Green Grads

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We are a newly established grad student group. 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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Announcements

  • NEXT MEETING: THURSDAY APRIL 10th, 5:30-6:30pm Torrey Life Sciences (TLS) Bamford Conference Room 171b: this will be after the GSS budget hearing, so we'll have a report of that. Further, we'll be discussing the upcoming EEB fundraiser brunch, Earth Day, Move-out day, educational stickers, and reducing paper waste on campus. And, of course, other matters that may come up. Hope to see y'all there!


  • Batteries of all kinds can be recycled in TLS 175 (Ken Bernier), in case you didn't know!
  • POSTERS: If you feel like spreading the word about GG, or just promoting recycling or composting, here are some posters you can use (courtesy of Maria Pickering): File:GreenGradsPosters2.pdf
  • Recycled Art contest - submissions due April 19th
  • Recycle your sneakers - bins available all over campus (e.g. in the library)
  • Green Drinks - other UConn environmental activists are having "green drinks" at the Main Street Cafe on Thursday April 3rd from 4:30 to 6:30. A good thing to do after our departmental seminar!


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: 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!
  • Move Out Day, or at least a little pilot study for it
  • ...


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 - Willi commuters, the 8:30 bus still exists!
  • Spread the word :)


Task Volunteer
stickers and recycling 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


Faculty Advisor: Eric Schultz
Members:
Maria Pickering
Krissa Skogen
Maxi Polihronakis
Carrie Fyler
Amanda Wendt
Karolina Fučíková
Brian Klingbeil
Bryan Connolly
Kristiina Hurme
Elizabeth Wade
Leah Brown-Wilusz
Vanessa Boukili
Tsitsi McPherson
Brad Moser (Physics Dept.)
Nic Tippery
Laura Cisneros
Rachel Prunier
others are welcome, just put your name in here :)



Our Constitution and Bylaws: