Weekly Email: Next Meeting Wednesday September 28th

[Environs]

Next Meeting: Wednesday September 28th, 2011 @ 5:30pm at the ECM

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Recap of Last Meeting

Last meeting were individual committee meetings. If you've missed out do not worry it is never too late to join a committee! Here is a summary of what each committee did:

• Environmental Preservation (Lauren, Rion)
  
  
  • Campus Food
  • Picked pears on campus.
    
    
  • Potter Lake
    • Discussed Potter Lake restoration
    • Looked at switchgrass during Potter Lake field trip
      
      
  • Wetlands
  • Assigned wetland plant research
    
    
    
• Resource Conservation (Nick, Trevor)
  
  
• LED Lights
  • Provided update on lights and near future meeting with heads of Facilities Operations
    
    
• Game Day Recycling
  • Got approval for signs to be posted at entrances, signs will be made game week.
    
  • Created survey to ask among tailgaters regarding game recycling.
  • Look into potential Athletics donors to fund program.
  • Look into possibility of chalking at Memorial Stadium
    
  • Setup another meeting with athletics.
• • Phone/Directory Books
    • Contacted University Relations for possible meeting on Thursday.
      
  
  
  
• Educational Creative Outreach [ECO] (Monica, Mahleea)
  
  
  • Beehive Collective
    • Discussed event.
    • Passed out fliers to post up.
      
    
    
  • Student Farm Plot
    • Planted garlic.
    • Cleaned plot.
      
  
  
  
• Local Food (Kim, Nolan)
  
  
  • Broke Up Into 4 Committees
    • Film
    • Compost
    • Poster/Brochure
    • Fall Garden
      

Announcements

1. None
   
   
   

Events

1. Beehive Collective (The True Cost of Coal)
   
   When: Thursday, September 29 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
   Where: 1204 Oread Avenue (ECM)
   RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=279866482024592
   
   
   
2. Homecoming Football Game Recycling
   
   When: Saturday, October 1st, 8am-3pm (drop by anytime)
   Where: KU Memorial Stadium
   RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=290997124260208
   
   
   
3. KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden Tour
   
   When: Saturday, October 1st, 10am-12pm
   Where: KU Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden
   RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=221265027926837
   
   

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Thanks everyone, see you on Wednesday!

-Environs