Earth Week 2008 Celebration
Centenary College and the Hackettstown Community are organizing their first ever free, public Earth Week Celebration! Our itinerary is still being finalized, but you can see from our tentative Event Calendar below what we have planned. More details, additions, and changes are forthcoming.
If you are a business owner, a local member of the community, or a member of the Centenary College campus and wish to get involved, please contact us at: (908) 852-1400 x2407 or email environment@centenarycollege.edu.
Sponsorship
If your business is interested in sponsoring our events, please refer to this information sheet (PDF).
Event Calendar
Sunday, April 20th
Location: The Dalton House Field (Behind Centenary Campus), Hackettstown, NJ (Directions)
- 8am-10am — Bird Watching
- Meet at the large brick education building at the Hackettstown State Fish Hatchery, next to Hatchery Hill School. You must RSVP to Lynn Taylor at (908) 852-1400, x2261. Breakfast will be served.
- 12pm-4pm — Food Drive
- Benefits NORWESCAP Food Bank, serving food pantries and non-profit organizations throughout Warren County
- Donations needed: canned/dry goods, specifically pastas and sauce, canned tuna, peanut butter, rice, veggies, soup, fruit juice, cereal, toilet paper and paper towels - anything that won't melt or go bad before it can be transported to the food bank
- 12pm-6pm — All Displays and Vendors
- Alternative Energy/Hybrid Cars on Display
- Campus Club Tables
- Farmer’s Market Exhibition
- Food/Business Vendor Booths
- NJ Parks & Recreation Information
- 12pm-2pm — Children Activities
- Recycled Arts and Crafts: make and take projects for kids of all ages
- 12pm-1pm — Live Music — Randy Bigness (rockin' blues)
- 1pm-5pm — Fashion Show of Sustainable Clothing in the Seay Building Front Parlors
- 1:15pm-2:15pm — Live Music — Kate and Paul (adult contemporary rock)
- 2:30pm-3:30pm — Live Music — The Janci's (acoustic)
- 3pm-5pm — Movie Screening: An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- The facts and science of global warming are presented in a thoughtful and compelling way by Al Gore and director Davis Guggenheim. (IMDb)
- Rated PG (for mild thematic elements); Runtime 100 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
- 3:45pm-5pm — Live Music — The Bridgeburners
- 7pm-9pm — Movie Screening: An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- The facts and science of global warming are presented in a thoughtful and compelling way by Al Gore and director Davis Guggenheim. (IMDb)
- Rated PG (for mild thematic elements); Runtime 100 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
Monday, April 21st
Location: The Quad (Behind Seay Bldg), Centenary College Campus, Hackettstown, NJ (Directions)
- 11am-1pm — All Displays
- Alternative Energy/Hybrid Cars on Display
- Fly Tying Demonstration Event and Fishing Information with NJ Parks & Recreation
- Sustainable Fashion Display in Seay Building Front Parlor
- 3pm-5pm — Movie Screening: Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006)
- A documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future. (IMDb)
- Rated PG (for brief mild language); Runtime 92 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
- 7pm-9pm — Movie Screening: Who Killed The Electric Car? (2006)
- A documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future. (IMDb)
- Rated PG (for brief mild language); Runtime 92 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
- A documentary that investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future. (IMDb)
Tuesday, April 22nd
Location: The Quad (Behind Seay Bldg), Centenary College Campus, Hackettstown, NJ (Directions)
- 10am-12pm — Clean-up (Trash Removal) of Main Street, Hackettstown
- 11am-2pm — BBQ Lunch for Campus Community & Clean-up Volunteers
- 11am-2pm — Campus Club Tables
- 12pm-2pm — Clean-up (Trash Removal) of Centenary College's Surrounding Neighborhood
- 12pm-2pm — DJ Music — Big Steve and Dan Dan of WNTI's "Fat Tuesday"
- 2pm-4pm — Clean-up (Trash Removal) of the local Musconetcong Watershed Area
- 3pm-5pm — Movie Screening: Greasy Rider (2006)
- A cross-country road trip powered by vegetable oil in a 1981 Mercedes-Benz, featuring Morgan Freeman, Noam Chomsky, and Tommy Chung (IMDb)
- Rated UR; Runtime 48 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
- 7pm-9pm — Movie Screening: Greasy Rider (2006)
- A cross-country road trip powered by vegetable oil in a 1981 Mercedes-Benz, featuring Morgan Freeman, Noam Chomsky, and Tommy Chung (IMDb)
- Rated UR; Runtime 48 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
- 9pm — Star Gazing with Karl Hricko at Hatchery Hill School Field (Directions)
Wednesday, April 23rd
Location: Centenary College Campus, Hackettstown, NJ (Directions)
- 3pm-5pm — Movie Screening: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1993)
- Originally telecast on the award-winning PBS series "The American Experience," this documentary examines how Carson's ecological warnings regarding the dangers of pesticides/herbicides made enemies and led to her writings being censored.
- Rated UR; Runtime 60 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
- 4pm-5pm — Speaker — Dr. Celine Santiago Bass, Vice President and Senior Ecologist at NYC based ecological firm Great Eastern Ecology
- Topic: "Parasite-Induced Changes in Fundulus heteroclitus: Implications of Restoration?"
- Description: Dr. Santiago Bass will discuss how research is being performed in New Jersey wetlands on killfish to see if parasites can be restored to the ecosystem
- Location: George H. Whitney Chapel, Seay Administration Building
- 7pm-9pm — Movie Screening: Rachel Carson's Silent Spring (1993)
- Originally telecast on the award-winning PBS series "The American Experience," this documentary examines how Carson's ecological warnings regarding the dangers of pesticides/herbicides made enemies and led to her writings being censored.
- Rated UR; Runtime 60 mins
- Location: The Chapel, Seay Administration Bldg, Centenary
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