OUr Earth http://ourearth.ou.edu Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:38:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Norman Fair Trade and OU Geography Department http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/11/norman-fair-trade-and-ou-geography-department/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/11/norman-fair-trade-and-ou-geography-department/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:18:38 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=187 Norman Fair Trade and OU Department of Geography will host speaker Manish Gupta, founder of Handmade Expressions, at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Monday, Nov. 16. Gupta will speak about his business, which sells Fair Trade certified products, and what Fair Trade has meant to him and Handmade Expressions.

The event will start at 6 p.m. with an involvement fair featuring OUr Earth, Student Organization for Fair Trade, Norman Sustainability Network and the Physical Plant. For more information on Gupta and his business, visit www.handmadeexpressions.net.

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]]> http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/11/ou-recycling-facilities-tour/feed/ OUr Earth Meeting 11/04/09 http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/11/our-earth-meeting-110409/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/11/our-earth-meeting-110409/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:04:57 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=175
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News 11/02/09

OUr Earth meeting Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8 PM in Gaylord Hall 2030

Norman Fair Trade Events

Norman Fair Trade : Monday, November 16, 2009 Norman Fair Trade and the Department of Geography are bringing Manish Gupta founder of Handmade Expression to the Sam Noble Museum to talk about his business and what Fair Trade has meant in his business.  The event will start at 6 PM with an involvement fair with the following
organizations:

OUr Earth
Student Organization for Fair Trade (SOFT)
Norman Sustainability Network
Physical Plant

I hope you can mark your calendars for this amazing event and we will be needing people to volunteer to help chalk and get flyers up around campus. If you have an interest please email me back at tagyourit@ou.edu.nd the OU Geography Department will be hosting

Crimson & Green

If you have yet to sign up for this event please do so by going to ou.edu/green and making your commitment today.  Every student, faculty, and staff that signs up, OU will give $2 towards the recycling program to buy more recycle bins in the Spring 2010 semester. If you are interested in hearing more about this and would like someone to come and talk about it at your chapter meetings or club meetings please contact Chris Applegate at tagyourit@ou.edu
If you are able to help volunteer for tabling on November 12, 2009 from 10 AM to 1:30 PM to support more Crimson & Green commitments please go to this Doodle to sign up for a time. We will be tabling indoors next to Crossroads. We rally want to get as many people signed up as possible.

ReEnergize Oklahoma
November 21st, 2009 in the Science lab building on the University of Central Oklahoma campus
The ReEnergize Oklahoma Summit, a statewide youth gathering on clean energy, sustainability and climate change.  A day of inspiration, learning and networking with other students from around the state.
At the summit you’ll learn grassroots organizing skills that will help you become an even better leader on your campus and in your community.  We’ll have some of Oklahoma’s most influential experts, thinkers, and doers on energy and the environment that can answer your questions, and help you take ideas back to your campus and communities.
With your help, the summit will lead to a better organized and energized network of Oklahoma energy and environmental organizers, activists, and advocates that can affect change on a larger scale. If you would like to attend please click on the following link.
For more information contact Eric Pollard, 405.844.3226, ewpollard@gmail.com
Student Activist Network

If you are interested in joining the Student Activist Network at OU and find out what kind of activist events are taking place around campus, join this group.
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RAISE YOUR VOICE | Copenhagen 2010

Bring your voice to the world leaders at COP15 – the most important climate change conference in a decade. As nations seek an agreement to protect the world we want your views from across the spectrum. OUr Earth will be participating with 1Sky’s art campaign. We will have a bed sheet and paint to make our voice heard on Capitol Hill and around the world. We will be doing this activity at our November 18th meeting.  Make sure you are thinking of some amazing creative ideas.

Facilitating African Rehabilitation
Matt Mead, President of FAR has requested a partnership with OUr Earth in supporting their end of the semester book drive through Better Well Books.  FAR will be collecting books during the end of the semester to donate to Better Well Books to help with literacy around the world, especially in Africa.
Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than two million new and used titles in stock, they are a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders.
For more information please contact matt.mead@ou.edu.
Important Dates:

~ OUr Earth Meeting Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Gaylord Hall 2030
~  NFT Handmade Expression talk November 16, 2009 6 PM to 8 PM Sam Noble Museum
Community Garden
OUr Earth will be setting up a committee to begin working on this idea and move forward with it. If you are interested in this please contact Danny Terlip at willywonka@ou.edu
This is a really exciting idea that we would like to get organized and get some logistics worked out so that we can continue to move forward with this idea.
This weeks events:

* Reproductive Rights Week: Nov. 2-6
With a complete list of all events at:

* Nov. 3rd: Dr. Carol Mason: House Bill 1595 as Guerrilla Legislation
4:30-6:00pm @ Meacham Auditorium, OMU
“Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women) — Presidents, Supreme Court justices, legislators, lobbyists — but freedoms won, as freedom always is, by people struggling on their own behalf.” - Katha Pollitt

Dr. Carol Mason, Author of Killing for Life and Director of the Gender Studies Program at Oklahoma State University, will be on campus Tuesday, November 3rd to give a public lecture about anti-choice legislation in Oklahoma.

* Nov. 5th: Mary Todd Lincoln: A Revisionist Portraiture
10:00-11:00am @ Women’s and Gender Studies Library, 5th Floor Physical Sciences
University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences presents a free public presentation:
Mary Todd Lincoln: A Revisionist Portraiture” by Jean Baker
- Dr. Baker is the Bennet-Hardwood Professor of History at Goucher College. She is the author of eight books and numerous articles on politics in the years surrounding the civil war.
- For more information or accommodations on the basis of disability, contact Ben Keppel at bkeppel@ou.edu

* Nov. 6th: Pro-Choice Rally at the OK State Capitol!
12:00pm-3:00pm @ Oklahoma State Capitol – South Plaza
College students from across the state are taking a stand on Oklahoma’s newest abortion law, enacting the Statistical Abortion Reporting Act. In a response to this legislation, we are organizing a pro-choice rally at the OK State capitol to PROTEST House Bill 1595.
The legislation, H.B 1595, is a new provision on Oklahoma abortion laws that now requires an official record and reporting system of all abortions occurring within the state. Women’s personal and private information will be posted on a public website. This law blatantly violates women’s reproductive rights and privacy.
Check the link for more about the event.

* Nov. 5th: Healthcare: Universal Right or Economic Disaster?
6:00pm-9:00pm @ Dale Hall, Rm 128
The OU Economics Club is hosting a series of brief presentations by three speakers followed by questions and a discussion with the audience. The three speakers are:
Professor Donald Bogan, OU Law School: specializing in health law and consumer insurance legal issues
Professor Jennifer Graves, OU Department of Economics: specializing in the economics of care for the elderly and labor economics
Professor Steven Mattachione, OU Health Science Center: a specialist in managing healthcare facilities and systems
FREE FOOD AND DRINKS PROVIDED!

* Nov. 5th: “The Age of Stupid” Screening
7:00-8:30pm @ Wagner Hall Room 235
Come watch “The Age of Stupid” put on by the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity for National Service Week. This year’s theme is the environment so we’re showing a film about climate change. To see the trailer for it, just follow this link:

There will be free fair trade/organic snacks!!!
Invite all your friend and people from other organizations!

* Nov. 5th: OU College Republicans Tea Party
6pm-7pm @ The Norman Public Library
- Tea and refreshments will be provided!! Attendance is free but donations will gladly be accepted, and we’ll be having a silent auction bake sale! Anyone can come as it is open to the community, this is not your typical Tea Party.
- Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the party starts at 6 p.m.!
- We will listen to students and speakers as conservatives come together to enjoy a cup of tea, the way our Founding Fathers intended it.
- Tea attire is recommended.

Links:

]]> http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/11/our-earth-meeting-110409/feed/ Be Inspired Call OBAMA TODAY!!! http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/be-inspired-call-obama-today/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/be-inspired-call-obama-today/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:31:07 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=168

Call or write to the President:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Please include your e-mail address
Phone Numbers

Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
FAX: 202-456-2461

http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact

Tell President Obama that he needs to attend the Copenhagen Climate talks this December and to make sure they pass a bold treaty.

]]> http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/be-inspired-call-obama-today/feed/ OUr Earth News 10/23/09 http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/ne/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/ne/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:54:05 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=160 International Day of Climate Action THIS SATURDAY

For 20 years the world has managed to do very little about the greatest problem it’s ever faced. In three days time, you can help change that–and if you step up you’re going to have a lot of company!


It looks like the International Day of Climate Action this Saturday October 24th will be the single most widespread day of political action the planet has ever seen–we’re closing in on 170 nations, and more than 4,000 rallies and events. There is an event happening right here in Norman on the corner of Sante Fe and Main Street (next to Native Roots)  Link to Event. The event will take place from 10 AM to 12 PM.

There will be a Bike Decorating Contest and Ride so come with a decked out bike this saturday.  We will also have prizes.  Asia Scudder will also be doing a discussion about climate change and the looming water crisis.  We will also be taking a group photo and on Monday 350.org will be showing photos from across the world in Times Square in New York City.  This is a huge movement happening around the world and here in Norman we have a chance to take a part in this world wide movement.

People in all those cities and towns all around the world will be saying the same thing: science tells us that we can’t have more than 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere if we want a planet like the one we were born onto. That sounds complicated, but it isn’t–350 is the bottom line for the earth.

President Obama is scheduled to give a major climate speech on Friday, and the Senate is set to hold hearings on its global warming bill on Tuesday 1. This will be one of the last best chances to make the support for much stronger efforts unmistakably loud and clear. Our efforts this weekend will be doing double duty–helping with the fight in Copenhagen and also on Capitol Hill.

Facilitating African Rehabilitation

Matt Mead, President of FAR has requested a partnership with OUr Earth in supporting their end of the semester book drive through Better Well Books.  FAR will be collecting books during the end of the semester to donate to Better Well Books to help with literacy around the world, especially in Africa.

Better World Books collects and sells books online to fund literacy initiatives worldwide. With more than two million new and used titles in stock, they are a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that creates social, economic and environmental value for all our stakeholders.

For more information please contact matt.mead@ou.edu.
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Important Dates:

~ OUr Earth Meeting Wednesday, November 4, 2009 in Gaylord Hall 2030
~  NFT Handmade Expression talk November 16, 2009 6 PM to 8 PM Sam Noble Museum

Community Garden

OUr Earth is currently looking for an entergetic student that would be interested in leading our community garden committee. This is a new idea that students would like to pursue and get started.  If you are interested in this please let Chris Applegate know at tagyourit@ou.edu.

This is a really exciting idea that we would like to get organized and get some logistics worked out so that we can continue to move forward with this idea.
Norman Fair Trade Events

Norman Fair Trade will be hosting Gas-Free Friday on October 23, 3009 in two locations. One of the locations will be Cafe Plaid from 8 AM to 11 AM and the second locations will be at Native Roots from 9 AM to 11 AM.  Norman Fair Trade will be offering free Fair Trade coffee courtesy of Elemental Coffee Roasters and Primacafe.  I hope you can grab your bike that day and enjoy the beautiful weather and some free Fair Trade coffee.


Monday, November 16, 2009 Norman Fair Trade and the Department of Geography are bringing Manish Gupta founder of Handmade Expression to the Sam Noble Museum to talk about his business and what Fair Trade has meant in his business.  The event will start at 6 PM with an involvement fair with the following
organizations:

OUr Earth
Student Organization for Fair Trade (SOFT)
Norman Sustainability Network
Physical Plant

I hope you can mark your calendars for this amazing event and we will be needing people to volunteer to help chalk and get flyers up around campus. If you have an interest please email me back at tagyourit@ou.edu.

Crimson & Green

If you have yet to sign up for this event please do so by going to ou.edu/green and making your commitment today.  Every student, faculty, and staff that signs up, OU will give $2 towards the recycling program to buy more recycle bins in the Spring 2010 semester. If you are interested in hearing more about this and would like someone to come and talk about it at your chapter meetings or club meetings please contact Chris Applegate at tagyourit@ou.edu

If you are able to help volunteer for tabling on October 28, 2009 from 10 AM to 1 PM to support more Crimson & Green commitments please go to this Doodle to sign up for a time.

ReEnergize Oklahoma

November 21st, 2009 in the Science lab building on the University of Central Oklahoma campus

The ReEnergize Oklahoma Summit, a statewide youth gathering on clean energy, sustainability and climate change.  A day of inspiration, learning and networking with other students from around the state.

At the summit you’ll learn grassroots organizing skills that will help you become an even better leader on your campus and in your community.  We’ll have some of Oklahoma’s most influential experts, thinkers, and doers on energy and the environment that can answer your questions, and help you take ideas back to your campus and communities.

With your help, the summit will lead to a better organized and energized network of Oklahoma energy and environmental organizers, activists, and advocates that can affect change on a larger scale. If you would like to attend please click on the following link.

For more information contact Eric Pollard, 405.844.3226, ewpollard@gmail.com


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]]> http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/inspirational-video-from-rio-earth-summit-1992/feed/ ReEnergize Oklahoma http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/reenergize-oklahoma/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/reenergize-oklahoma/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:42:53 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=152 November 21st, 2009 in the Science lab building on the University of Central Oklahoma campus.

The ReEnergize Oklahoma Summit, statewide youth gathering on clean energy, sustainability and climate change. A day of inspiration, learning and networking with other students from around the state.

At the summit you’ll learn grassroots organizing skills that will help you become an even better leader on your campus and in your community. We’ll have some of Oklahoma’s most influential experts, thinkers, and doers on energy and the environment that can answer your questions, and help you take ideas back to your campus and communities.

With your help, the summit will lead to a better organized and energized network of Oklahoma energy and environmental organizers, activists, and advocates that can affect change on a larger scale.

If you would like to help or attend please sign up free of charge.

For more information contact Eric Pollard, 405.844.3226, ewpollard@gmail.com

]]> http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/reenergize-oklahoma/feed/ OUr Earth Meeting 10/21/09 http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/our-earth-meeting-102109/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/our-earth-meeting-102109/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:47:00 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=150 Meeting tonight at 8 PM in Gaylord 2030.

We will be discussing many amazing opportunity to get involved and make a difference.

]]> http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/our-earth-meeting-102109/feed/ Volunteers Needed http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/volunteers-needed/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/volunteers-needed/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:36:36 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=147 If you would like to support the Crimson & Green Commitment and get more students signed up please let me know what times you are available to work a table on the South Oval or Union.

Thanks,

Chris

]]> http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/volunteers-needed/feed/ OUr Earth Meeting 10/6/09 http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/our-earth-meeting-10609/ http://ourearth.ou.edu/2009/10/our-earth-meeting-10609/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:39:24 +0000 chris http://ourearth.ou.edu/?p=145 We will be having a meeting tonight in Gaylord Hall 2030 at 8 PM.

Agenda:

- SDS Support
- Crimson & Green
- Speakers
- October 24 Day of Action
- ReEnergize Oklahoma
- Community Garden
- Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act
- Norman Fair Trade

I hope to see everyone there.

Chris

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