MEETING 9/24 It's Group Time!

Facilitator: Alex
Announcements

Senior House Energy Competitions- advertisement this week!
-Saturday, Sept. 29, starting at 12 noon, go door-to-door with brochures
-for info on how to help, email Sarah (sreed)

Ron Klattenburg as potential speaker- Middletown local politician
-to give pitch to EON at a meeting forthcoming (all in agreement)

COCo or CoCo or COCO or whatever: Sarah Jeffrey went
-for money, they want to know three weeks in advance
-with questions, or requests, email Sarah (sjeffrey)

Student Finance and Facilities Committee representative needed!
-for application info, email Izaak (iorlansky) or Julien (jburns)

Next Sustainability Committee Meeting on October 2nd
-for info talk to Izaak, Jacob, Nate, Julien, Sarice or Elisa

Dining Committee
-BA not psyched about plasticware- want more student input on the input cards!
-would like research done on environmentally friendly dishware and silverware
-corn starch? bamboo? what’s the best? (What did Clark U. do?)
-is their tuna’s environmental footprint too big?? Let’s research it!
-for dining committee suggestions email Allison (?) or Tressa (teaton)

The D.C. Powershift Conference
-volunteers volunteered to organize it!
-more info, email Sarah (sreed)

Split up into groups:
(Remember: you are in no way bound to any group, unless you agreed to a job or responsibility. You can choose your own adventure!)
Energy
Procurement (Dining, Weshop, cleaning materials, etc)
Events/Media/ University Relations
Waste (Composting and Recycling)

Several groups decided on outside meeting times:
For working on the website, the meeting was (sorry!) at 12 noon at Pi on Wed.
For Green Series, the meeting was POSTPONED, perhaps to Sunday at 6pm in Sci Li- stay tuned!
For Energy, (go somewhere next week!) at 4:15 on Thursdays

Composting: if you are interested in helping with the manual labor of composting, email Elisa (eschine)!

Next week’s facilitator: Anne!!! Yahoo!!!
(Don’t forget to send out reminder emails to the listserve, thanks!)

First Official EON Meeting of the Year (9/18)

Icebreaker: Pick-up lines and vegetables

Announcements and Accomplishments
-Sustainability Committee formed
-Green Buildings Committee- focus on new Science Center
-Cage-free eggs at Weshop
-Tag Sale: Westuff sold for charity
-EON environmental film screenings
-Wes students conserving energy- “Do it in the Dark”
-EON blog (wesleyaneon.blogspot.com)
-Composting in most dining facilities
-President’s College Climate Commitment
[president meeting with Bill Nelligan (Environmental Health, Safety and Sustainability) on Oct. 23]

Dining Committee direct feedback to Tressa (teaton@wes)

Look for Climate Summits in D.C. and in Massachussetts
If interested, email Sarah(sreed@wes)

We have lots to work on & are behind comparable institutions!
For instance:
-Usdan and old squash courts lights
-Paper plates and plasticware at Usdan (let Tressa know when it happens!

The Plan: Four or Five Groups
-Energy
-(Green Buildings)
-Procurement (Dining, Wes Products)
-Waste (Composting, Recycling)
-Events/Politics/Relations

Explanation of Individual Campaigns (for full list see previous meeting minutes on the EON blog!)

Next week: decide which groups to join and what campaigns to tackle! Bring your friends!

Science Center Committee Representative needed
contact Jacob, jmirsky or Greg, gsilver.

Sarah Reed will update contact information- thank you!

Facilitator for next week: Alex Provo

Minutes 10 September 2007

Icebreaker – what you care about losing (regarding the environment)

Updates
Greg Silver = orientation session with frosh >> success
Tag sale proceeds = where are they going?
Activities fair Friday afternoon = sign up sheet went around
Group Recognition Ceremony = Sarah

Dining Rep Committee = Tressa Eaton
Sustainability Committee = Julien, Sarice, Elisa, Jacob, Nate
New Science Building = Jacob, Greg

Nate meets with Bill Nelligan = no progress
EON meets Roth, goes over American College and University Climate Agreement
-Constructive, but didn’t just sign it
Asked for two months (nov. 15 > then come kick my butt)
No Office of Sustainability
Doesn’t know much about Wes environmental stuff yet

Brainstorming session

• Saving Energy Campaign
o Do-It-In-The-Dark campaign
o Temperature in classroom and dorms
o Wasting energy campaign (e.g. TVs left on in Freeman, which lights are
for safety)
o Greenhouse gas inventory
o Laminated signs in all bathrooms for not wasting water
o People paying for utilities in senior houses

• Dining campaign
o Weshop: EON-approved stickers = carbon footprint
o No plastic bags at Weshop
o Reducing bottled water use on campus

• Organic flower garden + labeling campaign for native plants

• Events campaign
o Continuation of EON movie series
o Participate in Recyclemania!
o EON parties
o Monthly recycling survey
o D.C. Climate Summit = take a bus to
o WESTUFF tag sale planning

• Free bike program a la Paris

• Politics and outside Wes campaign
o Political candidate race for Middletown, presidential campaign
o Inter-school competition

• Wes relations
o Videos for campus center (about recycling)
o Giving space to eco-friendly vendors
o Get the blog running
o Email per month from EON, agree to recycle. Get them connected. Get
ice-cream.
o WSA = post student polls, petitions for WSA, referenda for election
o Argus = environmental tip of the day, column
o Partnerning with Earth House, Long Lane

• Paper campaign
o GOOSO campaign! (in offices, in WSA)
o WSA should use 100% recycled paper campaign

• Green cleaning materials campaign

• Green building Initiative
o Make more public MB&B building progress
o Save Shanklin campaign?
o Sustainability website = influence

• Composting campaign