St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School will celebrate its 35th annual Earth Day on Wednesday, April 20. Since 1982, the school has suspended regular classes for one full day in celebration of the environment.
The festivities will kick off with an Earth Day Eve Film Festival on Tuesday night. Students will have a choice of movies to enjoy in the residential houses around campus.
The morning of Earth Day begins with a bike-in from Sewanee to the SAS campus. Students can join the convoy at the Kirby-Smith monument at 7:20 a.m., or at Shenanigans at 7:25 a.m. The school community will convene in McCrory Hall for the Performing Arts at 8 a.m. for an Earth Day-inspired Creative Expression Assembly, an opportunity to share music, poetry and skits. Workshops begin at 8:30 a.m. Students, faculty, and community members will share their interests and expertise on a range of topics, including vegan baking, yoga, meditation, water use, nature photography, bike maintenance, fly fishing, farming and more.
At 11:15 a.m., Sewanee Farm Manager Carolyn Hoagland will speak on her positive outlook for our environmental future. Hoagland is a soil ecologist with dedication to sustainability principles and student collaboration. She is finishing a Ph.D. in soil and crop science at Colorado State University, where she also completed a master’s degree. She has a B.S. in environmental science from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and a permaculture design certificate from Oregon State University. As Farm Manager, her projects include the construction of hoop houses and expansion of composting practices. The public is invited to this free lecture, held at McCrory Hall.
A noon feast of locally-sourced foods, including a smoked pig, will be prepared by students, faculty and staff. After the picnic everyone will gather for a faculty/staff soccer game, ice cream, music and more.
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