The University of West Florida will host an Environmental Symposium as part of this year’s Earth Day Pensacola celebrations. The Symposia will be held in the University Commons Auditorium on Thursday, April 22nd, 2010. The theme will be 'Environmental Issues In All Fields'. Admission is free and open to the public. The Environmental Symposium is in addition to the Earth Day Pensacola Festival, which will be celebrated on April 24 2010 from 10 am to 5 pm at Bayview Community Center and Park.

Earth Day Pensacola’s mission is to bring together the community with local, state, and federal agencies; environmental and educational non-profits; and local businesses to take stock of the remaining resources of Mother Earth, to evaluate progress made during the past year in conserving and enhancing the health of the environment, and to set goals for the future of our Planet Earth.

The symposium is a panel discussion on Sustainability by professionals from a variety of fields. The symposium will be held in a town hall meeting fashion, the public is welcome and encouraged to attend and participate.

For more information about the symposium, contact Chasidy Hobbs at (850) 474-2735 or e-mail chobbs@uwf.edu .

For more information about Earth Day 2010 contact Mary Gutierrez at:
(850) 549-7472 or email mary.earthethics@cox.net.