ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The Red Dragon, mascot of the SUNY College at Oneonta, will be wearing a different color during the week of April 19-24 as the College offers Green Dragon Week, a celebration of events related to Earth Day. The College will offer a series of concerts, speakers, films, and exhibits to inform people about the ecological crises facing the planet and to provide information on how to support the planet.
The events of Green Dragon Week will begin with an outdoor concert in the campus quad from noon until 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, sponsored by Rock to Cure and the Sigma Delta Tau sorority food drive.
A special presentation by Fred Stoss of The Climate Project, a nonprofit
organization with the mission of increasing public awareness of the climate
crisis at a grassroots level,
will address how college campuses can meet the challenges posed by global
warming. He will appear on Monday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the Red Dragon
Theatre of the Hunt College Union.
On Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, an Earth Day market will be held in the International Lounge of the Hunt College Union from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tracie Hall of the U.S. Green Building Council will speak at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, in the Craven Lounge of the Morris Conference Center.
Green Dragon Week is sponsored by the SUNY-Oneonta Green Team and Student
Association. More information on the week's events is available from
Joshua
Frye of the Communication Arts Department at (607) 436-3704 or fryejj@oneonta.edu.
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For more information about the College, please call the Community Relations Office at (607) 436-2748 or send e-mail to Carol Blazina, Vice President for Community Relations.SUNY College at Oneonta - Ravine Parkway - Oneonta, NY 13820 - 607.436.3500
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