From Eliza:
From Naomi
Perhaps we can do a fundraiser showing of some of these films... The CCA had a showing of this one earlier this year, but it would be nice to bring it to Desert!
October 26, 2013
Climate Films
Perhaps we can do a fundraiser showing of some of these films... The CCA had a showing of this one earlier this year, but it would be nice to bring it to Desert!
Oct 25 Meeting Minutes
·
Fall for Spring Event
o Parents
come and bring bulbs or donations and we plant in the garden
o November
9th
o Use
around $100 from grant to buy bulbs
§
Blue crocus and yellow daffodils
o Currently
club has $450
·
Upcoming Events
o Putting
up a gofer fence around the garden with Mr. Richards
o Saturday
October 26th and November 2nd
o 11:00
AM to 3:00 PM
·
Other Garden Ideas
o Planting
and selling roses
o Cactus
garden
o Oasis
§
Nice, secluded space with benches where students
can hang out
o Thursday
during CAS advisory is garden action time
§
Cleaning, planting, etc.
o Hobbit
club working only on garden
o Get
a map on which we can identify all the projects going on
·
Climate Action Plan
o Statistics
about our current CO2 emissions
§
Natural gas usage produces 150,000 lbs. of CO2
every year
§
Electrical usage produces 225,000 lbs. of CO2
every year
§
Total of 375 lbs. of CO2 emissions
per year
o Important
factors
§
Food
·
In the US 20% of our carbon footprint is food
related
·
Food served on campus
o We
need to find:
§
Bought from where
§
How many people on the program
·
Get list from Liz
§
Recycling and Waste
·
In the US 1/3 of our food is wasted
·
Need more people to not throw recyclable
materials in the trash
·
Jud talk to Augie about when they bring trash
and recycling to dump
o We
need to find:
§
How much trash goes out every day
§
What people recycle that can’t be recycled
§
What people throw away that can be recycled
§
How much recycling vs. how much trash
·
One building at a time
o Do
this every few months and track improvements
o Jud,
Karen, Jonas, Cassidy, and Amelia working after school some days
§
Transportation
·
Commuting surveys
o How
many people
o How
many cars
o From
where
o Car
type
·
Cora & Karen gathering data in the morning
·
Darcy and Isaac writing survey
§
Electricity
·
Electricity audit
o Count
lights in each building
o What
type of light bulbs
·
Find worst type (halogen or CFL’s)
o Mr.
Richards’ estimate for cost of solar panels = ¼ million dollars or more
·
Trips
o Hiking
Rio en Medio
§
Possible dates:
·
November 8th, 9th, 15th,
16th, 22nd and 23rd
·
Please email Cora and tell her when you are
available!
o Winter
– ski trip
o Spring
– backpacking trip – if enough people are interested
·
Other
o Get
club blog going again
§
Post minutes, articles, events, etc.
October 25, 2013
October 11th Meeting Minutes
·
Main Project – Solarizing Desert
o
Estimated cost for total = $150,000 to 200,000
§ Methods
of raising money and materials:
·
Grants
o
From organizations we know from climate night
·
Naomi’s CAS project
·
Bake sales
·
Solar night/climate event
o
Money we raise goes to solar panels
·
Solar panels might provide extra money for the
school – then they might sponsor the project
·
Bake Sales
o
Next Tuesday at lunch
§
Amelia and Tyler selling
§
Hailey and Danielle, Jud and Cora bringing food
·
Garden and Grounds Work
o
Loving the Lands group – the middle school branch
of the club
§
Do landscaping, garden and other outside campus
work
·
High school should oversee their work and help
include them
§
Talking to middle school about their work – Tuesday
during academic advisory (approximately 2:30 – 3:30 after assembly)
·
Email middle school advisors: Natalie, Liz,
Sandoval, Randy, and Nevdahl
·
Other Conservation Efforts
o
Water collection
§
Currently draining to the road
§
Looking to get underground bladders that collect
water and that we can use for watering
§
Or large underground cistern
§
New method must be active by May 2014, according to
some state rule
o
Energy emitted by transportation
§
Find out how far people travel to get to school
§
Random sampling from student body
·
Other events/trips
o
Saturday event
§
Parents, students, others
§
Bring bulbs (or money) and plant in the garden
o
Trips
§
Fall – hiking
·
What weekend in November – not Thanksgiving –
works?
§
Winter – skiing
·
For Cora:
o
Email Mr. Richards and bring food for Tuesday
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