This week at the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, President Obama agreed with world leaders that “a legally binding deal on climate change would be impossible to achieve at the U.N. summit on global warming in Copenhagen next month,” according to an article on Time Magazine.

Is this the bold leadership on climate change we were promised?

Join us Thursday in the Plaza of the Americas (next to the Krishna Lunch lines) to call President Obama and tell him that delaying a global climate agreement is unnacceptable, and that we want bold action against climate change now.

It will only take a minute of your time to ask Obama to:

1. Meet with youth leaders who are working on the ground across the country to protect our future

2. Address the country with a public speech on climate and energy that outlines specific domestic and international goals

3. Attend the International Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen in person so he can lead in creating a fair, binding, and ambitious deal on curbing carbon emissions.

We are hosting this mass call-in as part of the ongoing Power Shift campaign. Visit: http://itsgametimeobama.org/

GSC will host Earth Day on the Plaza on April 22 from 10 to 3pm. We will be joined by over 25 student organizations, including:

1. Animal Activists of Alachua
2. American Solar Energy Society
3. BioEnergy and Sustainable Technology Society
4. Campus Climate Solutions
5. Campus CodePink for Peace
6. Chapel House
7. College Democrats
8. Environmental Health & Safety
9. Engineers Without Borders
10. enVeg
11. Environmental Protection Division
12. Florida Alternative Breaks
13. The Free Store
14. Gators for Israel
15. Get Carded
16. Greeks Going Green
17. Habitat for Humanity
18. Hazardous Materials Awareness
19. Hillel
20. Hispanic Student Association
21. Ocean Aware
22. Roots and Shoots
23. The Kickstand
24. TRiP
25. UF Asset Management

Be sure to join us for one of the largest Earth Day celebrations in UF’s history!

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Another year’s gone by and move-out time is almost here! After packing up your clothes, books, and leftover boxes of pasta, you might be left wondering what to do with that TV your brother loaned you that never quite worked right or that energy-saving light bulb that finally burned out.

The Office of Sustainability and Gators for a Sustainable Campus present you with a solution: a hazardous and electronic waste collection (appropriately) on Earth Day—April 22nd—at the Plaza of the Americas from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM.

Household (Dormitory/Apartment) Hazardous/Electronic-Waste Collection

The details:

Acceptable Waste to bring:

DO NOT BRING ANY UF laboratory or facility wastes. IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

• Fluorescent lamps/bulbs (CFLs) – Computers
• Cell Phones/Electronics – TVs/Electronics
• Paints (Nail polish, paint cans, etc.) – Aerosol cans
• Batteries

Transport material in secure and safe containers. Do not transport hazardous material that could spill on to campus. Take this material directly to the Alachua County Hazardous Waste Collection Center. Only bring PERSONAL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. All University property is to be handled by UF Environmental Health and Safety and/or UF’s Asset Management Department.

Contact EHS at (352)-392-8400 for assistance.

Call the Alachua County Hazardous Waste Collection Center at (352)-334-0440 or EH&S at (352)-392-8400 for more info!

Join Gators for a Sustainable Campus and over 25 student organizations to celebrate Earth Day on the Plaza of the Americas on Wednesday, April 22 from 10 to 3pm.

University of Florida President Bernie Machen will deliver his annual report on the State of Sustainability at UF at 10:30 a.m.

Following Machen’s speech, UF will honor faculty active in the field of sustainability as part of the university’s first sustainability recognition awards program.

Gainesville Mayor Pegeen Hanrahan and City Commissioner and UF Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Jeanna Mastrodicasa will participate in a panel discussion from 1 to 2 p.m to assess the role of local governments in solving the climate crisis. Panelists will explore ways to accelerate the transition to clean energy while creating jobs and spurring investment in new industries.

Other activities at the Earth Day event include games, face painting, a plant giveaway and interactive opportunities to learn more about UF’s commitment to sustainability.

The Free Store will be present, along with a household hazardous materials roundup, so bring in clothes, books, and stuff to trade; and your PERSONAL e-waste to recycle (read the details). Also, Gainesville’s Direct Development International will collect textbooks which they will hand-deliver to schools in Belen, Peru and Entebbe, Uganda this summer.

Earth Day falls on the last day of classes, so come by and have a good time!

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Please join local attorneys, law students and others from the National Lawyers Guild for their Bicyclists, Know Your Rights! presentation on the rights and responsibilities of bicyclists under Florida law.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 25th @ 7pm
WHERE: Civic Media Center, 433 S. Main St.
COST: Donations appreciated

This event is part of the CMC’s ongoing Know Your Rights series, and the Gainesville Chapter of the NLG’s ongoing Street Law series.