Environmental Club

1 ^st info meeting of the year

September 10, 2008    JMS 315

Notes:

1. Introductions
2. 1. 17 people in attendance, including Jeremy Siefken, the Burke Hall Res Director
   2. Lots of new students!!!
3. Stacy, Susan, Kelsey, Katie, and Monica talked about what we had done in the past and what projects were currently going on:
4. 1. Camping
   2. Recycling programs/awareness
   3. Environmental trips through TRIPS
   4. Composting Crew

                                                              i.       WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS!!   Katie will be sending an e-mail to new members for interest in the project.   Katie is also meeting with the MC3 students next week Tuesday to talk to them about composting.

2. 5. Reusable take-out boxes in cafeteria
   6. Going trayless in the cafeteria
   7. Recycling bin outside CC
   8. Compact florescent
   9. Batter/bag/ink cartridge collection
3. We then went around the room and talked about what people had been involved with before, why there were interested in the Env. Club
4. 1. Variety of answers—involved since elementary, middle, high school, have done recycling programs, sustainable management plans, etc
5. Plans for this year we have already talked about
6. 1. Environmental Education campaign
   2. Recyclemania (10 week program in the spring that needs a lot of prep work)
   3. Sustainable food

                                                              i.       Suggestions:   collaborate with the cafeteria and local growers and co-ops to get local and organic food on campus; new students expressed interest in working on this

                                                              i.       Suggestions:   Botanical gardens, Izaac Walton League, getting off campus

                                                              i.       Suggested that we try out the new bus system first to make sure it is reliable and on time before we bust out an advertising campaign—good idea!   New route is starting here in DePere between the school, Festival, Walmart, etc.

5. New Ideas!!!
6. 1. Remove Styrofoam entirely from campus—long term project—even going to paper would be better in a place like Phils
   2. Logo!!   Collaborate with Env. Club, SNC Green, and the administration to come up with a “green” or “sustainability” logo that can be used by all groups to indicate that there is something environmentally-related going on—symbol for the campus

                                                              i.       Need to talk with SNC Green committee first

                                                            ii.       Use graphic design intern through LSE if we move forward?

                                                              i.       PJC wants to collaborate—maybe a series?   Also talk to E2K about next semester

5. 5. Common reading for anyone/everyone on campus who is interested in environmental issues—get together and talk about reading, brainstorm, get more faculty, staff, student involvement
   6. Conferences—Washington DC conference in February that Jeremy is interested in taking students to, Madison, Campus sustainability conference
   7. Light’s out!!!   Encourage profs to turn off lights during class; look into making it a campus wide initiative—need to talk to Res Life, SNC Green, and administration
   8. Collaborate with Discoveries International in terms of fair trade products and their sustainability and why they are good for the environment—coffee, organic cotton, etc.
6. We then watched the first part of the Lorax by Dr. Suess!!!!

Meeting dismissed at 6:50 pm.