Minutes 10 Dec 2007

Last full-group meeting of the semester!

Icebreaker: Name and pet peeve

Announcements (many):
-Nate wins the Wespeak award!
-Sustainability Committee meeting (8am of that morning)
oSubcommittees are working, leadership-wise
oNeed students
  •Procurement
  •Energy
  •Transportation
  •Recycling/Waste
  •Education/Communication

oSustainability Subcommittee reports:
•Transportation is trying to capture numbers for transportation impact
    •Looking at fleets
    •How to monitor outside contractors
•Energy
  •Cogeneration will save a lot, but no solid numbers
  •Possible system for monitoring campus energy use (software costs $3000)
•Recycling/Waste not going anywhere fast
  •Bon Appetit using sugarcane dishware soon (not as much plastic)
    oCompost infrastructure able to handle it?
    oWaste metric in the works
•Procurement
  •Lots of paper waste (to the tune of 1 million sheets/month for
copiers alone)
  •Trying to make standards more universal across the university for
procurement
•Green Building
  •LEED silver is becoming the state standard for new buildings in two
years
  •Talk of making LEED silver standard now
•Focus the Nation
  •One speaker fell through
  •Funding pending
oTalk of getting sustainability audits for departments

-Possibility of solar panels by March – so sayeth Peter Staye
-Allison is reelected to WSA!
-EON study break movie – “Planet Earth”
o8pm and 9pm, Wednesday 12/12, Shanklin 107
oPut up signs!
-Wednesday at noon at 42 Fountain Ave, gathering to send e-mails to
individual professors for Focus the Nation (bring $2 for pizza!)

Group reports:

Energy/Events:
-Focus the Nation news
oGot the $2400 from the SBC
oMeeting next Monday at normal EON time

Procurement:
-Sarice has infiltrated ITS! Will help write policy on lab computers so
that they go off at night, double sided printing.
-Sustainable meal for Focus the Nation

Waste
- Working one trayless Tuesdays, waste weighing for next semester.


-EON meeting Monday, Jan 21st, if you’re back.
-Finish the EON beer party, 42 Miles, Thursday.
-Interested in campaigning for Barack Obama in New Hampshire? Talk to Izaak.
-Harvesting Long Lane Earth Tub next week! Talk to Elisa. E-mail forthcoming.

Good luck on finals and enjoy the break!

Meeting Minutes, 12/3

A productive end-of-the-semester meeting.  Some major stuff:
- Remember your Focus the Nation hw
- Vote for Allison to keep Wes Green! www.wesleyan.edu/wsa/voting (ends
Friday)
- Groups email your achievements for archives to Antoine at
acadotwood@wesleyan.edu

Minutes, 12/3

Icebreaker – what do you like to do in the snow?

Announcements
* Met with Trinity and Conn College = showing “The Eleventh Hour” at Conn
College; coordinated movements
* Dec 12, 6pm @ Green Street – 2nd meeting for planning meeting for “Feet
To The Fire”
          8 pm = EON study break
* Party: $4 for Dana Powell
* Vote for Allison Quantz for WSA At-Large!  And Gianna Palmer because she
is going to give us money for Focus the Nation!
* Next time in Usdan: Think twice before buying bottled water!
* Energy Bill take 2: Sarah will set up a tabling thing for people to call
senators!!

Groups talk

End of meeting notes
* Miranda: verbal consent is legally binding in CT; so don’t tell people
you will offer money!
* IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON: any ideas of smart people to come,
talk to Julien or email jburns@wesleyan.edu.  This is your project!
* Make conversation with professors this week = approach professors that
they have in; what’s going on! (we want profs to work on this)
        Jan. 31 = can make it into a whole class, we can provide readings to
begin class.  lots of ways to get involved, we’ll be getting in touch
with that sort of info.
* Meeting
        Thurs., 4:15, Usdan = energy meeting/ focus the nation – 2pm
* Accomplishments
Events
-        blog
-        party
-        movie
Waste
-        set up infrastructure of ppl
-        dining facilities composting
-        natl recycling day competition
Energy
-        Signed climate commitment; got community climate
-        Do it in the dark
-        Powershift conference
-        Step it up
-        Tabled for energy policy in senate
-        Involved in focus the nation
Procurement
-        bottled water signs
-        double-sided printing project
-        green bags at weshop; discount signs
-        food waste scales
-        energy saving lightbulbs at weshop

Meeting Minutes 11/26

Meeting Minutes
facilitator: morgan
icebreaker: fav mode of transportation
laura: there's double-sided printing in sci li! OMGGGGGG
when you go to printer: says "copies" scroll down to layout, says double-sided printing off, JUST PUT IT TO ON! HAHA wow.
party this weekend? 10 pm on friday at 34 fountain! woo.

focus the nation (happening on jan. 31st): we need speakers. Julian will send a form letter so we can send letters to people we think could be a good speaker. everyone should contact at least one person!
categories: science, policy/response, social justice
more info in email

vote for allison in next week's WSA election
talk to izaak if you want to be on the WSA (increase green presence)

for next meeting: bring list of things we've done so far this semester (for institutional memory)

apparently we shared space with para la familia.

procurement: every printer can print double-sided! perhaps they just installed something and just didn't tell us.
HOW TO: when print page comes up, click drop down that says copies and pages, go to layout, says normal, choose double-sided printing.

facilitator for next week: sarah

Meeting Minutes 12 November

Meeting Minutes
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. Green Building

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 Iraq)

- 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!

Minutes 5 November 2007

Meeting Minutes
blog has calendar
let's have a party
SAFT (saftwesleyan@gmail.com)
Long Lane Workday?
Still need someone to go through Freeman Center to assess enviro stuff--Julian, Sarah

Allan Comp--Speaker tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7:30 at Daniel Family Commons (super interdisciplinary--effects of coal, working with communities)
Sludge movie on Thurs.

Sam went to Yale Food conference thing

Step it Up happened kindof, despite the odds...yay! (can we get the picture?)

14 went to powershift this past weekend at U of Maryland
youth forum
went beyond rhetoric, usual discourse
enviro justice issues, how interconnected many issues are-->working together, building coalitions
mostly underclassmen went (props to them)

Sam met some people from Conn College who do similar things--they have an herb garden, buying cheap tea bags, selling herbs to make money for their group (cool idea--work with the farm?)

MEETINGS:
thurs 4:15 sci li energy
fri at 12 focus the nation
waste: wednesday at 12:25 at usdan info desk

friday 16th early evening eon party

next thursday is america recycles day

andres' idea: maximize paper usage
take all one-sided paper---make notebooks (cover with fun facts) to sell! use it to buy carbon credits

procurement is getting a printer for gooso paper in ST lab
problem: it's up to us to fill it with paper

Meeting Minutes 10/29

Meeting Minutes
Katchen Coley-enviro activist from Mtown
Ron Klattenberg- city council, common council
Matt Lesser-running for planning and zoning (wes student?)

what's going on in mtown in the next election

Katchen:
impressed with us--shareholder in the farm (food fair was great)
Bill Nelligan praised us as well
appeal for help--election day is happening Nov. 6th (tues)
vote for candidates
3 referendums--approve bonding money (for diff projects)
1.roads
2.sewers
3. conservation commission (preserve farmland, open space in middletown) is asking for bond (which includes state aid)
approve $2million so they can continue their work

want us to stand at polling places to hand out a piece of paper explaining the 3rd referendum item

polling place on williams st. (green awning at senior center)
if you're doing this, note that you can't stand closer than 75 ft. to the polling place
2 hr shifts

(preventing land from being developed saves tax $$)

Ron Klattenberg
how is Middletown involved in environmental issues
infomercial--intended to encourage residents to participate in clean energy task force thing

Matt Lesser (08)
Democratic Candidate for planning and zoning commission
Planning and zoning=city agency that has most control over how Middletown actually looks (any developer has to consult)

important election that's coming up
conflict between philosophies:
1. put jobs first
2. looks at enviro impact


announcements
izaak has talked to marsha whitehead student athletics advisory board thing--interested in working on sust. at freeman athletic center--who will check it out and make recommendations for her?
jamie silver at admissions wants some people to go talk to tour guides
contact iorlansky@wes

step it up is this weekend (12 on saturday--rally on foss hill. live music! whee. info, compact flourescents) talk to julian if interested in helping
before rally at wes, there's going to be a march across bridge (at 11)

12 people going to powershift--need one more car (can anyone volunteer?)

bottled water kickoff event at farmer's market
43% filtered
22% tap
23% bottled
13% no pref

yay! people were interested

ride board thing: its has set up a program
demo at thurs at 2:30 in nicole chabot's office (across from that store thing)


energy: thurs 4:15 sci li
procurement weds 6 at usdan downstairs
waste: tues at noon at usdan at info desk (talking to bill nelligan)
events: thurs at 7:30 comfy couches

Meeting Minutes 10/1

Meeting Minutes (by Dana)

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Minutes from tonight's EON meeting (EON meets weekly at 9pm in the Woodhead Lounge):
-Anne facilitated
-Birthday icebreaker (quick)

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Anne Carlson (amcarlson@mindspring.com) is a visiting faculty member who attended the meeting. She's working on Feet to the Fire, a year long interdisciplinary series on climate change issues. There is FUNDING AVAILABLE for climate change project ideas for their Landfill Festival in May--keep an eye out for registration info or contact Anne.
-Dining Committe update: We've seen changes based on EON members' suggestions (keep suggesting). Folks are concerned with wes students wasting LOTS of food, and sushi and kosher station food in disposable dishes. Note: Weswings and Red and Black are overseen by Ed Thorndike (sp?): different pathway to address concerns.
-Wed. Oct. 24th campus farmer's market
-remember to comment on Pres. Roth's blog about climate change (GREAT student responses so far)
-sign up to help with tabling THIS WEEK at Usdan meals for the Student's Climate Commitment (email sreed@wes) **EDIT: POSTPONED**
-Apple Picking and Preserving Green Series event THIS SAT.: apple picking at High Hill organic orchard--leave from back of science center (outside lobby) 1pm, PLEASE bring car if possible, bring $ and bags
applesauce making (to freeze for winter) 3pm at Dana's house (42 Miles Ave.), bring tupperware, email dpowell@wes if interested.
-HUGE Climate Change Summit in D.C.: Nov. 2-5, may have FUNDING, email
Sarah Reed or Alex (**EDIT: actually Anne) soon if interested or know a potential driver
-EON will be scheduled to help on Long Lane Farm (one workday a month)--good times, good veggies, dates soon
-We're asking the WSA to pass a resolution for Pres. Roth to sign the Climate Commitment
-Read the Argus for EON members' wespeaks this week (!)
-Help go door-to-door with the Do It In The Dark campaign THIS SUN.: 1-3pm, email sreed@wes for sign-ups


GROUPS met briefly. This week, their meeting times will be:

EVENTS: Fri. noon outside Pi (working on online events calendar, blog, water taste testing booth, events to come)
PROCUREMENT: Wed. 6pm Usdan (paper campaign, bottled water...)
WASTE: email (compost route continues, recycling/compost accessability and
awareness)
ENERGY: 4:15 on Thurs. in Sci Li (****EDIT****)

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

Minutes 9 April 2007

Helloooooo, EON!
So, another stellar meeting this week- in case you weren't there, see
the minutes below and you can catch the next one, as always, in the
WOODHEAD LOUNGE IN THE SCIENCE CENTER ON MONDAY AT 9PM! And you can
stop by Queer Cafe in Pi Cafe on your way out- did anyone else know
that Pi Cafe stays open late on Mondays? Sweet!
Next week we will be taking the EON picture for the blog, so if you
show up, you'll be in the photo... and, of course, you will go down in
photographic history as a member of the fabulous environmental
organizers' network. So, come!

Stay tuned about Earth Day, Earth Week and Buttstock events! Here are
the minutes....

Facilitator: Alex
What is your favorite plant?

Announcements:

(Greg)        1. Building Sustainability Meeting
       Science Tower, April 12, 3:15 EON discussion with Payette
       Room 101

       2. Extra wood at CFA theater- could we make our own woodchips?

(Brendan) 3. “Bushmeat, Consumption and Trade in Madagascar”
               Tuesday, Noon, Shanklin 107
               Free pizza!

       ‘4. Smart & Sustainable Campus Conference’ –Bill N. is going
               -in future years, students may be able to have funding to go

(Izaak) 5. Buttstock: April 28th, 12:30-5:30
No ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s for Buttstock!
       Think of ideas for committee activities at the fair TONIGHT.

       6. WSA elections coming up: looking for ‘leadership’
               -see Izaak about ‘green ticket’

       7. Annual recycling survey- who will help make sure our campus
recycles?
               -talk to Izaak

(Emma)  8. Step It Up- Saturday, April 14- MARCH and painting on Foss
Hill
               -fliers, publicity, media (call Middletown Press, Argus)
               -If you’re interested, email Emma, Julien or Ashley

(Ashley) 9. North End Clean Up on April 22, come ANYTIME DURING THE DAY!
                       -officially starting at 8:45, running until 3pm
-bring food if you want to grill it!
               Activities include:
               Creating community garden on Aaron Street
               Collecting trash in the neighborhood
               Cleaning the river, planting flowers, etc.

CHECK THE BLOG FOR MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS! (wesleyaneon.blogspot.com)

Facilitator for next week: Emma!

Thank you, everybody who came! We'll see you next week...
Love and...compost...
Elisa

Minutes 2 April 2007

Hello, EONers!
I am terribly sorry that I have been such a slacker this week! However,
last week we had a great meeting and between then and now, there was,
in fact, a sustainability committee meeting, organized by Bill
Nelligan, which some knew about and some didn't (again- sorry)
discussing the future of sustainability at Wesleyan. In any case, there
promises to be another one soon. And until then, you can all come to
the EON meeting on Monday at 9pm in the Woodhead Lounge in the Science
center, as ever, and you can read the very, very overdue minutes from
last meeting! Yay, EON!

Minutes from 4/2:

Happy Birthday, Amanda!
Why we love, Amanda…so many reasons…

Announcements:

Ashley met Izzy Greenberg (NEAT) about North End clean up on Sunday,
April 22

Alex: Blog is being worked on (thank you Alex and Antoine)
      -question and answer posted for askEON section
      Check it out: it’s awesome! (wesleyaneon.blogspot.com)

      Green buildings made online petition
              put it on wesleying- 85 people signed it!

      Starch, non-toxic, compostable peanuts!!
      -if you need some, ask Alex

Izaak: Buttstock is coming up! April 28? Perhaps?
      Start thinking about an activity or program for it- tell Izaak
      fliers? petitions? spray-painting?

Julien: Step it Up- Joyce Jenocke(sp?) from Buddhagaia (sp?)
      -goal: 80% carbon reduction by 2050
              -march in 12 days on Saturday
              From some park up to Foss Hill
              Stay tuned for more info!

What’s the deal with the Sustainability Committee, Bill Nelligan?
      -Elisa will write to him

Final Announcements:
EON resolution passed at the WSA- thanks from Annie Fox to everyone who
helped

Green buildings: Fundraising with parents, alumni associations
                      Money for the new science center to be LEED certified
              Buttstock: brainstorming… the petition for signing

Energy/Sustainability: Working on document requesting office
of/sustainability coordinator

Compost: Grant writing/researching party
           Working with the Roosevelt inst. to establish composting on
camups and in community.

Facilitator for next week: Alex! Yahoo!

Last minute notes:
BLOG!! password stuffs
      -email Alex, aprovo, or Antoine, acadotwood, about questions, links,
posts, etc.

News from Ava: HELP is official! Yay!

Some composting and farming folks met with Delmar Crim, head of Bon
Appetit dining. Though an interesting character, he seemed to see his
job as representing the hopes and dreams of students to the dining
company- so he is way into sustainable practices! I think we can count
on him to support our initiatives, which is lovely.

Thank you all for reading and to all who came to the last meeting. Hope
to see more of you at the next!
Elisa

Minutes 26 March 2007

Welcome back, everybody!
We have all returned refreshed and ready to spearhead many more
environmental initiatives for the remainder of the semester. If you
missed last night's meeting, that's okay- bring your renewed energy to
next week's on Monday at 9pm in the Woodhead Lounge in the Science
Center. In the meantime, you can read the minutes for this week's
meeting below:

Amanda is facilitator.
Icebreaker…Happy to be back!

Announcements:
North End greenup, Sunday of WesFest weekend (April 22)—get it on the
Wesfest calendar!
    -sponsored by NEAT; can EON cosponsor?
    -interested? Contact Ashley (acasale)

EON Blog
LINKS! – email Alex (aprovo)
List of websites about environment
    -Remember: they should be resources for Wes students in general and EON
    Ask EON: Need example questions, so send them to Alex if you have them.

Earth Tub is running!
    Thanks to Shawn Hill for being the spring break compost turner.


Group Discussion (see subcommittee page)


Next week’s facilitator: Sasha

Thank you to everyone who came and happy Spring!
See you next week,
Elisa

Minutes 5 March 2007

Facilitator – Brendan
Say your name and a sound that describes yourself

Greg Silver – update on facilities
-Just certified LEEDS
-Greg Silver to contact Wesleyan Connection

Ashley – introduction of Middletown HS student (Ava)
-HELP – Heal Earth, Lower Poverty

Ashley - Who wants to be involved in Sustainability Committee, name passed
-advisory committee to administration – make sustainability something we care about
-sustainability workshop coming soon for Payette

Diana – Global Warming March in Massachusettes
-will end up in Boston
-Website: www.climatechange.org
-Last week of spring break

Step It Up Rally – April 14 (also Climate Change)
-EON is signed up = we have to create it
-On Wesleyan campus (energy is talking about it)

Minutes 26 Feb 2007

Facilitator: Izaak
Icebreaker: SNOW DAYS!

Announcements:

NEW Biojustice Group, (Brian)
-relating to environmental and social justice
-to combat ‘biotech industry’
-profit driven farming industries (factory farms—lead to climate change, environmental racism, small farm deterioration, eg. terminator seeds in Mexico)
-If you are interested, meet Wednesday 8pm Mtg. Rm. 2 in Campus Ctr.!
-ALSO: April 22-29- Biojustice events (during Earth House’s Food Politics Week)
-April 29: Rising Tide Road Show –touring in Bio bus (veggie oil!) spreading awareness about global climate change in connection with social justice movements
-Also, Food Sovereignty Speaking Tour- small business farmers resisting pressure from large companies
-needs money: Can EON cosponsor the entire event or host/run a workshop on environmental justice, etc.?
-this might be a topic for full group discussion!!

Latkes vs. Hamantaschen- does anyone want to debate the environmental
aspect?
-eg. Latkes use more oil…
-contact Sarice!

Dumpster-diving Documentary (Jean)
-5 school documentary, various end of year “stuff” management systems
-On Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dmbvr_Ui0DQ

Science Building Committee- looking for a science major member
-Interested? Email someone from the Green building group…

Minutes 19 Feb 2007

(Elisa now knowingly monopolizing this board)

Facilitator: Sarice
Icebreaker…Mocon! Yeah!

Announcements:

Sustainability Committee Meeting WITH Recycling Committee Meeting Wednesday, noon at the Cady Admin. Building on Long Lane
-make sure it’s a distinctly different committee from the recycling
committee
-4 to 7 people are interested in being on it- Ashley will email Bill

Middletown Sustainability Expo- a few contacts, may have a location email Ashley (acasale) if you’re interested

BioJustice Event- “Rising Tide Road Show” is asking for sponsorship from EON
-ask him to our EON meeting (Ashley will)
-Virginia wrote to him on behalf of Earth House (for food politics week)

Campus Progress Grant- for Ashley’s March for Peace
-will use EON’s bank account- no one objected

Board of Trustees Meeting, Friday 2/23, 4-5pm, Zelnick Pavilion
-meet at 3:45 in the campus center to walk in as a gang
-Follow up on the last meeting’s business
-Compost money! Get the trustees interested in the program

Recycling “Tag Sale” (Allison Burson’s idea)- during Finals Week
-EON and Long Lane staffed
-reserving hockey rink now
-talk with Amanda if you’re interested in working on the project
-what about the Freecycle pods- perhaps they could be all but clothing…

Brendan’s Project with the AIA (right?? Sorry, I didn’t catch it!)- in
the works!

Roosevelt Inst.- “nation’s first student think tank”,
(public policy by students) ---meets most Tuesdays at 8pm
-CT state-wide conference (w/ Rosa DeLauro) around Apr. 21st
-environment, possibly composting in CT
-input about professors, speakers, etc.

Heating Meeting with Peter Staye
-found out about heating in buildings
-rooms are (usually) not individually controlled
-reducing heat DOES reduce energy use
- energy is generated specifically for heat
-Unless you have a thermostat in your room, you do not waste energy by opening a window. However, you might get yelled at by Stacy Baldwin. If your room is too cold or too hot, file a work order with Physical Plant. If they don’t respond, email Stacy Baldwin!

Minutes 12 Feb 2007

(courtesy of Elisa)

Arts&Crafts Icebreaker

General Announcements:

Petition for building committee (for new Science Building) for a sustainable building
-pressure from student body will be best influence
-talk with Greg (gsilver) with ideas, etc.

Who wants to meet w/ Bill Nelligan about sustainability committee?
-contact Ashley(acasale)

Official Wesleyan Sustainability Page
-talk with Justin Harmon about official webpage space (Ashley)
-in the meantime, a student webpage would work
-Outreach committee was going to make one- couldn’t find the skill

Check out the Committees blog to see just what they were up to!