Weekly Email: Next Meeting Wednesday February 23rd!

[Nick Benson]

Environs Weekly Email
Next Meeting: Wednesday February 23rd, 2011 @ 5:30pm at the ECM


Recap of Last meeting

1. Committee Meeting!

Announcements

1. [new] KU Student Farm Applications Now Being Accepted
2. Kaw Valley Seeds Fair Volunteers Needed
3. Take Charge Challenge Submit Your Upgrade To CFLs

Events

1. Kaw Valley Seed Fair - Saturday, February 26th, 10am - 3pm

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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 (Sara, Lauren)
  
  
  • Haskell Wetlands Eco-Walk
    • Work days! Specific dates to be determined.
    
    
  • KU Field Station
    • A meeting in the near future with our man Vaughn at the KU Field Station to better introduce anyone unfamiliar to the area, as well as figure out which projects they may need our help with
    
    
  • Film Showing
    • Potential documentary screening (strategically planned so as not to compete with King Corn)
    • Talk to friends/do some google searching so we can start a little list of possible films
  
  
  
• Resource Conservation (Celeste, Mitch, Nick)
  
  
  • Cycling Week
    • Week of events to promote cycling and cycling safety
    • Need advertising for event (Buses, KJHK, UDK, SUA, Facebook, flyers, and chalking)
    • Look into University policy on having vendors show their products on campus.
    • Get room reservations and fill out UEC (University Events Committee) forms.
    • Setup partnership for event with KU Cycling Club, Public Safety Office, City of Lawrence, KU Center for Sustainability and the Lawrence Bike Club.
    • Create list of bike or bike supply companies and contact them.
    
    
  • LED Street Lights
    • Environs, SEAB and DCM took a fieldtrip Thursday night to the Leavenworth Wal-mart to see their LED parking lot lights.
    • Compared them to the lights at Park & Ride on the KU west campus.
    • Demo being setup for west campus for potential creation of new KU outdoor lighting standard.
  
  
  
• Educational Creative Outreach [ECO] (Monica, Trevor, Mahleea)
  
  
  • Bus Advertisements
    • Colored them, but they must now be copied, laminated, and posted around campus and in the buses.
    
    
  • Earth Day Parade Float
    • Discussed possible ideas.
    • Decided to go with a smaller trailer this year pulled by bikers to see how it goes.
    • We have decided on the float size, so now we need to discuss possible themes.
    
    
  • Camping Trip
    • The weather is starting to change and it would be nice to organize a camping trip soon so if we get time we will discuss possibilities for that as well!
    
    
  • Wetland Learners
    • Next meeting we hope Sandy Sanders or her intern will be able to come in and speak to us about Wetland Learners to give everyone a better idea of what to start planning as far as a 20 minute activity goes.
    
    
  • Environs T-Shirt Designs
    • Next meeting we also need to start discussing T-shirt designs/ideas.
    • We have decided to turn the designing process into a contest to get everyone motivated to get a new t-shirt out!
    • Start thinking of some ideas now.
  
  
  
• Local Food (Kim, Nolan)
  
  
  • King Corn Film Showing
    • March 28th @ 7:00 @ Liberty Hall?
    • Contacting businesses for donations for the door prizes/raffle.
    • Contacting for rights and looking for funding.
    
    
  • Surveys
    • Questions are approved, just need to schedule a date to table before Spring Break.
    
    
  • Local Food Week
    • Still not sure what we want to do with this, but it sounds fun!

Announcements

1. KU Student Farm
   
   
   • First meeting: Tuesday, March 8th, at 7pm in the lobby of the Kansas Union (greenhouse work begins mid-March)
   • How to apply for a plot: Click on the student farm logo on the blog to view the application. Print, fill out and bring it to the first meeting.
   • For more info: Visit the Facebook page, email ku-student-far...@googlegroups.com or call (785) 218-9488 with questions!
     
     
2. Kaw Valley Seed Fair
   
   
   • Kirsten Bosnak is seeking volunteers for set up at the fair at (8:30am) and for tear down at (3pm - 4:30pm). In addition she needs help with children's activities, cleaning tables, and picking up trash, etc from (11am - 1pm). It should be a lot of fun! Read more about the Kaw Valley Seeds Project on their Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/kawvalleyseeds.
     
     
3. Take Charge Challenge
   
   
   • Help Lawrence/KU compete in the Take Charge Challenge! Save energy, save money, and beat Manhattan/K-State!
     
     Lawrence and Manhattan are going head-to-head in the Take Charge Challenge this year, and the town that reduces its energy use the most will win an energy efficiency or renewable energy community project worth up to $100,000!
     
     As a student, YOU can help Lawrence/KU win:
     
     
     • Make and report your switch to compact fluorescent bulbs.
     • Enroll in Westar's energy efficiency programs like WattSaver to get a FREE, professionally installed programmable thermostat!
     • Attend a Take Charge! Challenge event or create an event by presenting the Take Charge Challenge Presentation to your student group or class.
       
     
     To find out more about how you can help, visit: www.lawrenceks.org/takecharge
     
     For more info or questions contact:
     Margaret Tran, Take Charge Challenge Lawrence Coordinator
     takecharg...@gmail.com

Events

1. Kaw Valley Seed Fair
   
   
   • The fair will include a seed exchange, exhibits, local producers, speakers throughout the day and a children's activity center. Food from the Lawrence restaurant Local Burger will be available for purchase throughout the day, and tables will be set up near the kitchen. Local Burger will donate 10 percent of its profits at the fair to the Kaw Valley Seeds Project. Thank you, Hilary Brown and Local Burger!
     
     
     • When: Saturday, February 26th, 10am - 3pm
       
     • Where:
       Douglas County Fairgrounds, Building 21
       2110 Harper Street
       Lawrence, KS

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Thanks everyone, see you on Wednesday!

-Environs