A leader in a state-wide effort to move beyond fossil fuels and the organizer of a local pay-what-you can restaurant will lead evening events as part of an April 9 Sustainnovation celebration in the University Center and Berger Hall.
Lyn Harwell, founder of Seeds Community Café in downtown Colorado Springs and a former operations officer for Springs Rescue Mission, will join with Michael Brownlee, Boulder, in presenting “Thinking Like a Foodshed: How Local Food Will Feed the World” beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Berger Hall. Brownlee is the co-founder of Transition Colorado, part of a national movement to reduce fossil fuel use.
Harwell and Brownlee will cap a day-long series of events designed to highlight changes in food in Colorado Springs and on campus, according to Linda Kogan, director, Office of Sustainability.
Doors will open at 9:30 a.m. with a welcome from Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak scheduled for 10 a.m. Video presentations, panel discussions and tours will follow. Various vendors will set up booths in Berger Hall and provide samples.
Other highlights include:
| 10:00 a.m. | Welcome |
| 11:00 a.m. | Local farmer panel discussion moderated by Judith Rice-Jones, a retired Kraemer Family Library faculty member and current geography and environmental studies student. |
| 12:15 p.m. | Free lunch for registered participants. To register, visit http://bit.ly/1jtQY7m |
| 1:15 p.m. | UCCS food service panel moderated by Janel Owens, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. |
| 3:30 p.m. | Tours of the campus greenhouse led by Kelly Jennings and a guided hike on the bluffs north of campus by Andrea Hassler, trails specialist, Recreation Center. |
For a complete list of events and speakers, visit http://www.uccs.edu/sustain/get-involved/sustainnovation.html
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