Environmental Sustainability
Committee (ESC)
Friday January 30, 2004 11:00-12:00 pm
Basement Conference Room of the Alumni House
Meeting Minutes
1. Recycling and “Greeks”: (Alexis, Bethany,
& Mella) Before the holiday break, Alexis and Bethany
visited an Interfraternity Council (IFC) and gave a
verbal short presentation of the First of the Month
Recycling Drop-off. After the IFC meeting, Alexis prepared
a memo explaining the program and Bethany worked with
Kristine to gather recycling information handouts. These
items need to be put together, copied, and placed into
the mailboxes of each Greek organization on campus.
Mella is a member of the IFC and will assist in the
ESC giving a follow-up presentation to IFC to answer
any questions. Kristine suggested that the Greeks could
also have two other times a month to bring paper to
campus, to prevent paper from becoming a fire hazard
at their homes. The two other times would be in conjunction
with the TV/monitor recycling drop-offs.
- Recycling Dos/Don’ts Posters:
(Kristine) Two 3-D posters have been created showing
which items are permitted and prohibited in the
MTU Paper Recycling Program. These posters are complete
and waiting in Kristine’s office to be posted.
- MUB Pop Can Collection: (Alexis)
This is working well so far, with pick-ups occurring
bi-monthly. The deposit money collected prior to
the holiday break totaled $25.00, which needs to
be given to Shalini to be deposited in the ESC account.
- Filmboard Success: (Jess) Four
ESC slides were created by Jess Brakora to be shown
weekly at the movies shown in Fisher Hall by the
Filmboard. This will be great publicity for ESC,
because the slides are shown at least 6 times per
week to large audiences. The slides have catchy
sayings and images to encourage sustainable behavior,
like walking to campus and recycling. Good Work,
Jess!
- Update on the Greenprint: (Alexis
and Shalini) Finally, progress is being made! A
few mission statement options have been put together
for review at the next ESC meeting.
- Earth Week 2004: The first planning
meeting has been set for Tuesday February 10, 2004
at 5:15 pm in DOW 642. (Location to be confirmed)
The following various organizations/people will
be invited by the ESC member in parentheses to attend
for input or participation in Earth Week 2004:
Kristine Fields (Alexis) Forestry Club/Society of
American Foresters (Al)
SEEn/MWEA (Ashley/Mella) Joan Chadde/PamSchmidt (GEM)
(Kristine)
Society of Conservation Biologists (SCB) (Bethany)
Residence Halls (Jess & Bethany)
Circle K (Jess) The Lode (Alexis)
Future Truck (Naomi) Solar Car Team (Naomi)
AquaTerra Tech (Mella) Ridge Roamers (Alexis)
Clean Snowmobile (Naomi) Marquette Wind Org (Leonardo)
Leonnard Bohmann (Kristine) Interfraternity Council
(IFC) (Mella)
Philanthropy (Mella) DNR-Keweenaw Mgmt. (Kristine)
If anyone can think of more
people/organizations to contact, that would be great.
Go ahead and do so, and let the esc-l email list know
who you’ve invited.
- ESC Involvement List: (Kristine)
It was passed around the meeting for review, and
comments were to be written on the list for Kristine
to add. Any other ways that ESC has been involved
recently should be emailed to Kristine at
kbradof@mtu.edu
to be added to the list.
- ESC Goals for 2004: The following
were goals for fall of 2003, that were achieved:
Home Winterization Luncheon; Articles in the Lode,
Tech Topics, Keweenaw Now, DMG; and develop a system
for Meeting Minutes. Good Job, ESC, for accomplishing
these things! The Spring 2004 goals were looked
at, and the following was agreed upon:
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ESC GOALS - Spring 2004
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Local outing – Merle’s passive solar home
and
Barry’s hybrid car
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Field Trip
- Conserve School (www.conserveschool.org)
- NorthlandCollege (www.northland.edu)
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Earth Week with student organizations
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Budget, greenprint, presentation for Prez.
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Expand recycling program?
- residence halls
- investigate cardboard, glass, aluminum,
etc.
- TV monitors, etc.
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Article in Lode, Tech Topics, Keweenaw Now,
DMG, etc.
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End of school year dorm “garage sale”/dump-and-run
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ESC Website – User-Friendly and Informative
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If
you have any questions on the recycling program at MTU: