4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Van Jones with Rhosetta Rhodes

Van Jones is a TIME Magazine 2008 Environmental Hero, one of Fast Company’s 12 Most Creative Minds of 2008, and the New York Times Bestselling author of The Green Collar Economy (Harper One 2008). Jones was recently recruited to serve as a member of the Obama team. Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Dr. Wallace J. Nichols with Lindy Scott

Dr. Nichols has undertaken the task of reaching new constituencies with a positive and inclusive conservation message and building a network of like-minded people who share a commitment to maintaining abundant life in the oceans and on the coasts. Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

8 p.m.

Cinema Theme House

Wall-e

Film screening

7:30 p.m.

Spokane Community College's Lair Auditorium

Paul Roberts discusses "The End of Food"

As part of Spokane Community College's Speaker Series, best-selling author of "End of Oil," Paul Roberts turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic needs is failing dramatically. In this carefully researched account, Roberts identifies the forces that are undermining our capacity to produce food that is safe, nourishing, or adequate to meet the appetites of a rapidly growing population. In "The End of Food,"
readers will see not only how our food systems are breaking down, but how they can be put back on a sustainable course.

Hawthorne Hall 102

For more information about the presentation, contact Kathryn Picanco at kpicanco@whitworth.edu.

Ann Murphy Sustainability Presentation

Ann Murphy, Education Coordinator for the Spokane Regional Solid Waste System, will present information on Spokane's efforts to encourage sutainability in our community and envrionmental education for our youth.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Ray Anderson with Craig Hinnenkamp

Ray Anderson is the most successful visionary "green business" leader in America, founder and chairman of the environmentally groundbreaking company, Interface Inc. Anderson, was named one of TIME International’s Heroes for the Environment in 2007. Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

Centennial Trail

Contact Kaye Turner at Friends of the Centennial Trail to participate at: (509) 624-7188 or the day of the event (509) 999-3380

Bing Crosby Theater

$20 ($10 for students) Tickets will be given away at Wall-e screening and available first-come-first-served by e-mailing Dr. Van Inwegen at pvaninwegen@whitworth.edu.

Get Lit 2009

David Suzuki and William Dietrich come to Spokane to talk sustainability, earth justice and earth respect.

Community Room at Salem Lutheran Church, 1428 W Broadway, Spokane, WA 99201

For more information, please contact Felicia Reilly at faithandenvironment
@gmail.com or 294-3944.

FLOW

The Faith and Environment Network will be shoing the film "FLOW" about the World Water Crisis. "FLOW "highlights the problems regarding the world's dwindling water supply and the far reaching effects that coporate privatization of this resource is having on pullution and human rights. Kathy Cousin's from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game will also be speaking about her work with the restoration of the Pack River Delta on Lake Pend Orielle, an area devastated by erosion caused by the Albeni Falls Dam.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Eve Ensler with Jennifer Holsinger & Sajida Tabbara

Eve Ensler is the founder/artistic director of V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls, which has raised over 60 million dollars in 10 years, and is also the author of "Insecure At Last: Losing It in A Security Obsessed World." Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Dune Lankard with Jim McPherson

Dune Lankard is a native Athabaskan Eyak from the Copper River Delta of Alaska and was a commercial fisherman in Prince William Sound when the Exxon Valdez disaster made him an activist. One of Time magazine’s "Heroes of the Planet" and co-founder of the RED OIL Network . Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

Tue., April 21
4-5 p.m.

Weyerhaueser 111

Bike Commuting in Spokane

Eileen Hyatt of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington will lead an informational session about bicycle commuting. This will include tips for riding, being prepared, and the benefits of biking to work/school.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Janine Benyus with Mary Eagle

Janine Benyus is a natural sciences writer, innovation consultant, and author of six books, including her latest, "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature." In "Biomimicry," she names an emerging discipline that seeks sustainable solutions by emulating nature's designs and processes. Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

1-2:30 p.m. Bus leaves at 12:30 p.m.

Hixson Union Building (Rransportation provided, RSVP requested)

Tour of Spokane's Waste to Energy Plant

Tour Spokane's Regional Solid Waste Facility to see how garbage is burned and turned into energy. The tour will include outdoor environments (dress for weather) and everyone must have closed-toe shoes.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Paul Stamets with Lee Anne Chaney

Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds. He was named one of Utne Reader's "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World" in their November–December 2008 issue. His work was featured in the documentary film, "The 11th Hour." Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

11-2 p.m.

Finch Arboretum

Click here for schedule.

Whitworth University

Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference

The conference promotes original research coducted by students in a variety of disciplines. Presenation related to environmentalism and sustainability are offered throughout the day.

Sun., April 26
12-5 p.m.

Riverfront Park

Earth Day Celebration

The Riverfront Park Earth Day celebration has been happening since the early ’90’s. It is an event to get business, non-profits, charities and residents of Spokane together to get informed about helping our Earth with topics such as conservation, recycling, renewable energy uses, green businesses, protecting habitats and the animals that live in them and general information about our environment. Click here for more information.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Rebecca Moore with Katie Staudinger

Rebecca Moore conceived and now manages the Google Earth Outreach program, which supports nonprofits, communities and indigenous peoples in applying Google's mapping tools to pressing problems in areas such as environmental conservation, human rights, cultural preservation and sustainable societies. Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

8-1:30 p.m.

Spokane Community College

Spokane Youth Environmental Conference

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series David Orr with Patrick Van Inwegen

David W. Orr is chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College and an award-winning scholar and leader in the sustainability movement. Renowned for his pioneering work on environmental literacy and ecological design, he is the author of "The Last Refuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in an Age of Terror." Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

6-7:30 p.m.

Shadle Public Library, 2111 W. Wellesley

Bike Commuter Education Night

Topics will include: bicycle traffic skills seminar, route tips & maps, roadside repair and hands-on tire changing with North Division Bicycle Shop technician along with gear, clothing and lighting tips. Free prize drawings and refreshments. Sponsored by the Bicycle Alliance of Washington & North Division Bicycle Shop in support of Spokane's Bike to Work Week.

Transport leaves at 4 p.m. (get to farm at 5) 1 hour tour and return by 7 p.m.

Please RSVP to Dr. Van Inwegen at pvaninwegen
@whitworth.edu if you would like to take advantage of free transportation.

Visit "No Till" Farm

Visit the "no till" farm that uses sustainable practices to grow the grain that makes its way to the bread we eat in the dining hall.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Naomi Klein with Eric Sartell

Naomi Klein is an award-winning Canadian journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the highly influential, bestselling books: "No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies" and, most recently, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." Speaker Highlights from the 2006-08 Bioneers Conferences followed by facilitated disucssions.

Jefferson Elementary School

If you would like to volunteer to work at a table with families of students at Jefferson, please contact Kathryn Picanco at kpicanco@whitworth.edu

Jefferson Elementary School Environmental Education Family Science Night

Students grades K-6 will participate in Whitworth-led activities related to environmental education and sustainability. Attend or join in leading an activity!

Transport leaves at 4 p.m. (get to bakery at 4:30) 1 hour tour and return by 6 p.m.

Please RSVP to Dr. Van Inwegen at pvaninwegen
@whitworth.edu if you would like to take advantage of free transportation.

Hearthbread Bakehouse

Visit the Hearthbread Bakehouse which supplies the bread for Whitworth's dining hall.

4-5:30 p.m.

Weyerhaeuser 305

Celebrity Video Series Michael Pollan with Jim O'Brien

Michael Pollan is the author of "In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto," published in January, 2008, as well as "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post; and others. Pollan is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and is a Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley.