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
Monday, October 29, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
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****)
IF YOU WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE LISTSERVE PLEASE EMAIL iorlansky@wesleyan.edu AND INCLUDE THE WORDS "REMOVE ME" IN THE SUBJECT LINE
If you don't, hurray! Read on:
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****)
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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!)
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!)
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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
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
Thursday, September 13, 2007
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
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
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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
Monday, April 9, 2007
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
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