https://www.mssu.edu/academics/education/environmental-health/events.php
The Earth Day Sustainability Conference is a campus and community wide event that brings together partners related to environmental issues and education. There are educational talks on local and other environmental-related issues. There are also educational booths from partners and stakeholders from the surrounding community and campus. This event is open to any age, and we welcome participants from the community.
This conference will be held in the Billingsly Student Center Ballroom.
8:00-12:15pm: Public viewing of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle competition projects
9:30am-12:15pm: Speakers (BSC, 3rd floor, Ballroom)
9:30-9:55: Mr. Gregory Jarman, Liberty Utilties, Buffalo Quarry: The Country’s First Gray Bat Mitigation Bank
9:55-10:20: Ms. Paige Ford, Quapaw Nation Environmental Office, Superfund Remediation at Tar Creek
10:20-10:45: Ms. Anna Swearengen, MO Stream Team, What is Missouri Stream Team
11:00-11:50: Dr. Teresa Boman, Dr. Mary Kilmer, Ms. Claire Nelson, MSSU BIO and EH Department, Microplastics Everywhere: What We Know About Their Impact on Water, Ecosystems, and Our Bodies
11:50-12:15: Dr. Teresa Boman and Ms. Melissah Perkins, MSSU Environmental Health and Safety Program, Results of the MSSU Recycling/Sustainability Awareness Survey
8:30am-12:15pm: Educational Booths (more to come!)
Wildcat Glades
Region M Waste Management District
MO Stream Team, MDC
Joplin Public Health Department
La-Z-Boy
Liberty Utilities
Joplin Parks and Recreation
Natural Grocers
Harry S Truman Coordinating Council
Lake O' The Cherokees Subwatershed Association (LOTCSWA)
Jasper County Public Health Department
Prairie State Park
Quapaw Nation Environmental Office
12:15-12:30pm: Announce Reduce, Reuse, Recycle competition winners
12:30-1:15: Open Forum: Sustainability at MSSU Campus. Anyone is welcome to participate and share their opinions or ideas related to sustainability at MSSU. Hosted by the MSSU Sustainability Committee.