Once again, straight from google images
Smaller meeting this week due to Yom Kippur, but we still got a lot of exciting things done! Highlights include:
- Beyond the Bottle
- CCURB
- ICE
- Dorm Energy Reduction Competition (Do it in the dark!)
- Lobbying
- Better by Design Conference
- Media Corp
- And much much more!
Read on for minutes.
EmPower Meeting
9/27/09
I. Ryan introduces emPower (again): explains our structure
II. Takeaways from the YSEC Conference: (conference that 6 of us attended this weekend at Yale)
Ben: EcoVillages; we’re already past a point of acceptable consumption: our work is very important
Keally: Explained structure of conference; really enjoyed learning about PowerMapping, way to organize campaigns
Maya: many moments where she felt overwhelmed; hearing facts that you know can get a bit gloomy; Mass Climate Network is really strong student network; wants to get that here, too; makes you realize that we can do it!
Shane: idea: create a fund for working on efficiency projects and say the money saved can go towards getting better concert acts (UConn is doing that)
Ari: We can do it!
III. Project groups
Beyond the Bottle (Ari):
Campus Climate (Ana): Is breaking up into different subgroups to work on individual projects. Some of those are: Water Conservation/rainwater collection/toilets/solar water heating (Tim); Thermal Imaging exhibits to raise awareness on campus to illustrate building inefficiencies (Adam); Beyond the Bag to get rid of plastic bag consumption on campus (Melanie)
Lobbying (Nick): Trying to influence American Clean Energy and Security Act to get it passed; 350.org day of action on Oct. 24th, rallies, working with student groups, public art installation on the Main Green, phone banks
Outreach (Jonathan): Visiting high schools to talk about climate change with high schoolers, sustainability issues, how we’re gonna reach out to these schools; link up with other RI colleges to get a larger network educating
ICE (Clay): Working to create an Institute for Climate and Energy on campus; looking for help organizing a speaker series on campus
CCURB (Shane): Community Carbon Use Reduction at Brown seeks to offset carbon at Brown by doing student-generated projects
IV. Mike Petronik, UFB Representative
Explains what UFB is, how he helps us: Works with treasurer to help us get money from the Undergraduate Finance Board for events
V. Announcements
Clay – Apply to be on the CCURB Steering Committee and the Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee. Check out all the other non-environmental committees as well. Deadlines are Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. Apps on the UCS website – very easy
Ryan – If you’re good at graphic design or publicity, come talk to him so we can create an emPower publicity group
Ryan – A lot of groups on campus are looking for student reps from emPower. If you’re interested, talk to him about these leadership opportunities.
Frieda – Better by Design (BxD) conference this weekend. www.abetterworldbydesign.com Awesome conference for people who are interested in seeing cool speakers. Go online to register. Food is included in reg fee and it’s good food!
VI. Breakout Sessions – Subgroups Meet
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