green alfred

Green Alfred Minutes 2
Sept. 10, 2008

Liz Wager, Secretary

Students signed in with e-mail addresses if they were not already on the e-mail list.

Discussed the need for the Student Senate Representative to sit in on the Senate meetings, Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m.

Re-cap of last week’s meeting, including the reading of the “projects” list. Students voted on the projects they were most interested in; each student could vote (roughly) four times. Below is the complete list, with number of votes following:

Large Projects:

Personal recycling bins (12)

Paper recycling (14)

Powershift (8)

Bin repair (9)

Improving collection center (1)

Educational Projects:

Res. Ed. Bulletin boards (5)

“Green Tip”/Fiat Lux (7)

Reusable bottles (www.filterforgood.com) (7)

Visuals/signs (5)

Concerts (2)

Political Aspects:

“5 cent deposit” Bill (2)

Alfred State Coordinator (4)

Dining Hall Coordinator (-)

Campus recycling planning committee (3)

Members should think about what projects they might be interested in working on/leading. Any ideas for posters or other visuals welcome—talk to Arianna Carini.

Green Alfred Minutes 1
Sept. 3, 2008

Liz Wager, Secretary

Officer/Advisor Introductions

Brief history of Green Alfred (Spring of 2007)

Promote sustainability/recycling

Help educate students/work with the University

Last Year: Put up recycling bins

Stopped using trays in dining halls

Using reusable mugs

Worked with Environmental Science dept.

Sent reps. to Baltimore

Projects:

Education/Events

-“Plant-it” music concert

Large Projects

-Recycling bins

Politics

-Met with University leaders/administration

Ideas for this year:

Using Blackboard for communication?

Personal recycling bins for students

Make them?

Where do the recyclables go?

Fee/deposit/returning the bins?

Stop use of Styrofoam/plastic in dining halls

Educate students

Workshops (cooking, compost, recycling)

Bulletin boards in residence halls

Fiat Lux- “Green Tip”

Working with other clubs/activities/Alfred State

Renewable Energy? (Ann’s House)

Can drive

Using less bottled water-Nalgene

Visually demonstrate amount of waste generated

Connect present to future—motivation

Show effects of waste for motivation

Contacting reps. from Congress/Senate

Hornell transportation-bus

Cut down on car usage

Use of public transportation

“Zip” cars

Power-shift: workshops, representatives (February)

Next week:

Vote on ideas above

Silk-screen shirts

Think about posters/awareness/publicity

*Friday 12.20-1.10 in Roon Lecture Hall

Speaker on bio-degradable composites

Friday, September 26

2:30 pm — Meet in student org suite of Powell to make signs for the Green Jobs Now Campaign

3:30 pm — Meet in Harder Hall courtyard to take pictures for Green Jobs Now Campaign

Followed by clean-up of recycling bins around campus

Friday, October 3

3:30 pm — Meet in student org suite of Powell for Kanakadea creek clean-up

From The Chronicle of Higher Education:

“The local-food movement might be popular in California, where people can sip biodynamic wines grown in local vineyards. The word “locavore” might be familiar in Vermont, with its grass-fed dairy cows and boutique cheeses. But in Georgia, where about 1 percent of farms are organic, far fewer than in even its neighboring Southern states, a different kind of thinking prevails for now.”

For the complete article, click here.

“Raising Hell for Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges for the Campus.”
Virginia Rasmussen
Thursday, September 25
12:10 – 1:10 pm
Nevins theater (Powell Campus Center).

GreenFILE™, a bibliographic database of information about environmental concerns, is available through Herrick Library. The database includes information for individuals, such as installing solar panels and recycling; for corporation needing information on green agriculture, hybrid cars or waste management; as well as environmental laws, regulations and studies.

GreenFILE contains scholarly journals as well as more popular publications such as E-The Environmental Magazine, Natural Life, and Mother Earth News.

In total, the database has nearly 300,000 records, some of which are full-text.

Courtesy of the Environmental Studies Department, Patrick J Govang of e2e Materials will be speaking at the September 5th Environmental studies seminar.  e2e Materials is a clean technology start-up company in Ithaca, New York that produces petroleum-free, biodegradable composites that are stronger, lighter, and cheaper than composites filling landfills today.  The seminar is held in Roon Lecture Hall (Science Center Building) from 12:20 to 1:10.