Friday, April 3, 2009

Student-led Environmental Club Hosts Water Awareness Week at Portland State University

By Shelby Wood, The Oregonian

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Portland State University's Environmental Club wants a big turnout for its first Water Awareness Week, Monday through Friday, April 6-11, 2009.

Here's the lineup, from the PSU students organizing the event:

• Discounted stainless steel Kleen Kanteen water bottles on sale all week, 10 am-2 pm in the Park Blocks, while supplies last. Proceeds will go toward installation of water re-fill stations on campus.

• Tuesday, April 7: Blind Water Taste Test
(11:30 am, Park Blocks)
Watch PSU president Wim Wiewel and student body president Hannah Fisher try to tell the difference between bottled and tap.

• Wednesday, April 8: Portland Water Bureau speaker Briggy Thomas
(7 pm, Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 238)
Take a Google Earth fly-over through the water cycle from the perspective of a drop of water. Find out about where water comes from in the Pacific Northwest and the Bull Run in particular; climate issues, water quality issues and conservation methods; and the city of Portland's status on ending bottled water.

• Thursday, April 9: Student Art Competition: What does water sustainability mean to you?
(6:30 pm, Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 298)
Check out the artistic expressions of PSU students who care about water sustainability.

• Friday, Saturday, April 10-11: FLOW/For the Love of Water, the movie
(7 pm, 5th Avenue Cinema, 510 SW Hall St., Portland)

PSU's Water Awareness Week is part of a "Take Back the Tap" project to reduce bottled water use on campus. The project was among several 
student-led proposals that recently won funding from the Miller Grant, a pot of sustainability money granted to PSU by the private Miller Foundation.

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