Fall 2010 kickoff

First meeting of the semester was last week on Wed. at 8 p.m. in CC 223.

Notes from last week's meeting are as follows:

Just wanted to drop a line with last week's notes and news for tonight and the next week or so.

At last week's meeting we talked about what Students for Global Change is (a group that works toward empowering students to fight for justice in the world - both environmental and social. It's also a group that seeks to build a community among those who are interested in being activists in their respective field. AND, it's an awesome group filled with awesome people). The next meeting is this Wednesday, the 15th, at 8p.m. in Campus Center Room 223.

Also we talked about our groups (scan through the names and check out the ones you're interested in):

Books for Benin - writing, editing, publishing, sending books for students in Benin, Africa. Writers, editors, English-French translators, designers, marketers, etc. needed for group. Contact Zach Keddell at keddell@oswego.edu for more information.

The Go-Green Team - meetings at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday (tonight) at Lake Effect Cafe. Go-Green works toward educating students on how to be more environmental and where to find information on being as green as we can be. TONIGHT'S MEETING --> Michael Bonney from the Oswego Center for Sustainable Living is coming to let us know about his Carrot Mob and the different campaigns they're doing HERE IN OSWEGO!!! Contact Alisia Engle at engle@oswego.edu.

Pro-Peace Council - meetings on Friday afternoons work for people? E-mail us back with a confirmation :) We're thinking around 5/6 on Friday nights. We can meet every other week or whatevs to get people there! Pro-Peace is about spreading the message of Gandhi and of Martin Luther King Jr. and all peace activists all over the world. We're about educating the population on and off campus about how to be a peaceful person, recognize our part in conflicts around the world, and how we can change things. Meet this Saturday at 11 a.m. in Campus Center Food Court to decorate signs for the ALANA Peace and Unity walk (from West 1st St to the Quad) on SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2010 (this Sunday) at 9:30 a.m. Contact Katherine Raymond at kraymond@oswego.edu for more info!

Amnesty International - A group on campus that has continually tried to branch out but has dwindled because of lack of support. AI is an international organization that focuses on ending human rights violations. They're very prominent in the international scene, especially with the UN. They've been part of ending genocides and horrible atrocities for many years. We need people (like Alex L.) to come together to start spreading the news! Contact s4gc.osu@gmail for info.

Conscious Consumption - This group takes care of a lot of the fair trade and recycling and Terracycle stuff. We have a fair trade coffee and tea day where we give out free coffee to promote buying fair trade items (fair trade means paying for an item that has been fairly traded - the producer gets a living wage, there are no high mark-ups where someone benefits more than others, sustainable practices, and supporting development in countries all over the world). We also do Reverse Trick-or-Treating where we go door to door and hand out free chocolate with info about fair trade attached to it. We put on Earth Fair and help out with Mother Earth Week. Also, we attend different events where we see Fair Trade products prominently in sales. Contact Katherine for more info: kraymond@oswego.edu

Campus Composting - this group is working towards getting compost bins in the dining halls on campus. We need students to help promote this idea to the students to raise support. We need to collect petitions from students as well as attend the meetings where the campus is going to decide how to implement composting on-campus. Contact Grace Maxon at gmaxon@oswego.edu for questions and answers.

PILLOWS FOR PEACE AND WORLD PEACE DAY - come out this Saturday at 11 a.m. in CC Food Court to decorate bed sheets with all sorts of peace signs. We'll be hanging this up in the quad on World Peace Day, which is a week from Tuesday (the 21st). Also, there will be a flash mob pillow fight in front of Cooper Dining Hall. This will take place at exactly 12:45 p.m. Wear a white t-shirt, pajama pants and comfy shoes. BRING A PILLOW and join the fight. In the end, we'll form a peace sign on the ground for a minute and then we'll leave without saying anything and in different directions. See Facebook Page - PIllow Fight for Peace. Contact Dr. Becky Burch at rebecca.burch@oswego.edu for more information about decorating sheets. Please remember to think "green" when buying/using sheets - go to thrift store!

Hug Day, Lake Clean-Ups, Volunteering - if you need volunteer hours, let us know and we'll put together some events. The lake could always use a clean-up, so get a couple of friends together and let us know and we'll provide gloves and bags. Hug Day - once a semester near finals week. We'll need huggers to give people free hugs :) More to come on that.

Earth Fair/Mother Earth Week- our two big events of the fall and spring semester, respectively. Earth Fair is a fair trade festival featuring vendors who sell fair trade items, as well as carnival games and fair trade food. We want another band to come this year and to have more outdoor activities. Join the planning committee by e-mailing Katherine at kraymond@oswego.edu. More info on Mother Earth Week (which is our "green" week during the same week as Earth Day in April).

This is a LOT of information, but some of you wanted this written out so you could see in more detail what all the group is involved in. There's talk about Invisible Children the group and starting up a Charity Water group. We'll talk more about this as interest builds.

the next students for global change meeting is this wednesday (the15th) at 8 p.m. in campus center room 223. come on out!

Thanks for your time! This is a lot, but choose what you want to be a part of as much or as little as you want! And have a great week. <3 Oh, and check out the volunteer and career fair tomorrow in the campus center - http://www.oswego.edu/student/career/calendar/index.html

Peace,

Katherine Raymond
PR Students for Global Change
s4gc.osu@gmail.com

Quest 2010! Sustainability Rocks!

Hey everyone,

Panel discussion went well last night. There weren't that many people at the panel discussion and our scientist, Kestas Bendinskas, was stuck in Europe due to the volcano ash, and then President Stanley bailed on us. John Moore from facilities filled in for the both.

We had a good discussion addressing the issues we face with environmentalism and how we as individuals can make a difference.

Earlier in the day, Janelle Manning did a little eco-craft corner in the campus center, reflecting how easy it is being green and chic and creative.


Today went really well. The S4GC e-board gave a presentation on how individuals can change our lifestyles to help safeguard our environment and be extremely practical at the same time.

Then the sustainability fair went from 4-8 p.m. with all sorts of awesome businesses that had their eco-friendly products and services.

The night ended with a fun showing of the show, "The Lazy Environmentalist," showing us how easy and lazy it is being "green."

EARTH DAY SCHEDULE:
9:45 a.m. meet in front of Culkin hall to plant a tree with Grounds
12:45 p.m. meet at bus stop behind Penfield Library and Lanigan to plant another tree.
4 p.m. meet in front of Culkin in the parking lot for campus beautification, we'll be cleaning up the area around the lagoon.
AND to finish the wonderful day off, 7 p.m. in Campus Center Room 114 (above the hockey rink, next to that lounge, above food court), documentary showing of "The 11th Hour."

Thanks for your interest!!

State of the Environment Panel 7 p.m.

Hi everyone!

Yesterday went really well with students coming out to show the different aspects of climate change and how they affect different people.

Habitat did a wonderful table on sustainable design. If you missed that flyer, please e-mail habitat@oswego.edu to get that information.

Christina Liddell put together a very unique and eco-friendly presentation board talking about the psychological effects of climate change and how people are affected by climate injustice.

Today we have Janelle Manning doing an eco-friendly crafts corner in campus center, and Rachel Jewell is doing a "green the classroom" information session and presentation during College Hour (12:40 - 1:35 p.m.) in CC room 220. Check out all of the tables in the Campus Center, including SIFE's economical environmental facts!

TONIGHT AT 7P.M. IN LANIGAN 104 there is a State of the Environment panel discussion. Professors from the political science department (Dr. Lisa Glidden), the chemistry department (Dr. Kestas Bendinskas), and the psychology department (Dr. Dave Sargent) will address issues with climate change and sustainability in their respective fields.

President Deborah Stanley will address the crowd, talking about what SUNY Oswego is doing to make the campus a "greener" school.

Come on out! Don't forget, tomorrow is Quest Day. Learn how you as an individual can be more green at 12:15 p.m. in the Campus Center! (Look for Students for Global Change presentation)

Peace!
Katherine

Day Two - Mother Earth Week 2010

Hey everyone!

Today was a great day. We had the Holi color festival in front of Cooper today. It was freezing out, but the lovely people who participated were champs and had an awesome time splattering each other with powdered pigment.

Check out the video!


Then, later in the day, we met in Funnelle basement to put together chains of water bottles around the trees in the quad, and we decorated signs informing about the environment!

Tomorrow begins the day of presentations and tables:

- 12:30 – 1:30 p.m..Psychological issues of environmental accidents – table – Christina Liddell CC across from the point

- 10a.m.-4 p.m. Sustainable Design – Habitat for Humanity Go-Green Kiosk

- 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. Resources for teachers being green - Rachel Jewell Table outside of Point

Check these lovely people's displays out! They've got a ton of info!

Peace and Love!
Katherine Raymond

Day One: Mother Earth Week 2010

Well the weather wasn't the best this morning, so the lake clean-up was a flop. I did the first 50 yards of the lakeshore for about an hour. My hands were numb afterward, but at least my bag was full of trash!

HOLI DAY - COLOR FESTIVAL at 2 p.m. in front of Cooper/Hart Hall/Funnelle Hall. Bring clothes that you don't mind getting trashy (including undergarments!), bring some friends, and have a BLASTY BLAST dyeing each other's clothes, bodies, hairs and faces in celebration of spring!!!

We will make and decorate signs tomorrow (rather than this afternoon) at 5 p.m. in Funnelle basement.

Call me at 607-857-2996 for questions!

- Katherine Raymond

Preparations for MEW!

Hey Everyone!

We are coming along in our planning for the exciting Mother Earth Week 2010! Students for Global Change is working on getting visuals cleared so that we can put up signs around campus addressing issues of climate change (i.e. things like "Did ya know?...").

Our two big events are the State of the Environment Panel on Tuesday, April 20th at 7 p.m. in Lanigan 104. We have several professors speaking on the issues that face us across many disciplines in terms of climate change. We have professors from the chemistry, psychology and political science departments addressing issues in particular areas.

Climate change affects us all! We all have a part to play in keeping our Mother Earth green and healthy! Come to our events to learn more about what you can do to help us fight climate change.

Any questions? Don't hesitate to ask: s4gc.osu@gmail.com!

Mother Earth Week Schedule

Day	Time	Activity	Location
Saturday, April 17th	10 a.m.? (TBD)	Canal Clean Sweep – (SUNY Oswego EMC and Office of Community Relations?)	Mary Walker westward lake clean-up
Sunday, April 18th	3 p.m.? (TBD)	Holi day (color festival)	Lawn between Cooper Dining Hall and Campus Center
	TBD	Water bottle chains around trees	All over campus
Monday, April 19th	8-11 a.m.	Fair trade/conscious consumption table – coffee/tea with Aux Serv permissions – Katherine and Sarah	CC across from Point – table
	12:30 – 1:30 p.m..	Psychological issues of environmental accidents – table – Christina Liddell, liddell@oswego.edu	CC across from Point – table
	????????	ENDANGERED SPECIES FLASHMOB	Field between Hart and Campus Center
	TBD	Sustainable Design – Habitat for Humanity	Go-Green Kiosk
	7/8 p.m.	Documentary – “Climate Refugees” - http://www.climaterefugees.com/	Hart Hall? (TBD)
	ART	Sidewalk chalk free-for-all Need: people to hand out chalk and oversee chalk drawings sporadically throughout day	All over campus
Tuesday, April 20th	10 a.m. – 2 p.m.	Local agriculture – Jason Smith	Table outside the Point
	TBD	Sustainable business practices – SIFE	Go-Green Kiosk
	12:40- 1:35 p.m.	Craft corner – “recycle it” – Janelle	CC room 220
	7 – 9 p.m.	“State of the Environment” panel discussion	Lanigan 104
Wednesday, April 21st		QUEST ALL DAY	Campus Center
	Midday	E-board presentation on individuals role in the shift toward sustainability	Campus Center
	1-3p.m.	Sustainability Fair set-up Sean Stanyon 1-3 p.m. Katherine Raymond 1-3 p.m.	CC Arena
	4-7 p.m.	Sustainability Fair Amanda Addington 5-7 p.m. Zach Keddell 4-7 p.m. Grace Maxon periodically	CC Arena
	8 p.m.	“The Cove” documentary	TBD (Hart Hall?)
Thurs. April 22nd EARTH DAY!	11:15-3:15 p.m.	The future of technology – Alisia Engle	Table CC
	12:40 – 1:35 p.m.	Local Agriculture presentation– Jason Smith	CC Room 220
	1-4 p.m.	Air pollution, climate, weather disasters – Dan Phoenix	Table CC
	TBD	Ecology and Biology – Megan Hoffman	CC table
	4p.m.	Campus beautification – planting trees and shrubs and flowers, dress for the weather!	diagonal walk in front of Culkin hall
	7/8 p.m.	“The 11th Hour” – documentary	TBD (Hart Hall?)
Friday, April 23rd	TBD	Environmental politics and policies, globalization and the environment – Janelle and Melissa	CC tables
	8 a.m.	Set up trash bags all over quad and put plastic bottles/bags in trees	Meet parking lot by Mary Walker Health Center
	12 – 4p.m.	Grassroots movement, aggressively nonviolent groups – Zach Keddell	Table CC
	12:35 – 1:05 p.m.	Pesticides and their effects – Rachel Rossi presentation	CC Room 220
	1:06 – 1:35 p.m.	World Water Crises – Katherine Raymond presentation	CC Room 220
	All day	Academic Quad – well with chains, bags of trash – chalk artwork	Academic quad
Saturday, April 24th	10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.	Oswegostock setup – need help setting up blankets and picnic tables with items, food, games, etc.	Grass/Hewitt Quad by red clock totem pole (rain location Hewitt Union ballroom)
	12 – 6 p.m.	Oswegostock - Bands: Dreams from Gin, Closer Still, (House on a Spring) - Food: bake sale items, chips, Capri Suns - Hourly environmental awareness 10-15 minute presentations/speeches/poetry/etc. - Games: Frisbee, bubbles, kickball, whiffle ball - Arts and Crafts: recycled decorations, body painting, Henna?	Hewitt Quad (grass between Hewitt and Library)
THE END! (but that doesn’t mean loving your Earth stops!)

March 3rd - Meeting

I hope the upcoming midterms aren't bogging you down too badly. Students for Global Change is in full swing for Mother Earth Week (MEW) for April 18th - 24th. Tonight at the meeting we're going to delegate tasks - we need people to come to help put together this wonderful week-long event of ours.

We'll be talking about visual displays (trash bags in quad, signs, promo materials), networking and getting people involved (we need presenters and workshops and informational displays), and overall generating hype for the event. We're trying to make Oswegostock happen at the end of the week, so we need people who know people in the music department who might be interested in performing at the event. It's going to be a big, fun hopefully all-day event.

In addition to talking about MEW, we're going to be talking about our awesome t-shirts that we're going to start purchasing. Come to add your input on the t-shirt design as it is now. We're also going to be doing a fundraiser selling lollipops, so if you're interested in getting a shirt but don't have money - no worries! If you grab a bag of lollipops to sell, you'll have the t-shirt paid off ASAP!

Finally, we'll be talking about our new social justice movement. It's most likely going to be an educational week near the end of April (a.k.a. the week after MEW) where we're planning on putting 3-D representations of poverty, war, genocide, and over social issues all over campus. This means that one day we're MOST LIKELY going to be dressing as hobos and spend the night in the concrete quad in our cardboard tents and then walk around class the next day all in our hobo gear talking about poverty. This will be a BLAST, I promise! More to come on that.

So, with all of that said, come out to tonight's meeting at 8 p.m. in Campus Center room 237. ALSO - TONIGHT AT 6 p.m. IN CAMPUS CENTER ROOM 209 - there will be a green kiosk informational meeting. Alisia Engle, the student association director of sustainability, will be talking about the Go Green Kiosk and signing up to put together environmental information. Contact her at engle@oswego.edu for questions. (There may be a possibility to get community service credit for helping with a campaign - ask Alisia for more information).

MOTHER EARTH WEEK will also have community service opportunities as we will need help putting together campus clean-ups. Let me know if you're interested in MEW but can't make it to the meetings.

Thanks, and hope you have a great day!

The Agenda - Feb. 19th - 26th

As for what's to come in the next week or so, the schedule is as follows:

-Friday, Feb. 19th at 3 p.m. in the Chu Atrium - more Mother Earth Week planning

-Friday, Feb. 19th at 6 p.m in the Chu Atrium - PRO PEACE COUNCIL (come help decorate signs for Monday's Duck Sale)

-Saturday, Feb. 20th at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Loop (look for a red Subaru) we are carpooling to Murdoch's on West 1st Street and Bridge for the "Happening for Haiti" benefit concert. Tickets cost around $15 for students (BUT ALL MONEY GOES TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS'S HAITI RELIEF)
The event itself goes from 5 p.m. to midnight. (For directions see the Facebook page "A Happening for Haiti" - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=272604336159#!/event.php?eid=283406588928&ref=ts

-Monday, Feb. 22nd from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the Campus Center spine -come out to learn about Pro-Peace's Ducks for a Buck fundraiser. There will also be information about the upcoming trip to Washington D.C. on March 20th in collaboration with the Syracuse Peace Council and thousands of activists. Also, learn about our speaker on non-violence, Randy Kehler, who will be here March 24th speaking at 7:30 p.m. Lanigan 101.

-Monday, Feb.22nd - 6 p.m. Campus Composting is meeting to discuss the HUGE composting initiative taking place on campus. Meet under the Freshens Smoothies sign in the Chu Atrium (there's a nook in the corner which chairs and a table) e-mail Grace Maxon at gmaxon@oswego.edu for more information.

- Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, 4:15 p.m. at Hancock Air National Guard Base in Mattydale (transportation needed) there is an anti-drones (the unmanned flying planes in Afghanistan and Pakistan) demonstration complete with signs and pickets and chants. Come out for a Peace Activism Time!

- Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, 7:45 p.m. in Campus Center Auditorium (CC118) there will be a documentary on conservation of water and the world water crisis followed by a documentary. FREE screening and on top of that FREE snacks! (Wrappers will be TerraCycled in the end). Come out to watch "Blue Gold: World Water Wars." Put on by the members of the Go-Green time. Contact Alisia Engle at engle@oswego.edu for more info.

- Wednesday, Feb. 24th, 12:45 p.m. - 1:35 p.m -CC 137 (near Campus Life and the Oswegonian) Student Sustainability Academy. Come join the discussion about how we can be more sustainable and what seems to be working the best. Free lunch provided by Civic Engagement - contact Rachel Rossi at rrossi@oswego.edu for more information.

-Wednesday, Feb. 24th, 8 p.m. - CC 237 - Benin presentation. Hear about the student quarter class that took a trip to Benin, Africa and Paris, France to learn about the French education system. Watch an awesome video shot by John McDonald, and listen to a presentation by Janelle Manning and other students who went on the trip! Contact s4gc.osu@gmail for more information. Students for Global Change meeting - vote on t-shirt designs and sign up to get yours (we will be doing a fundraiser to help pay for shirts - stay tuned to hear more about that).

- Friday, Feb. 26th, 3 p.m. Chu Atrium - Mother Earth Week planning meeting. Come out to the Atrium to help us put together our HUGE event of the spring semester. Contact Katherine Raymond at kraymond@oswego.edu for more information.

-Friday, Feb. 26th, 6 p.m. Chu Atrium - Pro-Peace Council is meeting to talk about Open Mic Night and their non-violence speaker Randy Kehler and promo for that. Also, learn about the new Pro-Peace newsletter and help contribute to our cause (we need writers, designers, marketers, etc.). Contact Melissa Warner - mwarner2@oswego.edu for more info.

It's a LONG WEEK, but we've got tons to do, and you don't have to do it all. If you're interested in any of these events, don't hesitate to e-mail us back at s4gc.osu@gmail.com with any questions! Also, check out our two blogs - S4GC --> http://s4gc.blogspot.com or Pro-Peace --> http://oswegopropeace.blogspot.com to check our minutes and notes and plans!

Thanks for your attention!!! Hope you have a great weekend, don't forget - Happening for Haiti tonight! Meet in Campus Center Loop at 7:30 p.m. (cost is $15 to get in and all benefits go to the American Red Cross's Haiti Fund).

Minutes from 3 Feb. 2010 meeting

Students for Global Change

General Meeting

2/3/10

Meeting begins: 8:05 p.m.

People present: 28 people

I. Snacks and PowerPoint

II. Rachel – Pres. – introductions

a. S4Gc is a group for environment and social justice and empowering students.

b. Introductions of everyone

III. Group Introductions

a. Pro-Peace Council – Melissa

i. Randy Kehler

ii. Open Mic night

iii. Information on human rights and anti-war

b. Amnesty International – Jason S.

i. Human rights

ii. Place for Peace in Oswego, NY

iii. Happening for Haiti at Murdoch’s Feb 20^th at 5 p .m.

c. Invisible Children – Lauren S.

i. Book drive

ii. Creative fundraiser (glass box with person in it) to raise awareness

iii. 7 p.m. Tuesday meeting time – roadies are coming possibly

d. Books for Benin – Zach

i. Creating books and sending them to Africa

ii. Need anybody and everybody

e. Campus Composting – Grace

i. What is compost?

ii. How did the project start?

iii. Where is it now?

f. Mother Earth Week – Rachel

i. Sustainability fair

ii. This April

g. Earth Fair – Katherine

i. Fair Trade month Oct – work on for this fall

h. TerraCycle – Katherine

i. Campus center bin coming next to green kiosk

i. Conscious Consumption – Sarah and Grace

i. Reverse trick-or-treating

ii. Study abroad – CO2 emissions

iii. Spreading awareness

IV. Guest – Alisia Engle

a. Sustainability director for SA

b. Go-green kiosk à Green Team w/ weekly themes

c. Themes and research to teach students how to be green daily

Meeting adjourned: 9:55 p.m.

Next meeting – Wednesday Feb. 10^th CC 237 – speakers talking about volunteering abroad in Ghana and Jamaica and Americorps work near you. Come check out speakers who will address these fun things to do while you’re in college or right after you get out!

-Katherine Raymond, secretary for S4GC