Practical Green Living: Celebrating Earth Day

Have you ever wondered about how to live into a greener world with greener ways? What can we do to make a difference in some of the most pressing personal sustainability issues of our times? Learning small but powerful changes that we can make and the reasons why they matter can help us get over our green guilt and actually change our ways. The very next time you go to the store, you will know more about what to look for and why. You’ll leave this seminar feeling less confused and more empowered to take hold of your everyday green concerns.

PRESENTER: Karen Olson is a public speaker and workshop presenter, a teachers' teacher who has taught hundreds of undergraduate and graduate level teachers-to-be as well as those with years of teaching experience. She develops science and environmental projects and has educated and inspired preschool through college level students in exciting hands-on based science. She lives out her passion for environment and justice issues as a consociate of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Her upcoming book, Common Sense for Common Good, to be published in 2010, relates real life stories of people who have made life-altering choices to create a more sustainable world for all of us.

WHEN: Thursday, April 22, 6:30-8:30 pm  

COST: $25