No Trash Bash

On November 18th, GCI held its annual No Trash Bash. This event aims to showcase environmental projects and organizations both on and off campus. We provided food and live music (Squat the Condos). The complete list of organizations present includes: I-go car sharing, Outdoor Adventure club, Veg Society, Sustainability Council, Peoplestox, 5 GCI pods, and Students for a Just and Stable Future. Even more, we focused on having "interactive" booths so that people could stay busy at the event. SJSF provided the opportunity to make mini windmills to promote clean energy, GCI Pod 2 did their tap water challenge, and GCI Pod 3 let people make seed bombs. Also, we provided a recycling and composting educational center to let everybody know how it all works at school (it's rather complicated).

Thanks to all those who helped and came out! We're gonna have another study break mid-Winter quarter to pump y'all up for Battle of the Bulbs and to publicize our pods' initiatives.

Here are the pictures from our major event of Autumn quarter. Thanks to Delia andJonathan who took these super pictures. More can be found at our Facebook page!

Cheers,

Willy

Minutes from 12/1 Meeting

Hey guys,

Sorry about the paucity of posts this quarter. School picked up this quarter. But here are the minutes from the 12/1 meeting. Even more delayed blog post on No Trash Bash coming up!

Minutes from 12/1 Meeting

Helping UC Dems compile a list of environmental speakers for their Progressive Gala

• topics: water (Marie), food deserts (Alba), environmental racim (Michelle), environmental justice (Carolie)

Winter Break plans

• have a study break in 5th week to remind people that we’re still around and to showcase what our pods are doing
• use this to advertise Marie and Tarah’s pod’s film series event
• advertise and hype up Battle of the Bulbs
• have different foods spread out at separate stations so people have to talk to you or at least make eye contact to talk to you
• possible locations: McCormick Tribune, Ex Libris, OMSA?, somewhere central on campus

Fundraising Campaign

• pair bake sales and t-shirt sales
• t-shirts have been shipped; we added “green campus initiative, University of Chicago” to the shirt to give it some identification
• work on publicizing the printer cartridge program we have with tabling and other methods

Pod Updates

• Pod 1
• environmental film series with The Cove and No Impact Man
• make sure we get movie rights so we don’t get in trouble
• make them big events with good food and bake sales, and maybe ticket sales to offset the costs of buying showing rights
• also think about applying to SGFC for money
• Pod 2
• met with SG, Dean Boyer, and Aramark
• working with Sustainability Office on water bottle refilling stations
• do something for Water Bottle Day
• Pod 3
• working with Woodlawn Collaborative and setting up classes that teaches on growing plants
• working on getting supplies to grow plants indoors for the Winter
• pod members have a contact who can get them space in the greenhouse
• Pod 4
• had their vegetarian potluck this quarter
• Pod 5
• working on composting at upcoming culture shows in the Winter

Stay warm!

Willy