The Earth Centre is proud to be a partner in GREENFEST, a campus-wide celebration of sustainability at Queen’s, from March 4th to March 8th.
Its 5 themed days – Energy & Climate, Waste Diversion, Food & Water, Transportation, and Sustainability Education – provide participants with 5 ways to live more sustainably
both on campus and at home.
We are hosting events throughout the week, so be sure to check out some of the green action!
More information on the greenfest website
Looking for credits with a focus on sustainability?
Steven Moore, from Queen’s School of Business and the School of Environmental Studies, is offering three exciting courses in the very near future. Take Environmental Policy in Costa Rica this May; Field School in Sustainability Leadership at the castle this summer; and Sustainability Strategies and Practices here at Queen’s this fall.
Click on the course-descriptions for more information!
The Earth Centre will be hosting a book exchange on the ground floor of the Queen’s Centre (aka ARC) this Thursday, October 18th.
The concept is simple: take a book, leave a book. Just exchange a book you don’t want anymore for a “new-to-you” book that someone else doesn’t want!
If you wish, you are also to drop off any books you may have in advance of the exchange at the Earth Centre store. Any and all books are welcome!
P.S. There will be treats!
We are opening for the fall semester on Monday, September 17th!
As usual, our hours are 10-5 Monday to Friday. Come visit our location on the 3rd floor of the Queen’s Centre (just above CoGro); the room number is 3-A607.
Come check out our sustainable products and amazing library!
If you are interested in spending a bit more quality time in the Earth Centre, volunteering may be right up your alley! Applications are due on Friday, September 21st.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/
See you soon!
Hey Everyone
Just a heads up about the Earth Centre 2nd Annual Book Exchange which is scheduled to take place Thursday, March 1st on the 1st floor of the Queen’s Centre. We’ll be setting up camp at a table there all day (10am-5pm). We’re taking book donations now so please visit the Earth Centre either this week (Feb 14-17) or the week following reading week (Feb 27-Feb 29). Our hours, to remind you, are 10am-5pm on weekdays.
You don’t need to donate books to take your own! (But the system works better if we have a good collection of books!)
Shoot us off an email if you have any questions or are looking to get involved!
EC Exec
Hey All!
Earth Centre applications are online this year and here’s the link! The more, the merrier so don’t hesitate to spend a few minutes doing the application & becoming part of our team!
The application is due by Sunday, Sept 18.
We’re looking to open the week of Sept 12 so stay tuned and stop by!
See you this week for Queen’s in the Park (Sept 7) and Sidewalk Sale (Sept 9). Details on previous post.
Peace out.
Alaya & Sarah
Co-Chairs 2011-12
Hi Everyone!
The annual influx of students has hit Kingston and the Earth Centre is very excited to meet the new people and catch up with the old! Here’s a heads up about some things going on this week and an update on volunteer applications.
Hello Friends,
You’d never guess it by the chilly weather, but spring is here (almost)! With that we thought we’d hit you with some updates:
1.) Modified Earth Centre Hours
We’re absolutely 100% open this week during our usual hours from 10-5 M-F and hope to see all your lovely faces to stock up for the coming month. To keep our library and products accessible, we’re going to be open from 10-5 until Friday April 15th. After that, the Earth Centre will be closing its doors for the 2010-2011 year. Sad. So be sure to come by and say hello/goodbye before the penthouse of the ARC quiets down!
2.) Book Exchange–Success!
Big thank you to all who participated in our first Book Exchange. It was an awesome event and we’re already getting stoked about possibilities for next year. Also, thanks/high fives to Alaya (Education Exec now, incoming External Co-Chair) for suggesting the idea and putting it together. Way to go!
3.) Kingston Sustainability Partnership!
We’re now an official community partner with the city of Kingston’s Sustainability Plan! Alright! Basically, what that means is we’re into what they’re doing and they’re digging what we’re up to. For more info on that process and the exact steps we outlined for the folks over at the city feel free to shoot an email or come by the Earth Centre. We’re pretty excited about this.
4.) Volunteers 2010-2011
Thank you thank you thank you! The Earth Centre couldn’t run without you all! I think I speak for all the Exec when I say that we really enjoyed getting to know all of you and loved the input/energy and commitment you all had this year. That being said, I’d love to see you this Friday at the social/volunteer appreciation. You all rock.
5.) Comment Box
There’s a newly added comment box in the Earth Centre for anyone to slip in a concern/suggestion/question. Totally anonymous and homemade. Alright!
6.) Library Updates
For all the library members out there with book still; please get them back to us by the 15th! We’ll start to hunt you down next week! On another note, if you’re finding that you have a lot of extra time on your hands, be sure to come by and check out the library. We got a pile of new books in earlier this week from the fabulous Alan from Transition Kingston.
Thanks again for a great year. Looking forward to seeing the Earth Centre take off in 2011-2012 to new, soaring and green heights.
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Annie and Jenna
Earth Centre Co-Chairs
2010-2011
Hey Everyone,
Greetings Earthlings,
We have an exciting side project that we are taking on that would benefit from having a few of you awesome volunteers helping us! The project is with a fourth year health project who has to implement a program and they have chosen to implement a sustainability program at the Boys and Girls Club. We are working with them to make an interactive education session to teach the kids there about the connection between their actions and the environment. We are looking for a few people to help create the session, so essentially making a lesson plan, figuring out all the logistics and then teaching it to the kids. The actual session will happen at 6:30- 7:30 on Monday, March 7th at the Boys and Girls Club, which is north of Princess on Bagot. If anyone wants to help with any portion of this project that would be much appreciated! This is great opportunity to get more involved with the Earth Centre and with the Kingston community, especially for those who unfortunately aren’t on the schedule and want to get more involved! Most of the work would happen the first week back from reading week, as the session will be on the following Monday and it probably would be maybe 3-5 hours of work. Taking this into consideration with your busy schedules, anyone who has time and wants to help or anyone who has any ideas can send me(Sarah) an email at my own email, 7si4(at)queensu.ca, and I will get back to you to get things rolling!
Enjoy the rest of your break!
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The Earth Centre