EnAct Meeting Minutes January 22, 2008
Thursday January 24, 2008→Joel Salatin
12:15-1:00 Lunch discussion in Palmer 230
1:30 Farm visit behind the President’s house
5:00 Reception in Bemis Great Hall
7:30 Shove Chapel Lecture
Food Bid:
-913 Responses to the survey
-Data being compiled, hopefully to be published in the Catalyst
-Laura Parker is working on a sustainability food vision with Bruce. Goals: local & organic food incorporated into the food service, encourage the food service to adopt LEED goals and green buying practices.
-Creating a definition of sustainability & building defense off of that.
-Focus on practical implementation, & communication between the chefs, local farmers, and the food service company
CSC
-split up into smaller committees for topics like policy writing
-Energy competition blocks 6-7: Goal = 10% reduction in electrical usage
-Need posters & to draft pamphlets for RAs & RLCs
-Spread the word
Sustainability Website
-student templates coming up for student groups
-will be a resource for direct energy use & news
-meeting Thursday 3:30 in Tutt ERC-1 in Tutt Basement computer lab for input & helping
Compost
-Money being raised to get another Earth Tub
CC Farm
-hiring interns
-trying to raise money, generate compost
-bring your compost to the bin behind synergy labeled CC Farm
New Interns
-Focus the Nation: January 30th 6-7pm in Bemis for the live webcast
Energy Audit
-January 30th 3:15 Open House in Bemis
-Giant inventory of everything we consume
-4:15-5:15 Bemis presentation
Vehicle Fleets
-The years to come will probably see a variety of vehicles
-10-12 passenger diesel Dodge vans are the most promising—can be later converted to biodiesel
-looking into smaller electric cars
-looking at Zipcar rentals for students
Baca Area Drilling
-There’s a moratorium on the drilling—gives us more time
-US Fish & Wildlife services did an assessment—they say it won’t cause significant impact but their assessment might not be thorough enough
Campus Tours dealing with sustainability
-Interested in helping? Talk to Katie Elliot
Greenwipe
-Should be at the Worner Desk after Thursday
-Pick some up, cross of a building, and distribute them to the bathrooms
Small fish
-Stickers for light switch covers
-Litter pick up
-Plaque reminders (ex. laundry rooms)
-Clotheslines outside of dorms
-Off campus education (energizing Colorado Springs?)
-Seafood sustainability education
-CC Bound
-CStore sign/discount/extra charge
Earth Week
-Working on a grant, finding speakers
Green City Summit
-6:30pm Penrose Library Carnegie Reading Room
-Hosted by the Sustainable Living Working Group
-Presenters will include Megan Day on Manitou Springs' climate action plan and Richard Skorman.
- For more information or to RSVP, contact Steve at sustain@ppjpc.org or (719) 632-6189.
Green Round Table
-Has lots of projects, committees, experts coming up
-Late February
-Most professional one yet
Questions…
CCCA Sustainability Funds?
Eco Fund?
Consolidating listservs? Fat one?
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