1 Go Local! See why buying local is all the rage on page 2. Day in the Life Ever wonder who provides all those local products in the grocery store and in our campus cafes? Meet one of Ames’ local farmers on page 3. Eating by Example ISU Din ing is buying local and organic produce for campus. Learn more about their Farm to /^h ĞīŽƌƚƐ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϰ VEISHEA Festivities See page 5 for ways you can Live Green! at VEISHEA. Live Green! Photo Gallery... page 6. LIVE GREEN! Monthly >ĞĂƌŶ ŵŽƌĞ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ >ŝǀĞ 'ƌĞĞŶ /ŶŝƟĂƟǀĞ Ăƚ ǁǁǁůŝǀĞŐƌĞĞŶŝĂƐƚĂƚĞĞĚƵ April 2011 What’s Inside: Issue 1 Volume 6 April 22 is Earth Day! ŚĞĐŬ ŽƵƚ ƉĂŐĞ ϰ for events taking place on campus and in the Ames community to celebrate ƚŚĞ ϰϭƐƚ anniversary of ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƚĞƌŶĂƟŽŶĂů Live Green holiday. Happy Earth Month! dŚŝƐ LJĞĂƌ ŵĂƌŬƐ ƚŚĞ ϰϭƐƚ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ĂƌƚŚ ĂLJ ůƚŚŽƵŐŚ ƚŚŝƐ ĞǀĞŶƚ ďĞŐĂŶ ĂƐ ŽŶĞ ĚĂLJ ŝƚ ŚĂƐ ƐLJƐƚĞŵĂƟĐĂůůLJ ŐƌŽǁŶ ŝŶƚŽ ĂŶ ĞŶƟƌĞ ŵŽŶƚŚ ŽĨ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĨŽĐƵƐĞĚ ŽŶ ĞŶƐƵƌŝŶŐ ŽƵƌ ĐŽůůĞĐƟǀĞ ŚŽŵĞƐ ŚĞĂůƚŚ ĂŶĚ ǁĞůůͲďĞŝŶŐ ĨŽƌ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶĞƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ĨŽůůŽǁ ƵƐ This is certainly true at Iowa State University. Just take a look at the Live Green! homepage and check out the Earth Week Calendar that Pantelis Korovilas (Live Green! Campus and Community Engagement Intern) has put to ŐĞƚŚĞƌ Ɛ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ƋƵŝĐŬůLJ ƐĞĞ ƚŚĞƌĞ ŝƐ ƐŽŵĞthing for everyone taking place during Earth ǁĞĞŬ Ɖƌŝů ϭϴͲϮϮ ,ĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ Ă ĨĞǁ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƚƐ ͻ 'Ğƚ LJŽƵƌ ďŝŬĞ ƚƵŶĞĚ ƵƉ ĐŽƵƌƚĞƐLJ ŽĨ KƵƚĚŽŽƌ ZĞĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ >ŝďƌĂƌLJ Lawn during Earth Day; ͻ Enjoy GREAT Earth Week specials from ISU Dining; ͻ Bring in your old books and swap them for new ones at the annual Green Umbrella Book Swap; ͻ Meet sustainability leaders from student ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶƐ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ĚĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ the community during the Earth Day Sus tainability Fair; ͻ dĂŬĞ ƉĂƌƚ ŝŶ ŶƵŵĞƌŽƵƐ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ĞĂƟŶŐ ŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ ďŝŬŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ Dh, ŵŽƌĞ Ăƚ tŚĞĂƚƐĮĞůĚ ŽŽƉĞƌĂƟǀĞ ͻ Sell and trade your outdoor gear at Jax KƵƚĚŽŽƌƐ 'ĞĂƌ ^ǁĂƉ ͻ Take advantage of FREE days from the City of Ames for garbage and yard waste; ͻ Join the BioBus Launch Party; And the list goes on and on. ISU and the ŵĞƐ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĂƌĞ ŚŽƐƟŶŐ ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƚŚĞ whole month of April (at VEISHEA too!) – ĂƌƚŚ ĂLJ ŚĂƐ ĐŽŵĞ Ă ůŽŶŐ ǁĂLJ ŝŶ ϰϭ LJĞĂƌƐ April is also a month when visions of fresh fruits and vegetables start dancing in our heads. This issue of Live Green! Monthly cel ĞďƌĂƚĞƐ ƚŚŝƐ ƟŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ ďLJ ŚŝŐŚůŝŐŚƟŶŐ ůŽĐĂů ĨŽŽĚ ĞīŽƌƚƐ Ăƚ /ŽǁĂ ^ƚĂƚĞ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ ŽŶĞ of Ames’ local producers. dĂŬĞ ƐŽŵĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŵŽŶƚŚ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĮŶĚ LJŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ĂƌƚŚ ĂLJ ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ ŝƚ ĚŽĞƐŶƚ ŚĂǀĞ to stop with one day or even one month. Earth Day can be any day and every day. /Ŷ ŐƌĞĞŶŶĞƐƐ Merry Rankin Director of Sustainability
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Go Local! See why buying local is all the rage on page 2.
Day in the Life Ever wonder who provides all those local products
in the grocery store and in our campus
cafes? Meet one of Ames’ local farmers
on page 3.
Eating by Example ISU Din-‐ing is buying local and organic produce for
campus. Learn more about their Farm to
VEISHEA Festivities See page 5 for ways you can Live Green! at
At a Glance: Stash the Trash and Earth Hour Iowa Staters and Ames residents bundled up and came out 1,000 strong to “Stash the Trash” on March 26. Together, they collected over four tons of trash!
After they were done “stashing,” ISUers took part in Earth Hour activities (focused on reducing energy use by turning off their lights) including
-pus. Thanks to everyone who helped make ISU and Ames cleaner and greener.