Bryn Mawr College Greens

Accomplishments throughout the year:

• Movie screenings
• Earth Day
• Food Week
• Marcellus Shale
• Stuff for frosh
• Composting trials
• Garden!

Roses of the year:

• Awesome cohesion
• YERT screening
• E-board was really open to frosh/other newbies taking on responsibilities/roles
• Making videos
• Collaboration with other groups
• Was easie

Thorns of the year – things to improve on:

• Concerns that not everyone got to do what they wanted to do; that Greens didn’t do everything that everyone wanted to do
• Membership
• Changing the culture at BM in terms of engagement
  • Creating a culture around the environment; engaging with it; protecting it, etc
  • Stronger campaigns  - make events more connected/cohesive
  • Outreach for new members

Next Year:

• One main campaign that Greens does
• Use our connections with the administration more
• Organizing (based on emily’s workshop)
• Changing the conversation around environmental issues
• Year-long discussion like “Class Dismissed”
• Survey to find out students’ interests
• Meet and greet with Tri-Co environmental professors
• Food Week in fall? (Ellen Stroud’s idea)
• Sustainability leadership ground – match up to students/profs with prospies

Bike Share:

• Budgeting for sharing budgeting
• Sofia’s dad can help fix bikes if need help

Friday – 1-4 pm: 360 sustainability presentation

Environmental Science party next week with Ellen!