Wednesday April 22, 2009, 10 am to 3 pm–Earth Day will rock San José State this year with around 50 vendors and organizations that all want to promote their contributions towards sustainability in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, the United States, and the World.

The Environmental Resource Center, an student-run organization at SJSU, is dedicated to bringing these organizations to the school to help educate students on the issue of sustainability. Sustainability is defined as using our resources wisely today so that future generations have the same opportunity to succeed. Earth Day is all about promoting this cause.

Do not miss all the fun and games, Aztec dancers, and tons of exciting vendors and organizations.

Join us Wednesday, April 22nd for Earth Day 2009!

Sustainability Week 2009 was a great success!

With an average of 30-40 students attending each event, we were able to achieve our potential and show students the efforts of professionals in their work towards sustainability. The ERC would like to thank our guests and speakers, the SJSU students and faculty who attended our events, our sponsors, and our own hardworking ENVS 181 students who helped make this wonderful event happen.

Despite our success, we would also like to apologize for the cancellation and rescheduling of some of our events. We realize that some students were unaware of the cancellation or rescheduling of these events. We are truly sorry for any inconveniences.

We are now looking forward to Earth Day, April 22. It will be held at 7th Street Plaza on SJSU’s campus from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. We invite you all for fun and games, Aztec dancers, and tons of exciting vendors and organizations.

SJSU Sustainability Week 

In the last few weeks, we have been gathering our “resources” together to get prepared for Sustainability Week.

This year will mark the fifth annual celebration of Sustainability Week. We define this week as an opportunity for students, faculty, local organizations and businesses, and non-profit organizations to come together, teaching and learning from one another. With four full days of lectures, panels, tours, and events we believe that Sustainability Week is an opportunity for everyone to learn about our planet and humanity and how we can improve the livelihood of all people.

Sustainability week has four themes Monday through Friday. Monday is Food and Agriculture, Tuesday is Energy and Transportation, Wednesday is Waste Management, and Thursday is Resource Conservation and Biodiversity. Friday we will be hosting an E-Waste event at Lot 4 next to the business tower on 10th street. 

Here the flier for all Sustainability Week events is shown below, click the image for a bigger picture.

Please make an attempt to attend one of these events. They are free, fun, and an extra chance to learn about your school and community!