Earth Day speaker Archeologist William Rathje, director of the University of Arizona Garbage Project, will be the guest speaker for Illinois State University s Earth Day at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, in the Old Main Room of Bone Student Center.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Rathje, who has been described as the Indiana Jones of solid waste, heads a program that works to understand behavior by studying landfills across the nation and around the world. He applies scientific methods to look at the patterns between artifacts and behavior the same thing archaeologists do with ancient cultures. His most current research is on source reduction. President Victor Boschini also will speak and Ecology Action Center awards will be announced. A Toyota Prius will be displayed.