plastic bags -- and get a free reusable tote bag!  SURGe and GREEN will also be joining the CEC on the West Mall for tabling fun!
 

The UT Sustainability Network will be on the East Mall with tables for 30 different organizations (to learn more about UTSN visit http://www.esi.utexas.edu/research/sustainability.html). Join them on Speedway to touch and feel an alternative vehicle, see Austin Green Art's exhibit, or learn how these groups are helping out UT and the environment:

Alien Scooters

Austin Energy and the City of Austin Air Quality Program

Austin Green Art

Center for Sustainable Development

Clean Air Force

Commute Solutions

Counseling and Mental Health Center

Diesel Green Fuels 

Division of Housing and Food

Environmental Health and Safety

Environmetal Science Institute

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Facilities Services

Hybrid E-bus

Landscape Services

LBJ Environmetal Group

National Wildlife Federation

Nursing School

Parking and Transportation Services

Texas Natural Gas Service

  
Net Impact Undergraduate will be hosting a Green Business Fair on the McCombs Plaza. Come learn about different corporations efforts to go green and other business practices with booths sponsored by the McCombs student organizations.

The Proposed Improvements to Speedway and East Mall will also be open for public viewing. Learn about UT's newest campus planning project from noon - 2p.m. in FAC 4.19 Atrium!!!  

At the end of the day, the Texas Union Student Events Center's Distinguished Speakers Committee will host an Earth Day presentation by Jack Hanna, Naturalist, Adventurer, and Director of the Columbus Zoo, at 7 pm in the Texas Union Ballroom.  LIVE EXOTIC ANIMALS will be incorporated into the presentation! Admission to the event is free.  A pass is required for admission but does not guarantee admission to the event (so arrive early!).  UT students, faculty, and staff may obtain passes from the Texas Union Student Events Center's Events and Info Desk (UNB 4.300) by presenting a UT ID.  Pass distribution will begin Tuesday, April 15, at 8 am (pass distribution weekdays 8 am-5 pm).