Meeting Minutes 1st week, 4th block

Hi All-
As I promised, I am getting this up earlier than last time :)

Synergy House
-one spot is open for next semester...contact David if you are interested
Farm/Garden on campus
-location: behind President's house...CC Farm is taking initiative
Car Share
-location: Left of Worner Desk
-changing location next semester
-please use them and spread the word
Food Bid
-reaching out to campus community to get some feedback on food service
-ultimately creating some kind of food vision or values
-Food Survey coming out SOON
-Worner center sitting...to get people's attention and ask them to fill it out <- Help needed. more detail to follow
CSC update
-Tomorrow, Wednesday Nov. 28 @ ERC from 3:30 pm
-sub-committees coming together and bringing back their ideas
Vehicle Fleet
-more coming later this week
Earth Week
-working on the speakers
-potential for a movie screening
-starting to put together a rough schedule
Bike CO-OP
-proposal for sustainable co-op, focused on bike
-aim to teach students to take care of the bikes and use it more
-class/seminars for students
-bike recycle--seniors who want to leave their bikes here can, and anyone that fixes it (with some help from co-op, if necessary) can have the bike
-meeting with Res Life next week
Green Wipe
-ideas welcome to structure this publication
-contact Chris for some ideas
Website
-in action, looking for some template at this point
Focus the Nation
-Jan. 30 & 31
-needing some help...contact Lucy if you are interested

This is it for this meeting :)

Meeting Minutes

...Sorry for not getting this up earlier. It's my falt, I forgot about it on Thursday and didn't remembered till now.

Food Survey
-to measure the tempreture of the students about the food issue on campus, more concentrated in local and organic foods
-coming up in 4th block, 1st week Wed + Thurs. More details to follow at the next block's meeting.
Recycling
-putting up 25-30 outdoor recycling bins, they are pricy so thinking about applying to the Sodexho Grant
-more blue "recycling" bins distribution into the dorms
-education about the recycling...example, glass is recycled. The myth is wrong!
-get the food waste out from the recycle batch...if the food is over cirtain percentage, they cannot be recycled.
Catalyst & Green Wipe
-Enact gets back of the Catalyst once a block for the 2nd week's publication
-perhaps get holiday infos on the catalyst
-difference with Catalyst and Green Wipe:
Catalyst->focus on campus, updates of on-going projects
Green Wipe->more larger prespective, tips + how-to, facts
-if you are interested on either of this projects, contact the sustainability interns
Viechle Flee
-meeting with other groups to get list of pros/cons and feasability of this project
-car shairing has a potential to collaborate
One idea: Have a bulletin board with some ways of putting info on, with a pin or something
Earth Week
-talking with heads of groups that may be interested...Communications may be interested
-April 21-26, 1st week of 8th block
speaker ideas needed
synagy tour and bike workshop
big party on Friday or something (with alcohol)
energy competition result from dorms
t-shirt design competition?
CSC update
-focused on longer term goals (because councel is conposed maily by staff & fuclty)
-broke up into smaller sub-comittees
Policy comittee->talk anout long term policy design
Green Buildging comittee->1st LEED cirtified campus, make it more adjusted program to Colorado than general LEED that is there now
-OPEN TO STUDENTS-> they like your inputs
-next meeting: Wed Nov. 28th, in ERC from 3:30 to 5:00
Focus the Nation
-Jan. 30th & 31st, 2008
-number of profs talking about climate change from their prespective
-nation wide effort, many universities involved
-climate change pannel discussion from different depatments-> intermingling...
-potential web cast...
-for more detail, visit the website: focusthenation.org
Printing
-met with ITS people
-next semester, default setting to be double sided
-recycle paper (from the buyer we get now) is expensive...more research needed
-perhaps email from President Celeste if someone is overusing the paper resource by printing too much
-set some limit to free printing, and charge the over-limit printing fee?
-email to notify how much you are printing?

This is all I have. Again, sorry for posting this so late! I will try to get it up earlier next block.

Sustainability Office Interns

Comin' to you straight from Bruce-- two more PAID jobs as sustainability interns.

Green Enthusiasts,

I’d like to invite student applications to serve as Interns for the Sustainability Office. I’m looking for two talented students, with a substantial record of green advocacy and leadership, to support and enhance sustainability efforts at CC. The interns will report directly to me as Sustainability Coordinator. One intern will focus on program planning, development, support and implementation. The second intern will focus on research questions designed to foster CC’s sustainability agenda.

To apply send me a resume by the end of Block 3. Please indicate whether you are applying as the Sustainability Program Intern, Sustainability Research Intern, or both. I’ll contact successful candidates at the beginning of Block 4 to begin working immediately. And for those of you who know that I’ve been talking about this for a while – yes this will happen.

Blessings,

Bruce

Back Page of Catalyst

First of all i just saw the Greenwipe and i think it is a great avenue to get the word out. On the other hand i just read the back of the Catalyst and was really disappointed to see the line "Laziness has probably protected our planet more than any other activity" what kind of call to action is that!

Step it up

Lucy,
Sorry i could not make it to step it up but i was doing a class project helping a new local business with its grand opening that day. I thought that i had contributed enough to step it up by helping you find your funding.

Sodexho Sustainability Grants

A sudden burst of Sodexho "green-ness"

Sodexho and Colorado College Sustainability Grants:
At Sodexho we are charged with 'making every day a better day', and what
better way to accomplish this than to provide funding to address issues of
sustainability here at CC.   Sodexho Campus Dining Services is pleased to
announce that we will award a total of $8,000 grants to students, faculty or
staff of The Colorado College during the 2007-2008 academic year to help with
one of the college's core values of "nurturing a sense of place and an ethic
of environmental sustainability".  The amount of the grants will depend on the
projects and funding requested and the committee will determine how to divide
the $8,000 among the grant recipients. These grants may be used in areas such
as but not limited to; to further research, purchase equipment to enhance
sustainability, or to support an educational campaign on sustainability.


The Process:
Students, Faculty and Staff are encouraged to participate.  All applications
should include the name (or names), addresses, phone numbers and email
addresses of all the people participating in the project.  The application
should clearly define the project, target audience, scope of work to be
completed, detailed time line for the project including full completion,
anticipated budget, and projected outcome and sustainability benefit.

Deadline:
The deadline for grant submission will be the last day of Block III.  All
submissions must be delivered via email to Shawn.Finnegan@SodexhoUSA.com no
later than 5:00 PM on November 21, 2007.

Review and Award:
The grants will be reviewed by a 7 member team including:  Shawn Finnegan,
General Manger for Sodexho Dining; Jeff Lougee, Sodexho District Manager;
Chris Melcher, Colorado College Legal Counsel and Business Manager; Bruce
Coriell, Colorado College Chaplin; Howard Drossman, Director of Environmental
Science, along with two Colorado College Students.
The awards will be announced no later than the end of Block IV, and winners
will be notified by email and on both the Colorado College Sodexho Dining
Services web site and The Colorado College web site.

Evaluations:
The decision of the committee will be final and based on the following
criteria:

• Organization and clarity of the proposal
• Tangible results of the proposal
• Benefits to CC and the Colorado Springs community
• Timeline for accomplishment
• Demonstrated ability to carry out the project
• Amount of grant desired
  

Grants will not be awarded for proposals or projects already in progress or
completed.

Questions:
Please direct questions to Shawn.Finnegan@SodexhoUSA.com or at
(719) 389-6152.

-DS

Vandana Shiva video

Vandana Shiva's lecture last block was inspiring and well-received
If you missed the lecture, listen to it at
www.coloradocollege.edu/podcast

Also, Here's a short video of what she's up to.
http://www.linktv.org/programs/bullshit
Shiva's adversaries recently awarded her the "Bullshit Award" for sustaining poverty.
What do you think? Heroine or Villian?

Response to Jamie

so jamie, you want more things to involve the entire campus in sustainability? I could not agree more that's why I invited the entire campus to the Step It Up event that took place just yesterday through the listerv, personal invitations that were delivered under every door in all the dorms, signs in every building on campus, advertisements in the Independent and Gazette and through general word of mouth. There were probably about 150 students there but I didn't see you anywhere. Funny.

DId not mean to offend

Bruce and all,
I did not mean to offend anyone with that post although it did sound heavy handed i just posted it to ruffle some feathers and get people talking both about the blog and ENACT. I agree with you that ENACT does great things and that the current leadership is quite effective and therefore we can have a very productive year. My argument for tangible things was more along the lines of the fact that we need things such as the CC compost that gets the entire campus thinking of sustainability not just the 50 of so people that show up to the GRT and the 20 or so that attend ENACT meetings. We have a great bunch of people this year in many influential positions and think that we can accomplish a lot, so lets get out there and make a difference. Furthermore, Bruce i did not mean for my earlier post to be seen as a personal attack on yourself, in fact i applaud you for stepping up this year and being our sustainability coordinator, you took on a great deal of work and responsibility simply because you think it is the right thing to do (and it is) and i thank you for that.

Step it Up TOMORROW!

Come out to Rock Ledge Ranch at Garden of the Gods this Saturday--
bring a friend and a picnic--and enjoy the natural beauty we all
love, take a guided nature walk, dig on some great live music, and
learn about the unique past present and future of Colorado Springs.
CC students put together this rally, with participation from CC
faculty and staff, interested community members, and generous
support and co-sponsorship from the City of Colorado Springs Parks,
Recreation and Cultural Services. Rain or shine, 12-3pm.

If you want to ride your bike to the Garden meet in front of Loomis @ 11:30

Want to learn about retrofitting houses? Want your heating bill to be lower this winter? Come to Synergy House Sunday @ 10:00 - 1:00 pm to help and learn!

-Synergy Residents