Whitman Campus Climate Challenge

Our group will meet Fridays at noon this year downstairs in Reid G02.

10/3/09  Meeting Notes

Minutes by Katie Tackman

Introductions

Announcements:

Wayne-typhoon in Vietnam and Philippines-fundraising for medical and food for relief of typhoon.

• Gary- Bob Carson made announcement WWU, WWCC, community Solar panel between all groups, big solar complex to buy into-more efficient, more involvement,

emails, research, economics, ect $1.08 per kilowatt-hour. Need to figure stuff out

• Camila-3:30 @ Kimball dedication of Solar Panels-Alumni thing = advertising

• Green Campaign meeting after election on 12^th , New Campaign Rally Office- campus mailing, door belling, calling, ect.

• Sarah-Networks Youth Summit  moved to Dec 5^th – Saturday 3 panels-community service projects, ect, -Do you want to Get Involved??

News:

• Gary –American Green Jobs and American Power Act (Kerry and Boxer) –admission targets C02 not pollutant

-can’t rely on EPA to regulate carbon admissions

• Largest Dam removal project in US history-tribes and farmers=making solutions

Events:

• Katie K.-Focus the Nation Now- One Sky-call senators for free and other ways to get connected 350.0rg Green Energy Forum (education)

• Powershift West!!!

• Local : green energy/public transportation twist , local food movement

• Age of Stupid movie – Oct. 20^th, Tuesday -8pm  Movie sent by Greenpeace=stupid action-calling senators, rally, some type of action –Meeting?????

• Maggie-Seattle/Portland- movie Crude Oct. 9^th and…..

www.crudethemovie.org

• Powershift West Nov 6-8 Eugene, OR  expecting a ton of people to come!!!!

-only Powershift west of S. Dakota

-recruit people to come to Powershift and Meetings =Class Rap

-class rap-ask professor to talk for a few minutes about climate change and powershift and get a signup sheet for who is interested in participating

-goal poster-mark it up=campus wide visibility, campus register

-windmill poster

-Powershift rep:  Kayla

Camila-roles discussion for future CCC Gary and Camila stepping down-Hannah and……..who else  to organize info for next meeting ect.  Contact Hannah if interested.

Facilitating meeting training?

Meeting before 4-day optional/chill

Bring two friends to the next meeting to help spread tasks to others!!!!

New Environmental Justice Group-installation of energy efficient light bulbs to low income houses and counting energy saving, getting some funding, want more involvement, and other energy saving things and young children involvement!

Small groups:  compost, climate action group, environmental justice, valley transit, international group UN?, green careers

9/25/09 Meeting Minutes

Notes by Camila Thorndike

1. Intros “What do you want to save from climate change?”
2. This week:
   1. Tabling for calling senators for ACES
      1. Zoey will compile #s: a) calls generated from tabling; b) who called on their own
   2. Jewett has compost buckets!
      1. Wanna get some? Talk to your RD and they might buy buckets.  Organize people to take out buckets, can pair w/recycling.  Outhouse could collect compost when they pick up recycling.
      2. Admin. is looking to increase composting
   3. Flashmob – success, thanks to Charlotte and Emily!  An ongoing phenomenon?
3. Calendar
   
   1. 350.org on October 24th (Elena educated us)
      1. Family Weekend–high visibility
      2. Pair with Real Food Challenge (see Robin Lewis)
      3. Community Service “Make a Difference Day,” “Power Hours” at 10, 11, 12pm: students and parents
      4. Check out http://whitmanccc.wordpress.com to see what Robin and Lauren Imbrock did for 350.org on campus last spring, as well as
   2. Green Career Fair (Gary W)
      
      1. Student-led
      2. Needs:
         1. Research, Advertising, Organizing
         2. Sapere (env. consulting firm in town)
   3. Fall Flurry (Sarah J) Oct 2-4
      
      1. Fall working summit on the Cascade Climate Network, students working on campaigns
      2. Fri-Sun in Seattle, U of Washington
         1. Katie R and Zoey are going!
   4. Powershift West (Nov. 6-8 at the U of OR in Eugene)
      
      1. 16 Powershifts across the country
      2. 2007 National, 2008 Cascade, 2009
   5. Network for Young Walla Walla (NYWW) Youth Leadership Summit (date in flux – Nov/Dec)
      1. Get linked in w/planning committees! Contact Camila (thorndce(at)whitman.edu)
4. Working Groups
   
   1. Climate Action Plan
      1. To get Whitman on board to net zero emissions by a decided date
      1. CCC has been working for 4 years with the administration
         1. Greenhouse Gas Audit, began last year
         2. “Whittling Our Emissions” – 2006 CCC
   2. Campaign for Valley Transit
   3. Compost
   4. Green Career Fair
5. New Roles
   1. Thanks to the Katies for being our website and notetaking heroines!

ENVISIONING/LEADERSHIP POTLUCK 1PM @ Sarah Judkins’ house (contact her for directions, judkinsc(at)whitman.edu)

9/18/09 Meeting Minutes

Thanks to Elli Matkin for taking notes

Roles: Ariel is ASWC rep, but Ari could be if needed. Still seeking a website/notetaker!

Campaigns for this semester:

Climate Week: Flash mob – this Monday (9/21/09). A wakeup call on climate change. Trying to put pressure on senators. We want to make sure our representatives have a climate plan in Copenhagen. We hope to meet on the center of Ankeny at 12pm on Monday with posters, cell phones and senators numbers, storm down main street. NEED HELP MAKING POSTERS! NEED: Posters, facebook, listserve, word of mouth, class reps. Everyday next week at 12pm we will table in Reid and get people to call their senators. 1sky.org allows you to call for free NEED: Tables, LTEs, script, laptops (bring your own).

Wear green on Tuesday

Green Jobs Panel: Get help from Environmental Consulting firm, have a panel on green jobs to show students what’s available relative to their area of study. Students, employers, etc will present. 1 hour of presentations, long Q and A. Open to community. Need to do research for it!

Valley Transit Sept. 22nd there will be a meeting and public comments session at 6:30. Can’t afford to keep running at such a cheep price. Propose to raise sales tax in valley so revenue can go towards valley transit. Need to get this on the ballot! Need: people to attend meeting and to canvis.

Cascade Climate Network: Planning summit on Oct 2-4 Campus Green House Gas Audit Needs to be conducted every year in order to convince President Bridges to sign the Americans College and Universities Presidential Climate Commitment (holds colleges accountable for a timeline they make for themselves).

9/11/09 Meeting Minutes

Thanks to Sarah Judkins for taking minutes!

Past projects:
-Solar project: fundraising by students though letters; college took on fundraising and got grant from Pacific Power; NOW 20kw on Brattain Tennis Center
-Sending people to env conferences: money from Whitman, organizing to go!
-Power Vote: pledge to vote for clean, just energy solutions in last election…over 3rd of campus sign
-Dorm black outs: lights off in dorms
-Cool the Schools: volunteers into elementary and middle school classrooms to teach climate education
-Focus the Nation/National Teach-in
-Environmental justice presentation with Nigerian activist
-Creation of sustainability coordinator position

Convo about CG
-own organization
-constitution: Gary and Alex
-advisor: Bob?

Visioning meeting the future

Roles
-timekeeper: Ari
-website:
-facilitators: rotating
-constitution: Gary
-budget rep: Arielle
-CCN: Diana??
-International youth movement: talk to Lisa
-NYWW:

Campaigns
-Valley Transit
-Green Careers Panel
-Green guide/freshman section meetings
-Climate Action Plan/PCC
-Expanding organic garden
-energy/water in dorm dryers/washers
-composting in residence halls
-energy efficiency projects in community
-climate service projects

Meeting minutes 9/4/09:

1. Intros
2. Group intros

Youth Adventure Program (YAP) (Elena): provides outdoor adventures for at risk youth; helps kids interact with the environment and introduces them to nature

Environmental Education for Kids (EEK) (Katie): visit local elementary schools and teach about the environment. No experience or knowledge is necessary- all are welcome to teach and have fun with the kids!

Campus Greens (Nat & Tyler): provides regular outdoor activities and service projects, Don Snow (among a number of other professors) will be involved in “Nature Art Nights”. These nights will occur once a month and will consist of professors and artists presenting on their interests. For example, Don Snow will lead a writing workshop. CG focuses on facilitating others in fulfilling their environmental goals.

Climate Challenge (Gary and Camila): work to direct policy changes, get renewable energy on campus, prevent coal plant construction in the valley, promote sustainable living, create and grow the Sustainability Coord. position, established the Green Fund, and represent Whitman at regional and national climate conferences.  They’ll be promoting green careers, community initiatives to save public transit in Walla Walla, the “350″ ppm/CO2 (350.org) message, and countless student-led initiatives throughout the year.

The “real food challenge” (Erik); wants sustainable food on Whitman’s campus; deals with sustainable food issues

Cascade Climate Network: Diana is our current liason. Regional Climate Activism: works to bring schools together and develop widespread sustainable energy; helps develop policies that groups can work towards together

Organic Garden: announced by Bailey, also led by Robin and Peter — student run;  You can help at open garden sessions and, in turn, come pick fresh vegetables and fruit for free! Test your gardening/farming skills. They will be trying to figure out ways to grow plants after the winter frost and will also raise chickens (for meat production). Less activism oriented. Get immediate gratification (food!)

Action for Animals (Lauren): brought animals to campus from humane society last year, creates and distributes pamphlets informing people about animal testing. They look at the environmental and ethical aspects of being a vegetarian. Worked with Prentiss for the Vegetarian meal last year. Will participate in food distribution..

Paper Campaign: looking for new ways to lower paper use on campus after GoPrint was instated

Sustainability Coordinator (Lisa Curtis): communicates with the administration and helps to coordinate between the environmental groups on campus. Will help find what has been done on campus (and what hasn’t) so you will know who to talk to or what your next step should be in accomplishing your goals. She will be sending out a survey to find out what you would like help on. Lisa works with the Green Fund in which students propose various ways that Whitman could become more sustainable.

1. Accomplishments and goals
2. Nature/dynamic

1. Umbrella Structure
2. Other…   For next time: Funding under Campus Greens- how should we go about funding the different groups under the CG umbrella?

Currently, our group meets every Thursday during lunch in the large conference room upstairs in Reid Campus Center. THESE ARE THE MINUTES FOR THESE REGULAR WEEKLY MEETINGS:

Minutes 5/7/09

-Sustainability Coordinator is…Lisa Curtis!!

-WIC voted 12 to 2 to stop investing in Monsanto. Robin will join WIC and send a letter to Monsanto telling them that they lost a customer, thank you very much. The solar company WIC bought made money! It is established: demand for solar does not fluctuate with the weather.

-”Young Walla Walla Unite!” Picnic tomorrow evening. Goals:
1) Have fun
2) Ideas for inter-club summit next fall, at which we’ll first talk about most impt issues facing our generation, choose 4 or 5, and talk about how to address them collaboratively.
3) Establish an action-oriented network (to know which clubs exist, who we need to contact)
4) Have little agenda so that clubs who attend can decide.

Jobs: Katie is calling high schools, Tyler/James/Will put flyers up at WWU. Jesse: Round up food stuff, send reminders about food and beverages and bring utensils and cups.

-GHG Audit: The team will be done within the week! About 15,460 metric tons CO2 equivalent per year, 12,000 with offsets (compost, renewable energy, purchased offsets). Jed will look at it over the summer, next semester we can use it as leverage for Presidents’ Climate Commitment.

-Leadership survey results: elections should be once a semester. Other roles: secretary, webmaster, policy updater (local, statewide, national), coordinator, director of marketing, community-wide calendar-keeper, timekeeper.

-Elections: will be held at beginning of next semester, will empower new and returning people.

Minutes 4/30/09

• Elections
  • Survey monkey link will be sent out to the listserve soon
• Campus Ecology Website
  • Created by the National wildlife Federation.
  • Link will be sent out to the listserve
  • The website will help us systematically come up with ideas for campaigns (for infrastructural/behavior changes we would like to see)
  • The site is very accessible and easily understood. It’s made for students
• ASWC
  • Service learning proposal – proposition that half of the return on Whitman’s endowment will go to ’service learning organizations’
  • Groups can apply for qualification as a ’service learning organization’. The fall deadline will likely be the first week of october
  • The applications must go through the finance committee and then the senate
  • If qualified there will be up to 8-9 thousand dollars available for us next year
• CFL project
  • The neighborhood that received the CFL bulbs was receptive and enthusiasic
  • Students from all 3 colleges helped
• SPROG
  • There will be week long trainings all summer
  • For Washington it will be held June 21-28. Aug. 12-23 for Oregon
  • They want Whitman students to attend!
• WIC
  • We are still in conversation about Monsanto/other stocks
• Picnic
  • Will be next friday, May 8th at 5:30. Pioneer Park
  • We’ve made a spreadsheet of all the environmental groups on campus/in the community. Check it out on google docs!
  • We’re trying to get all the groups together! At the picnic we will then make plans for a youth leadership summit and future cooperative work
  • Advertise for this! Invite anyone you think will be interested. Talking face to face is most effective

Minutes 4/23/09

• Save the Ales
  • Unfortunately ASWC prevented us at the last minute from having wine at the event. They didn’t realize until after they gave us permission that as an organization they cannot be affiliated in any way with alcohol.
  • About 25 people showed up, though, which isn’t too bad
  • The lecture was interesting (though not completely focused on local issues)
  • There was cheese and fruit afterward, which was a classy touch
• Cool Schools
  • Overall the program went pretty well
  • There will be a pizza party for everyone who was involved. They will talk about Cool Schools and what they envision for the future
• Outhouse
  • Is having a pot luck tomorrow at 5:30!
• Club Latino
  • There is pinata painting tonight at 7:00!
• Whitman Investment Club
  • The meeting was pretty successful. The club was pretty receptive and not at all combative
  • The main issue in their purchase of Monsanto was a lack of information on social issues
  • Get involved in WIC if youre interested! Its good to have an environmentally conscious voice in the club. Also, since their by-laws prohibit limiting available stocks to those that are socially conscious, our increased membership can circumvent this rule
• Activist Training – Daniel Grant
  • Oregon Bus – is a group based in Portland that works toward getting young people more politically active
  • Daniel worked for Politicorp which enaced Bus Project goals, got underrepresented people to vote and endorsed certain candidates
  • The program is 10 weeks, and lodging is provided
  • This is a great opportunity to get to know great people
  • Power-Corp is in WA and they want whitties to join. They work music venues, so you get to go to free concerts!
  • You get a stipend for your work (pretty minimal though)
  • This experience will give you tools to manage campaigns, which is a very marketable skill to have
• Club integration
  • We are trying to create a venue to community network so that heads of clubs (such as WDA) can all be involved
  • We’re also thinking of having a “trick or vote” to go out on halloween and register people to vote
• Eco cards
  • Piper Foster solicited ‘carbon footprint’ counter cards to us
  • If we want we can get 1000 for $63 plus s/h.
  • We may wait on this so that we can pair it with another campaign
  • We may also split the 1000 cards with another campus so we can reach into the community
• Website
  • Will be built over the summer including all the cool new features we discussed!
• ASWC
  • Decided we will be separating from under the umbrella of campus greens
  • This is good! We will have more resources
• Party
  • We will be having a party soon. Jesse is going to hide easter eggs. Yay!
• Abby’s movie screening
  • Will be on May 5th
  • Someone should help her so its not “all about Abby”

Minutes 4/16/09

• Lisa’s Conference – Lisa is attending an event in New York at the UN building. It is an annual event known as the Commission on Sustainable development. She will be learning about the focus of this conference, which is Africa and problems such as desertification.
• Gary and Masud – These two are now ASWC senators! Congradulations!
• Elena, Camila, Lisa – These three each won Udall Scholarships!
  • Only 80 people around the country win this award every year
  • This is an excellent opportunity for them to network and return to Whitman with important connections
• Sustainability Coordinator Position Available
  • Karlis had the newly created position this year
  • A great opportunity for a 10-12 hour a week job at 10 dollars an hour
  • The application is online at the Whitman website
  • The application is due April 22nd
• Organization
  • Its been decided that we will implement a new division of tasks within the “campaign based” structure we have currently
  • This does not mean CCC is becoming rigidly structured, only that for the sake of efficiency we will formalize a little
  • Structure:
    • Point person – to fill out event reports after each campaign (for institutional memory)
    • Advertiser – to make facebook groups, fliers, etc
    • Direct action – everyone who dorm storms, and tables etc
  • This will allow everyone to put on their resume’s exactly what they do for CCC
• Website (whitmanccc.wordpress.com)
  • The site is a very useful tool!
  • We will begin to use the site more (to take pressure off the listserve)
  • The calender on the website will be used more often
  • We will be able to better connect with other schools, advertise
  • There may now be a webmaster position
  • A time will be scheduled for a tutorial on how to use the website
• Follow up letter to Cathy McMorris
  • Lisa and Will are working on it, compiling their information.
  • They will send a draft of the letter to the listserve so that anyone can have input
  • The letter will be brought to the next meeting so everyone can sign it
• Focus the Nation
  • Is tonight at 7 pm in Olin 157!
  • Dan Clark and Norm Ostermann are speaking
  • We are still coming up with talking points (coal, green jobs, consumer activism)
  • Walla Walla University is doing a similar even tonight (stealing some of our crowd)
  • Diana and Grace are moderating the event!
• Solar
  • Alpha technologies is now our official contractor!
  • The panels are now likely to go on top of the Bratton Tennis center instead of Jewett
  • Once up, anyone will be able to check the output of energy created by the panels online
  • There will possibly be a green job internship for someone in the community to work with Alpha Tech this summer
    • Its possible that CCC will pay for their internship
    • The timeline is short. if you have a proposal for the internship email the listserve by all means!
• Cool Schools
  • Is going very well! The kids have been excited (“I didn’t know it was Thursday again already!”)
  • One of the teachers even copied some of our information to use in her curriculum next year
• Wine Auction
  • A 12 bottle case was donated and there may be more incoming
  • It’s possible that we may incorporate a wine tasting. Storchmann wants to do this, and it would make the event very marketable
  • The event is at 7 pm in Olin 131 on the 22nd
• 350 project
  • Nat and Robin are working on it this afternoon
  • Everything should be up by friday
• Monsanto
  • The Whitman Investment Club bought 8000 dollars worth of the company recently
  • Robin is now on a personal crusade to make WIC understand the error of their ways
  • Will will write a Pio article about this
  • Come to WIC at noon on Tuesday in the basement of Reid, room G02
• IFC BBQ
  • Will be at 4:30 on Monday
  • Thundering Hooves is officially on board!
  • We received 40 lbs of meat from them (at $1 a patty)
  • Come help cook if you want!
  • Don’t forget to bring your own plates and get a prize
• PIRG
  • Stands for “Public Interest Research group”
  • Program is state/campus based. They help organize around student interest groups (such as us)
  • Its possible they will bring a chapter to Whitman
  • This would mean a hired full-time staffer on campus
  • They would greatly assist us in terms of resources
• Earth Day
  • Is on the Reid Sidelawn from 1-4 on Sunday!
• Politicorp
  • We are meeting someone (a former whitman grad, actually) tomorrow at the patissery (they are buying food for everyone)
  • This is an opportunity for someone to be a fellow in a program over the summer
  • Daniel Grant did this last summer in Oregon
  • Ask Camila if youre interested

Here is the Sign up list for volunteers on earthday:

Saturday 3-5 LA CASA Pinanta/Solar Oven Making

Camila

Grace

Diana

Will Lawrence

Nat Clark

Tyler Harvey

Anders Forsgaard

Elli Matkin

Megan Mactire

Lauren Wenzel

Earth Day Booth Sunday April 19^th

12:30-1:30 Set-up Kati Kallins and Lauren Wenzel

1:30-2:30 Gary Wang and Ari Frink

2:30-3:30 Elena Gustafson

3:30-4:30 Lisa Curtis

Root Beer Floats

Megan

Katie faleskl

Popcorn

Wayne

Earth Day Advertisement

Facebook Admin-Robin

Chalk for Event- Tyler Harvey and Kiley Wolff

Flyer Downtown-Russ and Will Canine

Minutes 4/9/09

• Cathy McMorris-Rogers
  • Would anyone like to help Lisa write a follow-up to Cathy? This would answer some of the questions she asked us as well as pose a few more to her
  • The administration was worried that the event would be a partisan attack on Cathy. They were also worried that Bridges would become affiliated with the Congresswoman.
  • Fortunately we did a great job dealing with the situation! We managed not to “burn any bridges”
• A photo petition:
  • We want to have one up by April 22nd
• Undergrad conference:
  • Went very well, though we were scrambling to put it together the day before
  • The turnout was good (we filled Bratton auditorium at 9 AM)
  • The audience was diverse and interactive. They asked challenging questions
  • Maybe we should have presented from a more basic level? (we assumed we would be speaking with fellow environmentalists)
• Listserve:
  • Be mindful about what you post on the listserve (Jed Schwendiman, the president’s assistant is on it)
  • This hasn’t been a problem, we just want to be preventative
• Cascade Climate Network
  • Is holding ’spring fling’. This is where all the schools in CCN meet and discuss the direction CCN should take
  • CCN is looking for a new coordinator. If you’re an upperclassmen or have past coordinating experience then you should apply!
  • There is an award ceremony on Apr. 23rd. There are ten spots available if youre interested in attending
• The Co-Op
  • Is having an open house!
  • There will be free samples of local food
• Focus the Nation
  • Two people have already agreed to speak at the event
  • We’ve contacted local councilmen. Most said they couldn’t attend, but we’re currently asking them to send representatives instead
  • Invite your friends on facebook! (we made a group!)
• Art:
  • A couple art majors and enviro majors are going to help with the project
  • The plan is to make 3’s, 5’s and 0’s of different shapes around campus. Each number will have an artist statement to inform people what the art is for
  • There will also be a large one on the tennis courts
  • The project should be up by Apr. 17th
  • We are acquiring recycled materials to make the art
• Cool Schools
  • As of now, 35 students are going into middle school classes to work with/educate students
  • The kids have been quite knowledgeable and attentive
  • The project will last 3 weeks. We may do it for a longer period of time next year
• Save the Ales
  • Professor Storchmann of the econ department will discuss the effects of climate change on the Walla Walla wine industry
  • We may be incorporating wine tasting
  • There will be a raffle for a bottle of wine
  • The betas will be taking care of food for the event
  • We should get local bars to advertise for the event
  • There may be a photopetition at the event so that the night works toward an environmental goal
• Inter-fraternal council:
  • There will be an all campus BBQ on 4/20
  • The IFC would like to work with us on the event
  • Perhaps we can put forward funds to buy local foods (maybe Joel Huesby of Thundering Hooves can be involved and give us a discount in exchange for advertising)
  • The TKE’s will bring plates to the event so there wont be reusable plates. We may create an incentive program so that people bring their own plates
• Earth Day
  • Event will be on the Reid side lawn on Sunday 4/19
  • Sign up for earth service day at wallawalla.edu. This will last from 10-2 PM
  • There may be solar ovens procured for the event
  • We are still looking to involve more campus groups with the event
    
  • Will Lawrence already received gift certificates from several businesses on main street. He is going east to solicit more businesses soon
• Abby’s documentaries
  • There are two documentaries she would like to show in May. After the screening she will go over the legal details of the subject matter
• Summer
  • There is leadership training happening for “sprag” on different dates for different states. Ask Diana if you’re interested
  • Check out  the “Trek to re-energize America”!

Minutes 4/2/09

Introductions: a bunch of new people! Will Meier, James Sledd, Abby Chapin, Krystin Norman, Geni Venable, Megan McIntire, Will Canine, Nadim Damluj, Anders Forsgaard.

*Earth Service Day & Celebration, 4/19, all day

o Planning meeting tonight at 8pm! Tell Nat about your event so he can put it on the big phat poster!

o Service Day in the morning; Celebration 2-5; 10 tables so far, WWU, WWCC, community and kid-friendly.

o Actual Earth Day is 22^nd: Recycled piñata making party, s’mores and solar ovens, outhouse-sponsored drum circle, one-act on the Life of John Muir, Forum on Ken Serawiwa vs. Shell Oil (activism and public opinion? Amnesty International?)

o No-Coal calls at the event: Jesse? (see Earth Day Network website)

o Faculty pledge: Jesse will send to department chairs and get them to bring it up at department meetings

*Save the Ales 4/22, Time? , Olin 131

o Gary and Erik set up a thing with Storchman, Riley Clubb donated a bottle of wine from Cayuse vineyards. Is also a scholarship event for the Betas.

o Goal is to get ag and business showing support for issues.

*Cathy/FTN Meeting with Legislators 4/7, 2:15-2:45 in Mem 05

o We’ll represent youth issues (keep it youth exclusive, student-led), and if not get her support for climate policy, then keep her from badmouthing it because at least some of her constituents support it.

o Voting Record: 0% rating by League of Conservation Voters, she votes against every environmental measure.

o Please come, support with numbers!

o Jesse will send more emails and keep receiving questions for submission.

*FTN/Town Hall Meeting , 4/16, 7pm in Maxey

o Diana and Grace are organizing a panel to get students, local colleges and community talking about what the most important changes are for Walla Walla to take to prepare for climate change.

o Conflict: Secretary of Sam Reed is talking, shoot.

o Diana will contact state legislators.

o Abby will Invite Ted Durfey

o Dan Oschirin will take on advertising, and make posters by this Wednesday.

*Waxman-Markey Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

o Rallying support for this legislation will be one of our biggest post-earth day projects. Elena and Ari will have a petition table at Earth Day event. Let’s put pressure on Congress!

o Elena is ON it! She says they’re hoping to have this big, lumpy bill out of committee and onto the floor of the house by labor day, and before Copenhagen in December. This could be our next project on/after earth day. It needs media attention.

o All kinds of targets and efficiency, international deforestation, green jobs, exporting clean tech, inter-agency council. Cap-and-trade is most controversial part, and carbon sequestration and “ensuring a continuing place for coal” are worrisome, coal/oil/auto companies in CAP had some influence in reducing targets, and allowances to buy way out of polluting.

o There’s another bill by the Udall brothers (NM ad CO), not as central.

*350.org Art Project: International Day is Oct 24^th

o Robin is taking this on: Help her representing the 350ppm threshold with bodies, plants, gardens, creative art, etc.

*IFC BBQ, 4/20, afternoon

o Veggie burgers or Thundering Hooves Beef, reusable cups?

o We should make it known it’s sponsored with CCC (happy cows chant, ask Chloe Summerland re: if Joel Huesby wants in).

*The ASWC Boys

o Nadim: Likes what we do, wants to listen. Promises to be involved with us, be a consensus builder, open line of communication and keep it open. Nadim could be a good line for putting pressure on college thru more admin stuff, new buildings, etc.

o Will Canine: Sees himself more as student leader-activist, has ideas for working with us, but they are unknown as of yet. Wants to increase communication with ASWC and student body so that ASWC knows what students want (right now policy appointees don’t have contact with the elected half of ASWC.

o Qeustions for the candidates: Matt Dittrich’s 15 Energy Efficiency Projects? How would you help us on things like the Solar Project? Getting student reps in higher, real decision-making boards and up transarency, like board of trustees?

Minutes 3/12/09

• Sign up for earth day events on the wallawalla.edu website
• Solar Panels
  • Need another 30 grand
  • Gary applying for 20 grand of the sustainable loan fund
  • 5 grand left for another project. Ideas?
  • 3 companies competing for the contract: best design and price get it
  • Release design apr. 14. Then we can begin advertising for it
  • Panels will be up before next semester! The company who gets the contract will have to build it by then
• Review of civil disobedience
  • Someone needs to write a counterpoint to Jesse
• Need more letters to editors
  • One a week, different people should write
  • Send them to hometown newspapers too
• Focus the Nation Town Hall:
  • The freshmen should organize this
  • Get politicians to talk with us
  • organize who/where/when
  • county councilmen/state senators (two of them are in walla walla). Invite them!
  • Room should be booked before spring break
• Save the ales
  • Asking Storchmann
  • Will raffle wine
  • Mon, tues, wed, earth day
• Campus art:
  • 350.org
  • Robin will make this
  • This will lead to the event
• Apr. 4th – sustainability conference in Seattle
  • Ask ASWC for $ if you want to go
• Career center:
  • Doesn’t know anything about green jobs
  • Will advertise for us though
  • We can make this big, student speakers with experience, a keynote
  • This will be for fall

Minutes 3/5/09

• The Camila imitation is hilarious, hahahaha

Powershift:

• There was a coal protest on Monday
• Several panels each day
• Gary: thought the number of people there was very impressive. There was an enormous network of people! His organizing panel was very useful
• Wayne: learned about the importance of local legislation. Also thought the cap and trade panel was informative.
• Elena: Cathy McMorris-Rogers wants to know more about Cap ‘n trade. We should write a report for her
  • Thought it was great to organize a cohesive voice for the climate movement
  • Learned that pushing regulations was as important as envisioning
  • Learned we should have more community involvement in Washington legislation.
• Jesse: Thought lobbying was very valuable. ‘If you can do it once, you can do it anywhere!’
  • The model provided by powershift for lobbying was very helpful. empowering
  • Wants to write a point counterpoint about non violent action in the pio. If you’d like to be involved, ask him
  • The protest in DC was great. It was a protest though, not an act of civil disobedience. They didn’t break any laws
• Sophia: thought it was good to show that young people are capable of gathering and communicating articulately
  • Saw the difference in the community oriented and federal movement.
  • Learned the importance of state specific action
• Laren: Learned the importance of the political process. People must be collected and direct

• On April 1st at 7 pm in Olin 130 we will give a more thorough rundown of Powershift. We will also brainstorm questions to ask Representative Cathy McMorris-Rodgers at the Town Hall Meeting
• The town hall will be on april 16th
• Gary is currently making letters to sign and give to Cathy

• Elli: thought the Alaska state specific breakout was very interesting
  • Enjoyed the panel on Greenhouse gas audit
• Robin: saw the importance of integration between the climate movement and movements
• Will: ask him about his potential project on pushing for socially responsible investing. Make the endowment more transparent!
• Maggie: saw the real world contrast between the wealth of knowledge in the environmentalist community and the lack thereof in normal community
  • learned that the environmental movement involves other important topics, such as the economy
• Lisa: learned the importance of framing the issue (for example in terms of national security, the economy). Legislators want the US to be a leader!

• Terry Tempest Williams is tonight in Cordiner at 7!
  • Gary and Ari will probably be speaking for 5 minutes or so
  • A few people will give out letters at the door
• The manifesto: will be good for institutional memory
  • email any disagreements you have with it to Gary
• Earth Day: Someone will help with the CFL distribution
  • Somone will solicit gifts from local businesses for the raffle prizes
  • For a scavenger hunt we may have activities at different trees around campus. This will be fun.
• There is a party on Saturday!
  • Will be at Rosaacs
  • 3 bands are playing
  • Need door people to collect money
  • will be at 9 or 9:30
  • a facebook event will soon be made
  • we will have to front money for the keg
• Grant money will be used for the town hall

Minutes 2/26/09

Manifesto:

• Gary sent it out to the listserve
• email Gary your input
• Tyler Harvey suggested we need some sort of national/regional legislative goal.

Survey Stats (from last year):

• 300 responses
• 93% think that its not too late to stop climate change
• 43% think about climate change daily
• 50% said it was the most important issue to them
• Should we do another survey this year?

Blackouts:

• Went very well
• There were more people there than last time
• Should we possibly have an inter-dorm blackout?
• Anderson is freakishly united….it may be harder to do the blackout in Jewett
• The goal of these blackouts is to raise consciousness of environmental issues, change behavior
• Should we have an intermission next time?
• Should we do a frat-off again?

Cool Schools:

• Private Schools
• WASL going on at the same time
• We are learning what groups are interested
• Currently sending out a survey to see when/who can volunteer
• The lesson plans are being formulated
• We are targeting 5th-6th graders
• The sustainability living center is helping
• Thinking of sending slips home with the kids to tell parents about the CFL’s
• Schools that are participating so far: Camp Fire, Quente (these are near by)

Earth Day:

• Campus greens is organizing a concert. Bands invited: Red Light, Blue Light and the Walla Walla steel drum band
• Ask clubs you’re in if they want to participate!

Save the Ales:

• Should we do it at all?
• What is the goal? light hearted education? To engage on a community level?
• We will talk to the green soon

• The townhall is the saturday before earth day
• Lisa will be our Camila next thursday
• What should we go to at powershift?
  • Orgainization (leadership and teamwork)
  • Education
  • Job Prospects (get career center to talk about the growing green industry)
  • Network
• Andrew will email times to work on technology
• Gary will contact the career center
• Jewett blackout -  a week before spring break!
• One person will be designated to find interesting articles every week.

Minutes 2/19/09

Small Project Progress:

• Blackouts:
  • Anderson has one tonight at 8 pm
  • There will be guitar and piano players. The t-tones will perform as well.
  • The Jewett blackout will likely happen after Powershift
• Earth Day:
  • Is on the 19th
  • WE’RE SO EXCITED!
  • They are accepting proposals for community service on earth service day (for example the CFL project). If you have any ideas please submit them!
  • The service portion of the day will be from 10 AM to 2 PM
  • After 2 there will be a band and party on Harper Joy field
  • Earth week is happening after earth day. We are making plans with other clubs on campus to do some joint projects and integrate ourselves with the community (for example we plan to make pinatas out of recycled paper with club latino)
  • Perhaps we should co-advertise with the greek community? Lets get them to participate
• Cool Schools:
  • Currently contacting after school groups at local schools
  • Intend on having 3 weeks of informational sessions with these groups
  • If you’re interested in this, come help!

Organization:

• Will suggested a 3 tier approach for CCC’s goals (these are on the listserve)
• Masud suggested to be mindful of complacency in students receiving energy efficient items. For example, people leaving lights on because they are fluorescent
• Jesse reminded the group that administration does not green light projects unless they include an educational bit addressing this problem
• Gary wondered where the community fit into the 3 tier approach

Post Powershift:

• There will be a presentation/discussion at the CCC meeting as well as in Olin 130. We will share what we learned!
• Will be a good lead in to Earth day
• Reminder: this is very much a community forum, not an overly didactic bit.

Cascade Climate Network:

• does anyone want to be the liason to inform the CCN what Whitman CCC is up to? The more people who want to do this the better. Lisa wants to, and more are welcome to help.

Outhouse:

• The outhouse unplugged is tonight. Come listen to acoustic music n’ stuff

The stimulus bill:

• 43 Billion dollars are going to clean energy!!!
• An extra 22 billion are going in tax credits for clean energy!!!
• Breakdown of the bill:
  • 11 bill. for an effective electric grid
  • 6 bill. for renewable energy generation
  • 4.5 bill. for building reefficiency
  • 500 mill. for green jobs! this is exactly what we wanted!
• The effective electric grid will effect us in Walla Walla personally in distributing our surplus of green energy to the surrounding community
• Please give the government feedback! Here are a few websites to do that: recovery.gov, greenforall.com

National Teach In:

• THANK YOU JESSE FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK! We love you
• We need to send thank you’s to our wonderful speakers

Mentors/Mentees:

• If you’re interested, ask Elaina

Minutes 2/12/09

*   Congrats everyone on a successful national teach in!

* Feedback on the NTI?

o Maybe get a keynote speaker with more action based ideas

next time

o It was nice to have a keynote with knowledge of specifics

o It would have been nice to get more of a turnout for Senator Murray

o We should have done more research on bills in congress to discuss with Sen. Murray

o We could have done a better job advertising. Ideas: have professors advertise for us/ send out emails to their  colleagues. Talking in front of class is a powerful way to engage everyone personally.

o The open mic was successful

* Envisioning meeting:

o Mostly general topics were discussed

o Decided it would be a good idea to have more small group work

o Encourage more small ideas to support the over-arching goals

o Hoping to expand into the community more with goals beyond only spreading awareness

o *Perhaps we could create a sort of constitution outlining our main goals and creating a guiding framework. If you have ideas, please send them to the listserve!*

* Solar Letters:

o We are basically done with this project!

o The sustainable loan fund will not be open this year because of budget restrictions

o Because the company Alpha tech went belly up, we will be having an open bid for the solar panel contract. This will hopefully drive down the price, which is a good thing!

* Campus Greens:

o Desire to work more closely with other groups on campus, and become more active/involved

o *As an offshoot of the water project, Olin and Maxey are being renovated. If there are specific upgrades you’d like to see (such as low flow toilets) please mail the administration!*

o Maybe it would be good to do some member swapping between CCC and Campus Greens

o Dave Matthews is starting a new set of pushes for dorm monitors on water and electricity

o Perhaps we could ciculate a newsletter to keep CCC and CG in step?

o What if we sent reoccurring letters to the administration demanding project updates?

* One Sky

o Is a collaborative campaign to address climate change, reduce global warming pollution, repower the US, and push for green jobs

o One sky cant do direct lobbying because it is a non-profit, so it does mostly citizen campaigns

o The website is www.onesky.org

o One Sky organized a campaign to call congresspeople. They organized approximately 1000 calls to congressmen, which is pretty darn impressive

o The organization is one year old as of January

o *If you’re interested in online campaigning (facebook, myspace, twitter) you can be a part of the digital street team! This group deals with organization through social networking websites, as well as posting video responses to hot issues. If you’re interested, contact Andrew Avisa at avizaaj@whitman.edu <mailto:avizaaj@whitman.edu> or Andrew@onesky.org*

o *One Sky is also pushing for cooperation on a national level. They are pushing for ‘climate precinct captains’ in every regional precinct in the US to address local climate issues as well as create a network of climate interest.*

* Small groups

o There is an earth day meeting at 5 pm in room 110

o Powershift is February 26- Mar. 2nd

o April 6th panel, a guy from Pacific power will be visiting Whitman

o Get children for Earth day!

o The bicycle campaign is underway (an effort to have people across the country bike to Wa. DC)

* Interesting Ideas?

o The CFL project: distributing fluorescent bulbs to low income houses in cooperation with Walla Walla U and Walla Walla Com Col. There are 600 bulbs donated by the Sierra student coalition. These bulbs save 80% more energy than incondescents!

o Save the Ales: Local pubs will give a discount to students interested in climate change

o “Cool our schools” project

o “Town Hall” project

o “Save our snow” project

o What if we each got freshmen friends? Everyone bring someone to the next meeting!

Minutes 1/29/09

National Teach-In:

* We will be tabling  next week for signatures on the legislator

letter and to promote the National Teach-In

* Camila will drive to pick up the keynote speaker on Wednesday night

* The Patty Murray video feed is on Wednesday from 1:30-2:00 in Olin

130. Invite people to come!

* At 6 PM on Wednesday night and 5 PM on Thursday we will wine &

dine the keynote speaker

* There is a lot of interest at Walla Walla U about the teach in

* KWCW shout outs will be made

* The Union Bulletin will publish Gary’s Op Ed

* Gary will add the NTI to the ASWC and UB calender

* Peter will advertise the NTI in the pio

* Everyone is invited to the open mic night!

Solar Letters:

* Come get more letters from Gary if you want to distribute more

* Reminder that the solar company guy is coming and we should

prepare some sort of reception for him

* We will be sending letters to parents who donated last year but

didnt receive a solar letter this year

Lorax Grant:

* We wont $1,000 from an NGO in Virginia. Hooray!

Greenhouse Gas Audit:

* The first meeting was last night

* The group will meet with faculty in February

* The audit has 3 main scopes. 1. what we burn (heating, the

physical plant). 2. Electrical usage. 3. Everything else (will

look at other schools to see what they decided to measure in their

greenhouse audits)

* The audit is the next step in Bridge’s climate committment

April 19th:

* Preliminary plans for earth service day

* We want to get all 3 colleges together for one project

* Want to do a lightbulb trade with local houses. We may use

children for this.

* Solar program for kids? (fun solar race cars?)

*Elections

* The new co-presidents are Gary and Camila.

* Elaine is the new Finance chair

* Ari is the new Timekeeper

Minutes 1/22/08

• Introductions: Welcome back everyone!
• Review of our many accomplishments last semester
• Energy audit:
  • We need a team to do Whitman’s greenhouse gas audit this semester. The team will figure out exactly how whitman uses its resources and produce a number representative of Whitman’s Greenhouse emissions. This is a project we are building upon that began a year ago.
  • The audit is required by president bridges
  • Great opportunity to learn about carbon accounting, learn about energy use on campus, and develope a feel for the network on campus
  • Karlis doesn’t know how big the group needs to be. If you’re interested, email him at rokpelk@whitman.edu
• There was a meeting between Whitman’s financial management and an energy company, Western community energy,  interested in generating renewable energy projects. This was a very preliminary meeting, but good news none the less!
• National teach-in:
  • If you didn’t know, the teach in is a week long nationwide event where campuses individually organize events and lectures on climate change
  • The focus of the week here at Whitman is climate change and sustainability
  • The teach in will take place February 2-6
  • There is an open slot on thursday. Does anyone have any suggestions for an event? The legislative thing possibly?
  • Most everyone has individual assignments to ready the teach in
• Solar update:
  • Bob Carson raised $45,000 through his friends and collegues!
  • We’ve raised $6000 from our letters thus far!
  • Only 184 of the 300 letters were sent, so try to retrieve stray letters and return them to Gary. If you want more letters to distribute, ask Gary.
  • A guy from the solar company is coming to go over preliminary designs for the actual solar panels. We should advertise for his visit!
• Elections are taking place next week.

Minutes 11/20/08

• What we learned at Re-energize the Northwest – Learned about the tangible projects going on in the Northwest (Powershift, local legislation, local coal plants). Learned what kind of network of support is available for those interested in environmentalism in the Northwest (the cascade climate network,  the Sierra Club, various other employment groups). The event was very inspiring. Learned about what kind of strategic framework for change is in place. Learned about the passion going on in the political scene right now. Also learned where Whitman stands in terms of activism/strategies.
• What Karlis learned at the ASH conference in North Carolina – The US colleges are not doing so well compared to colleges in other countries. Within the US, Whitman is in the upper middle of liberal arts schools, but is far behind the cutting edge schools. Food at Whitman will soon be included in the carbon counter. A greenhouse audit is coming next semester.
• Powershift – Buy your plane tickets now! We are starting to work on funding for this.
• Solar – Not all of the letters are printed yet. Sign up for how many letters you want!
• Blackout – There is one in Jewett after break
• Teach-in – Peter is getting $$$. 4 of 6 presentation slots are already filled. We’ll have everything set up before winter break. We need help after break to get groups to perform.

Minutes 11/13/08

• Re-energize the Northwest – We have one car right now. We may rent another from the physical plant.
• Solar – 250 letters are coming out but not until after thanksgiving. We’ll be handing out letters for 2 weeks after break. Sign up for how many letters you can pass out.
• The Alternative gift market is next week and the week after thanksgiving.
• Do we need another table for CCC in addition to the alternative gift market? We may table for 2 weeks after thanksgiving, allowing one week of overlap.
• We should apply for the chillout grant ($1000, 500 word essay) and the climate crew grant ($2500 and a trip for two to Washington DC). Both are due at the end of November

Minutes 10/30/08

• Gore-cast – Went well. Mr. Gore congratulated all the power voters on their hard work. About 25 people showed up, which is pretty good.
• Powervote – The election is almost here so there’s not a whole lot more to do. We’re waiting for door hangers to come in the mail, so if they do then we may need help putting them up.
• Solar – Still trying to have the letters sent out by Thanksgiving, but waiting on the development office to approve the letter. We should also inquire about the status of fund raising in the development office. Someone suggested that we have an event to advertise the solar project. It may be a good idea to apply for the Brita $1000 dollar grant. There is the Alternative-gift market coming up, where CCC is one of the three programs receiving donations from people interested in donating in a friend’s name.
• Re energize summit – is Nov. 14th through 16th in Seattle. The event is super inspirational, a chance to learn about different areas of environmentalism, and an opportunity to be a part of the larger movement. Email Baily if you’re interested!
• Blackout – is Nov. 5th in Jewett at 9 pm! We’re trying to get Anderson to have one at the same time.
• National teach-in – Reid GO2 or the meeting room are booked from Monday Feb. 2nd to Thursday Feb. 6th. That Thursday is the national web cast. Thursday or Wednesday we’ll have the keynote speaker. We’re looking at noon presentations in Reid and 7 pm presentations in Maxey 130.

Ideas:

* Green Jobs for the Keynote speaker?

* Talk about energy policy

* Sustainable food systems

* Daily Market Co-op to talk about rising food costs

* Each day to have a theme?

* Thundering hooves business to speak

* Youth and Sustainability

* Chelsea Durfey’s dad?

* Possible speakers: Norgaard, Hutch, Carson, Edens, Snow,

Eppelsheimer, VAN JONES

Minutes 10/23/08

• Water Campaign – Dave Matthews made a pitch for the glow meters project him and a few others are working on. These meters would measure and display the amount of water and electricity used by a given building hourly and daily (Jewett, Anderson, etc). At Oberlin college where they have already installed these monitors, electricity usage went down an average of 36% and water 12%. The goal is to have these installed by spring break. There are only 6-7 people working on the project right now, so they could use some help. If this interests you, contact Dave Matthews.

• Bioneers – Bioneers was reportedly an incredible experience. As a reminder, Bioneers was a satallite conference in Spokane of several environmental speakers in San Rafael, California. An example of the cool things talked about is Bio-mimicking, which is research into technology that mimics the answers to problems that natures uses. For example, there is technology being developed that can turn Co2 in the atmosphere into plastic. Bioneers is an outlet for technology information such as this to be shared with a general audience.

• Solar – The letter is all done and should be approved by Whitman in the next 2-3 weeks (most likely before Thanksgiving). As a reminder, if you are hesitant to ask your parents to donate more of their money to your interests, you can also give this letter to local businesses in your hometown, etc.

• Wind Project – Officially postponed until next semester when we can get credit for it.

• Blackout Project – Maggie is working on Jewett which is being difficult. Plans are still in motion to involve new buildings besides Anderson.

• Powervote – Things are going well. We’re officially ranked number 3 in the nation on the powervote website! They still need help tabling/dormstorming next week, as well as brunch storming this weekend (11:15 in front of prentiss). On wednesday at 5 pm Al Gore is having a webcast to speak with powervoters. Ari is working on arranging for this to be projected in the Reid Coffee house.

• National Teach-in – Anyone who wants to help with this project (formerly focus the nation) is welcome. Also, if you have any ideas for who the keynote speakers should be, let us know.

• Cascade Climate Network – Is in seattle Nov. 14th – 16th. It’s an event for skills training and informational workshops, and will be even larger than fall flurry . If there is enough interest then we can get this trip fully funded, so go to cascadeclimate.org and register!

Minutes 10/16/08

1. Powervote – Things are going swell. Whitman is already ranked 11th on powervote.org for pledges by percentage and that should increase to 5th soon. This weekend we are doing brunch attacks in front of Prentiss at 11:15. There will also be more tabling and other projects next week.
2. Energy Audit – A spring semester group is actually doing the audit for a class. If you’re still interested in being involved in the audit there is an internship position available.
3. Solar Letter – The letter is being passed along the listserve for edits. The actual physical letter will be coming along soon.
4. Blackouts – Jewett and Prentiss are being prepped for blackouts of their own
5. Jan Start Orientation – Is on MLK day in January at 2 o’ clock.
6. Revolving Loan Fund – postponed because of the economic situation. Proposals will be in the spring.
7. Campus Sustainability day – Is Oct. 22nd. Events include: Global Warming and Whitman @ 4pm in Sci. 151, Landscaping and Trees tour @ 4pm outside the science building near the greenhouse and the Sustainability Shindig @ 5pm in the Hunter Atrium. Features “Cool folks and great food!”

Minutes 10/8/08

• Focus the Nation isn’t happening like it did last year. We’re still interested in doing a big project and there are a few options for Focus the nation-like events. Still discussing this.
• Jan start environmental orientation. Hoping for better turn out this semester. Bob Carson won’t be here or Ellie, though She can help set up. The event should take less than an hour. We’ll probably show Camilla’s video, have a discussion, and show another video.
• Green Jobs – Ellie’s Conference call was exciting. Discussion about possibly having a community leader who addresses to the federal government.
• Debate last night: Some lady asked a green job question!
• Powervote: Doing really well here. Everyone remember to start a dialogue with the signers – whats important is the conversation, not the signature! Hoping to get 16,000 signatures in Washington/Oregon area.
• November 14-16 “reenergize the northwest.” Working on a place to stay. Event is free, sponsored by the Sierra club. Will include Campaign planning, workshops, and lectures though nothing is set in stone yet. Speakers from the no coal campaign will probably be there. There will also be talk about things to do post powervote such as Powershift in Washington DC.
• Blackout: Turnout was great. Lasted for like 2 hours. Observations: its hard to do signatures without lights, and hard to make speeches with music on. Next time should consider having a table near the door for the end, or an intermission.
• Solar: Aiming to have letter to development office by end of October. Aiming for 300 letters this year (we had 200 last year).
• What Mark learned from Fall Flurry: What we should be doing is building a network for sustainability goals; connect the different sustainability areas: Science, politics, social sector, communication & media sector, technology. We need to change the way we live our lives for the sake of a relationship between society and environment that is mutually beneficial.
• Advice from visitors Jenny and Sarah: There are green job opportunities after college, so stick with it! (look at them, they are happily employed)

Minutes 10/2/08

• Finance: In the future we should identify costs a few days in advance of events and report them to Mark Spicer.
• Fall Flurry: If you wanted to go you had to leave today.
• Blackout: Blackout was last night at 9:30. Success?
• Powervote: Need more people for tabling next week.
• Green Jobs Debrief: It went well. Maybe some introductions before videos next time.
• Bioneers conference: In San Rafael, Cali. Theres a Satellite conference in Spokane. Environmental studies classes are sending up a group, the weekend after 4 day. Thursday afternoon, the 16th. Coming back Sunday. Fully paid for except for food. Looking for 25 students.
• Focus the Nation: We’re not doing it anymore. We should still have another publicity week though. Ideas?
• Solar Project: STILL writing the draft.

Minutes 9/25/08

• Green jobs: Is this Saturday at 4pm in Olin 130. Speeches from a conference in Memphis and multiple other videos are being shown. Everyone from CCC who can go, should go!
• Powervote: Jenny has sent us a big pack w/ shirts and pledge cards (1000 of them). We are still deciding on how to get started, however, we will eventually need help with tabling/ class raps (talking in front of class)/ dormstorming/ etc.
• Oct 22nd is campus sustainability day nationally. If you’re interested in getting involved with a Larger community of environmentalists you can join their listserve at Climatecoalition-subscribe@lists.whitman.edu.
• Blackouts: Are starting next Thursday Oct 2nd in Anderson. Suggestions for bands are welcome.
• Solar Panels: Envelope stuffing will begin soon. Draft of the letter will also be coming to the listserve soon.
• Wind: No no info.
• Energy Audit: Chuckie is going to be at the conservation presentation next week.
• Focus the nation: If you have ideas for speakers, email the listserve!
• Cascade Climate Network: The “Fall flurry” is coming the weekend of Oct. 3rd-5th with the “spring fling” coming later in spring. 3 representatives are allowed to attend. Excellent opportunity to learn about organizating/ making a career out of environmentalism. We still need one more member!

Minutes 9/18/08

• The Sustainability Fair is from 10 am – 5 pm on Friday 9/19 and Saturday 9/20. It’s at the Walla Walla Community College Water & Environmental Center. Buses are running to the fair for 25 cents on Isaacs. If you’re biking, people are meeting in front of Reid before 10 am. Advertising fliers will be sent out on the list serve for whoever wants to put them up.
• Finance committee: Ask Peter Zipparo if you have questions.
• The Dream Reborn movie: Jo is asking Ben Kegan about getting rights to show the film. They are still setting up a viewing time for us.
• Solar panels:  Gary London director of the annual fund, will financially back our costs of advertising (stamps, addition to news letter). He is also organizing getting in contact with alumni who have been generous in the past. Our Goal this year is to raise $10,000, though we usually beat our goal.  A Draft of the letter we will issue to alums and parents will be made in the next week.
• Powervote: Ari is negotiating with Jenny of Cascade energy about getting advertising for powervote. As more help is needed, Ari will inform the listserve. Go vote on powervote.org!
• Blackouts: progress is going well. RA’s and students in Anderson are enthusiastic. No date is set for them yet. Its looking like a monthly blackout may be a possibility.
• Energy Audit: Chuckie is organizing a presentation for his findings from last year.
• Windpower: Gathering information from the wind people last semester.
• Focus the Nation: Because of how big of a commitment this is and how speakers must be scheduled in advance, we should start working on this project soon. Once a few of the projects that can be finished soon are done, we’ll have more manpower.

Minutes 5/1/08

LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR!

1. Listening to audio files… project coming! (Guerilla library project? Eh?)

2. Chuckie’s results: People don’t think it’s too late to do something about it, they think about it today…

3. Brittany: Raised nearly $13000 – more coming in!

Final draft of proposal to BlueSky being submitted.

Money we’ve raised going to put up solar panels. Waiting to hear about grant, mid-June. Hopefully $40,000 to make $80,000 system (min). 3 months after the grant plan to install system. Full system = 25 kilowatts…less than 1%… use 14 megawatt hrs/ year at Whitman.

Placed on roofs of Jewett and Science. Percentage change per season.

Percentage of energy from BlueSky must be renewed…

4. Green Jobs presentation: serious, informative, inspiring.

5. GHG audit (Carolina and Chuckie): poster due last week.

Data not kept in transferable format, so calculating things like transportation has been v. difficult. Had to stumble somewhat blind through the process without guidance. Business, timelines difficult. Have learned much and recorded which avenues are productive. Value: Info in institutional memory for future work.

Please record your findings and what you’ve learned for Amy Molitor and sustainability coordinator.

Trying to make process transparent and reliable, mix of assumptions and fact.

Should we continue?

6. Freshman Orientation (Elli and Beth): Work on printed packets early summer, send to Barbara Maxwell? Keep us in contact! Nelson and Gary will help!

Do we want the same set-up for the orientation (break up into groups after Bob speaks)?

We need more freshman to show up! – Inform Barbara Maxwell, ask for a good spot that’s required. Talk to Bob before end of year.

7. Farmer’s Market – this Saturday.

CCC sign, make little windmills? Similar to Earth Day…

Green Jobs info, flyers, coal petition…

8:30 set-up, 1 hour shifts:

8:30-9:30 Katie K and Rouse

9:30-10:30 Emily, Becca

10:30-11:30 Natalie

11:30-1 Jenny, Kate F.

8. Potluck 6pm TOMORROW (Friday) Amphitheater

9. Next Fall’s plans:

-2 leaders/meeting facilitators/dictators: setting agendas and overseeing projects – non-hierarchical!

-Here next year: Bailey, Gary, Elli, Jesse, Bailey, Elli, Carolina, Sophia, Masud

-Katie nominates Gary and Bailey as running mates

-Send nominating email to Sarah/Katie: vote via email

-Roles: secretary is only real active one…

10. Who can help?

Sophia, Katie K, Camila, Sarah, Chuckie, Katie R…

11. Activities fair for CCC (1st week of school) – Jesse will email Andrea

Minutes 4/24/08

1. Coal group: same stage as before, waiting to hear back from lawyers. Coal working group mtng last night.

Photo petition: book is compiled by PLU lady. Email Sarah for copy. List of people to CCC coal meeting this weekend, Sat. afternoon.

Collect signatures on petition! Dan Clark visits today:

-Put local address

-Stay away from coal, encourage renewables. Possible questions/responses:

1. Projecting growth, business as usual? This is not a climate-friendly route.

2. We can do it with renewables.

3. Limiting factor: need for more/better transmission (lines) – about 70 years old

-100 sq. miles of parabolic mirrors in the state of Nevada could power whole country renewably using solar energy and insulation

2. Thanks Natalie for going to the Expo!

3. Climate Survey

campus mail paper surveys to Camila

-Online survey at 250

-Sunday: analyze data meeting

4. Earth Day recap

-Thanks for the booth! Lovely windmills.

-Lots of signatures.

5. Green Jobs

Friday at 5: open to everyone

Maxey 310 7pm next Tuesday: Powerpoint Presentation with community, discussion

6. Alt Energy Group

Potentially getting funds from Blue Sky

Looking to get company to buy turbine and benefit from tax benefits

7. Greenhouse Gas Audit/Internship

-Trouble with inputs, but going well.

8.OneSky umbrella-like organization:

Mother’s Day campaign – group art project to create and send off!

Combine with potluck/end of year celebration:

Next week? May 2nd 6pm Amphitheatre – do come!!

9. Farmers Market

Saturday and Sunday May 3rd, 4th

10. EVEYONE come to next meeting! OUR LAST!

Check out powervote.org: latest campaign of Energy Action Coalition

Minutes 4/17/08

A beautiful sunny spring day outside by the creek… thanks all for joining.

1. Earth Day Booth – Katie R and others. It’s gonna be sweet! Windmills, big signs, paper surveys, clips of Van Jones and others playing, petitions, stress-ball making activities, green job info sheets ETC…

All booth man/woman-ers WEAR A GREEN SHIRT!

2. Please volunteer (contact Lina Menard at the Center for Comm. Service) at the Alternative Energy Expo, Friday the 25th and Saturday 26th from 8-5 (yeah it’s early, but worth it!) at Tri-Cities. Let’s go!!

3. Chill Out debrief – what went wrong with advertising? Probably a combo of people not exactly knowing what it was and too much going on all over campus (might also be that people just aren’t interested…). In any case, wasn’t the most dynamic of presentations.

4. Survey!

110 responses as of this am. Chuckie has sent out the new link,

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3DbEQJGWrTBgdLWSWQCsvzXQ_3d_3d

The survey questions are at the bottom of these minutes if you choose to print them out.

Send the link to all your friends! ALL LISTSERVES! (With a catchy subject, like “Canteloupe”)

Shall we provide cookie incentives for tabling? Reserved in REID and JEWETT all next week (two volunteers per day). Be there around 11:50 to receive the computers.

We still need to reserve tables and computers for Jewett.

5. Green Jobs meeting/recap of community involvement at 5pm tomorrow (Friday the 18th) at Reid couches.

There is another meeting Tuesday April 29th at 7pm in Maxey 310.

6. Apply for the Campus Sustainability Coordinator position! Apps due April 24th for best consideration. We want you and your smart involved self to get paid next year!! Apply!

The survey to print out (and format to heart’s desire) is posted on the MAIN PAGE.

Minutes 4/10/08

1. Lina Menard from the Center for Community Service

ATTEND and HELP OUT WITH the following opportunities!

Tri-Cities Energy Expo

(25 Fri KIDS -26 Sat PUBLIC): general public -> learn about renewable energy sources

Want to learn more AND teach?

Leave 8am, return 6pm

Service Saturday!

-stream restoration on Garrison Ck and stream clean-up Butcher Ck.

-Children’s Museum beautification

-Sophomore class Benington Lk Army Core Eng. (filled?)

-farming at Gypsy Seller’s Produce Palace

-> Check out the table to sign up!!

2. Energy Audit: Caroline

-Most numbers figured out except transportation (no institutionalized way of keeping track of miles traveled…? Plus air travel)

Elisa King: GIS mapping project. Surveying fac and staff for commute figures, students from home-school, also study abroad.

3. Survey/Interview Project

Online survey is OUT! Promote promote! So far… 57 responses

-Talk to your classes and professors!

-Camila: Facebook Event

-Dorm-storming with laptop

Recorders?

-Chuckie: send out audio questions

Suzanne, Camila ask Q’s this weekend – ask listserv volunteers

Commit an hour to walking around and interviewing!

Hand-to-hand-off

-Final Product

If possible, reveal on the 22nd (preceding Black Sea: Voyage of Healing)

Round table discussion?

4. Brittany Earth Day

4/20 Saturday Booth (CCC led by Sarah + Katie R)

-What do we want it to look like:

*Activity/Education: what is our goal?

*Stereo playing quotes

*Petition: Blue Sky?

*Renewable Energy Tax Credits

*Latest numbers and updates

*Survey info

*Making pinwheels – everywhere!

-Set up at noon: 1-3

Chill-out 16th 7pm Maxey

18th-22nd Film Series at 7pm

Volunteer? Reply to Brittany

$12 Organic cotton Earth Day 2008 t-shirts – talk to Lisa

5. Dream Reborn Conference

Van Jones and Green Jobs

-AK to Miami NY Oakland… represent!

-Less than half of participants considered themselves environmentalists. Focusing on social justice can accomplish much for the environment: with resources to alleviate day-to-day living worries, can devote energy to greater causes.

“Who breathes air, who drinks water, and who eats food?” – OK, you’re all environmentalists then!

-BRING THE TWO MOVEMENTS TOGETHER

Social justice and enviro “elitism” have been in conflict, now – unite!

-Environmental Equity is the civil rights movement of the 21st century. Economic and social justice must be connected to the earth movement.

Connect the people with training and passion to the people who need it.

-Majora Carter: Sustainable South Bronx

Job training for community youth, get them jobs and track them for 3 years. Installation of green roofs (tar roofs cause respitory problems) – reduction of urban heat effect

-Making sure we’re not just AGAINST things – make it POSITIVE

Van Jones: we have to change the way we fuel our movement – from fossil fuels to solar!

-What can Whitman do?

Transitory: students aren’t permanent members of our community, but we can be the connecting source for community and resources = facilitators. Bring the message HERE.

A green job brings people out poverty, change communities to benefit people AND the environment.

-Bring into Earth Day Booth

Positive spin! “Refocus the Climate Movement?”

Natalie work with Sarah for booth.

-April 29th Tuesday: presentation with clips from main speakers and workshops (Natalie).

Invite community.

-Collaboritive approach… still researching.

Keep people involved in it through listserv.

ILoveMountains.org

Also on GoogleEarth.

(Grad student of Don Snow!)

6. Gary:Our very own SOLAR PANELS

Bellingham company Alpha Technologies approached Whitman to put solar panels up. Whitman asks us about our moolah… Pacific Power and Blue Sky. With our $10,000 + 20,000 (renewable energy fund) + 8,000 raised… Promising: 180,000 in the bank by June (looking for 144,000 from Pacific Power)

Cover Jewett and Science Building

Wait till we get the grant…

7. CCN Planning Retreat

Sarah, Gary, Camila…

Minutes 4/3/08

1. April Calendar

• 4-6 Dream Reborn Conference and Cascade Planning Conference
• 12-13 Green Festival in Seattle
• 16th, Wed. “Chill Out” screening, Maxey 7pm
• 18-22 Film Festival – Green Movies
• 20th, Sunday: Field Day on Ankeny (*CCC needs booth)
• 22nd “Low Carbon Diet” Day, Earth Day

2. SURVEY PROJECT!

Interview: 3-4 questions with audio recorder

Voices over images

-> Get a hold of publicizing-worthy information

Focii:

• gauge Whitman’s sense about climate change and Whitman’s/CCC’s efforts
• start campus-wide discussion
• gain feedback on where we can move forward most effectively

Ideas:

• links in the survey
• less questions on environment, more CC focused
• about 6 questions
• stir things up… start a discussion
• scale of how pressing of an
• daily choices
• how will effect presidential campaign
• do you think GCC is a problem?
• can anything be done about CC?
• don’t push identity for more honest data
• find out how students rate issues: will help us build coalitions, help frame CC in more relevant manner

–>Start survey next weekend, have it open for a week: 7-15th

(Have a week to compile info)

Audio equipment:

Lisa’s politics class

Keith Farrington

Logistical coordinator for audio portion: Suzanne

” online: Chuckie

Final production: Camila, Katie K, Lisa

–> Please either help out during project or the 15-22nd for final product

Product:

• Round-table discussion, open CG meeting
• Posters
• Pio article
• Post on YouTube -> listserve
• Run it in Reid during a mealtime
• Involve artists? (Green Art Show 22-28th?)
• Video projected on side of library
• Chalkboard on side of the art building
• Incorporate Steven’s Gallery

3. Coal

Minutes 3/27/08

1. Lots of summer opportunities! SPROGS, conferences, jobs…

2. Coal plant review. Thanks Jenny for going to the meeting!

3. Help volunteer at the Energy Expo in Tri-Cities, Friday or Saturday! Let Lina Menard know via

4. Coal and Green Job articles!

5. Next weekend: Dream Reborn (Tenessee) and Cascade Climate Network Spring Fling (Gresham, OR)

6. Energy competition results!

La Casa wins interest house, dorms and greek results coming soon… WHO CAN HELP Lisa advertise the winners?

7. The mighty and powerful Budget Advisory Committee (ASWC related) applications go out next week – someone of us who is here all next year, apply! Good experience, great access, important for our causes, resume booster… You know you want it…!

8. Earth Week and Day:

4/12 Environmental Service Saturday (where people go out into the community to volunteer)

4/16 Chill Out (live broadcast)

4/18-4/22 Environmental + Peace film series (one film each evening at 7 – documentaries)

NEED HELP FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:

4/20 Events from 1-3pm (booths, tie-dying, rootbeer floats, raffles of efficient lightbulbs, music (like Eighth Arm of Vishnu), activities, and food in one of our fields in the afternoon)

-CCC booth

4/22 Environmental Art Show Opens in the Olin Breezeway(shows for about a week)

Low Carbon Diet Day

–> Need to tell Karlis

9. Whitman Documentary/Artsy/Report Survey and Interviews!

Brainstorm:

-Who can help? Involve film people?

-Purpose: to get people thinking on THEIR feet, start a DISCUSSION

-Anonymous (maybe slideshow of images to the sound of people’s thoughts, like Natalie’s idea of google images or…)

-Show daily images, bring it back home

-Record voices

-Collect data on campus opinions, short survey (three questions)?

-Publish on YouTube, and a one-time presentation, and a recording

-On the 20th (booth day on Ankeny?)

1. Information gathering 2. Product as the opening to the last film… at the same time, to create a buzz.

Done by TUESDAY APRIL 22

10. Alan on alliances and coalitions:

Make our message universal, connect to everyone’s personal environment

How can we make message hit home for Whitties in this project?

Interview leaders of each club?

Minutes 2/28/08

Introductions

Great to see everyone again! We’ve missed you!

1. Justin Greenberg (Beta rep):

Biggest problems -

Food waste (compost system?) -see Campus Greens

Recycling

Power

Biggest obstacle: DRIVE

-need checklist: exactly what to do

Difficult for individuals, needs to be collective effort

Incentives are powerful – how to make long-term incentives?

Old houses – have someone do a tour w/President of each house

Alumni like to give for house improvements

2. Potluck Friday night 6pm La Casa

Bring something to share!

3. Port of Walla Walla 6pm TONIGHT: Open comment period

Location: office (out by the airport)

Meet at 5:45, leather couches Reid

4. Sophie: Campuswide Blackout, 7-8pm

Boombox party: two acoustic bands

–> Bring candles! And glass jars

Props on reusable cups (note: can’t advertise cups b/c of health-code issues)

–> DORMSTORMING at 6 at La Casa

5. Greenhouse Gas Audit: (Chuckie and Carolina)

Last week, Chuckie met with Randy Coleman

Carolina – met on Tues. w/controller Walter Froese for budget information

Problems:

Walter wasn’t comfortable with operating budget definition

Contacting Lewis & Clark… –> know of anyone?

Dan Oschrin, Eban Goodstein, CCN?

2000-2001 school switched over budgeting information, hard to get information prior to to that

6. Website

Transparency guide: everyone can know what we’re up to!

Template: suggestions open till next Thursday

Old site – redirect URL

7. Alternative Fund Letters/Donations

Brittany’s update: Over $9000!

This means: we’ve reached more people thatn we did last year, ppl are donating more!

Letter campaign reaching limit

–> Other great ideas?

Jenny: Senior fund

Get contingency fund – can get it back, or donate to college

–>Could we ask seniors to donate to us?

Need code name

Gary: Letter in the Pio?

First year w/out senior gift

Katie K: is it worth us investing our money when the revolving fund is now in existence?

Bailey:

a. No need to buy bulbs

b. Every time building built or renovated, solar panels considered. No on gym, art building, Sherwood will be reviewed this year.

Curt in contact w/Physical Plant decider.

Technically, buildings designed to LEED Silver Standard.

Gary: Revolving fund = limited

Savings not accrued after payback = fund doesn’t grow

Savings/payback have to be back w/in 5 years

–> Group: please meet and give us an update next week

8. Masud: wind update

-In research stage

-Schools (McCalaster, St. Olaf, Carleton – all have large-scale turbines owned by school. BUT local power companies each donated $1M or more…power company regulations and incentives are different. For instance, our state incentives capped at $2000 (1.5 cents/kilowatt hours), unknown whether we qualify.)

-Florida Light and Power

-Pacific

2 power companies testing Whitman lands currently to hash out contract feasibility.

Peter Harvey wants STUDENTS to push for this!

-Wants full-scale proposal, written by students

-Committee (students, faculty, community?)

9. Coal

Yesterday’s meetings:

a. Preliminary community coal meeting, Reid downstairs 4pm (Elli, Sarah, Camila, Brittany, Bailey)

-Contacts

-Excited about Fossil Fool Day!

-KA-CHING: Harvey, Bridges, Schwindeman

b. Community meeting 7pm

-Op-ed: we need our questions answered!

(Economic viability, natural resources, beauty…)

-Letters to the editor:

10. Visioning meeting

-We are on top of last year’s goals, so…

-Proposal:

a. Two-part mission statement: carbon neutrality at Whitman and being involved and influential in the community

b. Series of goals:

-Renewable energy portfolio/ comprehensive plan–> 100% renewable energy at Whitman

-Fight Coal Plant

-President’s Commitment – GHG audit

-Coalition building

-Greendorms Guide project + freshman orientation

Ideas!

-Beth: climate play

-Ari: Youth Venture program (+Elena)

-Diversity groups

11. Sunday morning coal meeting

Minutes 2/28/08

Want to see more photos, including Focus the Nation and Powershift? Go to:http://picasaweb.google.com/chilemila/ClimateersInAction

WE *heart* CC ACTION – Happy Valentines Day!

1. Katie: Stay informed! Know about energy bill; 65% reduction goal by 2050; Cap and trade (Controversial: McCain said he’d give three permits to big industry, which means they wouldn’t have to pay at first…Obama initially supported it but now is all about 100% cap and trade)

2. National Campus Energy Challenge (NCEC): Lisa and Sofie

• Advertising
• Mailbox stuffers (THANK YOU Brittany!)
• Pamphlet to RA’s
• Natalie- thanks for the listserv tips!
• Thursday 21^st – Go Green/Superhero Day
• Thursday 28^th: shut off everything for half-hour BLACK OUT (mafia, anyone?) and Go Green [again?]

• Inter-frat competition (thank you Sofie!):IFC: last month’s bills, compare to this monthWinner of biggest reduction = party (Promote the winner!)

- Emily Baker- she’s on CHALKING – what a gal.

-Posters: One for tennis courts, and Reid – thanks Sofie

- End with potluck for our group! When do people want to meet?

3. Fundraising Group

• Send “Update letters” to donors
• Today/tomorrow meet to answer emails

4. Independent Study

• Haven’t started meeting…need to find a good time to do so, soon!
• Masud: Finding fluorescent bulbs for Jewett
• Group decision: Anytime light goes out, replace as burns out – NOT buy res life a whole set of bulbs and deal w/$ issues… Emailed Carleton, who has their own windmill…we have their offer of support

5. Carolina and Chuckie: Greenhouse Gas Audit

• Meet next week with Randy from Phys. Plant, inputs for climate calculator
• Researching stats on population and financial information THANKS GUYS! You rock

6. POWERSHIFT!!! {quite possibly the most exciting thing that has happened to -eh hem- some of us!!}

“We are building a coalition of the benevolently optimistic…good people doing good things for no good reason”

Campaign planning:

Green Jobs (Go Natalie, Go Nelson)

• Several WA schools are copying UW plan: to collect signatures for Green Job bill going through WA Senate
• State-wide rally
• Whitman goal: 400 signatures by Feb 22^nd

Coal:

• Camila, Sarah, Bailey – What can we do to fight it?
• April 1^st = Fossil Fools Day (Leverage point to oppose plant, and FUN!)
• Bob says – write letters to the editor! Local working group: “Coal Concerns”

JOIN US at the next meeting Feb. 27^th

7. Dep. Of Energy rejects proposal for carbon sequestration – Is this a good thing? http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/02/20080207_a_main.asp

Coal powers half of our country! It’s cheap and will continue to be an important source of energy, so is it good that we’re not moving forward to make it cleaner? Hmm… ponder this… It might be better to put those billions into truly sustainable energy…

8. Come to Campus Greens meeting with Camila this coming Monday Feb 11th

9. Earthday April 22nd

Center for Comm Service: Earth Day is one of their Service Saturdays

10. Katie: focus on work with community

We need to attend lectures, coalition with Sustainable Living Center (Melissa Warner), Water Center, Walla Walla 2020 (Claire Carson)

11. Bailey: Biomethane

Bubble over waste pond, siphon off methane. Mobile refinery (buildable for $1000), we can access it. What can we do with the meat plant?

HAVE A WONDERFUL PRESIDENTS DAY WEEKEND EVERYONE! BRAINSTORM GROUP IDEAS…