January 26th Meeting Minutes

Agenda- January 26th Earth Fest sub-committee Composting news (Carmen) New Members Do any committees need new members? Earth Fest needs members

Spring Semester Schedule Location: Always Union Room 3407 Time: Sundays @ 5:00pm-6:00pm Dates: January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21 February 28 March 6 (Spring Break-no meetings) April 3 April 10 April 17 (Earth Day is April 22nd) April 24

Food Theme Two upcoming planting days RHA Farmers Market Shuttles Late February Partnered with residences Smaller gardens near residence halls Late April (possibly tie into Earth Fest plans April 22) General sites similar to the November planting day Thursday 1-4 Davis Garden Layout Discussion (Davis 214) Raise money to show student support? RHA Farmers Market Shuttles Contact with CDS- portion sizes in lenoir, swipes, waste reduction campaigns draft email

Athletics Waiting to hear back on Kenan Stadium Zero Waste Initiative Call Richie Grimsley

Waste Reduction and Recycling Create stickers to go with the “It’s That Easy Campaign” Make a Bitly website connected to the sticker Look into plausibility of getting hand dryers put into campus bathrooms ^OR look into composting paper towel waste http://www.aashe.org/files/resources/student- research/2009/Burdett_et_al2008.pdf

Earth Day/Outreach Form planning group Booking performers, speakers Reaching out for food donations, resources Contacting other groups for collaboration Brainstorming on what to do different this year strategic sustainability plan (potentially work with chancellor) Try and get free food Moes, med deli, ben & jerrys Sonder market Chancellor speaking Morgan (send on Sunday) Entertainment A capella Morgan knows a Clef and a Lorelei and cadence Achordants Hudson & Haw?...ask Gray Johnston Mipso Morgan will get it done Spoken w Talk to David Salvesen about documentaries Carolina Environmental Film Festival is also happening on Earth Day from 7 to 9 at the Varsity Theater

COMPOST (Joe Jonas Does it) having sign on community bins that says “No Lenoir containers!” Host compost info sessions at all 9 communities RA and OA training website **Rams** Send out an email to all participants -general info -common contaminants