Why not get involved in Earth Week planning? Contact Ari (AT) empowerbrown (DOT) org for more information about how you can get involved to make this the most epic Earth Week ever. That’s right. Ever.
Elections!
The deadline to declare candidacy for Steering Committee positions for the coming school year is Sunday, March 27th. Elections will be held at the regular emPOWER meeting on April 10th. If you’re interested in finding out more about the various open positions, e-mail ari (AT) empowerbrown (DOT) org or empowerbrown (AT) gmail (DOT) com, or look out for more information in the next emPOWER Digest e-mail!
emPOWER Potluck!
Sunday, March 13th 6:30pm Wilson 101
Put the first big social event of the semester on your calendar! This Sunday!
Come one, come all to the emPOWER potluck! Bring something (vegetarian please) to share with your emPOWER friends. Whether it be Blue Room bagels or a fancy ratatouille, we would love it and love to see you… it’s time to bond people!
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New Social Chair!
We are pleased to announce that, after a very close election on Sunday night, our new junior Social Chair will be Armide Storey ’13.
Get pumped for the fun social events Armide will be planning for the emPOWER community in the coming months!
And remember… elections for the coming year are now only about two months away… be inspired and start thinking about any positions you might like to run for!
Earth Day Planning Commences!
Psyched for Earth Week? Want to help with the planning? Have a great idea for an event, but don’t know how to make it happen on your own?
emPOWER’s Environmental Events group is already getting pumped for a fantastic Earth Week. If you’re interested in helping out, whether by taking charge of an event or simply sharing an idea, please contact sylvia_stone (at) brown (dot) edu!
Last Chance: Register for Training Workshop by TONIGHT!
We’ve extended the deadline until midnight tonight!
On Wednesday, February 9th, David Rossini, Organizing Director for Green Corps, will be coming to Brown to do a training on the topics of volunteer recruitment and retention, publicity, and media outreach. It will be a fun session of workshops from 6-9 p.m. in MacMillan 115. FREE PIZZA DINNER will be provided to attendees. The event is FREE for ANY members of the Brown community who are interested in environmental activism.
Please RSVP by midnight tonight to empowerbrown (AT) gmail (DOT) com.
Brought to you by emPOWER and UFB.
About David:
In his role as Organizing Director, David coordinates the Green Corps classroom trainings and oversees Green Corps trainees and field campaigns. David has led teams of Green Corps organizers to help launch Corporate Accountability International’s Think Outside the Bottle campaign, the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, and most recently to defeat Prop 23 in California. David has worked with and trained dozens of Green Corps organizers who are currently working with groups such as Moveon.org, the Gulf Restoration Network, and Greenpeace. David is a graduate of the Green Corps program and has a B.A. in Sociology from Vassar College.
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Meeting Tonight? Yes!
It may be Steelers vs. Packers on TV screens tonight, but on the first floor of Wilson Hall, it’s us vs. environmental degradation! Come join us tonight, 8-10 p.m. in Wilson 101.
8-9: SuFI, EcoReps, Events
9-10: BtB, RISCC, SCRAP
Note: BCAF will not be meeting tonight.
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The Breakthrough Institute at CES Lunch Bunch Thurs. Feb. 10th at NOON
The New Green Heretics: Ecological Modernization as the Future of Environmentalism
Since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970, modern environmentalism has been characterized by a trinity of beliefs: small-is-beautiful; technological progress is out-of-control; and we must live closer to nature in order to prevent ecological armageddon. But over the last decade, a new generation of green thinkers have challenged these assumptions, arguing that urbanization reduces the human population, large and centralized energy and agricultural production, such as nuclear power plants and biotechnologies, reduce the human impact on wilderness, wildlife and the biosphere, and the over-arching process of modernization makes all of the above possible. At 12 Noon on Thursday, February 10, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger, co-founders of the Breakthrough Institute and co-authors of the seminal 2004 “The Death of Environmentalism” will speak at Brown University’s Urban Environmental Lab to argue that the future of environmentalism lies with these new heretics, and that the spectacular collapse of cap and trade and the prospects of a U.N. treaty on global warming makes the work of developing this paradigm of ecological modernization all the more urgent.
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First emPOWER Meeting of the Spring!
Are you excited to get back to work on all of our environmental initiatives this spring? The Steering Committee is! The first emPOWER meeting will be on Sunday, January 30th from 8 to 10 PM in Wilson 101. Please note the time and room changes!
We are pleased to announce a host of new changes that should help emPOWER run more efficiently and more democratically. Come to our meeting on Sunday to learn more about our new meeting structure, social events, elections procedures, and more!
Our member groups will now be meeting for one hour each during the emPOWER time slot. At the middle of the evening, when everyone from both groups is present, we will join together for updates and announcements. Some member groups may hold “working hours” during the time slot in which they are not scheduled to meet.
Note: For this first meeting, everyone should come at 8 PM to find out about the important new changes!
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First emPOWER Steering Committee Meeting (Open to All)
The first emPOWER Steering Committee Meeting of the year will be this Saturday, January 29th at 5:30 p.m. in J. Walter Wilson. As always, any members are welcome to attend! Please email empowerbrown (AT) gmail (DOT) com if you would like anything added to the agenda.