October 8th 2009
AGENDA

REPORTS/UPDATES
·	Break the ice (Someone think of a creative one!)
·	Green Festival and Solar Decathlon 
·	Logistics:Office Time and Listserv/Contact Stuff
·	Americas Greenest Campus
·	Bicycling Advisory Group 
·	Green Groups Mixer Update (Lisa) 
·	Report on Eat Ins/Local Food (Subcommittee, Sarah and Jesse)
·	T.Boone Pickens
·	Marketing FLOW
SIGN UPS
·	Hillock Tabling/Outreach?
·	Eat In Last Call 
REVIEWS/DELIBERATIONS
·	Americas Greenest Campus $$$
·	Hillock Messaging 

October 15 2009
AGENDA

AGENDA
REPORTS/UPDATES
·	Break the ice (Someone think of a creative one!)
·	Eat In Debrief and Subcommittee?
·	Americas Greenest Campus Updates
·	Green Groups Mixer Update
·	Marketing FLOW next Wednesday 
·	Crab Fest next Thursday, no meeting 
·	Parade and Luncheon Tomorrow
·	350.org event 
SIGN UPS
·	Crab Fest Green Team 
WORK
·	Banner for 350.org action and Homecoming Parade 
If you'd like to add something to the agenda please send it to me before the meeting tomorrow. See you tomorrow! 

PS. Check out more press on UM News Desk: http://www.newsdesk.umd.edu/uniini/release.cfm?ArticleID=1996 

Oct 22 2009
AGENDA
No meeting tomorrow. Instead,we be serving as the "Green Team" at the SGA's Crab Fest, teaching our peers how to compost their food waste.
Volunteers--WEAR A GREEN SHIRT and please arrive at Cole Field House at 5pm. You can check at a table in the entrance--they have a list with all of your names.They will give you a bracelet and send you down to the floor of Cole where Dining Services will give us a little tutorial on what is compostable so that we are prepared for the dinner.  
Liz S., Laura, Brian, Amanda, Ryan, Lisa, Sarah, Shannon, Paul, Jesse, Kate, Rachel, Katlin, Jemini, Liz, and Matt: I have you down as able to volunteer tomorrow. Please let me know if you cannot attend asap. Feel free to text or call me. 301 318 4766.

Thank you all so much for volunteering to help out with this. You must know that SSC is the reason that this event will be ZERO WASTE. Without us, it would have been very wasteful. This is an important precedent to set for future large scale events on campus.

Lisa and the Green Mixer Subcommittee: Let me know if you can meet after the Crab Fest around 7! Feel free to use the SGA office. 

Everyone: Please review the minutes from last week to make sure that you are following up on your action items (specifically the research on sustainability curriculum at other schools!) 

Take care and have a beautiful Thursday!

October 29, 2009
SSC Meeting Minutes

I. Action Items  
II. Upcoming Events
III. Administrative Info
Present: Laura, Jesse, Kate, Matt, Alex, Katlin, Liz A., Dylan, Amanda, Kristine, Paul, Michelle, Lisa, Nicole (thanks for sticking it out for a long meeting tonight!) 
Absent: Laura, Brian, Christian, Isabel, Rachel, Avi, Shannon, Jemini, Liz S., Michelle Kim, Clark
Next meeting Thursday November 5, 7:30pm in Jimenez 0125
I.  ACTION ITEMS FOR THE WEEK
·	Everyone- If you are registered to vote here, vote in the City of College Park Elections this upcoming Tuesday Nov 3 (polls open 11am-8pm) to GREEN THE CITY OF COLLEGE PARK. Join in a giant march to the polls at 5pm on Tuesday  (meet at the Sundial at 4:45!). Learn more about who the candidates are for your district and where they stand on the UMD for Clean Energy website here: http://www.umdforcleanenergy.com/where-the-candidates-stand.html. Alex will also be sending a follow up soon for those of you who volunteered to give out CLF light-bulbs at the polls.
·	Christian: Schedule a tour of “Green Dining” with Greg Thompson and Joe Mullineaux for sometime within the next 3 weeks so that we can see the roof top gardens and the composting process among other things.
·	Lisa and Green Mixer Subcommittee- please send out details about the Mixer event at your earliest convenience. 
·	Kate, Liz, and Matt- Coordinate a time before our next meeting to print the 350 pics and create cards to our Senators and Representatives. You are welcome to use all of the materials and equipment in the SGA office to do this. I will see if UMD for Clean Energy can get the pictures professionally printed early next week.
·	Alex- Thank you for volunteering to be the webmaster! That is all. (oh, and I will be sending you details about how to access the website soon). 
·	Sarah- Send out an e-mail outlining what we should include in our e-mails to Colleen Wright Riva, Director of Dining Services, regarding the local food calculator rating system.
·	Amanda, Paul, Kristine- Thank you for volunteering to sit on the “Task Force” for the Real Food Calc. I imagine Jesse and Sarah will be in touch soon to arrange a time for your first meeting ( Sarah and Jesse—don’t forget to e-mail the whole list serv about this since some people weren’t entirely sure if they had time to help).
·	Kate, Matt, and Amanda—Research what our peer institutions have done in regards to sustainability curriculum requirements (see your specific task below). Please write up a 2-3 page summary by our November 12 meeting. Include, to the best of your ability-- the number of institutions that have these gen-ed requirements, specific examples of courses at these institutions, and any relevant details on the process by which this requirement was formulated or established. Again, I would recommend taking a look at http://www.aashe.org/ and http://www.greenreportcard.org/. 
·	Kate- research cases where there is one sustainability course unique to each department/college that students in that department/college are required to take to complete their general education requirements
·	Matt- research cases where there is one, single, overview of sustainability course that all students must take to complete their general education requirements
·	Amanda- research cases where there are several sustainability courses amidst several departments/colleges and students must complete 1 of these courses to complete their general education requirements
II. UPCOMING EVENTS (Mark your calanders!)
·	Tues 11/3, 5pm at the Sundial, March to the Vote- VOTE in the CP City Elections (polls open 11am-8pm)
·	Wed 11/11, 12pm-1pm, Margaret Brent Room, STAMP, Sustainability Speakers Series –“Campus Recycling 101” 
The University has an impressive waste diversion track record, diverting nearly half of its waste from landfills. In 2009, the campus expanded its recycling program to include virtually all plastics. Come meet Recycling Coordinator, Bill Guididas, and Associate Director for Building and Landscape Services, Sandy Dykes. The session will cover where our waste goes (trash, recycling, and compost) and how we can move our campus toward a waste diversion rate of 75% by 2013 (as outlined in the 2009 UM Climate Action Plan). Bring your questions and ideas!
·	Thurs 11/19, 7:30pm-9pm (DURING OUR MEETING), Prince Georges Room, STAMP, Green Groups Mixer! (more details to come soon) 
III. ADMINISTRATIVE INFO
·	E-mail umdstudentsustainability@googlegroups.com to message the whole list serv
·	Google Docs spreadsheet with all of your contact info here: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhkFF3vswdUtdGZWR0Q4V01XWXRrRDU1TFN4QkRGYUE&hl=en