Minutes (09-21-09)

~Passed around sign in sheets

Introduction: by Anne and Josh
~Our coordinators run the meeting, they are the point people if you have questions
~It's so great to see such an amazing turn out!
~We are here to serve EVERYONE and provide a network for getting involved
~This is the biggest year for environmental activism ever! President, Congress, etc
~These are OUR issues, and we need to confront them head on
~We won't get to our goals through one campaign, it's the combination of all our hard work
~The administration is totally on our side, even if they don't have the capital to back that support
~This year we even have a social coordinator!!!
~We have put a lot of work into getting to this stage, it's set, so now it's up to us to step up to the plate and do the work

How EON works:
~There have always been a bunch of committed students
~Last couple years there has been a lot of questioning of our efficiency
~We've revamped our structure, so we're better than ever
~We are a network that exists to provide the resources, the people, and the collaboration
~The real work is done in sub-committees that meet once a week
~EON as a whole will only meet once a month to report progress between groups
Roles:
~Two coordinators: Anne Rosenthal & Josh Levine
~Social coordinators: Emilie Knight & Alex Provo
-Informal get-together spaces to talk and share ideas
-Brunches, pizzas, parties, etc.
-If you want to host an event or party, talk to them!
-They will provide a little fun and structure if you'd like to host your own
~Secretary: Hannah Monk
-Takes meeting notes and collaborates with the Webmaster to compose newsletter
~Webmaster: Melody Chang
-Weekly newsletter to compile everything
-Conferences, events, ways to get involved
-Green Scene will go out every Monday evening
-If you have anything you want included, send it to weseon@gmail.com by Monday afternoons
~Treasurer: Meggie McGuire
-If you need money for anything, contact mmcquire@wesleyan.edu
~Any questions about the structure, feel free to ask the coordinators

Groups:
SAGES: Sarice Greenstein: em.greenstein@gmail.com
~Sustainability Advisory Group
~Committee meets once a month, but there are sub-committees that meet at least twice a month
~They are responsible for recycled paper, solar panels, zip cars etc
~They are:
-Green building, recycling, compost, energy, procurement, education
~This is how we are connected to the administration
~It's very important and student-driven

Landscaping: Nora Christiani: nchristiani@wesleyan.edu
~Trying to convert campus to native plants and less pesticides
~Now is the time for implementation
~They want to focus on the areas that they are leaving grassy- pesticide-free lawn-care
~It can also have a real impact on the surrounding neighborhood

Compost: Emilie Knight: emknight@wesleyan.edu
~We have started pre-consumer compost at Usdan, Pi Cafe, and Star & Cresent
-It's being collected and Physical Plant transports it to the Earth Tubs
~We have two working and one soon-to-be-working Earth Tubs out at Long Lane
~We also have 10 green machines located around campus
-You put material in it, close it, and tumble it
~Now we're working on institutionalizing the system and keeping it going
-The first step is an email going out through Reslife on how to get a bucket for your living space and what to do with your compost
~Would love ideas, energy, and people that aren't afraid to get a little dirty

Roosevelt Institute: Jeff Bizinkauskas: jbizinkauska@wesleyan.edu
~Wesleyan's student policy organization
~Connected to other student policy think-tanks across the country
~Have a really awesome website
~Four years old, small membership
~Has a lot of potential
~Engage, empower, and promote ideas to encourage change
~They meet and discuss policy, help students write policy, and publish a journal at the end of the year
~They hope to have a blog in addition to their website
~They want to work really closely with EON, because they want ideas turned into policy
~You can get published and spread your ideas

Awareness: Leslie Xu: lxu@wesleyan.edu
~Put up fliers, worked on a short eco-commercial
~This year they want to go into residences and have face-to-face discussions
~They want to work on a presentation/forum, maybe a slideshow
~If you like presenting things and talking to people, or working on the computer and writing things
~They want to be a vehicle to get the word out for other projects

WSA's X-Prize: Ben Firke: bfirke@wesleyan.edu
~Tried last year but is raring to go this time
~Committed to sustainability for years
~Have worked on traylessness and removing paper towels from dorms
~Want to make a strong alliance with EON this year
~Want to come up with as many ways to reduce the waste this campus produces
~They want proposals to go straight to President Roth
~They are going to offer cash prizes for detailed proposals for reducing our school's consumption of resources
~They need people to design & put up posters, and to work on the website
~Even if you don't win the money, your idea will be considered and possibly implemented
~Tentative deadline for submissions: end of the semester

Farmer's Market: Melody Chang: mchang@wesleyan.edu
~Happens every other Wednesday
~Every other Wednesday, things need to be set up before the market, and help the vendors unload all their goods
~During the market they have an information desk where they have recipes and fun information
~There is also clean-up after the market and advertising before the market
~Students run the market
~It's still young and growing, so if you have any ideas for expansion, let them know
~They are trying to involve the community more and get approved to accept food stamps

Live Campus: Hannah Monk: hmonk@wesleyan.edu
~Started by students at Brandeis two years ago
~Concerts go on at campuses around the country to raise money for a Millenium Village in Africa
~A Millennium Village is created using sustainable farming techniques, clean water, better medicine
~Got really far on it last year and didn't receive funding
~So now they are ready for action!
~They need people to screen and select bands, contact bands, make and sell tickets and shirts, and work the show
~It's a great way to get involved if you love music

Green Fees: Julia Michaels: jmichaels@wesleyan.edu & Julia Jonasday: jjonasday@wesleyan.edu
~Went to Powershift in DC
~One of Wesleyan's biggest issues is funding
~We need an institutionalized source of funding for sustainability
~It's a fee that tacks onto tuition
~If there is a 2/3 vote on campus of probably around $20
~It is possible to opt out
~It's going to be a slow process, but they need a lot of support throughout the process
~Pretty much everyone at Wesleyan is interested in sustainability, but might not have the time to show it, so this is a way they can contribute
~Ideas to use it: clean energy, better-insulated senior houses
~It's time for Wes to get on board

CT Forest & Parks Association: Annie DeBoer: adeboer@wesleyan.edu
~Work to preserve over 800 miles of state hiking trails
~Depends mostly on volunteers and members
~It's the first year of community partnerships
~They want to plan and go on hikes, help them maintain their trails
~They need help with education, their website, public relations, film events
~This weekend they have a hike with elementary students for trail maintenance
~Meeting Wednesday at 8:30

350: Juliana Gaertner: jgaertner@wesleyan.edu, Dan Fischer: dlfischer@wesleyan.edu, Aja Mathews: armathews@wesleyan.edu
~We need to get below 350 parts per million
~They flooded senators with calls today
~In December, the UN is having a summit in Copenhagen to decide the global treaty for the next ten years
~It's a fair, ambitious, and binding treaty (FABulous!)
~They are planning a huge event on October 24th to involve everyone and spread the word about 350
~They need ideas for what they can do before the 24th of October
~Whatever group you are a part of, they need your ideas

Bike share/Rental: Legit: Josh Levine: jlevine@wesleyan.edu
~Trying to get bike sharing project going on

Dining Committee: Anne Rosenthal: acrosenthal@wesleyan.edu
~Pushed to get rid of trays
~Bon Appetit is really receptive of our ideas
~They want to do a public awareness campaign to reduce water bottle usage and meat consumption

Dan Drew: Miriam Berger: maberger@wesleyan.edu
~He's young and not awkward
~He wants to get rid of a sewage plant on Route 9
~He wants to get students involved in his campaign
~Work with the WesDems
~If he gets elected, we could have a say in his policies!

WesRUM: Alex Provo: aprovo@wesleyan.edu
~Reusing Materials
~Waste Not Tag Sale
~Wants to keep our stuff within the community
~Get people involved with tag sales, clothing swaps, etc
~Want to get people involved next semester with Waste Not

GreenPeace Global Warming Campaign: Nick Boskovich: nboskovich@wesleyan.edu
~Put pressure on Obama to make him a climate leader at Copenhagen
~Wants to hold a screening for "The Age of Stupid"
-It broke the record for most viewers in one night

Long Lane: Alex Ketchum: aketchum@wesleyan.edu
~Student run organic farm
~CSA- Middletown community members own shares
~Contribute food to the local food bank
~Used as a place for learning within the community
~There is no commitment or hiearachy
~They are having Pumpkin Fest on Halloween

Floor is opened to everyone else for new campaigns:
~Sustainability interns are in charge of Do It in the Dark, but it's going to become a group, so stay tuned for more details

Other Notes:
~This Saturday Yale is having a big get-together for environmental activism
-If you are interested, talk to Josh

THANKS FOR COMING EVERYONE!!!!!!

Minutes from 9/29/08

Meeting minutes 9/29/08

Icebreaker- favorite thing about fall
Alex does how to post to the eon blog presentation : www.blogger.com
to view the blog www.wesleyaneon.blogspot.com
how to blog:
1. go to blogger.com (use firefox, it works better than safari)
2. id: weseon, password: wesleyan
3. under WesEON, click new post
4. enter text in the editor box. If you want to add a link, highlight the word you want to link (like you would highlight “this website” in a sentence like “check out this website about climate change”) and click the green circle with a chain link icon on the top bar of the editor (it’s next to the text color icon). Then enter the url in the box that pops up. If you want to add a picture, click the image icon (next to the spell check icon)
5. once you’re done, hit publish post (if you hit save, it won’t show up on the blog!)

Announcements
Saturday tabling at Usdan for Green Jobs, lots of people signed petition, you can still sign it at www.greenjobsnow.com

Wesleyan Mountain Justice Coalition Wednesday night meeting 8pm in 200 Church lounge to discuss Bank of America coal issues

Proposal for EON to endorse speakers – Evan Greer (activist from Boston) to talk about social justice and climate change

This Wed. first waste awareness wednesdays during lunch at usdan, collection of post-consumer waste, what is collected will be displayed at dinner to show people how much is wasted and to promote composting

Aurora is talking to pi about how many cups are used each day, turn that amount of waste into a visual project

Emilie is working on a project with solo cups, reducing their use on campus and turning it into a visual project

Wednesday @10 presentation on the Sustainability and LEED certification of the new Molecular and Life Sciences Building, location TBA-look for an email from Jacob

Group meetings:
Waste-Thursday 12pm Usdan
Beyeond- Tuesday 10pm Usdan
Election- tabling Thursday 12-1pm Usdan (email eallen01@wes)
Development- TBA
Institutional Reform- Sunday 12pm Usdan

9.22.08

Welcome to all the new freshman and thanks to Julien for doing that lovely powerpoint!

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Julien is taking over facilitating and getting rid of ice breakers for this week so he can do his presentation.



What is EON?

· Non-hierarchical—julien is not in charge and doesn't know anything

· Making Environmentalism happen on campus!

· Created to enable various campus environmental groups work together on campus

· Usually we break up into issue groups/ campaigns

· Everything is decided on consensus

· What ever you want it to be!

· Other organizations

o SAGES: sustainability advisory group for environmental stewardship

o Long lane farm

o Earth House

o Sustainability committee of the WSA

· Committees we are on:

o SAGES

o SAGES subcommittees

o WSA dining committee

o MLSB (molecular life sciences building) committee

· SAGES

o Chair: Bill Nelligan

o Composed of faculty, students and staff

o Sub-committees: Transportation, energy, waste, procurement, green building

· Previous EON achievements

o Composting and recycling programs

o President's Climate Commitment

o Focus the Nation

o Step it Up

o Do it in the Dark

o Creation of the sustainability committee

o Waste Not!

o Powershift

· Important people:

o Joyce Topshe- head of physical plant

o Mike Roth—the man

o Bill Nelligan—Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Sustainability

o John Meerts—VP of finance

· EON Resources

o Blog!!! – www.wesleyaneon.blogspot.com

o Sustainability website—Wesleyan.edu/sustainability

o Listserv: weseon@lists.riseup.net

o Gmail: Wesleyaneon

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

· Alex: collective action! Rainforest Action Network: ask the world bank to consult indigenous people about climate change—The World Bank is hosting a "Global Forests Leaders" forum this

week in Washington, D.C. to discuss global warming and threats
to the world's forests. This meeting exemplifies the systematic
exclusion of representative Indigenous leaders by international
institutions. While hundreds of people - including
representatives of corporations like Walmart, Weyerhaeuser and
Citi - were invited, only ONE representative of a democratically
elected Indigenous organization from the Amazon was asked to
come. This is not acceptable, considering that the Amazon is the
world?s largest tropical rainforest and home to more than 300
Indigenous nations.

Please help by sending a letter today.

http://ga3.org/campaign/world_bank?rk=idXRHK7q9ofAW
· Alex: want to help research new landscaping options for campus that are more sustainable? Contact her at aprovo@wes or after the meeting

· Grace: SBC wants to come up with a contract of sustainability if they give out money (ex: you must you recycled products, etc) contact her at gpetersen@wes

· Beyond Wes: no one else came? This is important! Lets try and get people interested in

· Sarice: plastic bag workshop October 16th- Russell library: crocheting knowledge is necessary

Beyond Wes: Usdan 12pm Thursday

Waste: Usdan 4pm Friday

Development: Lowrise B6 6pm

Election: Wednesday 1pm Usdan

Institutional Reform: Sunay 11am.

Beyeon(d)- Tuesday 10pm Usdan



procurement subcommittee—WE NEED YOU. Email egreenstein@wes if you're interested, or if you have questions PLEASE.

all other committees-- email wnelligan@wes to join. also: look at wes/sustainability to read about the committees, what they are doing, and who is on them. Then, feel free to contact the chair directly and ask to join.

green jobs event? Alex will send an email or do it herself.



EON party 9pm-- 273 Pine. BYOcup (and anything else you might want to put inside)

Beyeond—blog particpation—each group have a weekly post? Please discuss what this could be at your weekly meeting!

meeting minutes 9.15.08

meeting minutes 9.15

VEG OUT thursday at 6:30 in earth house : local, tasty food. come early for peach cobbler!

b of a
chalking at 4:30 outside 200 church tomorrow
email petrie.nick@gmail

buddhist house is seeking an inter-program house collaboration about spirituality and environmentalism (navee: nsidhu@wes)

activities fair

sustainability committee meeting on wednesday at 9 am in usdan 110 (?)
or, you can join a subcommittee

groups so far:

development (UR, alums, $$)
compost
recycling/reuse (waste not, swaps, etc)
election '08
beyond wes (powervote, middletown)
beyeon(d) (campus ed, outreach, film, diitd, art)
institutional reform (bon appetit)

schedule meetings with roth and present what we're doing?

beyond wes: coal gasification plant in massachusetts, natural gas stuff, copenhagen climate talks, eli is going to the UN convention!

TO DO this week: calendar for your group, big goals


meeting times:
development: thurs. at 7 pm LoRise A6
waste: thurs at 12 at Usdan
election: thurs. at 12 at usdan
beyond wes (after the meeting)
beyeon: tues at 10 at outhouse
institutional reform: sun at 11 am at usdan

meeting minutes 9.8.08

icebreaker (name, year, where you're from, something cool about the enviro you learned this summer)

farmer's market this wednesday! bring cassshhh
buy local! yippee
(if you'd like to get involved, wesleyanfarmersmarket@gmail.com)

energy bill about to come up in congress--discussing drilling vs. a bunch of solutions that don't involve drilling

john: mountain top removal is bad! bank of america funds that stuff. want to start a campaign to remove them from campus
meeting tomorrow at 8 at 200 church

ginger ninjas
bike-powered band
coming to wes!!!
this saturday at 2ish
happening at high rise/low rise

student activities fair 2-6 on september 19th
talk to grace (gepetersen@wes)

paolo--lives in earth house
running year-long program about nutritional education and food security in middletown
if you want to talk about it, pspeirn@wes


want to be a sustainability intern? email wnelligan@wes

structure discussion
current structure:
4 groups: energy, procurement, waste, beyond wes

keep groups, but also pick one thing to do all together?
can make ad hoc groups if we have specific projects to do
should we have campaigns instead?
group actions at the end of each meeting

contact emilie knight if you know of an environmentally-themed film/tv show we could show! emknight@wes

goals
compost: improve stuff
procurement: purchasing policy, recyclable products
energy; do it in the dark, step it up
beyond wes: university relations
educational forum on presidential elections
powervote (eli is awesome)
energy, culture on campus--radical environmentalism! arts! music! action not apathy!
edible landscapes, green roofs (pplant has all that area being cleaned up, want to/should put wildflowers in...push for that in other areas)
pi cafe--food gets thrown away, noooo-->work on reducing that (work with food not bombs?) (community services house?)
dining--work with bon appetit!! emphasize take a bag leave a bag, reusable mugs, 10 cent bag thing (community services house?)
freeganism-promote that
film screenings (show me green, manufactured landscapes) outdoor series? use buddhist house!!
biodiesel fuel program
sustainability coordinator position!!! (can't drop this issue)
find a big symbol/embodiment of sust. at wes (like a solar panel or wind thing)
tag sale dance swaps
eon kickoff party?
BLOG BLOG BLOG

elisa is facilitator next week

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