CO MMUNI TY EV E N T S Saturday, April 2
Farmer’s Market Spring Fling • 8AM - 1PM Farmer’s Market (on the corner of Pearl St. & Main St.)
The Farmer’s Market will ring in spring with their annual Spring Fling celebration! There will be children’s activities, music, food, and some of your favorite vendors on hand.
Saturday, April 2
Texas Trash Off • 9AM-Noon• Brookshire Brothers, University Drive Come join this community wide clean up event sponsored by Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful and Keep Texas Beautiful! There will be prizes for most trash accumulated, as well as food for participants.
Tuesday, April 12
Film Screening & Discussion: “Gasland” • 6PM • SFA Rec Center Meeting Room The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. But are the drilling techniques safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination.
Wednesday, April 13
Documentary: “FUEL” • 7PM • SFA Baker Patillo Student Center Theater Fuel is a movie that educates student about the dependence our world has on oil. It also explains alternative ways to live life in an Eco-friendly way which provides a better life for the planet and a more cost efficient way to live your individual life.
Thursday, April 14
Film Screening & Discussion: “H2Oil” • 6PM • SFA Rec Center Meeting Room H2Oil follows a voyage of discovery, heartbreak and politicization in the stories of those attempting to defend water in Alberta, Canada, against the extraction of oil from natural oil sand deposits. Unlikely alliances are built and lives are changed as they come up against the largest industrial project in human history.
Saturday, April 16
Habitat ReStore Earth Day • 10AM - 2PM • Habitat ReStore (600 Powers St.) The folks at the Habitat Restore are at the forefront of the recycling efforts in Nacogdoches County. They already collect glass that is reused to build a variety of products and will be kicking off aluminum recycling during this event! So come join the fun, food, music and activities of the Habitat Restore Earth Day.
Saturday, April 16 Earth Day at SFA • 10AM - 2PM Pineywoods Native Plant Center (Raguet St. next to Raguet Elementary School)
“Growing Seeds of Sustainability” is our theme this year as we celebrate the 4th Annual Earth Day celebration. This event will be held in conjunction with the SFA Gardens Plant Sale again this year. The event will include: guest speakers, live music, children’s activities, recycled art contest and exhibitor booths. Check us out online at: http://www.sfasu.edu/campusrec/218.asp.
Monday, April 18
Recyclympics • 4PM-6PM• SFA Intramural Fields
The Recyclympics will be a giant field day event geared toward improving recycling awareness and encouraging folks to live sustainably. Food will be provided at this event.