I know, I know, Upcycle is behind this week. Sorry! Here’s an emPower digest to tide you over until it gets up there.
This Week’s emPOWER Digest:
Announcements (summary):
1. APPLY NOW: Join the Better World ’10 Team!
2. Take the Beyond the Bottle Online Pledge! (Click below and type your name!)
3. One Million Calls for Clean Energy – Take 2 Minutes to Make a Difference!
4. Dining Services Survey Open til Tomorrow: Ask for Real Food, No Bottled Water!
5. The Breakthrough Institute Announces 2010 Summer Fellows Program
6. The Summer of Solutions: Calling All Green Economy Leaders
7. Competition: Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming
Events:
8. Free Screening of “Tapped”, Tuesday, November 10th
9. Ask Your Legislators Questions About the Environment (and other issues)
10. Hear Sen. Whitehouse Speak About the Environment (and other issues)
Announcements:
1. APPLY NOW: Join the Better World ’10 Team!
Come learn how to be a part of the tremendously successful, 3-day design conference on how to better the world, co-hosted by Brown University + RISD. 2 info sessions next week:
@ RISD: Tue. Nov. 10 : 7 pm : the Tap Room, 226 Benefit Street
@ Brown: Wed. Nov. 11 : 7 pm : Wilson Hall 101
There will be no added responsibilities this semester, but we want to meet and select the conference committee now, so next semester we can all start planning immediately! Free pizza will be provided at both info sessions.
Applications available NOW at www.abetterworldbydesign.com
More info: Frieda_Kay@Brown.edu
2. Take the Beyond the Bottle Online Pledge!
If you haven’t yet taken the Beyond the Bottle paper or online pledge to choose tap water over bottled water, support initiatives against bottled water, and support pro-public water infrastructure development, click the link below to view the pledge text and add your name!
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC1NbVloRlczQmN4ZEdMbWVxbEtzUWc6MA
More info: beyondthebottle@gmail.com
3. One Million Calls for Clean Energy – Take 2 Minutes to Make a Difference!
Imagine what would happen if right now, one million Americans contacted Congress and demanded clean energy and bold solutions to climate change… It could absolutely change the world!
Well now you can actually participate in an historic effort to do just that. It’s called One Million Calls for Clean Energy. Click to their site, www.OneMillionCalls.org/intro and you can instantly sign a petition AND send a fast email to your Senators. You can even leave voice mail if you want!
The timing of all this is urgent because right now your Senators are debating a bill for clean energy and climate solutions that’s so critical, Al Gore called it “This most important legislation ever considered by Congress!”
It’s a pivotal moment for the planet and the Senate vote is so close that YOUR message could be what tips the scales! So please take action right now at www.OneMillionCalls.org/intro
More info: Katherine_Butera@Brown.edu
4. Dining Services Survey Open til Tomorrow: Ask for Real Food, No Bottled Water!
The BuDS survey is still open until tomorrow: Please take it, and while you’re at it, ask for more real food in our dining halls, and the elimination of the sale and distribution of bottled water on campus! If you’ve ever complained about the food at the Ratty, go to: http://www.brown.edu/food/survey.
5. The Breakthrough Institute Announces 2010 Summer Fellows Program
The Breakthrough Institute is seeking up to ten of the country’s top young
writers and thought leaders for a paid fellowship in Summer 2010 as part of
its young leaders initiative, Breakthrough Generation. Fellowships are
highly competitive — in 2009, 5 percent of applicants were accepted — and
involve cutting-edge writing, research, and analysis on energy/climate and
national security issues.
In 2010, Breakthrough Fellows will divide into an energy and climate team
and a national security team.
More info: http://thebreakthrough.org/action.shtml
6. The Summer of Solutions: Calling All Green Economy Leaders
Are you interested in building your capacity to turn community-based green
economy solutions into a career-path? Or want to help train other young
people in doing so?
The Summer of Solutions (www.summerofsolutions.org) is a grassroots program that trains pre- through post-college age leaders in community organizing, social entrepreneurship, and sustainable community development. It’s already resulted in new energy co-ops, green jobs programs, urban farms, community-energy projects, and community engagement in local redevelopment. It’s grown from just our one program in St. Paul to nine nationwide – and next year, we’re shooting for 15. You can see our stories at www.solutionaries.net.
More info: daniel_musher@brown.edu
7. Competition: Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming
Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming is the nation’s premier competition recognizing colleges and universities for their efforts to solve global warming. And we’re looking for the best campus-based projects in green jobs, students in action, innovative design, campus actions and more.
Create a 2 min video about your campus initiative and submit it my Dec. 31 to win prizes, money, publicity, etc.
More info: www.campuschillout.org
Events:
8. Free Screening of “Tapped,” Tuesday, November 10th
“Tapped” is a 2009 documentary about the effects of the bottled water industry on America’s economy, environment, and public health. A coalition of Brown University student groups and the Environment Council of Rhode Island are sponsoring a free, public screening of “Tapped” on Tuesday, November 10, at 8:00 pm in the Salomon Center on the Main Green (91 Waterman Street).
Americans spent $15 billion on bottled water in 2007, a 30-fold increase in consumption per capita since 1976. Producing these bottles used the equivalent of 17 million barrels of oil, excluding the cost of transportation. Whereas bottled water costs $7.50 to $11.00 per gallon, tap water costs $0.01 per gallon. 24% of bottled water sold in the US, including Dasani and Aquafina, is not spring water but simply purified, repackaged tap water.
Compared to bottled water, tap water is regulated more rigorously and tested more frequently by the EPA. Bisphenol-A, the chemical from which 5-gallon water cooler jugs are made, has been linked in 200 independent studies to illnesses including obesity, prostate cancer, breast cancer, diabetes, and brain disorders. More info: beyondthebottle@gmail.com
9. Ask Your Legislators Questions About the Environment (and other issues)
Join the Brown Democrats for a discussion with our representatives, State Rep. Edie Ajello and State Senator Rhoda Perry, about major issues currently facing the RI legislature. This event, entitled ‘Better Know Your District’, will take place on Tuesday, November 10, at 8 pm in Wilson 101. Our legislators also look forward to taking questions and hearing about what is important to you, so be sure to ask them about their views and about pending environmental bills! We hope to see you there! More info: Jeremy_Feigenbaum@Brown.edu
10. Hear Sen. Whitehouse Speak About the Environment (and other issues)
The second event in the Democrats’ Better Know Your District series will take place on Friday, November 13, at 2 pm in Salomon 101. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will give an update from DC and then take questions on issues ranging from health care reform to cap-and-trade. We hope you can make it! More info: Jeremy_Feigenbaum@Brown.edu
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