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The University of Arizona, joined by the city of Tucson, Pima County and local businesses, will mark April 22 with one of the biggest Earth Day celebrations ever held on campus.

C/S/R will have a table set up with recycled craft demonstrations. Learn how to make a bracelet out of snack bags or recycled paper journals!

Come to one or all of the events listed below:

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
"Tucson Spotlight Conversation on Climate Action" - UA South Ballroom
Welcome by: President Shelton, Mayor Walkup and Chairman Elias

Public Presentations - UA South Ballroom:
1. Anticipated local environmental changes
2. Changes elsewhere that will affect Tucson
3. Human Health Effects

Group Interactive Discussions - UA Student Union Rooms:
1. Climate Change and Human Health/Food Security
2. Climate Change and Drought Preparedness
3. Climate Change and Affordable Housing
4. Climate Change and Mobility
5. Climate Change and Jobs

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
"CarbonDown Arizona" Block Party - Main Gate (this is where C/S/R will be!)

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m
"Campus Sustainability Walking Tours" - UA Campus

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
"UA Environmental Summit" - UA Gallagher Theater

7:00 p.m.
"Screenings of Planet Earth" - UA Gallagher Theater

The Columbus Library located at 4350 E. 22nd St. is offering a free workshop April 21 from 6-8pm on book purse making! If you are interested in signing up, call the library asap as size is limited t0 14 participants. The number at the library is 520.594.5285

What gets recycled into what? Sometimes it's exactly what you'd expect. Old corrugated boxes turn into new corrugated boxes. Newspapers? Same pulp, different news. Glass bottles into glass bottles. But some of the end products may surprise you.

These are just a few examples of the thousands of products that are created using recycled materials that would otherwise wind up in our landfills.

First Life/Recycled Life Glass beverage containers can be recycled over and over again. But they can also be used for other things you may not expect. Like roads. Marbles. Decorative tiles. Surfboards. And a host of other products and materials. Five PET bottles (plastic soda bottles) yield enough fiber for one extra large T-shirt, one square foot of carpet or enough fiber to fill one ski jacket. Steel and aluminum cans can be easily recycled for use in other steel and aluminum products. This not only conserves mineral resources, but the recycling process also uses about 75% less energy than using virgin materials. Recycled steel and aluminum finds its way into new cars, bikes, appliances, cookware and a whole lot more.

(This information was provided by The National Recycling Coalition)

Click on the image to check out the workshop and see the "how-to"

The Wednesday meetings will be canceled this week.

Please make posters on your own and drop them off at The Union Gallery to be included in future events.

Also don't forget the t-shirt tote bags workshop is Thursday, March 5 5-8pm at The Union Gallery.

Check out our calendar for new workshops and community sculptures.

March 5th 5-8pm
T-shirt tote bags

March 8th 1-3pm
Magazine bead necklaces

March 25th 6-8pm
Snack bag bracelets

April 5th 1-3pm
Coffee Bean Tiles

April 29th 5-8pm
Community art sculpture