Midwest Green Earth Fest

April 18th-April 25th
Wichita State University Main Campus, 1845 N. Fairmount, Wichita, Kansas

CONTACTS:
Craig Ainsworth, WSU Green Group President, 316.558.2294 wcainsworth@yahoo.com

Angie Allen, 316.650.0707 info@intoxicatingdesigns.com

The WSU Green Group in partnership with a coalition of community and corporate sponsors is hosting a second annual week of events to celebrate Earth Day called the Midwest Green Earth Fest. Our theme this year is renewable energy. Our keynote speakers will be Kansas Department of Health and Environment Secretary Rod Bremby on April 22nd and Kansas Board of Education Member Dr. Walt Chappell on April 25th.

On April 18th Town Hall panelists will include Kansas Senator Oletha Faust-Goudeau, Greensburg Mayor Bob Dixson, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow Dr. Ward Jewell, former WSU NIAR Director Dr. Bill Wentz and City of Wichita Director of Environmental Services Kay Johnson. Miss Kansas 2008 Emily Deaver and Hudson Jack Whitecrow will join us on April 25th. Please visit the detailed schedule listed on the left for specifics about each event.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Detailed Schedule
All events are tentative and dependent on weather and partners. All events take place in or around the Rhatigan Student Center unless otherwise noted. Please check the Detailed Schedule for the specific time and location of each event.

Trevor Stewart/Rik Stevenson In Concert, April 25th, RSC Shocker Square, 10:30am

MAJOR EVENTS
Saturday, April 18th
Focus The Nation Town Hall Meeting, Special guests will include Greensburg Mayor Box Dixson, Former WSU NIAR Director Dr. Bill Wentz, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow Dr. Ward Jewell, Kansas State Senator Othetha Faust-Goudeau and City of Wichita Director of Environmental Services Kay Johnson, Hubbard Hall Room 208 at 6pm

Wednesday, April 22nd
The Future of Renewable Energy In Kansas, KDHE Secretary Rod Bremby, WSU Hubbard Hall Room 208 at 7pm

Saturday, April 25th
-"The First Sun Day", Kansas Board Of Education Member Dr. Walt Chappell, RSC Shocker Square at 11am
-Green Vendor and Organization Fair, See List Below, RSC East Lawn, 11am-6pm
-Recycled Fashion Show with Miss Kansas 2008 Emily Deaver, RSC Shocker Square, 1pm-2pm
-"American History From A Native Perspective", Hudson Jack White Crow, RSC East Lawn 2pm-4pm
-Off The Grid Concert (Solar/Wind Powered), WSU Chapel, 11am-10pm
-Local Bands Indoor Concert, RSC Shocker Square 2pm-6pm

SPONSORS/PARTNERS/VENDORS

Please visit and support these sponsors, organizations and vendors who have given generously toward making the Midwest Green Earth Fest a reality. If you would like to be a vendor or sponsor please visit the sponsor and vendor page through the link on the left.

ORGANIZATION AND VENDOR FAIR PARTICIPANTS
South Central Kansas Roots And Shoots
WSU Dining Services/Sodexo Marriott
Socialist Party of Kansas
Intoxicating Designs
Great Plains Earth Institute
Peaceful Prarie Farms
Sierra Club of Kansas
Peace and Social Justice Center
1st Universalist Unitarian Church
Earth Spirit Kansas Coalition
Inter-Faith ASAP Haiti
IGO (Infinite Growth Opportunities Gardens
Grandma's Farm
Naked City Magazine
Rok ICT
Wichita Renewable Energy Group-johnapyro at aol dot com
City of Wichita Department of Environmental Services
Heights High School Native Students Club
Julie Wright, Licensed Message Therapist
Kirby's Beer Store
Logix Insulated Concrete Forms
Terra Bella Concrete Design
Hardy Heater-foxthornton111 at yahoo dot com
Wichita Bicycle Collective-wichitabicyclecollective at cox dot net
United States Green Building Council-Wichita Chapter
Earth Renewal Project

BUSINESS SPONSORS
KCTU Channel 5
Adaorardor Media Photography

NONPROFIT SPONSORS
KMUW

COMMUNITY SPONSORS
WSU Green Group
WSU Student Government Association
WSU Student Activities Council
WSU Center for Environment And Human Health
WSU Student Democratic Party

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change the world. Indeed, it has never been done otherwise."
-Margaret Mead