SSI Hosting DANCE PARTY This Wed 18th
Daniel Force
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There is a DANCE party this Wednesday 18th!!
Hosted by the SSI as part of International Education Week, go to Club Escape in Snell Hall here at OSU
Time: 9pm-12am
Check out the Facebook group here. Believe me, there will be many more than just those on this facebook event :) We just created it yesterday.
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Operation Green Beaver (OGB) meetings this week!!!
We have split up into our different realms of sustainability for our first planning meetings. Here is what is happening this week.
Waste Reduction: Monday 4:00-5:00 @ SSC
Political Engagement: Mon 5:00 @ SSC
Landscapes: Monday 6pm @ SSC
Energy: Tuesday 7-8 @ Kelley Engineering Center, Room 1007
Bike Co-op: Tuesday 7-8 @ SSC
-Clean up 5-7
Food: Wed 6-7 @ Waldo 240
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November Clothes Swap!! DOUBLE TIME!!
This month we're teaming with the Women's Center to have two back-to-back swaps for an all-out hands-down rocking swap! Details:
Monday, November 16th, 6-7pm @ the Women's Center (followed by a Transawareness Week cross dressing party 7-8 pm!)
Tuesday, November 17th, 12-6 pm @ the Student Sustainability Center
Items left over at the end of Monday's swap will be transfered to the SSC, and at the end of Tuesday we will donate leftover items local charity Vina Moses and local store Cosmic Chameleon.
Shoes, accessories, hats, bags, school supplies, and other cool stuff also encouraged. Great way to REUSE, RETHINK, REFASHION. Dressing rooms will be available.
questions about the SSC swap? email Michaela at ssi.waste...@gmail.com, Amanda at amandapho...@gmail.com
questions about the Women's Center swap or the cross-dressing party? email Miranda at linv...@onid.orst.edu
- a female bike mechanic will be available
Good News Everyone,
I hope you folks had a chance to check out our rockin' new fence constructed a few weeks ago and the two spots that we inoculated with oyster and kings mushrooms. I'm very proud of everybody's effort and delighted with all our progress. KUDOS!
There is some more fun in the works at the garden as we near the end of the term.
Monday, NOV 16th @ 5:00pm
Living Fence planting workshop
- I'm not sure if folks know Billy Wood but he was a fellow SSI volunteer, OSU graduate and permaculture buddy who planted a native bed in the front of the SSC before he graduated last year. Recently the front of the SSC had to be altered for upcoming maintenance and Billy's native beds needed to be uprooted. Myself, Sarah and Shannon thought it would be an awesome idea to plant the front fence area with some of the plants that survived being potted and to build a new native bed with the fence. Additionally, the area is shaded, moist, and cool; a prime spot to plant many native plants. Shannon was awesome enough to go out on Sunday with a few folks and grab some plants to place in the front area as well. Thank you Shannon!
Long story short...
JOIN US THIS MONDAY FOR A NATIVE BED PLANTING!!!!
Monday, NOV 23rd @ 6:00pm
Pot Luck & Movie Night!
- To honor all our fun progresses with life, school, and the club there will be a movie and pot luck! Please bring some tasty grub to share as we pot luck it up, chat, and enjoy a movie.
Have a wonderful Monday everyone and stop by the club for a fun planting tomorrow!
LAND USE ACTION TEAM: Inventory is First Step toward Creating Sustainable Neighborhoods
With the long-range goal of creating a more sustainable, compact city, the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition’s Land Use Action Team is coordinating with volunteers throughout Corvallis to conduct an inventory of neighborhoods to assess existing amenities, walkability, bikability and public transit opportunities. The information from the inventory can be used to prioritize where to improve sidewalks, bike lanes, and multi-use paths for enhanced safety and connectivity, and where to add new amenities. The CSC Land Use goals, strategies, and actions address local environmentally friendly food production, publicly accessible natural areas, sustainable vibrant neighborhoods, reduced dependence on fossil fuels, and green building. For details, see pages 28 – 30 of the Corvallis Sustainability Action Plan: http://www.sustainablecorvallis.org/SustainabilityActionPlanFinal12_15_0.pdf
If you want to help with the inventory, please email Susan...@oregonstate.edu. To learn more, come to the next Land Use meeting on November 9th, 7 pm, at the south co-op’s main meeting room (the small building near the coffee stand).
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Donate your old athletic shoes to the 2009 Congressional Reuse-A-Shoe Drive!
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) and Oregon-based Nike have the annual Capitol Hill Reuse-A-Shoe Challenge. Led by Members of the Oregon House Delegation - Rep. Peter DeFazio, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Rep. Greg Walden, Rep. Kurt Schrader and Rep. David Wu - the month-long drive will run from November 1 - 30.
The goal of the Congressional Reuse-A-Shoe drive is to collect as many worn-out athletic shoes (Nikes and other brands) as possible, which will then be recycled and turned into donated sports and play surfaces around the world. The winner will be announced in December, and the office that collects the most pairs of shoes will receive a donation in the Member's name to a nonprofit/school organization of his or her choice to help get kids more physically active.
If the 4th Congressional District can gather the most shoes, we can earn a donation to the Boys and Girls Club of the Umpqua Valley in Roseburg!
You can bring your shoes to a bin at the SSC!
Do you have cleantech business idea?
Does it demonstrate a venture-grade, for-profit business model, practice, and/or technology? Does it have high growth potential ... and provide an innovative solution, service or product in the cleantech sector? Will it reduce environmental impact or improve ecological sustainability?
Register your team now for the
2010 Cleantech Venture Challenge
and submit your
Anything you would like to add to the listserve announcements? Email Daniel Force @ ssi.fac...@gmail.com
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Program Facilitator
OSU Student Sustainability Initiative
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