SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING OCTOBER 30, 2017
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY Left to right: Ellie Perry (Sustainability Coordinator) and Sustainability Interns Andrea, Brandon, and Angela/ Native Plant Interns: Chrystene and Anthony Full-time Sustainability Coordinator Housed under Facilities Services Visit the Green Cave at NSM F-127! 3 General Sustainability Interns: volunteer & forcredit 2 Native Plant Interns: volunteer 1 Sustainability Research Intern: research project on reclaimed water
AGENDA Report on projects & progress Energy (Energy Manager, Kenny Seeton) Other projects (Sustainability Coordinator, Ellie Perry) Student Solar Petition Letter (Ecology Club President, Chrystene Newman) Campus Farm Update (Facilities & Student, Hawk McFadzen) Launch of sub-committees/working groups Open Discussion Feedback and opportunities for collaboration New ideas
ENERGY New LED bulbs for Theater dressing rooms (3 month payback!)- save ~$1k/yr in energy costs 1 MW Battery Storage installation New cooling tower launch
OCTOBER SUSTAINABILITY MONTH Week 1- Carbon Challenge Tabling Week 2- Green Jobs Week (Career Center Expos) Week 3- Native Plants Week Week 4- Green Campus Week tabling Week 5- (TOMORROW!) Central Plant Halloween Trick or Treat Tour/Open House- 10am-2pm at Central Plant RSVP for a tour at www.cptour.eventbrite.com
CARBON CHALLENGE TABLING 10 x 10 x 10 Carbon Cube 101 pledges from students, faculty, and staff New understanding of how daily habits impact carbon footprint Free prizes!
GREEN JOBS WEEK 18 students day 1, 20 students day 2 Limited understanding of what green jobs or sustainability was Indicates basic sustainability literacy is very low for our campus Need more lead time to recruit green vendors
NATIVE PLANTS WEEK- 10/17 DIY Native Seed Bombs ~50 participants Native Plant Workshop (Connie Vadheim) 15 participants and 5 logistics volunteers CDC/ITC Garden of Dreams practice
NATIVE PLANTS WEEK- GREEN APPLE DAY OF SERVICE 41 total volunteers, 165 hours of total service time Maintenance in: CDC/ITC Garden of Dreams (pruning on natives) West Basin Garden (removed Pampas Grass and eucalyptus) Heritage Creek (cleared path and overhang on street) Thank you SLICE, Dr. Vadheim, Dr. Bryan, (Master) Kelley, and all the volunteers who attended! 10/19 volunteers by grade level Freshman 5 Sophomore 3 Junior 15 Senior 8 Alumni 1 unknown 1 Community 8 Total 41
GREEN CAMPUS WEEK TABLING Lighting, water, and recycling sorting display quiz. 61 participants (despite 100 degree heat!)
RECYCLING UPDATE Marketing designed signage for all stone bins and defunct specialty bins Mostly up on main campus corridors Expanding branding and education to interior buildings soon. Mixed recycling guidance sticker still being printed (will go up soon). Mixed recycling available throughout main campus as of tomorrow (LSU and Housing to come later) Free battery recycling collection bins- just ask! Recycling bin inventory to start placing stations in more convenient locations for interior buildings and corridors
STUDENT SOLAR PETITION LETTER Led by Ecology Club (Chrystene Newman) Expresses student interest in solar and support for adding generation on campus. Over 120 student signatures!
CAMPUS FARM UPDATE Grant announcements in November (fingers crossed!) Facilities providing clean-up this upcoming month. Farm Club awareness event on Monday, November 20 th (tabling/scavenger hunt in front of LSU 11am-2pm)
WORKING GROUP ASSEMBLY Identified Topics: Sustainable Landscape Working Group- November meeting date Tree Campus USA framework-> Sustainable Landscape Plan and Committee Start drafting elements and making notes about what to include Academic Infusion/Faculty Working Group February meeting to discuss AASHE STARS academic inventory findings. Earth Day Working Group January meeting to start planning. Space (East and West Walkways) already booked for Thursday, April 19, 2018. Sign up with and/or reach out to Ellie Perry at eperry@csudh.edu or call x2303
OTHER UPCOMING PROJECTS Recycling education and continued branding of bins (exterior and interior) AASHE STARS Reporting GHG inventory for the campus Academic inventory Sustainability Website Revamp Working Group Projects: Sustainable Landscape Plan, Earth Day Spring semester programming: Race to Reduce Month, other events as needed
OPEN DISCUSSION Q&A Feedback New Ideas
NOTES Visit Central Plant s Open House for a free tunnel tour and/or snacks anytime on Tuesday, Oct 31st 10am-2pm. Visit cptour.eventbrite.com for more information or to RSVP for a special prize. To see the current draft of the campus Master Plan and to provide feedback/thoughts, visit this link: https://www.csudh.edu/fpcm/campus-master-plan-update/ Professor Janine Gasco is offering a sustainable agriculture course that goes on a 14-day trip to Mexico during the Winter Intersession (Anthropology 495 Special Topics: Traditional Mesoamerican Agriculture and Sustainability). Please encourage students to sign up! If you are a faculty member interested in incorporating the new farm into your courses, please e-mail Hawk (ahawkmcfadzen1@toromail.csudh.edu) to get on the invite list for the Course Syllabus Meeting (date TBD). If you would like to sign up for a Working Group, or join the Sustainability Committee meeting distribution, please e-mail Ellie at eperry@csudh.edu