From Ecologic

Contents 1 Ice Breaker 2 Activities 3 Aspects of Ecologic 4 Other Environmental Activities/Clubs on Campus 5 Plans for Future Meetings 6 Future Events

Ice Breaker

Why did you decide to join this club? What is your environmental pet peeve?

Activities

Watching an Episode of Captain Planet

• Episode: A Hero for Earth (1st episode)

Aspects of Ecologic

Education

• Envirenss (environmental newsletter)
• Recycling Seminar
• Guest Speakers

Fun

• Movies
• T-shirts
• Hikes

Action

• Volunteering
• Recycled Notebooks
• Dumpster Dives
• Advocacy
  • PowerShift
  • 350 Rally

Other Environmental Activities/Clubs on Campus

Student Sustainability Task Force (SSTF)

• Campus organization dedicated to sustainability initiatives on campus
• Currently working to get several buildings to reduce energy use
• If interested in doing something active, feel from to come to the meetings
• Meetings Thursday 4:30-5:30 in the Shelnutt Gallery Rm 3206

Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)

• Project based organization
• Currently building a bio-digester to help local farmers
• Had students go down to Haiti after the earthquake to construct a solar-powered computer system
• Next week will be a speaker from an organization regarding sustainable development
• Meetings Mondays 4-5:30 but next week's meeting will start at 4:30

Plans for Future Meetings

Watching the Cove over the course of the next 2 weeks

• The cove is a documentary film about the vicious killing of dolphins in Taiji, Japan

Early October will be elections for officer positions

Future Events

RPI Farmer's Market Saturday 9/18 10:15 am Union Horseshoe