Davidson College’s annual Green Week is scheduled Monday to Friday, Feb. 9 to 13, with several days of programs organized the college’s Environmental Action Coalition (EAC), a student organization that tries to raise environmental awareness on campus. Events will include everything from arts and crafts to community service, with the annual Green Ball to top it off on Friday the 13th.

Events begin with a “Wear Green Day” on Monday, when the college’s Union Café will also be serving “Green Eggs & Ham.” The week’s events also include a Wednesday lecture by award-winning journalist Paul Roberts, author of “The End of Oil” and “The End of Food.” He’ll talk about “The End of Food: Injustices in the Global Food System.”

Kealy Devoy, 2008 Davidson graduate and former EAC secretary now working as a campus Sustainability Fellow, said the events are designed to appeal to wide audience.

“The EAC wanted to educate Davidson’s campus about environmental issues, both locally and globally,” she said. “We felt that a good way to do this would be to hold several events over a short period of time that would draw students from many backgrounds and groups. We aim to keep programming varied and interesting, so that something appeals to everyone.”

With its diverse assortment of programs this year, Green Week might just in fact offer something of interest for everyone, Ms. Devoy said.

The week starts off Monday, Feb. 9, with “Wear Green Day” and the inclusion of special “green” items like “Green, Eggs & Ham” (spinach and ham quiche) on the Union Café menu, which will be offered throughout the week.

For the service-oriented, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, the EAC will host a community service project at the Ada Jenkins Community Center, organized by Peggy McKay ’10. Volunteers will work on Ada Jenkins’s community garden, a local project which provides fresh produce to its gardeners – the senior citizens who take their lunches at the community center.

ROBERTS LECTURE

In the evening, award-winning journalist Paul Roberts, author of “The End of Oil” and “The End of Food,” will present a lecture, “The End of Food: Injustices in the Global Food System,” at 7:30 pm in the 900 Room of the College Union.

Mr. Roberts will examine the complex interplay of the environment, politics, economics, and technology which he explores in his books and through his work as a journalist, paying particularly close attention to the issues of energy and oil. Roberts, whose most recent book, The End of Food, addresses injustices in the food system, is a long-time observer of energy issues and politics. His vast experiences in the field of journalism include writing for such prestigious publications as The Washington Post, USA Today, Newsweek, The Christian Science Monitor, and Rolling Stone, and appearing regularly on national and international television and radio news shows such as the BBC, CNN American Morning, MSNBC, and NPR’s Morning Edition. The lecture will be followed by a book signing.

Mr. Roberts will also host a roundtable discussion, open to all, at 3 pm in Union 302 Wednesday afternoon, and a Dean Rusk Breakfast Series on the oil crisis Thursday morning.

Thursday night, from 7 to 9 p.m., the EAC will hold a valentine-making workshop in the Union Atrium, with a sustainable twist. Participants will have the opportunity to make valentines for their loved ones out of recycled and reused material collected from campus recycling bins.

Green Week culminates Friday, Feb. 13, with the EAC’s 5th Annual Green Ball, a fund-raiser for the Davidson Lands Conservancy, a local non-profit that works to preserve green areas and protect biodiversity in the Town of Davidson.

Contra dancing? a form of traditional folk dancing comparable to square or line dancing in which couples dance in two facing lines?and bluegrass music, performed by Asheville band Appalachian Storm, will be the order of the night. No previous contra dancing experience is required, nor is a date, said Ms. Devoy.

The Eco-House, Davidson College’s very own ecological cooperative, will provide refreshments, and a silent auction featuring such prizes as vacation rentals, cooking lessons, and the work of local artists will be held throughout the night.

The Green Ball will be held in the Lilly Gallery and will run from 7:30 pm to 11 p.m. Tickets for the event may be purchased throughout Green Week at the Union for $10 ($12 at the door, $5 children).

Dancers at the 2008 Green Ball at Davidson College. This year's event is Friday, Feb. 13.