Day: March 13, 2014

World Water Day is observed on March 22. This year, Michigan Tech is hosting a week of events, March 20, 26-27, 2014. This year’s theme is “Water and Energy.”

Events include a film, lecture, poster session, panel discussion, and art exhibit, featuring the topic of gas from shale hydrofraccing.

Learn more at the Michigan Tech Center for Water and Society.

World Water Day Sponsors:

Center for Water and Society (CWS), Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative (LSSI), Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (KUUF), Keweenaw Land Trust (KLT), Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI), Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC, Visual and Performing Arts (MTU), Finlandia University. Partial funding provided by the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) through a grant from the Johnson Family Foundation for a Let’s Talk About Water event.

Registration Open for After School Classes, Grades 1-5

After School Classes: Six-Week Spring Session
Classes meet from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC).

Water Explorations (Grades 1-3)
Animal Doctors (Grades 4-5)
Just Grow It: Plants (Grades 4-5)

Read more at Tech Today.

Visit the After School & Out-of-School site at the WUP Center.