[SustainableTompkins] You're invited: Sustainable Health and Wellness Fair

[Marian Brown]

*Sustainable Health & Wellness Fair*

*organized and presented by Ithaca College students*

*Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm*

*Date:  Saturday, December 9, 2006*

*Place: Gym, Hill Center, Ithaca College *

* * This Fair offers College community members the opportunity to learn 
about sustaining their health and wellness by integrating different 
kinds of health care modalities. The exhibitors and educators will cover 
a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: Chinese medicine, 
Ayurveda, Native American healing, reflexology, pet therapy, art 
therapy, music therapy, and various kinds of nutritional and herbal 
therapies.  Presentations will incorporate a variety of hands-on 
activities and demonstrations. The focus of this event will be on proper 
nutrition, use of herbal products (natural and whole), and being 
conscious about the importance of creating a healthy environment in 
their daily lives. The event introduces the campus community to the 
multitudes of health care modalities practiced globally that emphasize 
prevention and maintenance of optimum health. 

The development of this event is based upon a grant awarded to *Dr. 
Srijana Bajracharya* through the Sustainability Curriculum Development 
Summer Mini-grant program. The fair is being organized and presented by 
students as a project of the  /"Wellness: A Multicultural Perspective on 
Health and Healing"/ course (662-21300). Students from the /"Human 
Nutrition"/ course, taught by professors *Julia Lapp *and* Cindy 
Milner,* are also participating in this event.

*Faculty members across the campus *may encourage their students to 
attend this fair by offering them with extra credit for learning about 
sustainable health and wellness. The fair planners will have forms for 
attendees to complete that they can provide to their course instructors 
as a proof of their participation.  For example, if students visit at 
least five of the 25-30 planned information booths, they may receive 10 
extra credits.   

 *Please support our students: help them educate themselves and others 
about sustainability.*