David Helbach, Secretary of the State Building Commission and administrator for the Division of State Facilities speaks at UW-L

On Friday, April 24, David Helbach, Secretary of the State Building Commission and administrator for the Division of State Facilities spoke in UW-L's Cartwright Center about state run coal-fired heating plants and other issues relating to WI state owned and operated facilities. You can hear a podcast of his presentation and question and answer period.

Earth Week Events at UW-La Crosse and in La Crosse

Monday, April 19
Composting Teach-in
6:30pm
339 Cartwright
Learn all the dirt about composting!

UW-L Parking Ramp Open Forum
12:00 pm
Port O' Call, Cartwright Center

Segregated University Fee Allocation Committee (SUFAC)
Discussing Green Fund proposals
5:30
326 Cartwright Center

Tuesday, April 20
Dumpster Dive
11-3:00 Hoeschler Clock Tower
People will be dumpster diving for recyclables.

Wednesday, April 21
Neighborhood Clean Up
4:15 p.m.
Meet at the Hoeschler Clock Tower

Bus Route Vote and Green Fund Discussions at Student Senate
Port O' Call, Cartwright Center
TBD

Meteor Shower Night Hike
10:00pm
Meet in Hixon Forest main parking lot at the base of the bluffs

Thursday, April 22
Literacy and Lyrics
Noon-4:00pm
Gazebo by Whitney
Donate books and listen to free local music

Friday, April 23
David Helbach, Secretary of the State Building Commission and administrator for the Division of State Facilities
9:30 a.m.
Port O' Call in Cartwright.
Discussion will include the state heating plant and the costs and benefits of moving off of coal.

Green Rock Fest
7:30pm (show starts) Concordia ballroom
Free music and food! Ages 18+
Featuring: Furlow Riders, Fayme Rochelle & the Waxwings, Hyphon

Saturday, April 23
Earth Fair
11am-5:00pm
Three Rivers Waldorf School

Green Expo
11am-4:00pm in Western Technical College Lunda Center

**Shuttle bus available between these to events

To view community earth month events use the following link:
http://www.greenlacrosse.com/earth-month-2010.asp

Coal Mine Disaster Vigil at UW-La Crosse

Students involved with efforts against the burning of coal at the UW-La Crosse coal-fired heating plant are holding a candle-lit vigil Tuesday, April 6 at 8:00 p.m. in the clearing to the west of the campus heating plant to acknowledge the loss of life at a coal mine explosion Monday afternoon in West Virginia. Massey Energy Corporation owns the Upper Big Branch coal mine, about 30 miles south of Charleston, and is one of two energy companies in a contract to supply coal to a dozen State of Wisconsin coal plants, including the facility at UW-La Crosse.

The UW-La Crosse “No Coal Coalition”, whose members include UW-L Progressives and Environmental Council, is sponsoring the vigil and inviting students, faculty, staff, and community members to attend and support the families of the twelve dead and ten missing coal miners in West Virginia as of early Tuesday morning. The No Coal Coalition demonstrated against Massey Energy Corporation’s destructive mountain-top removal coal mining practice in the Appalachian Mountains at an event on campus February 18, and have called for Governor Jim Doyle to end contracts with the company and Alpha Natural Resources.

Contacts:
Elizabeth Ward, UW-L Student, No Coal Coalition leader
Mobile: (608) 445-4489
Email: ward.eliz@students.uwlax.edu

Jeremy Gragert, UW-L Graduate Student, No Coal Coalition member
Mobile: (612) 220-1970
Email: gragert.jere@students.uwlax.edu