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| stickers and recycling within EEB|| Vanessa, Karolina, Leah
 
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|Elevator & Bathroom flyers || Karolina & Leah
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| Earth Day booth|| Carrie, Maxi, Krissa
 
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|Carpooling/Biking/Mass transit event|| Kristiina
 
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|bags in the COOP|| Bryan Connolly
 
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|Move out day|| Tsitsi, Karolina
 
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|Symposium trash reduction || Maria
 
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|Surplus garden food || Bryan, Brian
 
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|Community outreach || Maria, Bryan, Leah
 
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|Campus-wide PR || Beth, Maria
 
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Revision as of 23:01, 15 February 2008

We are a newly established committee within the GSA. We meet on (some) Thursdays at 5 pm in the Bamford. 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!

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Our current agenda:

  • creating an official Green Grads student organization
  • 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: perhaps a big "green transportation day" event?
  • promoting recycling and using reusable utensils
  • reducing waste at catered events, e.g. the Graduate Research Symposium and the Teale lectures: providing non-disposable plates and silverware (and washing them afterwards); collecting leftovers for the grad lounge.
  • facilitate the transition of the student COOP to a plastic bag-free style: we may have another logo contest, this time campus-wide!
  • Earth Day, April 22nd: this is going to be HUGE. And the Green Grads will be there!
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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


Task Volunteer
stickers and recycling within EEB Vanessa, Karolina, Leah
Earth Day booth Carrie, Maxi, Krissa
Carpooling/Biking/Mass transit event Kristiina
bags in the COOP Bryan Connolly
Move out day Tsitsi, Karolina
Symposium trash reduction Maria
Surplus garden food Bryan, Brian
Community outreach Maria, Bryan, Leah
Campus-wide PR Beth, Maria
Task 10 Volunteer 10



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



Upcoming Stuff:

  • Our next meeting: Valentine's day, Feb. 14th, 5pm, Bamford. Everyone is welcome. We'll be discussing our agenda for the spring semester.

  • Willimantic Commuters--take advantage of the carpooling options! Susan Letcher, among others, is offering rides on a regular basis. Also, the 8:30 bus still exists!!!


  • Focus the nation happening right now! Check it out here