MAE 124/ESYS 103:   Events of Interest


11 May 2010, 4 pm-6 pm UCSD Greenovation Forum: Knowledge, Action and Sustainability, CalIT2 Auditorium at Atkinson Hall. Seating limited. Please RSVP.

11 May 2010, 7 pm UCSD Price Center Ballroom West Van Jones- UCSD Helen Edison Lecture Series

11 May 2010, 3-6:00 pm, Public "open house" meeting on proposed Mid-Coast Corridor Light Rail Transit extension to UCSD and UTC area, Price Center East Ballroom. web. Also taking place Wednesday, May 12, 4-7 pm, at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Garfield Theatre.

May 13:  For MAE 124/ESYS 103 students. 2-3 pm, "Office hours" open discussion with Byron Washom, UCSD director of sustainability. Sustainability Resource Center (Price Center)

20 May 2010, Film screening "A Sea Change" and 2010 NOAA Environmental Hero Award to Niijii Films, Robert Paine Scripps Forum, 5:30 pm reception; 6 pm presentation; 6:30 pm film. RSVP online.


1 June 2010, deadline for Foreign Affairs inaugural student writing content. The contest is open to undergraduate and all equivalent first degree students across the globe. Qualifying essays must answer the following question in English, "What is likely to be the most interesting development in international politics over the next decade?". See this link



27 March 2010, 10-San Diego Science Expo, Petco Park

30 March-1 April, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Balboa Park, IMAX Film, The Ultimate Wave Tahiti. web

11, 18, 25 April 2010, 10 am-2 pm Sunday Volunteer Gardening at the Garden behind the Che Cafe

18 April 2010, 10 am-2pm Sunday Earth Day at Balboa Park

19-23 April, 2010 Earth Week.
19 April, 11 am-1pm Monday Trash Sort Town Square
20 April, 7 am-2pm Tuesday E-waste Collection Rupertus Way
21 April, 7 am-2pm Wednesday E-waste Collection Rupertus Way
21 April, 10 am-2pm Wednesday Earth Week Student Organization Resource Fair at Warren Mall
21 April, 4-5:30pm Wednesday Peace Corps Information Session Career Services Horizon Room
22 April, 7-10 am Thursday Bike Breakfast, Gilman Visitor Information Center
22 April, 10 am-2 pm Thursday Clean Car Show Warren Mall
23 April, 9-11:30 am Friday Tree Planting various campus locations. Help plant native trees around campus. To volunteer, contact Sam Oludunfe.
23 April, 6:30 pm Friday Video and Multidisciplinary Art Competition, The Loft
23 April, 3-11 pm Friday Muirstock Muir Quad (The traditional John Muir Week music festival)

26 April, 12-1:30 pm Film screening: "Acid Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification", 4500 Hubbs Hall, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

30 April-2 May UCSD 8th Annual Sustainability Student Convergence