Meeting Minutes 3/27/13

Present: Leia, Ranya, Yona, Seika, Wanna and Sarah

 

Updates:

Overview of GCI

To do: Meet-up with lady from GCI

Movie screening last night on Story of Stuff

Posters about Ecowing

Logo: Yona came up with idea: boot with plant (like Wall-e) don’t want to out eco-wing in case it changes

 t-shirts, to-go mugs? :D

use in presentation on housing meeting if possible 

 

Next week's events:

San Juan Capistrano Ecology Center field trip:

April 1st leave at 2:15 and arrive 2:45

Housing meeting Tues 4/2:

Show blog, maybe make video

Advertising on screens

Check with Michelle about having a senior floor, or in the mixed hall!!! plan to have it again in this hall?, keep for juniors and keep current members as mentors

--Meeting with Michelle possibly Friday @3

 

Soon:

Earthship workshop: Fri 4/12 at 5pm to Sun 4/14 at 5pm

 paid with Wanna's card to be reimbursed

$200 left in ecowing funds, use 1/2 for grant ($100, so $25 each out of pocket)

56 cents mile reimbursement for car (Ranya drives)

Presentation day? Informal class? Pick date after

Presenting in at IF (earthship and ecowing) 

Next next Sunday (4/7) movie night: documentary or Erin Brockovich

Next film screening April 18 at 7pm: The Island President

SUA Today articl: due April 11: include pics, talk about grant, etc. 

SUA's website green living section: meet with Lisa Kawai during lunch next week 

 

In the future:

Eco wing skills exchange party

Earth day (April 22)? Talk to people, posters/flyers

Farmers market informal field trip: Sundays (8-12) at Sprouts

Eco-wing host with Bon Appétit kim chi making workshop

Don in ceramics: making pots for garden or balcony plants: small ones are a go :) and big ones maybe

 

Volunteering?

Movie screening for May?

Labeling plants around campus

Meeting Minutes 3/13/13

 ~~~INSPIRATION~~~

Estadio Nacional – Brazilia

LEED Platinum

~~~WEBSITE AND BLOG~~~

* Website revamp      

* Blog additions

            Leia: 1) natural products expo 2) picking fresh from the garden

            Yona: 2) composting 2) BEEEEEEES

~~~FEILDTRIPS, ACTIVITIES, EVENTS~~~

* Rogue sauerkraut making with Akiko

            salt (two tblspns per two heads of cabbage)

            jar? crock pot?

* Ecology center

            March 31^st or next available Saturday/Sunday

* Movie night

            March 31^st @ night

* Volunteering?

* Screenings

            Story of Stuff: March 26^th, 7:00pm

                        Panel: Dia, Hamersley ?

            Maldives: April 18^th, 7:00pm

                        http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/island-president/getinvolved.html

                        Panel: Busenberg, Hamersley, Monika Calef, Shane Barter ?

~~~MISCELLANEOUS~~~

* Earth Day event ideas:

~ Ideas shared at ED meeting: some event everyday, highlighting local food, beach cleanup on Saturday, movie night

~ Ecowing skills exchange?

            ~ Activity at the garden: water bottle/shoe/bra/tire planters

* DIY low flow toilet:  http://frugalliving.about.com/od/householdsavings/ht/Low_Flow.htm

* SIG TSHIRTS: www.vitalhemp.com

~~~PARTNERING WITH ED~~~

* Environmental Department updates:

            food waste and some paper to composting facility

            online charts of Soka and energy use

* Projects:

           soka.edu:  design section on campus sustainability

           Solar panels

~~~BALCONY~~~

* Ceramics:

            Using the ceramics lab to make POTS

            Ceramics students to make big pots for SIG

* Succulents

* Hanging messages from the rails

* Decoration

* Craig’s List furniture

~~~REMINDERS AND TO-DOS~~~

* we find out about SSU grant on Friday March 15^th !

* Send blog link to Michelle Hobby and others

* email Don about pots

* email Wanna about SUA Today Article, meeting time, Ecology center fieldtrip

* Flyers for story of stuff

* email Kimberley about story of stuff 

Meeting Minutes 2/24/13

To Work on/Think about for Next Meeting

1. Write SSU Grant for Earthship Workshop (due Friday)

2. “Living Green at Soka” on Soka Website à project for next year

3. EcoFloor for next year!! Mixed dorm?

4. Advertise for EcoWing on 2nf floor screens and freshman orientation

Ecowing Goals

1. Field trips/lectures 

(Already did Warren Brush Let Nature Be Your Guide & GMO Talk with Farmer)

-Ideas for future trips: Ecology Center, Earthship Workshop)

-What day is good for Wanna for Ecology Center?

2. Documentaries & Juicing & Ted Talks

            -Can be done in Pauling or MPR

            -Once a month

            -Invite others

            -“Urban Roots” is our 1^st film on Sunday, March 3rd

            -“I Am” will be our 2^nd film on Sunday, March 31^st

3. Blogging (part of portal?) + Pearl Articles

            -Each of us will post one blog:

            -Ranya and Leia March, Sarah and Seika April, Yona all the time and May J

4. Individual Projects we’re interested in

 -Can be simple

-share at meetings

5.  Outreach

            - Skill Exchange Party& Snacks from the garden (in April)

            -Earth Day Event?

6. Meetings

-Check in with each other

-Space to share our “individual project”

7. Gardening on Sundays (must come at least one time)

8. EcoWing Logo

UPDATES:

-Things got a little hectic this week, so we weren't able to have our Sunday meeting. But 4 of us did get together to watch a 30 minute documentary on fracking and a controversial Ted Talk. Interesting conversations ensued!

-The SSU grant was turned in, and now we just wait and see if we got it!

-Obviously, we finally have access to the blog. Hooray!
:)