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We are a newly established committee within the [[GSA]]. We meet on Mondays at 4:30 pm in the Grad Lounge. Our goal is to coordinate with EcoHusky and improve the environmental impact of UConn in general - but the thing we want to start with is improving our own department! <br>
 
We are a newly established committee within the [[GSA]]. We meet on Mondays at 4:30 pm in the Grad Lounge. Our goal is to coordinate with EcoHusky and improve the environmental impact of UConn in general - but the thing we want to start with is improving our own department! <br>
 
'''Our current agenda:'''
 
'''Our current agenda:'''
*in cooperation with the T-shirt committee:
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*in cooperation with the T-shirt committee: EEB tote bags
EEB tote bags with a list of simple things you can do to decrease your environmental "footprint"
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* audit of energy consumption for our buildings
 
* audit of energy consumption for our buildings
 
* promoting public transportation and biking instead of driving
 
* promoting public transportation and biking instead of driving
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'''Upcoming Stuff:'''<br>
 
'''Upcoming Stuff:'''<br>
  
* after-Thanksgiving meeting: Dan Britton is coming, and also [[Leah Brown-Wilusz]] (to represent the undergrads). [[Eric Schultz]] may be coming to represent the Environmental Policy Advisory Council (EPAC). It should be a pretty powerful meeting!!! :) <br>
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* 11/26/07 Recycling Group meeting: Business Building, 3rd Floor Boardroom, 9 - 10:30 am. Some of us should go. This will be the time to ask questions and give suggestions. <br>
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* 11/28/07 PCC (President's Climate Commitment) rally 1:30 pm:<br>
* 11/28/07 PCC (President's Climate Commitment) rally 12 - 1 pm.
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Tuesday at 1:30 PIRG (and Ecohusky) are having a rally of students that care about climate change! We're going to march from Fairfield Way to President Hogan's office, where a few people will present his representatives (guess he's too busy to meet with us right now) with the PCC- the President's Climate Commitment, a document pledging carbon neutrality on our campus by 2050. Sorry for those of you who heard all of this, but here's some new info: tomorrow- Monday- night at 9, we're making posters for the rally in the PIRG office. That's room 210, near the front entrance of the student union. Please come and help us out! And even if you can't make posters, please show up on Fairfield Way on Tuesday, bring friends, wear green, and take some action!

Revision as of 23:32, 26 November 2007

We are a newly established committee within the GSA. We meet on Mondays at 4:30 pm in the Grad Lounge. Our goal is to coordinate with EcoHusky and improve the environmental impact of UConn in general - but the thing we want to start with is improving our own department!
Our current agenda:

  • in cooperation with the T-shirt committee: EEB tote bags
  • audit of energy consumption for our buildings
  • promoting public transportation and biking instead of driving
  • promoting recycling and using reusable utensils
  • ...



Members:
Maria Pickering
Krissa Skogen
Maxi Polihronakis
Amanda Wendt
Karolina Fučíková
others are welcome

Upcoming Stuff:


  • 11/28/07 PCC (President's Climate Commitment) rally 1:30 pm:
Tuesday at 1:30 PIRG (and Ecohusky) are having a rally of students that care about climate change! We're going to march from Fairfield Way to President Hogan's office, where a few people will present his representatives (guess he's too busy to meet with us right now) with the PCC- the President's Climate Commitment, a document pledging carbon neutrality on our campus by 2050. Sorry for those of you who heard all of this, but here's some new info: tomorrow- Monday- night at 9, we're making posters for the rally in the PIRG office. That's room 210, near the front entrance of the student union. Please come and help us out! And even if you can't make posters, please show up on Fairfield Way on Tuesday, bring friends, wear green, and take some action!