Did you know???

Since 1995, over 2,500 trees have been planted

throughout the USF campus.
USF has reduced land area that is being covered and
will be allowed to remain an open space by building The
taller, not wider.
Currently, there are more than 4 miles of bike lanes Tampa Bay Sierra Club
on the Tampa campus. and the
USF is a Charter Participant of the Association for
the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher University of South Florida’s
Education (AASHE) Sustainability Tracking, Assess- Office of Sustainability
ment & Rating System (STARS). invite you to this exciting event!
USF’s Bull Runner Transit System is free to
students/faculty/staff on campus; Over one million Join us in promoting our community’s
free rides are provided per year throughout the
campus, connecting neighborhoods around campus,
pride in our local environment.
and to a HART station (Tampa’s Public Bus System).
Established in 1995, USF’s Solar Energy Charging
Saturday, April 23, 2011— 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Station is the first 20,000-watt solar charging
station in the United States. USF Botanical Gardens
(one block north of the corner of Fowler Ave. & Bruce B. Downs Blvd.)
Since 1990, USF’s Physical Plant has operated an
extensive recycling program in which solids are
burned to generate electricity, scrap metal recycled,
and some food waste used as compost by the USF Event Address Admission and Parking are FREE
Use of alternative transportation
Grounds department.
USF recycled over 48 tons of aluminum and over USF Botanical Gardens is encouraged!!!
9,700 tons of mixed paper from 1996 to 1997.
12210 USF Pine Drive
To learn more about how USF Tampa, FL 33612
and local businesses continue Website:
to take pride of place in our http://www.cas.usf.edu/garden
local community, mark your For more information,
calendar and be sure not to please contact us at:
miss this spectacular event!!! Email: EarthDay@usf.edu.
Be Seen!!! Be Green!!! Phone: (813) 974-5397 http://www.usf.edu/earthday
 Sponsors Earth Day Tampa Bay 2011 Organizers

Tampa Electric Company

Tampa Electric has supplied the Tampa Bay area with
electricity since 1899. Its West Central Florida service area
covers 2,000 square miles, including all of Hillsborough
County and parts of Polk, Pasco and Pinellas counties.
HealthCorps
HealthCorps is a proactive health movement founded by
heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, is fighting the obesity
and mental resilience crisis in American students.
Tampa Bay Water
Tampa Bay Water is a regional water supply authority
The year 2011 will mark the 41st that provides wholesale water to three cities
Earth Day Tampa Bay celebration. and three counties in the Tampa Bay region.
This year’s festival will feature
exhibitors, demonstrations, arts and USF Patel Center for Global Solutions
crafts, community groups, live music, Event Exhibitors Tampa Bay Sierra Group
XS Energy
food, and children’s activities — all City of Temple Terrace Public Works Java Planet
aimed to help Tampa Bay’s residents AAA Solar Source Amhara African Fair Trade Market
Wowgreen International
create a healthy and sustainable Save Our Shores—Florida
Residential Energy Specialists, Inc.
Covanta Hillsborough, Inc.
lifestyle. Businesses will demonstrate Humanwear USF Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
new products that will focus on ways HealthCorps Florida Voice for Animals
Neem Tree Farms
to “go green,” and nonprofit Keystone Water Company
Conservation Enterprises Unlimited
Its Our Nature
organizations will be on site to Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority Winter Park Soap Company
provide helpful information. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Environmental Protection Commission of
The Moses House
This annual event typically attracts Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
Hillsborough County
Jems Natural Living
several thousand participants. Clean Energy Research Center Magnolia Organics
Environmental Defense Fund HCC Institute of Florida Studies
Big Cat Rescue Hillsborough Community College SustainabilitynCouncil
Sweetwater Community Farm Chartreuse Eco Products
Courteous Canine, Inc. Water Equipment Technologies, Inc.
Ehtics of Food Production Fisher Honey Bees
Albisia Jewelry Down2Earth
Herbalwise Student Environmental Association
Pathfinder Outdoor Education Celadon Road
Southwest Florida Water Management Dis- World School
trict Tampa Electric Company
Tampa Bay Water ProEnergy Consultants
USF Office of Sustainability ALS Association—Ride to Defeat ALS
USF School of Global Sustainability Lettuce Eat Healthy