The Green Cardinal Initiative is a group of students, faculty, and staff at Saginaw Valley State University who are interested in creating a more sustainable future. This website allows students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members to sign up to be a Green Cardinal and to join in the conversation. Based on funding from the Allen Foundation, SVSU’s WIRED grant from the Department of Labor, and the SVSU Foundation we are working on several projects including, recycling waste from our Dining Services into organic fertilizer, creating sustainable hydroponics systems for inner city urban areas, developing renewable options for fossil fuels, Vermiponics, and raising environmental awareness on campus and throughout Mid-Michigan. Please join us by registering as a Green Cardinal !
Alternative Spring Breaks and the Green Cardinals have put together some great events for this week and next week leading up to Earth Day on 4/22. Be there and be green!
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Thur. 4/16/09 @ 7:00pm - Student Activities Room "Kilowatt Ours" Movie Screening - With FREE Sal's Pizzeria Pizza! Filmmaker Jeff Barrie offers hope as he turns the camera on himself and asks, “How can I make a difference?” Come Join the Green Cardinals learn how you can do to make a difference in your own way to make the world greener! -- Mon. 4/20/09 @ 7:00pm - Ott Auditorium Speaker: Pat Race - "Global Climate Disruption, Renewable Energy and You" The topic of discussion will be based on just what the title suggests. Come join Pat in a very compelling talk and listen to the very interesting things he has to say about how you can change and make a difference! -- Wed. 4/22/08 EARTH DAY! From 12:00 to 6:00, SVSU’s Green House will be showcasing green sustainable projects such as hydroponics, aeroponics, a solar oven and vermiculture.These will be displayed around the green house along with green exhibits from around the Tri-Cities area.Visitors will be able to view them, ask questions and even find out how they can implement them in their own lives.During the Earth Day event there will be free BBQ for everyone to enjoy along with games, tours and prizes.
SVSU students learn about worms and the environment
Written by Kurt Kennedy
Tuesday, 31 March 2009
Thanks to a grant from the SVSU Foundation and support from WIRED, students at SVSU are learning more about the environment through the unique process of worm composting. In 2008 and 2009, students participated in a variety of activities including studying the efficiency of worm composting, helping institute a worm composting process in collaboration with SVSU Dining Services, and participating in the Can-o-Worms challenge where teams of students "adopted" a pound of worms for two months. To hear more about what students learned, watch this video.
Saginaw County Youth Leaders to Construct Community Garden
Written by Kurt Kennedy
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Some 70 high school students participating through the Saginaw County Youth Leadership Institute and their Saginaw Valley State University mentors will take part in a community service project Friday, March 27 at the Houghton Jones Resource Center in Saginaw.
From approximately 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the students will convert a vacant lot into a community garden by constructing and decorating a series of raised beds and trellises. They have set a goal of building 40 boxes and then filling them with topsoil and compost to grow vegetables for neighborhood residents as part of the Saginaw Urban Food Initiative. The Saginaw Community Foundation and United Way of Saginaw County Volunteer Start program are providing support for the project.
