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Similarly to last week, we checked in with members about the upcoming CEOAS Farmers Market (May 12, 9-1pm) and the Memorial Day camping trip (May 26-28). Make sure to sign up for the camping trip if you want to come, ALL members and friends who want to attend must fill out the form (OSU Policy, sorry!).
Updates on the Green Office Certification. Here's a blurb that Alec put together to explain our goals with this: “The Certification utilizes an online Qualtrics survey to assess existing office practices in areas like energy, water, waste management, purchasing, transportation and outreach. The Green Office Certification is a simple yet effective way for OSU faculty and staff to further their sustainability efforts and get recognition for their work. It is also intended to provide new ideas for easy steps your office can take to reduce your environmental footprint and carbon emissions.” - OSU Sustainability Office Our goal as the Environmental Science Club is to complete the online survey for CEOAS to see where our college stands on sustainability. We will utilize our common knowledge of the college, along with its staff to complete the survey to the best of our abilities. We want to complete this survey as best as possible to get a good representation of how sustainable CEOAS really is. We've separated in to teams of 2 to tackle each section of the survey, make a dent! Everyone on our email list received an email to sign up for the Memorial Day camping trip (May 26-28) and the CEOAS Farmers Market (May 12, 9-1pm). We checked in with everyone to see if people had any clarifications for either event!
Planning our short-notice but shockingly successful Mt. Pisgah hike this weekend! Thanks to everyone that came with us on our impromptu Envi Sci adventure :) Nature break hikes are always good for the soul!
Beyond Earth Day arts and crafts! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who put in the hard work to make the beautiful displays to represent our club as well as a low-waste lifestyle. No arts and crafts session is complete without music, so thank you to our personal DJ's as well for making club meetings such a party :)
Composting Update
Composting is going great, keep up the hard work everybody! Green Office Initiative The club is beginning the process to take the Green Office Initiative test to see how green CEOAS is. This is a project that needs a lot of club participation to help complete it. Volunteers are splitting up into groups to tackle different sections. Talk to Alec if you would like to sign up to be in one of the groups. Important Dates April 4-25th - Drawdown Challenge April 22nd - Earth Day April 28th - Nature Break Hike (Location and Time TBD) May 6th - Service Project May 25-28th - Camping Trip @ Gull Point Campground in Central Oregon June 7th - Documentary Night June 9th - Spring Picnic- celebrate the year, tie-dye party for merch, pot luck Beyond Earth Day On April 24 there is a Beyond Earth Day Event on campus at the SEC Plaza. It is a community wide event where are club will have a booth from 1:30-3:00. Our booth will be an interactive booth about a minimal waste lifestyle focused on students living on and off campus. If you would like to sign up to help with the booth on that day, make sure to let us know. Guest Speaker Thank you to Peter Clark for coming to the club and talking about the IPPC and his role in the IPPC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). He was an author for the chapter about sea level changes during the 93rd international body assessing the climate change among 195 countries. Some major headlines from the book that he showed the club were: ice sheets and glaciers are losing mass, the ocean has warmed and the sea level has risen, warming in the climate system is unequivocal, human influence on the climate system is clear, etc. Thank you to Dr. Peter Clark for coming to speak to Envi Sci club about climate change and your experience working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change!
We also organized our Bald Hill Trail work day with Corvallis Parks and Recreation this weekend. UPDATE: We had an amazing time working with Steve from Corvallis Parks and Recreation helping remove invasive plant species from the hillside on Bald Hill. We can't wait to partner with them in the future! Guest speaker on Climate Change Conversations
Thanks Taylor and friends for speaking to our club about how to talk to various audiences about climate change related issues. Presentation will be shared with the club! Merch forms distributed Please return filled out merch forms with cash or check by next Thursday, March 8th! We're anticipating getting merch distributed to members by the beginning of Spring term. Bald Hill trail work party THIS SATURDAY! Meet in fron of WILK at 9:30am this Saturday, March 3rd, to go to Bald Hill. We'll be partnering with Corvallis Parks and Recreation to do trail maintenance! Please fill out the google form sent via the club listserv if you wish to attend. Spring Term Officer Elections NEXT THURSDAY We will miss our beloved Treasurer and Public relations officer as they pursue exciting new endeavors! We will be holding elections for both Treasurer and Public relations/historian to take over the positions for Spring 2018. These positions will last until the end of the term and we will re-elect all officers Fall 2018. Merch Update
After a long time wait, we are getting merch! Forms should be coming out soon to order and they should arrive spring term. The items available for purchase will be t-shirts, pocket tees, hats, tote bags, and stickers all with amazing designs on them. Bald Hill Trip Next weekend, March 3rd at 9:30 am), a group of club members went to Bald Hill to do a maintenance work party. The group helped with new trail construction on the southeast side the hill. If you are interested in doing more fun activities like this one, make sure to let the club know! Keep your eye out for more service projects coming soon! Beyond Earth Day Beyond Earth Day is an event the week after Earth Day that focuses sustainability, environment, and social justice topics. The event is on April 29th and the club wants to make another booth this year with an interactive activity. If you have any ideas for an activity or would like to volunteer at the booth, let the officers know! Global Issue Discussion Sophie gave an amazing presentation on disaster management this week. She told us how to prepare for a natural disaster and how to understand our risks during an event. She also taught us about how these disasters impact the environment, especially man made (oil spills, chemical spills, etc) disasters, and we could do to prevent them from happening in the future. If you want to know more about this, come talk to Sophie at one of the meetings! Sustainability Office Presentation Two representatives from the Sustainability Office on campus talked to us about the Green Office Certification which is a survey for OSU departments to take so they can see how sustainable they currently are and how they can be more sustainable in the future. They provide feed back specific to each department that takes this survey. This is a new project and CEOAS has not taken this survey yet, so the club would love to take initiative on this. The goal is start the survey this quarter and to finish it by the end of the school year. ASOSU Presentation Thank you Aiden for speaking to Envi Sci Club about your's and Justin's platform running for President and Vice President of ASOSU! Update: congrats on your election! CEOAS Sustainability Brendan Trelsted spoke to the club about auditing sustainability in CEOAS. We're moving forward as a club to audit both Wilkinson and Burt Hall via a sustainability survey to learn how sustainability can be improved throughout the college. Club Merch Meeting this Friday to finalize club merch designs and prices. Order form coming soon! Merch Update
The club looked at some really amazing designs this week for our march, so thank you to everyone who submitted designs! These designs are being taken to Element Graphics this week so we can see what the final designs will look like! Prices for the march should be coming soon! McDowell Creek Falls Hike This weekend a group of club members met at 9am in front of Wilkinson to drive to McDowell Creek Falls. The hike was about a mile long and was a total blast! If you missed out on this opportunity, don’t worry! There will be a camping trip during Memorial Day weekend so let us know if you have any ideas of campgrounds in Central Oregon that you’d like to go to. Global Issues Discussion Coral gave a really interesting discussion about living a zero waste lifestyle. She shared with us what it means to live a zero waste lifestyle and reasons why we should. She also told us easy ways of how we could start the zero waste lifestyle. If you want more information or want some tips on how to start, come talk to Coral at the next meeting! Orman Morton II Presentation
Thank you Mr. Orman Morton for speaking to our club about your experience with earning your BS in Environmental Science via OSU's E-Campus as well as how it influenced your career path! His talk was recorded via Facebook live on our club's page. Check out his bio to learn more: http://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/news/2017/orman-morton/ Global Issue Discussion - Ocean Plastics
Thank you Charles for your wonderful GID on ocean plastics! If you missed the presentation and would like to check it out, you can view a video recording of the GID on our Facebook page. Service Projects Service projects this term include CEOAS composting (ongoing project maintained during the first 10min of each meeting), a trail maintenance work day on Saturday, March 3rd starting at 10am at Bald Hill, and a gardening day with Organic Growers Club date/time TBD. Make a dent! Winter Hike If you love waterfalls and love to hike then this is the trip for you! A poll was sent out to the club about what location and day a hike should be planned for. So this term we are going to McDowell Creek Falls which is a beautiful 2 mile loop hike that is scheduled for Saturday February 10th. There will be carpooling which will be planned for at a future meeting. Spring Trip Planning Last year the club went on an amazing camping trip during spring term and we would love to make this an annual tradition! The camping trip is scheduled for Memorial Weekend (May 26-28). We are still looking for reservable campsites in Central/Eastern Oregon with fun activities and hiking locations nearby. If you have any ideas be sure to let us know! Current ideas for locations include Rock Creek Campground, Chimney Rock Campground, Quinn River Campground, and Tumalo Falls State Park. T-shirts Element Graphics will be producing our club merch this term, including t-shirts, sweatshirts, baseball caps, and tote bags. Service Projects
At the meeting we talked about some service projects the club would like to do this term! Of course the composting project is still a big focus and our next goal is to find a way to expand the project. Our next idea is to plan another day to help the Organic Growers Club at the farm one day this term so keep your eyes open for that event that is always tons of fun. Alec is also in contact with Corvallis parks and rec to plan a trail maintenance for this term. Winter Hike If you love waterfalls and love to hike then this is the trip for you! A poll was sent out to the club about what location and day a hike should be planned for. So this term we are going to McDowell Creek Falls which is a beautiful 2 mile loop hike that is scheduled for Saturday February 10th. There will be carpooling which will be planned for at a future meeting. Spring Trip Planning Last year the club went on an amazing camping trip during spring term and we would love to make this an annual tradition! The camping trip is scheduled for Memorial Weekend (May 26-28). We are still looking for reservable campsites in Central/Eastern Oregon with fun activities and hiking locations nearby. If you have any ideas be sure to let us know! T-shirts Element Graphics did an amazing job making the club t-shirts last year so we will be working with them again to make some new amazing shirts! If you have any awesome t-shirt logo designs, we would love to see it. We are also looking at doing other merchandise for the club this year as well. Composting
Taking the first 15 minutes of every minute to dump the compost bins in the CEOS buildings have been great! We are thinking of taking forward action of allowing people to sign up for compost bins so they can participate. If you have any suggestions on how the club can start this project, bring it up at the meeting! START Leader Presentation Two representatives from the START program are looking for some diversity of majors to be START leaders. If you are interested, follow the link to find out more information and to apply to this paid job opportunity. https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/54036 Goals for the Term Our first goal is to have an outing this term. There was a poll that was sent out to figure out where the club should go hiking and when we should go. Look out for further details about the trip! Our second goal was to have at least 3 Global Issue Discussions so if you would like to do one this term let us know! Our third goal is to do 2-3 service projects this term. There were a lot of ideas at the meeting but we are still looking for new ideas. MLK Jr. Day of Service Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service was heal on Saturday January 13 and there was many projects club members could sign up for. If you would like to learn more about the event, visit the link sli.oregonstate.edu/cce/mlkservice Carbon Foot Print Project This is a service project idea that was suggested during the meeting. It is an amazing project that would be exciting for the club to participate in. If you missed the meeting or would like to learn more, talk to Coral at the next meeting! Lobby Day in Salem There is a workshop in Salem to teach students how to lobby about clean energy jobs and carbon foot printing. There is transportation provided and would be a great way to make a difference in our community and state. Guest Speaker
The club was lucky enough to hear from James Cassidy about soils. James gave us a fun and interesting talk about how important soil is to the environment and how it impacts each and every one of us. If you are interested in this topic, check out the Sunday School events he holds at the farm every Sunday from 9am-12pm with the Organic Growers Club. The club will be joining the Organic Growers club on Nov. 19 for Sunday School! Bring a friend and lets get growing! Chipotle Fundraiser On Thursday Nov. 16 is our Chipotle fundraiser! It is all day long and all you have to do is bring in a flyer or a picture of the flyer and half of your purchase goes straight to the club! Bring your friends, your classmates, your family, and even bring your neighbors! All the money will go straight back to the club so that we can do fun and exciting things throughout the year! No meeting on Nov. 23! Happy Thanksgiving everybody, make a dent! First Outing of the Year!
The club left around 9 am on Saturday and spent the day in Newport. They spent the day doing different fun activities around the Newport area. Keep your eye out for the next club outing! Corvallis Clean The Corvallis Clean Club has invited the Environmental Science Club to come help clean up Riverfront Park on Oct. 22! Corvallis Clean has a new sponsor called LoveBottles where they donate beautifully decorated glass bottles to people in the community as well as to students who participate in 5 Corvallis cleanups. If you are interested in going to a cleanup event, check out their website corvalliscleanosu.weebly.com . Bring a friend, a coworker, or a classmate and get out their to make Corvallis a cleaner community for all of us! Don’t have a way to get to the cleanup? Don’t worry about it- they carpool students to the cleanups! Make a Difference Day Make a Difference Day is a nationwide day whose purpose is to improve the lives of those around you and was held on Oct. 28 for students on campus. There is limited space on the events so do not forget to sign up at sli.oregonstate.edu/cce/makeadifference . Global Issue Discussion Don’t miss out on next week’s Global Issue Discussion! Coral will be giving an amazing presentation on carbon pricing. If you missed out, be sure to check out our Facebook page for live streams of our GID’s. Composting Update We are currently working on getting the bins to begin the composting project. We are also trying to work out a way to advertise that we are composting so more people can participate. Corvallis Clean
A speaker came to talk to us about a student led club who want to make a difference in Corvallis by fixing and cleaning the parks in the Corvallis area. This is a great way to meet new people while serving your community! The next park cleanup is Oct. 22 at Riverfront Park. Eco Challenge Eco challenge is a 2 week long event that helps us challenge ourselves to be more eco-friendly! Members of the club should have gotten an email with a link to sign up for our team. If not, make an account and search for our team OSU Environmental Sciences Club. If we work together to get enough points, we will have a pizza party during week 10! Make sure to post about how your challenges are coming along! CEOAS Composting This week we got an update on the composting we will beginning. Compost spots will be located in BURT 193, BURT 284, BURT 326, and WILK 208. During the first 10-15 minutes of every meeting we will split up into groups to empty and clean them. Global Issue Discussion Charles was our first GID this year, woohoo! He presented to us his research project at Hatfield Marine Research Center about the biodiversity concentration changes over different time periods since 1967 in the Yaquina Bay. If you missed out on this awesome discussion, we have a video on our Facebook page. Be sure to check it out! Important Dates Oct. 21 Oregon Coast Day Oct. 28 Make a Difference Day (EVENTS TBD…) Nov. 16 Chipotle Fundraiser Nov. 18 Hike Day CEOAS Composting
During the first 15 minutes of every meeting, club members will get into groups to collect compost bins in designated areas in the CEOAS buildings. We hope to have bins out by next week in the WILK kitchen, Admin building, Burt 193 lobby, Burt 284, Burt 326, and WILK 208. Global Issue Discussions GID’s for the fall term have been planned for Week 3 with Charles doing a talk about his summer research. Week 5 and 6 GID topics are to be determined, but keep your eye out for those! If you would like to do a GID, talk to an officer about setting one up! We also hope to start uploading these discussions online soon! Fall Outing A doodle poll was added to the website to choose a weekend to do a trip this term. A trip to the coast was the consensus of the meeting, but more details will be shared next week! Make a Difference Day Make a Difference Day, Saturday Oct. 28th, is a nationwide day whose purpose is to improve the lives of those around you! Events around the Corvallis area are to be determined. Eco Challenge Eco challenge is a nation wide multi-day event that challenges you to choose actions that reduce your impact on the planet or share awareness and stick with it for the duration of the challenge. Starting Wednesday Oct. 11, pick a challenge to help earn points for our club! Merch The club has lots of ideas for merch including shirts, hats, reusable bags, water bottles, stickers, buttons, car magnets etc. If you have any designs for the ENSC logo, let us know at a meeting! The prices for shirts were $13 last year and we are thinking of fundraising to help with costs. Another idea is to open merch up for anyone to buy so friends and family could all support the club! Global Issue Discussions
Tonight Bryan presented about coral bleaching at Great Barrier Reef. Corvallis, Walk for Water May 20th 8:30 am-1:30 pm. If you signed to volunteer for the Walk for Water event, you should have gotten a forwarded email from Alec. The event coordinator will send out more specific info as the date gets closer. If you’d like to still volunteer for a shift email the club. Camping- MEETING 5/18 @ 7PM Memorial day weekend the environmental sciences club will be camping at the Trask River Campground in Tillamook OR from May 27th – May 29th. THERE WILL BE A MEETING TO FIGURE OUT FOOD/SUPPLIES/CARPOOL AFTER THURSDAY’S MEETING (5/18) T-Shirts We officially have the T-shirts in progress. PLEASE ORDER YOUR T-SHIRT BY TOMORROW 5PM. T-shirts will be distributed at the end of the year club picnic (June 10th). Orderform:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIIJlZgXFhKKJSTmOGk-9w9ruGPGQt35r6c6-OlcEsDkqAew/alreadyresponded?c=0&w=1 Volunteer Opportunities Working with a grad student! A graduate student from the Integrative Biology Department reached out and was looking for an undergraduate student to help them with their research about a. The volunteer position requires some GIS experience, but they’re also looking for others to help out in the lab and there’s even an opportunity to join a study crew in the cascades this summer! Contact: [email protected] National get outdoors day! June 3rd The OSU Research Forest contacted the club asking if we were interested in volunteering in the National Get Outdoors Day! The event needs a variety of volunteers to work with kids and families in order to get them more comfortable being outdoors! Types of volunteer include, photographer, booth exhibitor, parking and traffic, outdoor community art project. The event is on Saturday June 3rd from 10am – 3 pm. This isn’t a club event but if you’re really interested and want to sign up immediately email [email protected] for a registration link. March for Science April 22nd
Saturday, April 22nd (Earth Day!) both the city of Corvallis and Portland are marching for science. This is not a club event but if you’re interested in celebrating science and supporting scientific resources this would be an impactful way to celebrate Earth Day! The link below has information about the Corvallis March for Science including time and meeting place.Link: http://visitcorvallis.com/oregon-state-university/corvallis-march-for-science/ Beyond Earth Day Community Fair April 25th The environmental sciences club will be hosting a booth at the Beyond Earth Day Community Fair in the SEC Plaza. At the booth we will have information about the club and have a composting demonstration/information. We are looking for club member volunteers to sign up for shifts from 10:00-4:00pm to talk to other students about how awesome our club is and also talk about composing.Sign up link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080f49aead23a7f85-beyond Global Issue Discussions The next global issue discussions will be from Jenna and Bryan, look forward to these awesome presentations. May 4th- Jenna May 11th- Bryan Corvallis, Walk for Water May 20th A couple meetings ago Dr. Becker came in and asked us if we would like to volunteer for the Walk for Water. The Walk for Water event will occur in Corvallis to help raise awareness and money for the Corvallis Sister Cities Association relationship with Gondar, Ethiopia. If you are interested in setting up, participating in the event or clean up EMAIL ALEC DIRECTLY at [email protected] Trask River Campground May 27th – 29th Memorial day weekend the environmental sciences club will be camping at the Trask River Campground in Tillamook OR. If you are wanting to come on the trip there will be a separate meeting to figure out carpools, food and gear.National Get Our doors Day June 3rdThe OSU Research Forest contacted the club asking if we were interested in volunteering in the National Get Outdoors Day! The event needs a variety of volunteers to work with kids and families in order to get them more comfortable being outdoors! Types of volunteer include, photographer, booth exhibitor, parking and traffic, outdoor community art project. The event is on Saturday June 3rd from 10am – 3 pm. We will further discuss if this is an event well do as a group, but if you’re really interested and want to sign up immediately email [email protected] for a registration link. Movie Night June 8th Like every term before, the meeting before finals week we will be having a movie break! The movie will be announced on when we get closer to the end of the term. End of Year Picnic June 10th Look forward to the end of the year picnic to celebrate all of our accomplishments we’ve completed as a club! As time gets closer we will have more details. T-Shirts Sally is working with local print shops to get us club t-shirts! We aim to have then either at the camping trip or at the picnic. Unfortunately, if you want a shirt each person will have to buy their own, but shirts should be about $10 maybe a little more. |
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