Linn-Benton Community College

LBCC's first Earth Day Sustainability Fair, held Friday, April 22, was a great success, according to fair-goers and participants. Faculty came out to showcase some of their program efforts including Denis Green, Mechatronics; John Alvin, Heavy Equipment; Bryan Schiedler, Automotive; and Scott Anselm, Culinary Arts. LBCC Food Services manager Todd Ketterman displayed campus efforts on composting food waste; Julie Jackson with Allied Waste educated folks on recycling; the Green Team from First United Methodist Church handed out their Albany Reuse Directory; and the LBCC student Green Club and LBCC Sustainability Committee talked about what the campus is doing around sustainability. Check out the articles and videos online at the Democrat Herald and Gazette Times sites: http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/education/article_c0adc9fe-6d74-11e0-9934-001cc4c03286.html http://www.democratherald.com/news/local/education/article_c0adc9fe-6d74-11e0-9934-001cc4c03286.html?mode=video http...

Daniel Brown, a climatologist with the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University, will give a talk on Understanding Climate Change as part of LBCC’s Earth Day Sustainability Fair held this Friday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the college courtyard, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Brown’s presentation will be from Noon to 1 p.m. in LBCC’s Madrone Hall, room MH-113. His talk will cover the fundamentals of global climate, challenges the Pacific Northwest will face in a warming world, and small things we can all do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During the Earth Day event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., LBCC faculty will give demonstrations from college programs on solar energy, light bulb efficiency, alternative fuel technology, a water pump system that uses no external energy. LBCC’s recently donated electric car also will be on display. The LBCC Sustainability Committee and the student Green Club will have tables showcasing campus sustainability work, with t...

Plan to attend the first Earth Day Sustainability Fair at Linn-Benton Community College on Friday, April 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the college courtyard in front of White Oak Hall, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. Faculty and students will give demonstrations from college programs on solar energy, light bulb efficiency, alternative fuel technology, a water pump system that uses no external energy, and much more. LBCC’s recently donated electric car also will be on display. LBCC physics faculty Greg Mulder will give a climate change lecture and demonstration in Madrone Hall from 12:15 to 12:50 p.m. The LBCC Sustainability Committee and several student clubs will have tables showcasing campus sustainability work, with tours of the organic garden and newly-installed green roof. Allied Waste will be on hand to answer recycling questions, and the Green Team at First United Methodist Church in Albany will be give out a Reuse Directory they have designed. Earth Day is free and open to the p...