COME BACK! WE MISS YOU.

Take an hour out of your busy lives and come catch up! Earth Day is coming up (April 22nd!), and emPower is looking for some bright, motivated students to help us make a splash. Everyone’s welcome to contribute.

To celebrate our ED kickoff (Earth Day, get your head out the gutter), we’ll be providing FREE PIZZA!

Beyond the Bottle will be antibottling and talking about world water day. Campus climate will be getting you funding. RISCC will be making crazy progress with RI Colleges. HS Outreach will be teaching kids about the environment. I will stand on the table and finally draw the emPower map again. Serious, it’s gonna be crayyyyy.

EMPOWER. SUNDAY. 9PM. WILSON 302. BE THERE.

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If students once found a cause in banning the bomb, this generation is out to ban the bottle. The disposable plastic water bottle, that is.

-Lawrence Goodman, Brown Alumni Magazine

Shoot, son: BTB just got a full page spread in the Brown Alumni Magazine. This might be the one time that the BAM won’t be relegated to bathroom reading duty. I like it so much, I might just even frame it.

For hanging in the bathroom, of course.

via The Brown Alumni Magazine

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We welcome:
1) Timmons Roberts, Director of CES, speaking on “No finance for development, no solution to climate change.”
2) Kipp Bradford, Adjunct in Engineering, speaking on “DIY Energy Projects”

Climate + Energy Brown-Bags are short, informal talks held every Tuesday, 12-1pm in McMillan 317. Bring your lunch, your friends, and your questions! If you’ve missed the previous talks, get more information at our listing.

PS: Interested in helping out? Want to select speakers, connect with faculty, and learn about the latest Brown has to offer in Climate + Energy? Eager to see Brown become a leader in Climate + Energy? Lets talk. Email us at Ryan@emPowerBrown.org.

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In Brief:

Announcements:

1. Take the Beyond the Bottle Online Pledge!

2. Apply to Be a BOLT Leader!

3. Apply for Greenpeace’s Semester-Long Activist Training

4. Summer Study Abroad on Climate Change/Sust. Dev. in Latin Am. and the Carib.

Events:

5. Climate Change Forum at AS220 – Monday

1. 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

2. Apply to be a BOLT Leader!

What is a BOLT Leader?

A BOLT Leader is a sophomore, junior or senior who spends the Spring becoming proficient in medical, wilderness, and group facilitation skills. Leaders begin the following Fall semester by facilitating a five-day backpacking trip in the White Mountains in late August and keeping their BOLT group together throughout the year. Leaders provide the foundation for BOLT’s network of advising and support for sophomores and new transfers.

What does BOLT offer its community of leaders?

Being a BOLT leader is a great opportunity to continue developing skills of leadership and facilitation in a new, exciting context with an awesome group of 35 dynamic students.
You’ll learn:

* inclusive facilitation skills
* setting up a proper campsite
* map & compass skills
* low impact camping and living in and with nature
* backcountry cooking
* CPR and Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder
* the fundamentals of being a fun and effective group leader

In the Fall, you’ll become both a friend and a resource for 8 rising sophomores and transfer students. Many BOLT groups stay together throughout the Fall semester, and many for much longer.

How to Apply

All you need to do now is give us your contact information at http://brown.edu/Student_Services/BOLT/lead-app/index.html by Decemeber 11th. Then we’ll email you a link to the full application (basically a few essays), which is due in mid-January.

Send any questions you have to boltmanagers@gmail.com, and visit www.brown.edu/bolt for more info!

3. Apply for Greenpeace’s Semester-Long Activist Training

The Greenpeace Organizing Term is an action-filled semester and the best hands-on training for students to become environmental leaders. You’ll be investing in your leadership skills, getting training in grassroots organizing, media, coalition building, direct action, and campaign strategy. And you’ll travel with Greenpeace around the country or world to campaign and join a team of incredible activists working to protect the planet.
GOT students return to their campuses with vastly increased skills, and many go on to work for Greenpeace or other campaigning organizations.
The Spring 2010 GOT Application is still open, though not for too much longer – tell your friends and classmates to apply today!
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/getinvolved/greenpeace-organizing-term

4. Summer Study Abroad on Climate Change/Sust. Dev. in Latin Am. and the Carib.

The Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) introduces an eight-week Study Abroad Program, focusing on Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Through professional training, hands-on learning, and cultural immersion, students will embark on experiencing how global climate change influences sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Students will have the opportunity to explore firsthand the diverse direct and indirect effects of a changing climate on natural and human systems. Students are encouraged both individually and as a group to delve into complex topics and address challenging questions relevant to contemporary regional and national climate change problems.

5. Climate Change Forum at AS220 – Monday

Come learn about the hot environmental issues of today from regional experts. Join us for Happy Hour at AS220! Heard of “climate change”? It’s a big issue. But did you ever wonder what it means for YOU, where you LIVE? Ever wonder if there’s anything you can DO that would make a difference? Join Sandra Brownell, of the Environmental Protection Agency, and other community members to discuss these topics! AS220 (115 Empire St.) Monday November 16th, 5:30 pm

Part of the Science Café Series

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Ruth is gonna put the smack down on bottled, coming end of 2010

More emPower minutes! What’ve we got for you?

• Making connections with other Providence colleges and high schools
• CCURB letters of interest being written
• Ruth on board to wipe bottles off campus by 2010
• ICE gettin an institute for climate and energy built
• BxD 2010 Lookin for new recruits
• Getting 1 million calls to Congress for clean energy

Now click the jump to find out more, lickity split!

emPOWER
Meeting Minutes 11/08/09

Introduction
• Ryan – usual welcome – 3 new people!

Project Updates
RISCC-Brown (formerly Lobbying): If you’re interested in working with students from other colleges and high schools on national, state-wide, or international legislation, come work with the Rhode Island Student Climate Coalition!

CCURB: Grant fund for carbon offset projects. Full proposals are due in a few weeks, so if you submitted a letter of interest, come work on your proposal, or if you’re new and interested, come get involved in a project.

BtB: Ruth is on board to get rid of bottled water by Dec 2010! We’ll still be doing lots of awareness events, including Tapped screening on Tuesday; come get involved!
(beyondthebottle@gmail.com)

Campus Climate: has specific working groups on a few different things on campus things – tonight they’ll be working with CCURB but in general will be doing small projects. EcoFlow (low-flow showerheads): Tim Dingman (dingman.tim@gmail.com). Beyond the Bag: Melanie_Friedrichs@Brown.edu

High-School Outreach: Will be doing presentations at high school assemblies this week – anyone interested in helping Educate Our Youth, talk to Jonathan_Hiles@Brown.edu

ICE: Trying to increase visibility and accessibility of climate and energy work on campus by creating a unified Institute for Climate and Energy. Right now they have this seminar series that brings together energy science and climate science people. If interested in long-range planning, come talk to them. Ryan@empowerbrown.org, matthew_severson@brown.edu

Announcements

1. Apply now to be on the Better by Design 2010 Committee!
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. Must be planning to be at Brown for both 2010 semesters.
Applications available NOW at www.abetterworldbydesign.com
More info: Frieda_Kay@Brown.edu

2. 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

3. Tapped Screening – Join the Facebook event, please, and invited all of your friends! We want this to be big.

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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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BTB is getting people to sign the BEYOND THE BOTTLE PLEDGE! It’s super easy and supports a great cause. BTB will take this to BUDS and the administration as a sign that you want to see bottled water off campus – now. So what’re you waiting for: fill out the pledge!

if you can table at all this week, that would be so helpful! (thank you to those who have already signed up!) good luck with midterms, all! Sign up here!

also, forward the petition paige sent to ALL of your friends AT BROWN (at brown only)!

Now that we’ve gone through that, I present to you, the BTB Minutes.

Beyond the Bottle Agenda, 11/01/09

1.     Intros – Happy November! – 2 new people: Welcome, Areebah and Kayleigh!

2.     Coke Week of Action check-in: Reports from people who staffed it: how’d it go?; people’s reactions; *final tally of calls

3.     Steering Committee – Meetings will be Wednesdays at 8:00 in the Ivy Room: Devin, Ambika, Talia, Paige, Ben, and Ari have committed to being a steady Steering Committee and will be here every week. Everyone is welcome however often you would like to attend.

4.     Website! It’d be great to get this up and running before the BUCC meeting so that we can tell them we have a website. Gabi and Matt are going to work together on this; so will Paige, maybe.

5.     Ben – update about BUDS

a.     Will install new faucets at the Gate and Ivy Room that are tall enough for bottles to fit underneath

b.     Ordered samples of reusable bottles – will be on-sale in Lil Jo’s with our logo on them! – Hooray, Stephen and his family business!

c.     Will have to talk to them about this coalition we want to form so that we don’t blindside them.

6.     Tabling at JWW – Sign-ups

a.     We still need more people for certain slots! Please sign up if possible!

7.     Admin

a.     Ambika and Ben: BUCC meeting – asking for them to a) endorse our goal as worthwhile, b) set up a formal committee of various stakeholders in the issue

b.     Clay arrives to spread his knowledge!

i.     BUCC is not bureaucratic – don’t need a formal resolution – reason to meet with her is to talk to her and make sure that our proposal is crafted in a way that she likes. Good to have a hand-out, have a visual; don’t have a presentation

ii.     Committee is good: make it concrete, give it deadlines and goals

c.     E-mail Hanna (Ruth’s assistant) to set up meeting tomorrow before Ruth’s office hours to give us feedback – Ben will do this

d.     Ruth’s office hours – who can go at 3:30/45? Ambika, Paige, Ben will do it!

8.     Student group

a.     Movie Screening

i.     Madeleine will call Denise about FLOW as a back-up

ii.     Jason – How is Tapped fundraising going?

1.     Will be presenting at UFB on Tuesday

2.     Dems and Oxfam want to cosponsor, no commitment yet

3.     Ari and Paige may have other funding leads

iii.     Outreach to other student groups (for funding and/or publicity/cosponsorship) – everyone tell your friends

iv.     Publicity – Matt will do poster; we will tableslip on Friday lunch, Sunday (Ratty only), Monday, and Tuesday. Tableslippers for Fri and Sun are Jonathan, Jason, Koushiki, and Cathy; rest we’ll decide next time.

b.     JWW tabling

i.     Everyone sign up!

ii.     Don’t worry about not having done it before – we’ll make sure you’re not alone the first time

iii.     It’s really fun and rewarding – people are friendly and you educate them!

9.     BuDS

a.     We’ll be doing signage in Jo’s, the Gate, the Ivy Room.

i.     BUDS will hang up whatever we give them; it’s up to us to make it and give it to them.

ii.     Small group interested in scoping out those three places to figure out what signage would be appropriate? Areebah is interested!

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Tuesday, November 3rd

Indigenous Organizing for Climate Justice: Jihan Gearon, Native Energy Organizer, Indigenous Environmental Network & Global Justice Ecology Project, asks some hard questions: How is climate change impacting communities in the U.S.?  What would real solutions look like? How are some impacted communities organizing for climate justice leading up to, during, and after the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations in December? Come find out, Tuesday, Nov 3rd, 12-1pm, UEL.

Wednesday, November 4th

A Sense of Wonder: A one-woman show about Rachel Carson, “the patron saint of the environmental movement,” A Sense of Wonder has been touring the United States for over ten years. The play has been the centerpiece of regional and national conferences on conservation, education, journalism, and the environment. Kaiulani Lee has performed it at over one hundred universities as well as at the Smithsonian Institute, the United Nations, the Sierra Club’s Centennial in San Francisco, and the Department of the Interior’s 150th anniversary celebration.  In addition, she opened the 2005 World Expo in Japan and performed the play on Capitol Hill, bringing Miss Carson’s voice once again to the halls of Congress. Free, Wed November 4th, 8pm in Salomon 101.

Operation Wallacea: Scientific Conservation Expeditions in South Africa and Mozambique, Honduras, Madagascar, Peru, Egypt and Indonesia with opportunities to complete Forest, Marine, and Cultural Research in Summer 2010! Gain Field Experience as a Research Assistant working with our diverse pool of on-site scientists studying climatology, biodiversity, marine studies, desert studies, conservation and wildlife management, forest ecology, sociological and cultural studies and more! Wednesday, Nov 4 12-1pm in UEL. More info.

Thursday, November 5th

COST lecture: Climate Change: Elijah Huge, Art and Art History Dept., Wesleyan University, Timmons Roberts, Sociology and Environmental Studies, Brown University, and Hugh Ducklow, The Ecosystems Center, MBL, Woods Hole, will give three presentations on their individual discipline’s view of climate change.

A panel discussion and Q&A will follow individual presentations.  Part of the “Nature and Legacy” series for 2009-10, sponsored by the Cogut Center for the Humanities, Committee for Science and Technology Studies, Environmental Studies and the Environmental Change Initiative. Thursday, November 5th, Pembroke Hall 305, 4-6pm. More info.

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BTB in action: So awesome, it distorts light.

Beyond The Bottles? Awww, yea. You know you want that BUDS meeting report, that national coke week of action, that BUCC prep, and that movie action. You do. Don’t lie. Bottle it and sling straight gold!

1.     Intros

2.     Steering Committee

3.     We have a website! www.beyondthebottle.org (it’s not up yet, though)

4.     Report from the BUDS Meeting – Ben/Devin

a.     Met with Peter Rossi and Joe Barboza, got some statistics; talked about filtration systems, getting pilot program up again in Jo’s and the Gate and possibly other locations. Recommendations are welcome.

i.     Jason – can we collaborate with RISD to get their filtration system?

5.     National Coke Week of Action, segway into…

6.     Tabling at JWW – Sign-ups

a.     Volunteers to print: brochures, pledges, sign-up sheets

7.     Admin group

a.     BUCC

i.     Review Ambika’s sheet

ii.     Come up with our specific ask

iii.     Presenters? What will our presentation be?

8.     Student group

a.     Movie Screening

i.     Decide on movie (Tapped or FLOW)?

ii.     If Tapped, fundraising – Jason

iii.     Outreach to other student groups (for funding and/or publicity/cosponsorship)

iv.     Publicity – Matt will do poster, Madeleine will coordinate tableslipping

b.     JWW tabling

i.     Volunteer to make the pledge sheet – Matt and Paige

ii.     Materials needed: water, cups, brochures

iii.     Look over survey together

iv.     Volunteers to print survey/pledge sheet (engineers?)

c.     Coke Week of Action

i.     Anyone want to take the lead on planning this?

ii.     Decide dates and times when many of us can be present.

d.     Art competition – going to let go of it for now, postpone til spring (if we still need to be having events in the spring!)

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It's a pot of GOLD!

What’ve we got for you this time? Check it:

• 350 day of action
• RISCC revival
• Energy Efficiency Barn Raisings
• Dasani/Coke Lobbying
• BTB at Brown University Community Council meetings and hosting Movie days
• More seminars and talks than you can shake a stick at
• A pot of gold at the end! (maybe)

Word.

Introduction

• Ryan – usual welcome – new people! Welcome, Gabby and Nishi!

350 Recap

Keally: Explains concept of 350 ppm of carbon dioxide; what the day was about: to put pressures on world leaders to develop a fair, ambitious, and binding treaty at Copenhagen. Took a photo of Brown students sitting in 350 shape. Joined rally at Waterplace Park. Watson scholars from Africa spoke, gave a global perspective.

Sayles does 350!

The Band Does 350

Project Updates

Lobbying (will now be known as RISCC-Brown): See recap of 350 Day. Now will be focusing on breathing new life into the RISCC (RI Student Climate Coalition). Tonight, will debrief the event, and talk about next steps of branching out into the community to work on carbon emissions reductions.

CCURB: Explained what CCURB is. Info session last week was great, brought new people into the room. Tonight will be working on letters of interest. Elizabeth_Kimzey@Brown.edu

BtB: We have a bunch of exciting things coming up – a group trying to get Brown to eliminate supply and demand of watered bottles on campus. On agenda to present to BUCC Nov 17^th, and a movie screening on the 10^th. Over the next few weeks are gonna table a shitton, taste test and pledges… want to gather a substantial stack to bring to BUCC meeting.

National Coca Cola week of action – asking that Dasani water be labeled that it comes from municipal sources. Be sure you come by the table that day!

Really great meeting w/BUDS.. super exciting. Exciting. Welcoming. (beyondthebottle@gmail.com)

Low-flow Showerheads: Tim Dingman (dingman.tim@gmail.com) couldn’t make it, but if people are interested in this, e-mail him.

Education: Lots of opportunities are opening up to go talk to school groups about climate change – if you’re interested in being involved in workshops with local students, talk to Jonathan_Hiles@Brown.edu

Announcements

First-Ever Energy Efficiency Barn Raising: Weatherizing a low-income family’s home in Smith Hill, 20 min walk from campus, opportunity to learn about building weatherization, meet other people, media will be there, Halloween themed = really fun (costumes welcome!), building suff. This Saturday, Oct. 31, 9am-2pm. First of (hopefully) once-a-month barn raisings! There will be kids and candy and inappropriate jokes about caulking! (Rebecca_Rast@Brown.edu)

The second Brown Energy Sciences Seminar will be held next week! This is your chance to find out about the exciting energy-related research happening at Brown, and meet others who share your interest.  This is also an opportunity to focus our efforts as we build our energy initiative into a competitive research center.

When:    Tuesday, October 13th, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Where:   MacMillan Hall, room 317

Invited speakers:

1) Prof. Eric Suuberg (Brown Engineering) – “Current Issues in Fuels Chemistry”

2) Dr. Aaron Socha (Brown Chemistry) – “Microbially-mediated coal solubilization”

Ryan@empowerbrown.org

Ryan is collecting stories of people who had trouble with environmental resources/classes/contacting people, let him know. Ryan@empowerbrown.org

EcoReps does cool things, too! Working with RISD project on collection for plastic bags – will be painting bins to put in every dorm, and would love help; will also be painting a mural in a trash room; will also be working on changing Ratty take-out trays. If interested, attend meetings at 7 on Tuesdays in Wilson 103. Madeleine_ONeill@Brown.edu

Next Tuesday, October 27th, please join the Brown Entrepreneurship Program in hosting Lane Wood from Charity:Water. Charity:Water is a nonprofit organization that works to bring clean water to communities in developing countries. Lane is the Director or the Water for School’s Campaign, an initiative started for schools and universities to fundraise to bring clean water to schools specifically. Come hear Lane speak about Charity:Water and get involved with Brown’s Water for Schools fundraising initiative!

When: Tuesday October 27th, 5 PM

Where: Wilson 102

Jason_Harris@Brown.edu

Environment Council of Rhode Island: Lobby Days 28^th-29^th, 2009

The four bills below have already earned majority votes in both the House and Senate, but need final votes before being sent to the Governor. Join us at the State House to urge the General Assembly to get the job done.

The legislature plans to reconvene for two days. Environment Council leaders will be at the State House for those two days to help you connect with legislators to let them know these environmental bills are important to you.

Contact Ari@empowerbrown.org for more info on lobbying and the bills themselves.

Conference Call for Inter-Campus Climate Action Legislation: this Thursday at 9:15 p.m. Rebecca_Rast@Brown.edu for more info.

New “digest” form of e-mail handling – digest will go out every Sunday – submit info to Ari Saturday night.

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