Students for the Environment
 
 
Please Visit Our Updated Website:  http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/sfe/s4e/
 
Activities for this Weekend: 
 
FRI-SAT:  Hawk Mountain Camping Trip...if you were planning on going and did not receive a separate email called "Camping Details", please let me know at sstolte@udel.edu
 
SUNDAY:  UD's COAST DAY at the Marine Research Campus of UD...check out the website for more information http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2005/mar/coastday090805.html  We need to reserve seats on the buses by Friday, so please email sstolte@udel.edu if you are interested in coming with the group. 
 
 
Discussed at the Meeting:
 
We will be focusing on 2 local campaigns this semester.  Interest was expressed for...
    - a continuation with the Fair Trade Coffee campaign
    - further work with recycling on campus with investigation into business practicies on Main Street
    - a bio-fuel campaign
 
If anyone has any further ideas or interests, don't hesitate to email any of the officers (emails on website). 
 
We will aim to publish "Left of Center" by the end of the semester.  Start thinking about what you want to contibute!!!  Email Erin (VP) at ecord@udel.edu if you have any questions.
 
Our informal Sunday hikes will continue on the weekends...we'll let you know when one is coming up!
 
T-SHIRT ideas!  We will be ordering by November!
 
Our new liason will be Melissa Forte (mforte@udel.edu).  She will be working to strengthen bonds with other RSOs on campus this semester and will be helping to coordinate activities with other groups. 
 
Our new DC specialist/lobbying coordinator will be Lauren Asprooth (asprooth@udel.edu).  She will be monitoring activities in DC that we could be a part of and will be planning lobbying events for our group.  She will also be researching different issues that are on the table in DC for discussion.
 
 
***Tentative Calendar for the year***
 
October: 
1st:  Hawk Mountain Camping Trip
2nd:  Coast Day
15th:  Leftfest
Halloween meeting with pumpkin painting
Campus Clean-Up Competition
Kiosk at Trabant
 
November:
5th:  Middle Run Tree Planting
Tie Dye meeting
"Green" building tour at the Chesapeake Bay
Kiosk at Trabant
Speaker event (***to be discussed at next meeting)
 
December:
Bus trip to DC to tour an environmental NGO
S4E end of semester dinner at Casa Blanca or Ali Baba's
 
January:
Women for Sustainable Development Conference...all women in the group are highly encouraged to apply!!!  email Jess (co-pres) at jgmill@udel.edu if you have any questions, as she participated last year. 
 
February:
...
 
March:
Greenfest
Speaker event
Camping Trip or Whale Watching Trip
 
April:
Elementary School Earth Fairs
Earth Day event
Horshoe Crab census training
IMF protest in DC
 
May:
Horshoe crab volunteer work
S4E end of the year party/dinner
 
 
NEXT MEETING:  SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9th at 7pm inside SHARP LAB...rooms to be announced!