November
14, 2005
EMU Board Room
ATTENDEES: Ben Farrell, Rand Stamm, James Blick, Bob
Jones, Robyn Hathcock, Anne Forrestel, Paula Staight, Christine Thompson
Tallories
Declaration:
Bob, Jim and
Kay sent Ben
a few minor revisions to the draft letter.
He will make changes and then send the letter to President
Frohnmayer.
E-mail
Reminders:
Ben will
follow up on a
suggestion made last month to re-instate e-mail messages that provide
energy
saving tips, strategies, and statistics.
Jim gave an example that occurred in Oregon Hall. The IT staff are asking that computers be
left on 24 hours a day in order to facilitate updating virus protection. Tasks such as this may be accomplished in a
more conservation-oriented manner when energy saving goals are kept in
the
forefront.
Smoke Free
Campus:
Paula shared
an Associated
Press article dated May 2004 relating to K-12:
“the Oregon Board of Education unanimously approved a rule
this week
that bars smoking or chewing tobacco on all school properties at all
hours in
2006.” She pointed out that this
provides a precedent for smoke free campuses.
Prior to the
December
meeting, Ben suggested that the committee research how a campus such as
Fresno
State
accomplished their goal of becoming smoke free.
What laws support this goal?
Contact student groups to determine interest level.
Paula is
planning to meet
with Kay regarding any progress in extending the 10-foot smoking limit
at the
university to up to 25 feet.
Pesticide Use
on Campus:
Jim posed the
question of
how widespread is the use of pesticides?
He’d also like to discuss the possibility of instituting
pesticide free
zones.
Robyn said
that the
committee has discussed this topic in the past. Exterior
Team Supervisor, Tim King, is a
good source of information on the Integrated Pest Management program.
Anne
suggested enlarging
upon this idea to work on becoming an organic campus.
She suggested that the committee invite Tim
to discuss landscape management practices. Ben will invite Tim and ask
him to
discuss the status of pesticide use and other sustainability issues. Is an organic campus feasible?
Are there any plans to move toward complete
organic horticultural methods?
The
Environmental Issues Committee will be held on
Thursday, December 8th from 1:00 – 2:30 pm in the EMU Umpqua Room.
Contact:
Kay Coots, R.S., CSP
Environmental Health and Safety Director
Phone: (541) 346-5421
E-Mail:
kcoots@uoregon.edu
