Future Events:
- Planet Earth video series
- Speakers from FtN list - invite those we missed this time for another event
- [BioTours] in late February will be invited
- Invite Palo Verde, ADOT (light rail) to present
- Invite Randy Cerveny ASU/State Climatologist, also his wife Nicole who teaches at Red Mountain (Chuck Jeffrey lead)
- Invite Kurt Hill, President of National Meteorological Society (Chuck Jeffries lead)
- Dumpster Dive event like MCC
A short List of Items for Campus to Do/Change:
- Recycle much more
- Raise room temperature in summer, early fall; lower room temperature in winter - to Better match the outdoor temperature / Request faculty & students dress appropriately
- Encourage alternative transportation - bus passes, bike paths/racks
- Discourage single-person car transport - Semester charge for parking ($5); use these funds for alternatives (bike paths on campus/solar panels)
- Local and/or organic food offering by cafeteria e.g. daily special
- 25 Cents discount for bringing own cup at Grounds for Thought Coffee bar 5 cents discount at cafeteria?
- Sell GCC Logo stainless steel go cup!
- Carbon inventory of campus and examine ways to reduce - Siemens will come in and do an energy audit of the campus for free ( the payback is from the energy savings)
- ASU students get free city bus passes
- Trash evaluation day
- Work with copy center
Vending machine companies providing recycling aspect (incorporate with service contract)
Space heater inventory
Reverse-Osmosis water machines throughout campus to fill smaller drinking containers (cut down on buying bottled water)
Three impactive FtN web links - place on GCC home page the week prior, the week of and the week post FtN event (See Children below)
IDEAS from ROUNDTABLE 2/1
- Doublesided printing of handouts - ask admin to require that? switch defaults to doublesided (IKON)
- military using alt fuel for their vehicles
- recycling
- have students volunteer to separate
- bins next to every trash can in every classroom
- campus shuttles
- student passes
- more energy efficiency
- light rail connecting campuses?
- bus passes count for light rail
- apply for grants for recycling
- solar panels on campus
- competition for ideas to improve the environment
- saving most energy for school competition
- utilize methane gas for power
- stop eating meat - best thing to do for the environment (farm animals worldwide contribute more to global warming)
- faculty and students pay for parking covered by solar panels
- use algae for biofuel
- fines for littering on campus
- online submission of written papers
- energy saving lightbulbs [NOTE: the campus has already implemented this]
- discounts for students who walk or ride bikes
- better PR/info for public transportation options
- more education about environment
- statement of intent to go green in the college schedule
- charge a fee for printing in computer labs
- negotiate discounts with businesses for bikes (publicize at the bike racks)
- for bike month, Valley Metro will be offering a discount
- vendors who provide machines on campus, require them to provide recycling bins by machines
- require ethics class
- lockers for bikers/walkers
- sheltered bus stops
- tip of the week on marquee
- access to email list of students to send out info to all
- subsidize carpooling
- pack our own lunches
- recycle textbooks between campuses
- use more ebooks
- Aramark do more recycling, earth friendly products
- require new printer purchases have duplex printing feature
- Reverse-osmosis water machines for drinking size containers
- Wellness looking into providing water filters for better tasting water at drinking fountains
- Green Efforts have recognized student group to be eligible for club status (i.e. funding)
Our first action item: establish the student group.
Robert Reavis has offered to be club advisor. Kim Smith urged the group to get a presence at the Student Club Fair next week.
Volunteers needed to sit at table; table requested (next to Compass). Get signatures to start up club officially.
Tuesday
- 9am Kristin Gibson
- 10am Matthew Ratliff
- 11am Lee Ann Cone
- 12 noon Kyle Mockler
Wednesday
- 9am Kristin Gibson
- 10am Kristin Gibson
- 11am Leo Gokovski
- 12 noon Kristin Gibson
set up laptop for Focus the Nation voting, determining carbon footprint, etc.
We'll meet again Fri 2/8 at 1:15 in HT2 125 (Faculty Connection Center)
