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Environmental Club members & supporters,
There is a meeting this evening at 6:30 pm! We'll be reflecting on this last year and discussing new coordinators. This meeting will include nominations and discussions, and final meeting (June 1) will be elections.
Last two meetings this year:
* TODAY, Monday, May 18 at 6:30 pm in SMSU 229
* Monday June 1, time TBA in SMSU 229
Electing Environmental Club Coordinators for next year
This evening at 6:30 pm, we'll be having a meeting to reflect and analyze on how this last year went as far as meetings, campaigns, and Environmental Club events. Your feedback will be helpful in determining how we can improve for next year.
We are also electing coordinators for next year. Below is a series of questions for you to answer if you are interested in a coordinator or assistant coordinator position:
If you aren't interested in a coordinator position, plan on coming to the final meetings of this year to give your opinions and ideas, to share in snacks and fun activities, and to enjoy the company of your fellow members!
Take Back the Tap shows "Addicted to Plastic" - documentary
12:30 pm, Thursday, May 21
SMSU 238
Hot Lips Pizza Provided!
"The truth is, only about 5% of all plastic actually gets recycled." Ian Connacher
"From early plastic like bakelite, now a collectible, to plastic water bottles, the use of plastic is pervasive. The cheapest, strongest, most ubiquitous material ever invented, that might be quietly poisoning us," states Connacher, in this point-of-view documentary that takes him to 12 countries, five continents, and to the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic debris accumulates. Through interviews and expert views, he offers possible solutions to recycling, toxicity, and biodegradation. At the forefront of Addicted to Plastic (2008) is how we might rethink future consumption and production of plastic. A wake-up call becomes a call for change for the rest of us. http://www.crypticmoth.com
Also, it's your chance to buy the last of the Klean Kanteens!
PSU's Annual Sustainabilty Presentations
What: Please join PSU students, faculty, and staff for a celebration of our successes in sustainability during the 2008-2009 academic year.
When: Friday, May 29, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Where: PSU Native American Student and Community Center (710 S.W. Jackson St.)
This annual celebration gives the PSU community an opportunity to recognize those individuals and efforts that have made this past year a transformative time for the University's many sustainability initiatives. The event includes:
Denver University students plant community Learning Garden
DU students Erin Hough and Ben Waldman spent a recent Saturday with classmates and neighbors creating a community garden from an unused plot of land owned by the University....
“We’re trying to look at how to break down big-picture problems and apply solutions in our own little world,” Hough says. “It’s kind of inspiring because you can get direct feedback for what you’re doing.”
One of their most concrete projects involves creating a community garden on university-owned land located at 1817 S. High St. “It was quite the process getting all the necessary approvals,” Waldman says. The environmental team held community meetings of students, faculty, and neighbors and worked with Denver Urban Gardens on design and resource management. “I first saw community gardens in Seattle a few years back, and it seemed like it didn’t make sense for DU not to have one, if it wants to be a ‘green’ school. It also seemed like a great way to break down that invisible wall between DU students and our neighbors.”
Sound familiar to our attempt at getting a Learning Garden at PSU? Fortunately, PSU already has a community garden - now if only we could get some learning garden programs for classes to use. How cool would that be? Take a geology class and do soil testing on campus? Or sign up for an economics class and learn the business of growing your own food? Or sit in a permaculture class but set up a garden right out the classroom door?
Do they have solar-powered fans?
There is a meeting this evening at 6:30 pm! We'll be reflecting on this last year and discussing new coordinators. This meeting will include nominations and discussions, and final meeting (June 1) will be elections.
Last two meetings this year:
* TODAY, Monday, May 18 at 6:30 pm in SMSU 229
* Monday June 1, time TBA in SMSU 229
Electing Environmental Club Coordinators for next year
This evening at 6:30 pm, we'll be having a meeting to reflect and analyze on how this last year went as far as meetings, campaigns, and Environmental Club events. Your feedback will be helpful in determining how we can improve for next year.
We are also electing coordinators for next year. Below is a series of questions for you to answer if you are interested in a coordinator or assistant coordinator position:
- your motivations for applying
- previous organizing experience (don't worry if you don't have any, and organizing a study group does count)
- time availability next year
- people skills - ability to compromise, fulfill obligations, etc
- do you have easy access to campus? (live near, bike, or etc)
If you aren't interested in a coordinator position, plan on coming to the final meetings of this year to give your opinions and ideas, to share in snacks and fun activities, and to enjoy the company of your fellow members!
Take Back the Tap shows "Addicted to Plastic" - documentary
12:30 pm, Thursday, May 21
SMSU 238
Hot Lips Pizza Provided!
"The truth is, only about 5% of all plastic actually gets recycled." Ian Connacher
"From early plastic like bakelite, now a collectible, to plastic water bottles, the use of plastic is pervasive. The cheapest, strongest, most ubiquitous material ever invented, that might be quietly poisoning us," states Connacher, in this point-of-view documentary that takes him to 12 countries, five continents, and to the middle of the Pacific Ocean where plastic debris accumulates. Through interviews and expert views, he offers possible solutions to recycling, toxicity, and biodegradation. At the forefront of Addicted to Plastic (2008) is how we might rethink future consumption and production of plastic. A wake-up call becomes a call for change for the rest of us. http://www.crypticmoth.com
Also, it's your chance to buy the last of the Klean Kanteens!
PSU's Annual Sustainabilty Presentations
What: Please join PSU students, faculty, and staff for a celebration of our successes in sustainability during the 2008-2009 academic year.
When: Friday, May 29, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Where: PSU Native American Student and Community Center (710 S.W. Jackson St.)
This annual celebration gives the PSU community an opportunity to recognize those individuals and efforts that have made this past year a transformative time for the University's many sustainability initiatives. The event includes:
- Poster session of those faculty and student projects funded by the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation grants;
- Highlights from the year in operations, academics, student leadership and "Green Teams";
- Recognition of graduating student cohorts in undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs focused on sustainability;
- Recognition of outstanding graduating student employees;
- Remarks from campus leaders and a look ahead at plans for 2009-2010.
Denver University students plant community Learning Garden
DU students Erin Hough and Ben Waldman spent a recent Saturday with classmates and neighbors creating a community garden from an unused plot of land owned by the University....
“We’re trying to look at how to break down big-picture problems and apply solutions in our own little world,” Hough says. “It’s kind of inspiring because you can get direct feedback for what you’re doing.”
One of their most concrete projects involves creating a community garden on university-owned land located at 1817 S. High St. “It was quite the process getting all the necessary approvals,” Waldman says. The environmental team held community meetings of students, faculty, and neighbors and worked with Denver Urban Gardens on design and resource management. “I first saw community gardens in Seattle a few years back, and it seemed like it didn’t make sense for DU not to have one, if it wants to be a ‘green’ school. It also seemed like a great way to break down that invisible wall between DU students and our neighbors.”
Sound familiar to our attempt at getting a Learning Garden at PSU? Fortunately, PSU already has a community garden - now if only we could get some learning garden programs for classes to use. How cool would that be? Take a geology class and do soil testing on campus? Or sign up for an economics class and learn the business of growing your own food? Or sit in a permaculture class but set up a garden right out the classroom door?
Do they have solar-powered fans?
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