Environmental Activism Group
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. check out the logo contest!
- audit of energy consumption for our buildings
- promoting public transportation and biking instead of driving
- promoting recycling and using reusable utensils
- ...
Things YOU can do TODAY:
- Print and copy on both sides of the page
- Recycle all plastics labeled 1-7 in departmental bins
- Take the stairs, not the elevator
- Ride the bus/carpool
Members:
Maria Pickering
Krissa Skogen
Maxi Polihronakis
Amanda Wendt
Karolina Fučíková
others are welcome
Upcoming Stuff:
- 11/27/07 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!
