“Spring” into ACTION with the EC

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Get Excited!! Tuesday, January 24, 2012 from 8:00 – 9:00 pm in Squires Brush Mountain A is the first meeting of 2012. 

We have a semester packed with green initiatives to accomplish from earth week to renewable energy and we need your help!

Alex, Mr. President and Rial, Ms. Vice President will be facilitating

Enviro News, focusing on the Keysone XL pipeline will be brought to you by Justin!

Break the ICE with Lindsey!

Learn more about the EC and get the forecast for the semester before Kara Dodson leads a discussion and has short presentation on saving the stadium woods. 

Watch this sustainability animation and be in squires this Tuesday to help make it come true:

Cool Things and Announcements:

Robert Llewellyn in the HRC on January 31 7:00pm will be discussing the Stadium woods!

Join Lindsey with EC recruitment: poster making, tabeling and class raps – more info at the meeting

Alex has been working with students from Uzebekistan – you will learn more about this too!

Join the Environmental Coalition’s Relay for Life Team it’s $10 go to www.vtrelay.org! click on “sign up!” – it’s going to be a BLAST!

The Big Event is coming up!

Project groups are on the horizon – YOU can start your own – bring IDEAS for projects!

OAKS! – GET IN TOUGH WITH YOUR ACORNS. Invite them to meetings AND THE POTLUCK THIS Tuesday after the meeting!! 

 

 

Happy 2012 – Resolutions for a Greener Earth

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You could make a New Year’s Resolution to loose weight again… or this year you could resolve to lighten the load you leave on the planet. Here are a few resolutions you’ll probably find pretty easy to keep and a few you can adopt if you’re up for a challenge.

1. Attend and be active in EC meetings this 2012 spring semester. There is not a better way to make an impact with other excited members on your side. We need YOU.

2. Meatless Mondays. Eliminate meat from your diet for at least one day a week.  Eating one fewer burger a week significantly lessens your carbon footprint.

3. Try growing a plant or two of your own in your windowsill – flowers, vegies or herbs

4. Ditch the car. Bike or Bus.

5. If you have a garden or if you want to preserve your local fruits and vegetables to eat all year long try your hand with a Pressure Canner! Pressure caning allows you to preserve low-acid foods (almost all fruits and vegetables) without turning them into pickles (and without consuming the limited space in your tiny freezer).  You buy the produce in peak season (when it is at the rare intersection of superior quality, cheapest price, and best for the environment) and store it in old fashioned canning jars fit for a pantry.  The canner brings the heat up to a high enough temperature that the food is safely preserved for a long time to come.

What are some of your New Year’s resolutions?

See you soon,

The Environmental Coalition 

Relax, it’s almost over.

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Tuesday is our final meeting! We want you to relax just before exams begin. It’s true – fall semester is almost over.  Abby is bringing snacks.

Lauren will begin with enviro news!  

Lindsey has an icebreaker that will fill your mouth and tummy.

We will begin the meeting with a summary and discussion of the semester’s activities and casually discuss what improvements the EC could implement next year.

 For your (and our) mental relaxation we are bringing to you: THE LORAX.

See you Tuesday!

The EC

Earth Week

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It’s the last “real” meeting of the semester because the one that follows will be a study break from exam preparation. It’s important to attend this Earth Week Planning Meeting!

Abby, the Earth Week Coordinator, will lead as the facilitator.

Dan is bringing some exciting enviro-news!

THANKSGIVING is the themed Ice Breaker.

Then we will focus on EARTHWEEK 2012! You will learn what we are planning and then participate in group discussions to plan EVEN MORE!

Is the semester really almost over?

See you Tuesday!

The Environmental Coalition 

This meeting + 2 and that’s all, for fall.

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That’s right there is this meeting and just two more to go.

Enviro News will be brought to you by Paul  

Alex will host an engaging training session on how to debate and discuss environmental issues critically and respectfully.

Once you know how to debate like a professional –  fun debates will split you evenly on both sides of each issue – until all five topics are debated.

The Topics Are:

  • Transportation
  • Recycling
  • Food / Agriculture
  • Forestry
  • Coal
See you this Tuesday and the two following,
The EC

Just 4 Meetings To Go!

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Environmental Coalition Meeting October 30, 2011

Your facilitator will be Josh Ribelin

Enviro News is going to be brought to you by Lindsey Nolan

Abby Hays will be breaking the Ice.

The main meeting event will be a presentation and exciting discussion on nuclear energy by Evan and Erica.

That’s All, (besides a bunch of announcements!)

The EC

New Projects & Halloween Celebration

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On Tuesday October 25, 2011 at 8:00p.m, just 6 days before All-Hallows-Eve, The Environmental Coalition is having a spooky meeting!

Alex, Mr. Pres Is facilitating.

Enviro News by Nneka, dig it.

Lindsey & Imani are bringing you A Secret Halloween Guessing game! (it’s the ice breaker)

We are spending quality time in project groups to plan, visualize, create goals and timelines for the year. These include: Relay for Life, Review the CAC, Uzbekistan, and Alternative energy!

There will be yummy surprises.

Love,

THE EC.

Seedsplosions, Fall Camping, and Love

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We went camping this weekend!

Check out our fun:

This Tuesday:

We’ll be meeting Tuesday (10/18) at 8PM in Brush Mountain A!
Here’s a teaser for what’s coming up this week:
Has anyone heard about Occupy Wall Street/ Blacksburg?
We’re going to talk about how Occupy relates to us!
Next, we will be making seedsplosions (aka seed bombs)!
Be prepared to get a little dirty!!
Announcements:
1. EC Planning Meetings want YOU!
Want to help plan Environmental Coalition meetings?
Come to EC Planning Meetings Sunday at 6PM at the
1st floor Squires Couches or GLC Lawn (weather permitting)!
 EVERYONE IS WELCOME!!!!
2. Volunteer at the Dining Services Garden at Kentland Farm!
Dining Services Garden at Kentland Farm will be having
Volunteer Days this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday!
Sign up on their facebook page!  Transportation is
provided (if you sign up).  If these times don’t work out,
grab a group of friends and contact edulsn@vt.edu to
figure out a good time to work at the garden!
On Monday October 24, help the Virginia Tech and
Blacksburg Community celebrate Food!  There will be
events happening all day. ( Check out the flyer below!)
Hints of what’s to come: On Campus Market, Eat Real Challenge,
Dinner at PIta Vera to Support the Sustainable Food Corps,
and Movie Screening of Ingredients at 7 PM, Fralin Auditorium.
4. Join the Blacksburg Elementary “Footbus”!
What: Walking Harding Elementary School Students home from school.
When: 3:00-4:00 PM Friday, October 21st
Where: Harding Avenue Elementary School
Who: 25-30 Hokies who like to work with children.
Contact: Kyle Gardiner, SGA Director of Sustainability.
KyleG5@vt.edu or 4349899185 (please don’t hesitate to text or call).
More info below:

 

5. Student Farm Apprenticeship 
The SFC Student Farm Team is recruiting passionate, dedicated
students to apprentice at the Student Farm.   Students have
already given countless hours to the student farm and the produce
grown has provided vital assistance to community members without
access to healthy food.  If interested in helping continue this project,
contact Alex Darr (dalex90@vt.edu).
6. GE’s Environmental Job Info Session
The Mechanical Engineering Honor Society is hosting an info session
for GE’s Environmental Health and Safety Leadership Program.
Details below:

Career Opportunities with General Electric: GE Energy’s Environmental Health and Safety Leadership Program

When: October 25th, 2011; 5:30 – 7:30pm

Where:  Torgersen Hall, Room 1040

Hosted by: Christian Johnson (ISE ’90; ’92) Executive, EHS, GE Digital Energy and LaKeisha May, EHSLP Program Manager, GE Energy

Sandwiches and soft drinks will be served at the start of the event

RSVP online: http://supportcentral.ge.com/esurvey/takesurvey.asp?p=17778&d=3467096

To apply for the October 25-27 recruiting event:

Search for 28381/42 – GE Energy- Environment, Health, & Safety Leadership Program in Hokies4Hire.

 

7. Do you bike to the grocery store?  Fill out this survey about

carrying groceries on your bike.  Help out an industrial design

student’s project to design a backpack for grocery shopping.

 

8.  Tailgate for Alternative Transportation
Want to help fundraise for EC?  Come talk about Megabus this
weekend during the tailgate BEFORE the game.  You might even
get some food from the tailgate if you’re nice!
Email Alex at kosnett@vt.edu if you’re interested (which you are!)
Love,
The EC

Same Time. Same Place.

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This Tuesday!

Imani is keeping time & will facilitate us though:

“Enviro news” with Abby

We’re going to work though the knots & untangle with Rial’s Ice Breaker.

Have you heard of Uzbekistan? They want to know what life is like here: so we’re giving some time to connect with people across the globe!

Camping trip THIS FRIDAY. Get pumped. Get the scoop from Lindsey this Tuesday.

The remainder of the time we’re working on Projects, in project groups.

Want a free T-shirt? Mega Bus Tailgating is taking 10 people from the EC to promote their cause (plus funds will be donated to our club!)

See you at 8:00p.m.

Love,

The EC.

Planning meetings every Sunday 6:00 p.m.

Happy Tuesday!

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This week we will talk about some environews, play the line game,
recap VIRGINIA POWERSHIFT (which was awesome! kudos to all planners!),
and discuss/design what we want in a mobile community garden at Tech.
Invite yo friends and meet  us in Brush Mountain A at 8 PM on Tonight!
Anyone working on a Green RFP, please meet Alex and Rial at 7:30 on the 3rd floor couches outside B.Mtn A.
VAPS made it into the Roanoke Times, check it out here!
Check out the CT coverage here!
Thank you to all who came out this weekend.
Cool Powershift Pictures:
Love,
The E.C.