Green Week Meeting Minutes

Green Week 2008: March 10-14^th:

• During green week we will have one (hopefully 2) tables in the SUB all week long with a ‘market’ all day on Thursday in the lobby.
• Carla/EPSS ecological footprint of BBQ, carbon neutral by doing offset activities during the week (fixing up ocean pond, litter collection, idling tickets), using solar ovens (any other ideas or considerations concerning this are welcome)
• overall consideration of making events carbon neutral

Evolution of Current Tasks, Events, Ideas...

• Muggy Monday's running all week (overcoming Sodexho)
• Sodexho has an exclusive contract in the SUB and may not be so keen about us giving out free coffee for an entire week. I have been trying to meet with them to discuss this and our catering needs for the ‘lunch and learns’
• Residence “lights-out” energy challenge à Graham (SustainDal)
• Promotion of event through posters, word of mouth and RAs
• Prizes! (any ideas of prizes that fit within the theme of sustainability that first year students living in Rez would actually like?)
• Dal Women’s Center vegetarian cooking class on Monday
• Run by DWC at their house on South St. (next to Dalplex)
• luncheon with local food (overcoming Sodexho, altering location instead)
• lunch and learn
• one on Monday and one on Wednesday (speakers/topics still in the works)
• we were considering inviting DSU candidates to one of the lunch and learns to discuss sustainability and what a sustainable Dalhousie means to them. This may not be possible – and instead we have been offered to have a segment of the debates occurring Tuesday March 11^th in the lobby of the SUB to focus on sustainability/green campus – what are your thoughts on this? PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP
• story of stuff in SUB lobby
• 20min film on loop
• Computer set up where students can calculate their ecological footpring
• kick off concert at Grawood (cost concerns, promise of selling $500 worth of alcohol to pay for bar staff)
• Expedite, Anew Airship, King Conqueror…
• cover charge maybe $2.00 each (would be a benefit for some organization, any suggestions?)
• need to pay $150-$200 for use of a tech.
• need approx 4 source security bouncers at $14/hr
• BBQ and parking meter party on Tuesday (legitimizing with bikes and kayak)
• Mark Johnston is asking Rochelle Owen from the administrative office to speak with security on our behalf
• Carla looking for donations for BBQ from Pete’s and Planet Organic
• Also looking to obtain food from the farmers market
• large desire for solar ovens and instructions to build their own (reduce energy footprint
• DWC bringing in guest speaker (Elizabeth do you have any information about this yet?)
• Wednesday and Thursday, green trivia at the Grawood/Troom.
• Still in progress – positive response from Grawood Trivia Host
• Thursday, market place in the SUB
• Let me know if you would like a table in the SUB on this day. Provide me with a short blurb/description. There may be more interest than tables available. If that is the case we may have different tables in the morning and afternoon (please provide me with a time preference)
• Critical Mass on Friday (maybe mid-afternoon)
• CESR doing green drinks on Monday or Wednesday, also interested in holding events in the Rowe Bldg.
• Rochelle Owen (administrative office) would like to host a talk on energy star. She would like to bring in Tom Traves so people actually get to see his face.
• Possible other speakers: Jennifer Gray Antigonish Sustainability office & another with organic farming (EPSS Carla)
• EAC taking on the luncheon learn (Martha from SustainDal)
• EAC also having a table in SUB on Thursday

Documentaries/Movie Nights:

• Nature Conservation class screening of shark water?
• Rochelle Owen would like to show a film
• DWC/Oxfam screening of film about global warming and effects on women in developing countries
• EPSS/EAC Movie Night
• Crapshoot

Advertising:

Suggestion of facebook group – good idea and will be put together over reading week

GREEN WEEK NEWSLETTER?

Contacted Journalism and they need some more specific information from us: “For example, do you need someone with experience in a specific program, such as Photoshop, Quark or Indesign? Do you need someone with access to their own design/layout programs and computer or are you providing the technology and equipment?”

SPENCER AND GRAHAM I BELIEVE YOU EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THIS. PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH ADDITIONAL INFO. IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH PUTTING A NEWSLETTER TOGETHER INCL. GREEN WEEK MAP PLEASE LET ME KNOW

Posters – SustainDal Meeting on Friday where they are going to try to design some posters. We have use of graphic designer if necessary

Future Items, Tasks, etc.

Carla checking out DASS involvement

Maggie checking to get Engineers W/O Borders involved for the purpose of getting all campuses integrated

Pete (Christian Fellowship) button making at kiosk, definitely incorporating faith & environmental issues.

Jamie & Brian sustainability practices, business practices in Nova Scotia, aboriginal issues, socio-economic issues

Emily, IDS class idea to "green scale" NS MPs, blurbs, pictures.

Keith, PoliSci Society to reach out to political youths/parties on campus to speak about their parties environmental platforms

Spencer, anti-idle tickets, being voice of green week through Gazette or guerilla postering campaign,

Emily, CKDU resource for advertising (PSAs, just email CKDU with paragraph)

Please standardize the movie times every night and push for a movie every night.

Amanda, art expo (Carla will check with Nature Conservation class)

Don’t forget, we are not limited to space in the SUB – THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE SPACES for events: Killam Atrium, Studley Gym during day, Rowe Bldg.,

GREEN WEEK map, giant showing all events throughout the week

small versions of schedule for guerilla info squad

Friday is also Environmental Research Symposium

ALL IDEAS AND EVENTS NEED TO BE FINALIZED BY THIS WEEKEND (FEB. 17^TH, 2008).

BACK UP EMERGENCY DATE FOR SUBMISSIONS FRIDAY FEB. 22^ND, 2008