... 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
# {color:black}Invite Palo Verde, ADOT (light rail) to present{color}
# {color:black}Invite Randy Cerveny ASU/State Climatologist, also his wife Nicole who teaches at{color} Red Mountain {color:black}(Chuck Jeffrey lead){color}
# {color:black}Invite Kurt Hill, President of National Meteorological Society (Chuck Jeffries lead){color}
# 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)
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*Three impactive FtN web links* \- place on GCC home page the week prior, the week of and the week post FtN event (See {color:#003399}{*}Children{*}{color} below)
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| h2.
{anchor:roundtable}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)
h4. 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.
{color:#339900}{*}We'll meet again Fri 2/8 at 1:15 in HT2 125 (Faculty Connection Center)*{color} |