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Sustainability Day 2024
October 17 at 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join us at the Student Commons next to the Donaghey Student Center to celebrate Sustainability Day 2024! Sustainability Day is an opportunity to celebrate and cultivate choices for sustainable living that lead to healthy environments, economies, and societies.
Vendors
AMCR Creations (glass artwork)
Armored Art (weaves)
Bright & Bone (crystals)
CALS (Central Arkansas Library System)
City of Little Rock Sustainability
Forever Flowers (Jewelry)
Fortune Francos (wickless soy candles)
Friends of Fourche Creek
Goodwill Industries of Arkansas
The Green Hare Bakery (homemade baked goods)
Harley and Charlie Creations (dog treats and supplies)
Karen Palmer (crafts)
Keep Little Rock Beautiful
Lone Cabin Coffee (gourmet coffee)
Meadowcliff Honey (locally grown honey and live bee exhibit)
Melba Peach Candle Company (homemade candles)
Murder Farm Hot Sauce
Sacred Earth Gifts (crystals, healing minerals)
Sad Girl Craft Co. (handmade gifts and accessories)
Shevelkin Designs LLC (crochet items)
Short Weaver Studio (watercolor paintings and earrings)
Southern Twisted Tea (sweet tea with a fruit twist)
The Fortunate Mushroom (mushrooms and mushroom kits)
UA Little Rock Career Services
UA Little Rock Campus Garden
UA Little Rock Wellness and Intramural Sports
WildAster Creative (handmade items using iron oxides and earth pigments)
Last but not least, Maximus, our intrepid Trojan mascot, will make a special appearance!
Schedule of Events
Earthquake Drill
An earthquake drill will occur at 10:17 a.m. as part of the Great Central U.S. Shakeout, a region-wide earthquake drill, and Earth Science Week.
Campus Sustainability Tour
A Campus Sustainability Tour will be held from 11 a.m. to noon. Participants will tour the Campus Garden, recycling collection warehouse, generator building, and more sustainable sites around campus. Interested parties should meet at the Sustainability Committee Table at 10:50 a.m.
ATLE Talk
Dr. Kyungsun Lee will give a talk “Sustainability Across the Curriculum,” to the Academy of Teaching and Learning Excellence at 12:30 p.m. in Ottenheimer Library 535.
Sustainability Grant Winners Announcement
UA Little Rock’s 2024 Sustainability Grant winners will be announced at 1:45 p.m. at the Sustainability Committee Table.
Read the full news story here.