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Environmental
Issues Committee
March
19, 2007
Attendees: Jim Blick, Ken Boegli, Ben Farrell,
Paula
Staight, Tim King, Robyn Hathcock, Christine Thompson, Karyn Kaplan,
J.R.
Gaddis, Charles Kalnbach, Brian Smith Updates The
President’s Small
Executive Staff has moved the endorsement requests agenda item to their
early April
meeting. Wind Energy
in the Residence
Halls: Brian is meeting with Laura
Hubbard next week to discuss fee policy issues.
Charles mentioned that EWEB is now fully subscribed so we
would need
some assurance that enough wind generated power is available. Green Dorm
Room: Robyn said the
subcommittee needs to meet
to prepare the proposal for Mike Eyster.
She will contact the group soon. Subcommittee
Reports Recycled
Paper:
Jim spoke with
Harriett Merrick and reported that her staff has started to research
recycled
paper prices. She was excited to hear
that EIC student members are interested in working on an education
project. Karyn is going to meet with Tara
Burke about earning
credits for this endeavor. Transportation: The
subcommittee met on March 16th to discuss the Heart of
Campus. Ken added that DPS has also put
together a
small task force to look at that area to find ways to reduce vehicle
traffic and
make the area safer. Ken said that
alternative
transportation services available through DPS and their website are
underutilized. His vision is to put
together a package of well thought out, well marketed alternatives to
be distributed
during campus tours, new student orientations, mailings, etc. He would also eventually like to see a web
site of bus schedules and park and rides available for small data
devices. Google laboratory is testing
software called
Google Transit, and Smoke
Free Campus: The subcommittee developed two surveys and
asked
the committee to critique the one for faculty and staff.
It will be sent to a random sample of 500
employees. Peer health educators, SHAC
students and Students for a Smoke-free Campus committee, all affiliated
with
the Earth Day on
April 19th Recycling is
planning to
do some education on the bottle bill, campaign on global warming and
recycling,
and the refillables campaign based around the idea of knowledge,
awareness, and
action. Karyn asked
where she
could find the sustainability display board that EIC had used in the
past for
Earth Day. Linda will contact Steve
Mital. Old Business Karyn asked
the committee
to write a letter to support sustainable practices during the 2008
Olympic
Trials event. Charles pointed out that
this would tie in perfectly with the Mayor of Eugene’s sustainability
initiatives as well. The committee would
need to determine the best person to address it to.
Some key people involved in the planning are
Chris Ramey and Jan Oliver, Angel (with the City), and the two
co-chairs, one
of which is Vin Lananna. Jim asked Karyn
to send him some talking points to use in such a letter. The next
Environmental Issues Committee meeting will be
held from 10:30 – noon in the EMU Alsea room on Monday, April 16, 2007. Contact: Kay Coots, R.S., CSP Environmental Health and Safety Director Phone: (541) 346-5421 E-Mail: kcoots@uoregon.edu |
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