Education
- movies & film discussions (regularly) ** (see below) ~~
- awareness activities ** (see below)
- recycling on campus ** (see below) ~~
- "Green Police" (organized campus clean-up)
- rain garden at a local school / Master Peace Garden // St. Mary's Garden Club -- gardening
- co-sponsor speakers/events? (networking with other environmental organizations on campus) ~~
- Earth Day 2011
- wasting paper (passing out flyers... recycled paper, chalking / professors: double sided, used paper)
- passing out flyers is wasteful... better ways to give information?
- water quality (triple filters in dining halls, reusable vs. disposable, where does the water really come from? // cost/environmental impact) ~~
- target demographic of people who aren't mainly environmentally focused // change attitudes
- lights and air conditioning left on overnight in academic buildings
- Campus Green Fund? [More Information]
Energy waste -- classroom lights left on, a/c --> how better to use energy.
Free conservation stickers: turn lights off!-- Facilities? // Housekeeping? (in academic buildings, through facilities)
-- contact professors -- remind to turn off lights
-- stickers on light switches (little reminders)
Admin. level -- energy / money (see difference if turned off) -- show information to students
reduce a/c heating at night -- timers/manual --> Mark?
audit of how energy is being wasted?
dual flush toilets -- North Campus residential buildings
Service
- Oil Spill (Bake sale fundraiser? trip (funding)? where? signs? Popsicle? hot chocolate with marshmallows or coffee in winter? // help injured animals?) NGOs involved in the issue still ~~
- tree planting [Casey Trees (website): volunteer opportunities (schedule)]
- Guilford Run stream clean-up
- Potomac River Watershed clean-up
- Green Festival ~~
- volunteer in the city of College Park?
- work with garden on top of Diner? / real food ~~ (Sam) -- Jesse?
- motion sensor lights in bathrooms?
- storm drain labeling?
- volunteer at other events (in area), similar to Green Festival
- connect with other organizations? (Love Movement, UMD for Clean Energy, SGB, SSC, etc.)
- announce service opportunities to listservs: ENSP/ENST/Biology/Scholars/Honors/etc.
local service opportunities -- past campus into CP
-- stream clean-ups (bags, gloves -- have city pick up trash?; invite other organizations?)
-- contact CP (city council, etc.) -- volunteer power / help w/environmental projects?
-- community clean-ups
-- PG Parks & Recreation?
Through the National Aquarium in Baltimore:
Indian Head event (October 21-23): building a riparian buffer along the Potomac River
Virginia Beach event (November 3-6): planting dune grasses to restore damaged ecosystems
Recreation
Hiking -- monthly? (Oct., Nov., Dec.)
Potomac River at Great Falls -- hiking / kayaking
Wooded Hillock -- picnic / lovely autumn jaunt / frolic in the leaves -- October
(t-shirts)
Movies
-- movies once a month
-- host movies for other students
Ideas:The Story of Stuff
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Earth (Disney) [
trailer]
Finding Nemo [
trailer]
Everything's Cool [
trailer]
Avatar [
trailer]
The Cove [
trailer]
The Day After Tomorrow [
trailer]
Earth on Edge (ENSP101 film)
Oceans (Disney)
Planet EarthLifeWould you like to suggest any other environmentally-themed movies? We'd love to here your ideas for what to watch! Use the contact form below!
Past movies have included:Wall-E [
trailer]
The Abyss [
trailer]
HOME [
trailer]
The 11th HourFood, Inc. [
trailer]
Awareness Activities
-- Regularly scheduled [Bi-weekly? Monthly?]
-- Where? [on the mall?]
-- We need to come up with a name for these... "Awareness Activities," "Green Team," etc. Suggestions?
-- How can students get involved with environmental issues at Maryland? How can students live more sustainably?
-- Make it interesting! cultural/talent (dancing, singing, speeches, poetry, etc)
-- change up environmental focus (monthly issues, ex.)
Ideas for these activities:
- recycling stations
- late night (compost vs. recycle vs. trash)
- (see "Recycling on Campus" below)
- water efficiency
- reduce energy usage
- Reduce, Reuse, then Recycle
Recycling on Campus
- more bins? ~~
- single stream recycling: October! ~~
- make it "hip" (pay it forward / trendy / social / fashionable) ~~
- recyclables in trash cans that are right next to recycling cans (pictures?)
- awareness issue
- a problem of laziness?
- take out containers only at late night
- what you can recycle on campus vs. what you can't
- trash cans overfilled
- trash compacter (by North Campus Diner, etc.)
- composting on campus!
Rumors about where the trash actually goes -- how does the university actually deal with waste?
--> Improve campus education on the issue?
Facilities Management?
If one non-recycling item in bin, will it all be trashed?
How exactly will single-stream work? [
Diamondback Article]
Details: what
can you recycle?
-- post information in dorms --> ResLife to distribute?
Q & A -- stuff stuck in takeout containers, greasy pizza boxes, plastic bags
Recycling FAQOff-Campus housing --> recycling facilities in greater CP area? (apt buildings with large student populations -- options?)
like at Earth Day -- recyclables from trash cans -- make something from it? show people (while sorting) of how much is put in trash -- demonstrate waste
1. Contact Facilities (?) about details of recycling on campus.
2. Flyers/posters to distribute through ResLife? (designed, sent to them, permission with them?)
3. Campus awareness -- chalking, recycling movie?
-- talk about recycling on campus-- talk loudly to no one in particular-- talk to people who stop by or seem interested-- don't cut people off and force them to talk to you-- don't be cliquey -- don't just stand around in a group-- say something that is random/funny -- to get their attention!
-- don't keep people for long-- say a quick fact / information-- ask if they have any questions about recycling on campus (or other environmental issues)-- be polite
October 6 [brief meeting notes]
-- stream clean-up (Doodle)
-- chalking [general information! helpful reminders]
-- networking with other organizations:(SSC -- composting awareness)(TTC -- trail maintenance)-- stickers on lightswitches and doors --- turn off lights!(Free conservation stickers: turn lights off!)
-- monitors -- turn off!-- trash bin party (except not sketchy)-- recycling Q/A(Office of Sustainability informational page; Recycling FAQ)