Happy Saturday! You've just won your very own NEWSLEAF!

Hi guys!
Hope you didn't miss me too much!

There are a few things in this newsleaf that were SO IMPORTANT we couldn't even wait until tomorrow night to send it out, so LISTEN UP:

1. stay tuned for our exciting announcement!!!
2. Melody and Jacob on: lunch with the Rainforest Action Network, the Earth Week Facebook Group, this Thursday, next Thursday, and the more distant future
3. Katherine has an exciting opportunity to plant trees THIS SATURDAY!!

and don't forget...

Environment First meets Thursday @ 6:00PM in GFS 105

First and foremost, an exciting announcement from our friend, Matthew Oden:

Hello Trojan Family,

The USC Sustainability Program is happy to announce USC Earth Week 2009!
Please visit the *new* website and take a look at the Official Earth Week Events Flier to see all the amazing events happening between April 17th and 30th.
We look forward to your support and involvement during our numerous events and competitions this year that are making USC evermore sustainable!
On behalf of all the organizations and individuals that have helped to make this possible,
Matthew OdenSustainability Program Manager

Join the group on facebook too!__________________________________________________________________Melody Tsai, Co-President, melodyts@usc.edu
Jacob Jensen, Co-President, jacobjen@usc.edu

Hey E1-ers!

We have a lot of exciting news this week! Make sure you read up on all of our upcoming activities! :)

The Program Director of Rainforest Action Network, Jennifer Krill will be coming to USC to speak on Tuesday, April 7th from 11AM to 12:30PM in JKP 102. Rainforest Action Network is an awesome international environmental advocacy group (http://ran.org/). Be sure to come! There will be free food and beverages.
Here's Jennifer's bio:
A proud hellraiser since 1995, Jennifer Krill serves as Rainforest Action Network’s program director, providing policy and strategic direction to all four of RAN’s campaigns. Jennifer leads RAN’s negotiations with corporations, acts as primary spokesperson to the media, and manages a talented team of organizers who mobilize thousands of activists. An expert on forests, clean energy and forward-looking transportation policy, Jennifer has directed campaigns at RAN since 2002. Her work has involved efforts to protect Old Growth Forests in Canada, Tasmania and the United States, jumpstarting Ford Motor Company, and spurring the nation’s largest banks to stop financing climate change-causing industries. Jennifer helped found RAN’s ambitious Rainforest Agribusiness Campaign, which works to get big agribusiness out of rainforest regions. Jennifer has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Washington Post, Fortune Magazine, the Ecologist, and many others during her fifteen years of advocacy and organizing. Jennifer currently serves on the board of Plug-in America and is a former board member of Dogwood Alliance. She holds a B.A. and B.L.A. from Ball State University.

Join the Earth Week Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=73646271476&ref=ts) and invite you friends!! USC Sustainability Programs as a whole isn't planning on doing too much paper advertising, so this is our main source of publicity!

Our next meeting will be this Thursday, April 9th at 6PM in GFS 105. We will be painting banners for our Earth Week events.

Also, next Thursday, April 16th, at 6PM in GFS 105, we will be making fliers for Earth Week publicity. Get creative with fliers and help us get the word out about Earth Week!

Finally, both of us (Jacob and Melody) are graduating this May, and we are looking for new Co-Presidents! It's a super fun opportunity and you can basically run with any ideas you have (since we're a grassroots organization). If you're interested, shoot us an email at (USCenvironment1st@gmail.com) with a short blurb about yourself and your interest for E1. No experience necessary!

Your Co-Prezes,Mel and Jaco

__________________________________________________________________ Katherine Heiland, Philanthropy Chair, heiland@usc.edu

In the spirit of Earth Day rapidly approaching, come out next Saturday to a North East Trees TREE PLANTING in Highland Park! This event is taking place from around 9-12pm, Saturday April 11th. The festivities include planting trees, community beautification, a FRUIT TREE GIVEAWAY, food, and love music. It's gonna be a good time. Please email me to let me know if you are interested so we can start setting up carpools--RSVP!. Also, please indicate if you have a car to drive (the park is only 10-15 minutes north on the 110 freeway!).

Thanks guys. Have a great weekend:) __________________________________________________________________ E1 Calendar Overview Monday:Tuesday: Lunch with the RAINFOREST ACTION NEWTWORK 11-12:30 JKP 102Wednesday: Thursday: MEETING GFS 105 6pm...We're making banners!Friday:Saturday: TREE PLANTING 9-12Sunday:-- Environment 1stUniversity of Southern Californiahttp://uscenvironment1st.blogspot.com/___________________________USCenvironment1st@gmail.com