Monday, April 15th 

BIKE TO SCHOOL WEEK KICKOFF

We will be meeting @ 8am at Livermorium Plaza Downtown daily for a group ride to LPC. Decrease your carbon footprint by pledging to bike to Las Positas for one day or for the whole week! Sign the pledge here, and we will put your name on the Las Positas Goes Green webpage as a Climate Champion!

GET YOUR FREE RAPID/WHEELS BUS PASS

Any student, faculty, or staff member at Las Positas College is able to ride the Rapid and Wheels buses for FREE at any time with an LPC ID. To obtain your LPC ID with your photo, visit the Admissions and Records Office located in Building 1600 on the 2nd floor.

Tuesday, April 16th

CaMPUS TREE MEASURING EVENT

Trees help stop climate change by storing carbon from the atmosphere. By measuring the circumference of tree trunks, we can determine how much carbon is being stored by the trees on the Las Positas campus. All materials and training will be provided! Bring comfortable shoes, as we will be walking throughout campus.

Time: 9am to 12pm

Location: Meet in room 1061

Facilitated by: Las Positas Students for Environmental Action (LPSEA)

Wednesday, April 17th

Climate solutions fair

Join us for the third annual Las Positas Climate Solutions Fair! There has never been a more crucial time to talk about climate change and our collective impact. Come learn about solutions to the climate crisis through interactive presentations given by Las Positas professors, student clubs, and voices from the greater community.

Time: 11am to 2pm

Location: Las Positas Promenade, Between Bulding 1000/Mertes Center

Facilitators: Tri Valley Air Quality and Climate Alliance, Horticulture Club,  Las Las Positas Climate Action Faculty, Psychology Club, Anthropology Club.

Thursday, April 18th

Enviornmental Doc Film Screening

"Just Eat It" (2015)

Time: 12 to 2pm

Location: Cafeteria 

Friday, April 19th

 

tour of Lpc's new horticulture center

Come get a tour of the new state of the art horticulture building on campus! The new facility includes a classroom, greenhouse, shade structure, growing grounds and an orchard area. 

Time: 1 to 2pm

Location: Meet in front of the new Horticulture Center, Building 3300

Facilitated by: Las Positas Horticulture Team

Tree planting ceremony

 Join the Horticulture department in bringing a new life to campus!

Time: 2pm to 3pm

Location: Horticulture, 3300

Facilitators: Las Positas Horticulture department

Saturday, April 20nd

Living Arroyos Cleanup Day with Dublin Pride

Volunteer with Living Arroyos for a cleanup at Tassajara creek from 8am to 12pm, sign up.

Additional Earth Week Resources

Chabot-Las Positas Sustainability Training

Online Sustainability Training!

 

Please contact the Chabot-Las Positas Climate Action Faculty Coordinator with any questions or comments:

Mike Ansell, Chemistry or Dan Cearley, Anthropology

mansell@laspositascollege.edu or dcearley@laspositascollege.edu