All across the United States, Antioch University campuses are transforming the ideals of Earth Day into action.
In New England, Antioch alumna Hermine Levey Weston, RN MBA will be facilitating a workshop at the Green Health Academy to develop and identify fresh ideas to celebrate Earth Day specficaly in healthcare settings.
Meanwhile, on the West Coast, Antioch University Seattle will mark Earth Day with a bonfire and beach clean up. As the notoriously grey Northwest winters yield to spectacular summers, the Antioch Seattle Outdoors Club will help get the region ready at 5:00pm on Sunday, April 23rd at Golden Gardens Park. The club will provide firewood and s’mores but asks attendees to bring their favorite campfire treat.
In California, the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival is celebrating 47 years of community activism, just as Antioch University Santa Barbara is celebrating their own 40th year of helping to steward the Earth.
At Antioch University Los Angeles, the Sustainability Committee and the Urban Sustainability Department recently sponsored two workshops in celebration of Earth Month. Presenters included Rashonda “Zoe Blaq” Bartney, a Certified UC Victory Gardener who created Urban Soul Farmer to encourage people to grow food and share healthy recipes; Mallory Burden, an Environmental Scientist for CalRecycle; and Lesha Siler, a Policy Associate for the LA Food Policy Council and staff liaison to the Working Groups on Urban Agriculture, Food Waste and Farmers Markets For All.
On April 15th, attendees also learned from professionals from a wide array of fields in the industry at a panel on Careers in Sustainability. Panelists Christina Hall, Executive Director OC Food Access Coalition and an Antioch Alum; Jeff O’Keefe, Supervising Sanitary Engineer with the State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water, Southern California Field Operations Branch; and Shavon Paige, Real Estate Officer at Los Angeles Department of Water and Power shared tips and tricks on how to stand out in this competitive and emerging job market.
Though Earth Day is a particularly active time at the University campuses, Antioch holds these ideas front and center year round as part of our core mission. Earth Day is a celebration of that commitment and a springboard for the year to come.
