Event Calendar: Earth and Arbor Day

To add your own, email the details to info@downtoearthnw.com or click here to submit your own. ***Check back frequently as events will continue to be added and updated*** Mar. 8: Public Lecture - “Why Care for Creation: An Apologia for Earthkeeping.” Steven Bouma-Prediger, Professor of Religion at Hope College. He is the author of Evocations of Grace: The Writings of Joseph Sittler on Ecology, Theology and Ethics and For the Beauty of the Earth. 7 p.m. at Whitworth University, Robinson Teaching Theatre, Weyerhaeuser Hall, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. Admission is free and open to the public. For further information, contact Michelle Pace at mpace@whitworth.edu or call (509) 777-3275. Mar. 9: Earth Day Planning Meeting-Come help us plan for an even better Earth Day Spokane! Meetings will be held at 4 p.m. at Sun People Dry Goods, 32 West 2nd Ave., Suite 200. Mar. 11: Community Canopy Tree Education Workshop, Qmelin Park, 408 N. Spokane St., Post Falls. Sessions on insects/disease problems and proper tree planting. Info: (208) 415-0415 or ksorensen@cdaid.org. To register or for more information visit: http://www.plrcd.org/community_canopy/pdffiles/spring11_workshop.pdf. Speakers at the event include: Mike Bauer, Horticulture Educator for the University of Idaho Extension Chris Boza, Community Forester for the City of Hayden Lake Tom Eckberg, Forest Health Specialist for the Idaho Department of Lands Jeff Perry, Arborist for the City of Spokane John Schwandt, Forest Pathologist with the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Northern Region Forest Health Protection Team Mar. 16: Earth Day Planning Meeting-Come help us plan for an even better Earth Day Spokane! Meetings will be held at 4 p.m. at Sun People Dry Goods, 32 West 2nd Ave., Suite 200. Mar. 16: 6:30 p.m. Food, Inc. - A Robert Kenner Film: “You’ll never look at dinner the same way again.” Come learn about the food we eat, the choices we have, and decide whether it really matters! (Movies, popcorn, and cider with discussion to follow.) Movies will be held in the Thoreau Room or Chapel of the UU Church in Spokane, 4340 W. Fort Wright Dr. Mar. 18: Deadline to order trees/shrubs from the Conservation District. For available options visit sccd.org/treesale/index.shtml or 535-7274. If you have questions about the trees/shrubs, or if you would like some help with your existing plants, contact Garth at Garth-Davis@sccd.org. We are here to help! Mar. 19: Solar 101. Bruce Gage of EcoDepot will discuss the basics of solar electric energy. This three hour workshop will provide you with information on how to best incorporate solar into your home or business. Interactive discussion will include the latest solar technologies and product presentation, including products available at Sun People Dry Goods. Also conversation about the financial and tax incentives for “gettin’ green from the ground up”…and going Solar! It starts at 9 a.m. The cost is $25 and the space is limited to 15 people. Sun People Dry Goods Workshop Room, 32 W. Second Ave., Suite 200. Pre-registration required: brownpapertickets.com/event/142017. April 8-9: Conservation District Tree Sale pick up. Pre-order required. Visit the website for more information at www.sccd.org/treesale/index.shtml. For questions call 535-7274 or contact Rachel at Rachel-Rooks@sccd.org. You’re purchases can be picked up at the Conservation District, 210 N. Havana St., south of the Spokane County Fair Grounds. April 22: EWU Earth Day Fair-organizations from all around the campus and other businesses with music and vendors. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. EWU, 526 5th St., Cheney. Info: (509) 359-6014 . April 22: Sandpoint Earth Day Celebration… events will be at the Sandpoint Events Center, 102 S Euclid Ave # 306. 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. April 23: Coeur d’Alene Earth Day Celebration… events will be held at the new Coeur d’Alene Library Community Meeting Room that overlooks McEuen Playfield, 702 E. Front Ave. 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. April 30: Head to the Arbor Day Celebration at the John A. Finch Arboretum, 3404 W. Woodland Blvd., 11 am-2 pm. The Arboretum is a botanical collection of trees and woody plants that have been labeled for field study. Call 624-4832 or www.spokaneparks.org/Parks/page/99/ for more information about this event.