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October 10, 2006CoffeeExtended another week!!!!!-Forrealz next week, beezy. -Next meeting they are due Organic-November 13th through 16th PRIZES!Short Film-Party at Julian's (and Zach lives there). First screening of the film preceding the actual film festival: October 15.-The movie is about the planet, somehow! E-Waste-If we solicit the whole District 3 community as opposed to just San Jose State we could make upwards of 1000 or 1500 dollars. E-Waste recycled can generate a very decent amount of money.-The best place to do it would be the San Jose State Park and Ride. -Not a lot of room in 7th street plaza. -If it is at the park ride we still need aapproval from the school. -We need FLIERS and PRESS RELEASES. Spartan Daily. -Fraternity houses. -We need an external meeting for this projject to discuss further. T-Shirts-50 T-Shirts total!-One color is 150 dollars for all of the sshirts. -Two color shirt! Blue background—whhite and green design. Front design. -Down payment—less than half of the price. -250 dollars and 50 cents to spend on thiss! -Sponsors on the t-shirt -Bicycle shops -Ask downtown businesses (but it's hard, aapparently). -Environmentally friendly restaurants -The actual shirt needs to be decided and 1 color for the sponsors on the back. -Current T-Shirt program will continue desspite suggestions for sponsored shirts. -Earth Day Shirts -ERC/Environmental Club T-Shirt for Earth Day. The ERC will pay for the whole shirt. -SPONSORS -No Gas Stations! -Must be somehow environmentally friendly -WALMART LOGO UNDER THE ARMPIT -Hemp shirts? -Alternatives for shirt material other thaan just cotton. -If we are sponsored we can afford other sshirt materials. Officer Meeting-6:00pm Sunday-Next weekend. There will be a meeting forr organic food project. October 14 or 15. -Constitution Meeting next week. KARL-Works for facilities and energy solutions.-The country's largest solar conference iss going to be here at the convention center. October 16. -CSU Chico, sustainability workshop. 2-4 oof November at Chico. Free Conference for greening the entire campus. -Moving slowly towards energy solutions foor the campus. September 28, 20065:10 pmBAKE SALE:$29.29-Not a lot of people came. (Not our fault!!) -More variety is necessary. -But, getting known is more important! Thee lack of money gained makes up for how much we may have been noticed. MOVIE-Big thing: tonight-SUNDAY OCTOBER 1st. Beach at Santa Cruz.< -hippies -EXTRAS NEEDED Coffee Petitions-Next week we are going to collect them.-Resources page on www.sjsuenvclub.org hass extra surveys. Officer Meeting-OFFICERS – meet next Sunday as in the first weekend of October 8th.FOOD. -4:30pm FLYERING-Friday 3:30pm.INCONVINIENT TRUTH-October 4th and 5th.-Needs flyering done. -DHM HDH and Event Center have been FLYEREED. Organic Farm Field Trip-22nd Sunday October.-12 people want to go so far. Electronic Waste Recycling-earning EC money-on a Saturday! Event Center location? > -Several hours of recycling! -Julian is going to "take the lead". -Submit press releases to the Metro, Craiggslist, other organizations that let people know. -Julian needs to talk to Steve. -Bruce Olszewski can help! He can help us promote the E-Waste recycling thing! -GARBAGE RECYCLING MAN GROWING OUR OWN STUFF AND WHATNOT Acterra.com September 21, 20065:12pmGetting food earlier this week, met with SPARTAN DINING! Organic Food-SD is already working on a healthy food program. Working with a registered dietitian.-Dr. Friedman. -Price should not go up so far that studennts complain. -We need Price Estimate -Feedback on how much more students will bbe willing to pay. -ERC will be finding some data -CHRIS suggests we should do our own survey! -Tabling -Fill-Out survey -FREE STUFF! -Very open to our ideas and willing to worrk with us! YAY! –environmental dance— QUESTION IDEAS-Do you know what organic food is?-Are you inclined, regardless of price, too buy organic food? -For every dollar would you be able to speend X cents more? -Find a percentage to how much more peoplee will be willing to pay for organic food at school. -Comparison of prices for organic food. -We could put flashy information on our paamphlet, not flashy graphics. -If people are interested in our table, thhey will be interested in our material. -Bags are cool -Non-Profit tax # = New to the Environmenttal Club! We are now a non-profit! -ERC trip to an Organic farm. 22nd of Octoober tour! Fair-Trade Coffee Project-Petitions signed!-You can find them on the resources on thee EC site. -Links on the Resources Center! Tabling-Didn't happen Wednesday.-Not enough people showed up for tabling.< -Some email signatures. Bake Sale-More specifics on the foods. Nothing that needs to be refrigerated.-If our food kills, we are responsible! -CLUB STUFF= -Wax paper bags -Napkins -Whole foods supplies -CASHBOX AND CHANGE Shirts-2 colors or one color?-Difference in the price? -Front design= Earth and Club Name Short Film for the Campus Movie Fest-Beach on Saturday the 30th-Possibly change it to Sunday? -Global Warming is good! Constitution-Less transition: Keep officer positions as 1 year as opposed to 1 semester.-Officer transitions! Katie can help! -YES EVERYONE WANTS YEAR LONG OFFICERS. E-Waste Recycling-Psychology Dept. has one.-Steve Ramona Free Recycling for electroniic products. -Julian is going to be the contact -Find somewhere they can park trucks on caampus to pick up e-waste! -During the week. -Get the Mercury to print something about it! -Open up to the community! -A lot of people with electronic waste! Open House-Tuesday October 17, 6:00pm-8:00pm. Fall open house for future students.-Have an EC/ ERC table! -We got the opportunity to advertise. FLYERING-Next Friday, 3:30-4:00pm?-We don't have money for flyers, but we wiill reimburse whoever pays. Clean Ups-Muir Woods-Julia will google it September 14, 20065:10 pmAgenda:Organic Food and Fair Trade-Pamphlets by Chris: -What is fair trade? What is organic? Whatt is shade grown? -What can you do page. -Resources page -Synthetic Pesticides. -Sulfur is a decent natural pesticide and does not pollute the food. -Organic means: -No genetics. -No petroleum products. -No fabricated. -Must be certified. -Three classifications. -USDA waters down their organic requiremennts. -If it says 100% organic, it must be organnic. -USDA 95% organic. -Natural means nothing synthetic (arsenic and plutonium are natural!) -Fair Trade: -Farmer received a "living wage" for theirr effort. -Fair trade pencils and baskets. -Commercial coffee: 40 – 50 cents peer pound. -Fair trade: 1.20 per pound and 1.40 per ppound if organic. -Fair trade programs give growers loans soo that they can achieve the certification process. -Usually it costs more, but it is the truee price, but it's the correct price and benefits humans more than protecting one's pocket. -Cocoa, coffee, bananas, etc. Shade tree mmethod. -Provides food for everyone and in a naturral habitat and survive well with the environment. -Cocoa grows slower, but coffee tastes bettter that way. -How to pass a fair trade resolution? How to pass an organic food resolution? -WEBSITE: www.globalexchange.org -non-profit. -Free Trade is not Fair Trade. -Free Trade is not a bad idea, but it servves and delivers a lower standard for the sake of competitiveness. -Chris is going to refine it! Short Film-Movie for the movie contest.-Julian, Kilen, Clement, Ryan, Zach. -FreeBeer films. -Generic looking hippies in the woods. > -Part of it requires going to the beach. Tabling-20th September and 1st October.Bake Sale-28th of September!-Baking Party? -Wednesday the 27th! -Sjsu = event services. They have forms foor selling food and tabling. -Our City Forest: plants free trees. -Looking for "Tree Amigo" volunteers. River Clean-Up-Nothing discussed.5:50pm [email protected] September 7, 2006AgendaOrganic FoodCoffee Bakesale/Tabling Coastal Clean-Up Short-Film An Inconvinient Truth Organic Food-Santa Cruz already has ties set up with farmers; we will work with them to gain these same connections to our school.-How would SJSU meal plan be different? -The plan will make Spartan dining more atttractive, healthy, and good for organic farmers. -Organic is truly around the same price ass the chemically treated plants. -Taking food directly from farms; no thirdd party. -San Jose can become another Santa Cruz inn the quality of food. -Spartan Dining will want to know exact prrices and we will have to convince Spartan Dining to be willing to not raise prices. -We are having a meeting with SD to let thhem know about our project before we act. Project Leaders for the Meeting: Amie, Julian, Justin Amie's Specific Tasks -Presentation ideas: -Find articles on other campuses that havee organic food and find the benefits of the programs. -Comparable facts! -Check Periodicals -People are signing up: -Vicki -Dom -Clement Concerted Tabling Event-How many signatures do we need for a survey of decent support for organic food?-Clipboards? Coffee-Starbucks and poorly paid local farms.-Not much domestic coffee available. Southh America and Africa support most of the coffee. -Fair Trade coffee supports poorly paid faarmers better money for their product. -Finding out the integrity of coffee dealeers is important. -Have a dialogue with coffee vendors on caampus. -We are aiming to have all of Spartan Diniing to support and buy fair trade coffee. -2 Weeks of collecting surveys on fair traade coffee. -Fair Trade, by definition, is more expenssive. -Can be moderated depending on location. -Chris Copella is a genious. Bake Sale / Tabling-Resources page: template for email list.-Monday Wednesdays vs. Tuesday Thursdays.< -T & Th: Tabling -Sign up for tabling next week. -Thursday Sept 28th Sale -Baking IDEAS! Coastal CleanupSeptember 16th River Clean Up, 9:00am –12:00pm. Guadalupe River.MEET AT THE CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY MUSEUM 180 Woz Way 95110 Short-FilmA.S. Flyer: Apple Laptops, 1000 money, and stuff.-Organic "Truth" commercial film for the eenvironmental club. -Shown at Event Center. -Moves on to Bay Area competition. -Tons of sponsors and judges. -Storytelling, creativity, and technical aaspects all considered. -SECRET MEETING -Sunday Evening! 5:00pm! An Inconvenient Truth-A.S. already has their moonlight movies planned out for the semester.-Instead, play it in the University Chapell or another room that is available. -Large rooms. -Event Planning has many facilities available and the things that will be found in them i.e.: dvd players, projectors, televisions, etc. -Make sure it is well advertised. -Schedule it far beforehand. -Get Environmental studies teachers to suppport and endorse the film. (Easy) ERC-Needs people to sign up. 1-2 units for work on EC projects!Final Note-Name, Student ID, $5 = Real Environmental Club Members!August 31, 2006Agenda!-Introductions-Coffee Project -Organic Food Project -Hiking Trip -Movie -River Clean Up -T-Shirts (BTW, KILEN LOVES THIS CLUB!) Coffee Project-Organic/Fair Trade Coffee sold on campus-Focus on Environmental Impact. -Waiting for a reply from the on-campus cooffee institutions. -One-step-at-a-time project. Organic Food Project-Farmed College Program at UC Santa Cruz-Environmental Resource Center is joined oon this project -Big display -Artsy -Shows the difference between organic and non-organic -Difference between packaged food and preppared food produce. -Health impacts on students are being conssidered -Film contest on campus -Display for the organic food thing: -Huge visual display with pictures and shoort facts. -Easy to Hang -Visible -Organic vs. Non-Organic pictures and dispplays -Simple Language -Non-Offensive language and pictures (no ppr0n) -"Imagine if you could have organic food aat the SU instead of non-organic? Wouldn't that be awesome?" -Controversial "asking for organic food" bby patrons must be inspired. Hiking Trip on Saturday-Meet on campus-Sonoma regional wilderness. -River, Can(y)on, hills. -Don't fall in -Somebody might have to save you. -30 minutes away -Gorge = Little Yosemite -Bring your own lunch kind-of-thing -Food exchange Inconvenient Truth-Global Warming-SJ Spirit leader is going to be working wwith EC to put on a daily showing of this movie for one week. Global Warming Discussion -Bill passed by Arnold in CA on Global Warrming. -Credit System: Emission credits on how muuch their companies can emit from their vehicles. -Partly natural environmental contributionn to global warming. -Carbon can be measured in the air. -C14 is the bad stuff, and apparently incrreasing. -Carbon has increased and decreased with tthe temperature. -Carbon is extremely high, where it has neever been before. -Obvious impact on the environment. -Temperature used to not be measured well.. -We still can't predict the weather. River Clean Up-Fun thing to do!-Go down to Children's Discovery Museum -Litter pick-up: INTENSE -Boots and Gloves and pants that go up to here| -Coastal Cleanup Day T-Shirts-Green, Blue, Darker Green?SIZES AND STUFF -Sign up, guaranteed a shirt! Specifics: MMale, Female, etc. -American Apparel -DON'T GET FEMALE SMALLS!!! AUGUST 24, 20065:10pmAGENDA-Constitution-Student Organization Fair -Organic Food -Coffee -T-Shirts -Recruitment (PROPAGANDA) -Weekend Projects CONSTITUTIONNew amendments to be added:-No discrimination clause -Advisor clause Redo constitution? -Formality and relatively unnecessary&helllip; -Bare minimum and flexible = good -Rules of Order = club specific rules. PARRLIAMENTARY SYSTEM!!!!! We need recognition packet and constitution turned in by October 31st. Student Organization FairSupplies: Amie – Chris will take it to his house.-Flyers of our meeting times. -Amie, Julia. ORGANIC FOOD PROJECT-ERC (Environmental Resource Center): First meeting and:-7 people -Going to work with EC for this project. -Worked with the supplier for the food of SPARTAN DINING, instead of fighting Spartan Dining on front lines for it. (back attack!) -Amie meeting with one of those Santa Cruzz guys. -If every student asked for it, then studeents will get it. -Try to spread the word about the benefitss of eating organic food and increase awareness. -Research the school cafeteria food suppliies. -Large public display is much more impactiing. -Use tobacco commercial ideas. -Fair Trade Movie (organic food is involveed) -Projects -Objects and visual representations -small pictures that form into a large onee T-Shirts-T-Shirt Color?RECRUITING-Give them something to do, don't leave them hanging.-INTRODUCTION: -Explain things to them, don't make them tthing for themselves. -Let them express themselves to feel comfortable -Organize a small, fun trip or hike or acttivity. 6:29pm August 17, 2006"Let's Start!"–Julian 6:57pm When Meetings Occur? ? ? Thursday 5:30pm (Further Notice on the time will be considered and applied) Reserve a Meeting space in the Student UNION (of death) 7:05pm Projects-Carl (the Energy Guy)'s environmental education campaign for the school.-Take small projects and have a blurb on SSJSU's activity -list details, -have colored flyer. -Departments on Campus waste paper that doon't use recycled paper: A reach out to the department to CHANGE THEIR EVIL WAYS. -Push or suggest more recycling for dept. offices. -Do not stir up "bad blood." -"Let's find out what the LAW is" –CChris Opela -Campaign to make Spartan Dining use more organic food. -Keep them in the loop of the ENVIRONMENT -Educate people about it who are eating. -BBQ to hang out `n' stuff demonstrating ""environmental etiquette" -MONSTER FAIR TRADE FAIR = NO? -Campus Sustainability Day. -www.aashe.org -Some time in the end of OCTOBRE -Electronic E-Waste Recycling DAY -PUSH FAIR TRADE COFFEE at the Jazzland cooffee shops. -Spartan Daily: monthly article about the environment -Buyer be FAIR -Feature the fair and serve FAIR-TRADE cofffee. -We can reserve rooms in science building,, etc. -Habitat Homes About the Projects-Once a month: not enough-Not enough months in the semester -Once every "X" weeks -Weekend projects unpopular Discussion about whether or not a project should be decided upon now: -It is important to note that a planned out agenda is more attractive than a loose, undefined one. -We need to plan out projects beforehand so people know what they need to do, and so they have no excuse to not be there that day. DECIDED "BIG" PROJECTS-Organic Food for the Dining Commons-Look into local farms to support organic foods being used. -Have a campaign of awareness and push forr (all/more) organic food on campus. -Make a resolution with AS. -25% of all food sold on campus must be orrganic within 2 years. -Fair Trade Coffee for Jazzland. ADVISOR-Environmental Studies Chair as our Advisor? = YES Dr .Rachel O'Malley-Add into the constitution who our advisorr is. Working with the ERC-Redoing the Internships for Environment Dept.-Budget for ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB -Joint Club & Man Power. -Make the ERC and Club = Longstanding Partnership. Student Organization Fair-August 30th-Rent a TENT -More than 2 people. -Something to gather a crowd. -Environmental Club Sign GET T-SHIRTS MASTER PLAN:-10 Environmental Tips-Carl Pays for T-Shirts -Sell at Low Cost -Have designated T-Shirt Days -Buy T-Shirts -Home-make the design. -Saturday Sept. 2nd = MAKING T-SHIRT DAY.< MEDIUM = 3 W. MEDIUM = 3 X Large = 1 XX Large = 1 (or maybe just X) Email to people who haven't gotten back on the shirt thing. WEEKEND SHIT:Arrange it and tell, all independent action.Feb 13, 2006 Feb 6, 200613 people in attendance Amie – CSA’s, email Amie or Chris if you are interested in buying from a local CSA. Event sheets, blank forms on the discussion files. Fill out for every club event. Project manager is in charge Amie – SMART and Fair Trade Faire, we are taking on project of trying to get Jazzland there selling FT coffee. They do rotate an organic and a FT coffee. We want to suggest tat they sell it full time. We can have a petition to sign and commit to purchases. We should have educational signs at Jazzland to tell people why FT and Organic are important. Amie – Fair trade coffee on campus. We are going to ask campus vendors if they sell or can sell FT/O. If not we will have a campaign to encourage sales. Bake Sale - Julia, Monday 2/20. Kilen reserved table (# ). We will have a baking party at Amanda house in South San Jose (Santa Theresa light rail). Julian will also host a baking party. We will do signup for table and baking next meeting. T’Kara and Julian will make a sign for the table. Earth Day – Amanda - They want organizations to come to campus to promote env items. The theme is alternative energy, or something similar. They will have Santa Clara county people to talk about gardening/composing/worm bins. Kilen – campus sustainability assessments. SJSU ranks one of the lowest CSU’s in the terms of energy efficiency. Amie – The EC needs a presence at earth day, we will have computers available to find out ecological footprints for students. Footprint – Kilen will look in to downloading program. Laptops, we can rotate them. Rent the AS tent thing. We will plan it in a future meeting. We will have 2 tables at Earth Day MOSAIC affiliation – Agnes brought the form, we need to complete and submit it. Tabling – Kilen reserved wed and thurs 10:30 -2 Weds Table #3., Thursday #6. Compost workshop – This Saturday, put on by city. They teach home composting and sell subsidized bins. Ryan – new item. Children's Discovery museum river cleanup. Getting supplies bags, gloves, sticks. Around end of April. Jan 30, 2006Fred, Laura, Agnes, returning/new members. Amie - Tabling scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday Feb. 1&2. Earth day-solar truck, Kilen will try to arrange. Run jumpy thing and ecological footprint Amanda - Earth day projects for EC – Develop Logo, motto, theme for Earth Day 2006. Amanda is the ERC assistant director, she will be our liaison with the ERC and help us coordinate the Earth Day activities. David - Pinnacles Natl monument – Remove invasive non native plants. March 18th and 19th. 12 people, need to send to list to find other interested people. Julia - Bake sale, Monday February 20th. Julia will reserve a table. Setup from 9:00-9:30, Start 10:00am, go till 3:00pm. Chris – T-shirts, $15 dollars each. There are extras available. Agnes – She will complete the MOSAIC affiliation application. We are promoting multiculturalism, social justice, building student leaders. Dues – Voluntary dues $10, please bring next meeting. Agnes - CITRUS – Showcase house for sustainability. Showing the Future of Food, in Santa Clara. Wednesday 2/1 7:00pm. Community initiative to restore urban sustainability. Affiliated with Santa Clara University. Surveys – Handed out sets of 30, volunteers will tabulate forms and email to Chris Discussion – solar for SJSU, Can we get solar on Clark hall? Residence halls? Renew CSU proposal sets goals for renewable energy. We should find out RenewCSU target and promote in the school. |
