Earth Day 2000 Conference
Sponsored by SAN & OUr Earth
 

Conference Schedule
Registration Forms
Location & Maps
Announcements
Contact Information

Other Earth Week Events:

IMF Protest/Groovefest Schedule
Earth Week Festival
 


Earth Day 2000 Conference
Saturday, April 22nd, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

All conference events will be held in the Phyiscal Sciences Building across the street from Goddard Health Center--see the maps page for directions.  Please come to the registration table inside Physical Sciences (look for signs) the day of the conference for event locations.  For more information about individual events, click on the links below.

Main conference events:
 
Time: Event #1: Event #2: Event #3:
9:00-10:00 a.m. Registration
10:00-10:45 a.m. "Campaign Finance Reform"
Gail Poole,
Oklahoma Citizens for Campaign Finance Reform
"Intro to GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)"
Mary Johnston,
Student Action Network
11:00-11:45 a.m. "Confined Animal Feeding Operations in Oklahoma"
Kathy Martin,
Sierra Club 
"Becoming Informed on the Internet"
Todd Walker,
Student Action Network
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch--Please support our local businesses by patronizing them!
1:30-2:15 p.m. "Politics of Saving the Planet"
Nathaniel Batchelder,
Peace House Director
"Simple Living"
Diane Fitzsimmons
2:30-3:15 p.m. "Sustainable Agriculture"
John Blevins,
Owner--Vision of Paradise Organic Farm
"Ending the Death Penalty"
Kevin Acers, Jim Fowler & Jonnie Carter,
Oklahoma Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
3:30-5:00 p.m. Keynote speaker:
Kevin Danaher,
Global Exchange Director
5:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner--Please support our local businesses by patronizing them!
7:00 p.m. Movie: "The Big One"--Michael Moore

All sessions still subject to change in time and location.


 

Advance conference registration:

There is no cost to register or attend the conference, but we are asking for donations if you can help.  We encourage everyone to register in advance so that we know how many people will be attending.  Any information you list on the registration form will be kept strictly confidential--it is simply for our own records in case we decide to do a conference again next year.

There are two registration forms: one for groups and one for individuals & families.  Anyone interested in having a display table at the conference should complete the proper section on a registration form.  Please click on the appropriate link below to view the registration form:
   
Individual registration form
Group registration form


 

Sunday, April 16th--IMF Protest/Groovefest Schedule:
 
Time: Band:
11:00--11:45 a.m. Protest Against the International Monetary Fund & World Bank--part of a national day of action against the IMF & World Bank
12:00 p.m. Bridge Road Caravan
1:00 p.m. Shanupa
2:00 p.m. The Golden Eggs
3:00 p.m. Pistol Arrows
4:00 p.m. Joseph Parsons
5:00 p.m. Jahruba
6:00 p.m.  D-Lux Vortex
7:00 p.m.  Jimijank

*For more information on the purpose and history of Groovefest, check out the OU Amnesty International home page: http://www.ou.edu/student/amnesty/


 

Earth week events schedule:
 
Day: Time: Event: Location:
Thursday, April 20th 10:00 a.m.-12 p.m. Solar car (and possibly the Honda Insight) on display OU South Oval
Thursday, April 20th 12:00-1:30 p.m. Free vegetarian buffet  Jim Thorpe Multicultural Center
Friday, April 21st 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Critical Mass Bike Ride--
sponsored by OUr Earth
OU South Oval


 

Announcements:

Latest Update:

We have confirmed most of our speakers for sessions.  What we primarily need help with now is publicity and fundraising.  Contact us if you are interested!

General Information:

The bulk of the workshops will be led by students and local community members.  We have confirmed Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange as a keynote speaker.

Anyone interested in helping with ANY aspect of the conference, please read the following:

We'd like to thank our financial sponsors:

Sierra Student Coalition
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environment
Oklahoma Citizens for Campaign Finance Reform
Central Oklahoma Green Party
Marjorie Greer
Richard Morris
Charles & Lyntha Wesner


 

Contacts:

Robert Zike, Webmaster  366-1272  rzike@yahoo.com
Anthony Nguyen, President of OUr Earth  325-2393  straysheep@ou.edu
Del Johnson, President of SAN  307-0954  efjohnson@ou.edu
Mary Johnston, Deposed SAN President  579-3788  klausfluoride@ou.edu


 

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