Bryn Mawr College Greens

first meeting Jan. 25

Welcome back! Our first meeting of the spring semester will be Wednesday, January 25 at 8 pm in Taylor C.

We’ll be planning the semester and discussing upcoming events as well as electing a secretary and a publicity chair for this semester. If you’re interested in either position, come to the meeting prepared to very briefly discuss your interest in the position. If you have any questions, email Karen (kleitner@brynmawr.edu) or Kayla (kmcdaniel@brynmawr.edu).

On Thursday, January 26, Emily Reuman will be teaching us how to design a successful campaign. The workshop will be held in Dalton 300 from 7-9 pm.

garden workday Friday Dec 9!

Join us at 10 am this Friday, December 9, for a garden workday. We’ll be doing some very light work–come enjoy the garden!

Minutes 2011 November 16

Please show up to meetings whenever you can–the more we are as a body the more effective we can be!

We also had a guest from Haverford, Leora (hey Leora!) so we can maybe get support from Haverford, exchange ideas, expand our horizons etc (You can also bring friends who are interested! We love having new ideas and aspects)

FUN VIDEO, SHARE ON FACEBOOK IF YOU CAN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koETnR0NgLY

We summarized what happened at Climate Changed Conference.
If you want to watch YERT individually contact Maggie Zelonis.

COMPOSTING STARTED–We completed our second day, it is going really well. Everybody is doing it on their own, and not complaining. LAST DAY IS FRIDAY, COME HELP US. Sign up by emailing Karen kleitner@bmc

November 21st (Monday) we are trying to organize a bus to take people to Delaware, to vote on fracking. We assume that fracking is happening, but at least we get to have a say on taxing, and chemicals that will be used etc. TELL YOUR FRIENDS. This is our water; those chemicals will be affecting us.

Sustainability Position Plan:
Have different groups with different aspects that support hiring of a Bi-Co/BMC sustainability Coordinator write a letter in support of the hiring. We will send a letter to departments, clubs etc to sign in order to be convincing.

Here’s the link if you have ideas to add and help us out:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sSswxeWpCjmMw37q4ECEgomMDKX-kFaJlugjXdeBNNk/edit

If you make changes, use a different color, please! (And let Su know if it doesn’t let you make changes)

composting trial: November 15-17

The Sustainable Foods Committee is holding a composting trial Tuesday 15 November – Thursday 17 November at all meals in both Erdman and Haffner. If you have questions or want to help, check out the Facebook page.

Why compost? Currently, all Bryn Mawr College trash is incinerated, releasing carbon dioxide and other chemicals into the atmosphere. Composting can help reduce our carbon footprint.

Will it smell? Due to the methods of composting, it will never smell worse than the dumpsters already on campus.

What can I compost? All food, including meat and dairy. Napkins, but not plastic or wrappers.

How can I help? We need plenty of help supervising the separation of compostable waste from other materials during our trials. If you’re interested or have questions, contact jcordonhil@brynmawr.edu.

Minutes 2011 October 26: composting

Minutes from our meeting on COMPOSTING.

Climate Changed Symposium: Come join us! Let us know by email, we will be reimbursing you in a few days and we are renting out a Van at 530, we will be paying for you and there are great speakers. On actions to take to avoid our changing climate. November 9th

YERT: Your Environmental Road Trip. Very fun film! Will be screened November 10th. We have our own copy. Thomas 110, 8PM (Butler dinner will be over by then, so you can do both in one night, if you are not planning to stalk her after dinner)

Anti-Fraction Meeting of Delaware: November 21st, it is a Monday because they are trying to prevent people from joining. If you are interested, let us know so we can talk about it.

Sustainability Director. We want one. Sustainability committee will be having some solid plans, and we have insiders in it. So next week, we will try to start working on it because Bi-Co directors does not look willing to hire someone for the position. We do care about sustainability. So next week we are breaking up into groups and we will be writing letters to send out.

COMPOSTING BRAINSTORMING (DO NOT hesitate to send out your ideas via e-mail)

-The cost for on and of campus composting, looking into the garden as a bigger source.

-We will be doing a 3day compost trial-run in November, we need volunteers to tell people what to compost what not, and give us feedback about the response of the people (it will weekdays) and also to get a feel of how composting would be, how it would work out.

- Short, non-aggressive survey sent out to school (online) –the questions are not determined yet, but it is about the ”how”s of composting. What did you think about it/how

-need signs to inform people, to let them know that it will not smell, how it is good and helpful// and we don’t want it to be as if it is imposed on people against their will

-start teaching about what and how to compost beforehand so they don’t have anxiety over what to do.

-what are the most important things to put on the composting info rmational sheet?
-pros?
-a contact to ask question

-recycling heads can hosts events in dorms?
-How to get people to be more willing to compost on their own
-it is all about breaking the habit! (maybe we should do sth in customs week)
-”Celebrity” faculty members should support/mention in class
-Training professors to implement green policy/composting
-work with the township. maybe people can bring in their food-waste for composting, and maybe pay a fee? Maybe we can use that fee?