Hey guys,
Here are the minutes from last week's meeting, Nov. 12...sorry to post them SO late.
Icebreaker – things you like that start with the first letter of your name
Announcements –
- Meeting with ITS – Green Month for ITS; campaigns to save energy
Two campaigns that we’re sponsoring together
1. Shutting off computers in the labs (when not using them)
-Josh recommends getting software
-Harik bought timers for printers
2. Getting GOOSO printer in the ST lab
-during summer, double-sided printers on the way
- SAFT – trying to add more shuttle service, publicize current publication
- i.e. DATCO = Hartford/New Havan corrider
- 6:30pm on Wed.
- saftwesleyan@gmail.com; their blog is linked from EON’s
- LOOK AT THE BLOG
- Sustainability meeting = mildly productive
- Nelligan determined that there are 5 subcommittees
1. Transportation
2. Procurement
3.
4. Energy
5. Recycling/Waste
- If you would like to be on some, please contact us
- FEAR: when there is no structure, no way to maintain system
- Feet to the Fire – interdisciplinary project of art/science
- Ann Kaarlson = looking to explore
- Landfill Festival = art projects, food
- Environmental Exhibits or Art
- PowerSHIFT = 14 students went
- How to create a youth voting bloc
* create bigger change by electing representatives
* be part of voter drives – coalition with WesDems
(10% registered to vote)
- How to see a movement through start to finish
* setting concrete, measurable goals
* find targets
* making events more powerful
- Revelation: you can do something!
* if we accomplish 50% reduction by 2050
- Food and climate change
* voluntary day a week in which you don’t eat = if all Americans did that, equivalent to taking 8 million cars off the road
- Mine campus for all resources on campus
* e.g. Gary Yohe, government professors
* engaging all groups (frats, republicans, etc)
- Environmental issues related to other important issues
* we don’t always build coalitions, see connections (e.g. War in
- Session in which we broke out into state groups
* Trinity sent 50 students
* got a lot of contacts, will compile and share
- New subcommittee = Beyond Wesleyan
- working on campaign; there is a bill for 35% reduction for car emissions
- phone-a-thon/email-a-thon at Usdan (we got 60 people to contact their reps; 30 senators got contacted)
- Focus the Nation = Sunday 7 PM to talk about
- Met with Barry Chernoff; we have tentative schedule of speakers
- We would like to bring in headliner speakere
- Majora Carter = her mission of environmental justice
Meeting Times:
- Procurement = Wed., 6PM, Usdan
- Waste = Recycle Toss! Thurs., 11:30/12-1PM, Usdan
- Events = Thurs., 12PM, Usdan
- Energy = Thurs., 4:15PM, Science Library
- Focus the Nation = Fri., 12PM, Usdan
31 people!
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