🚀 go-pugleaf

Hi Earthlings!

Thanks to everybody who made it out to our first meeting. I hope you
got an idea of the way our club works and the amount of projects we
are always working on. A full list of current projects is listed
below. Contact the various project leaders for more information or to
join the project team.

Other events and projects will pop up later on so stay tuned if none
of our current projects interest you. Also, feel free to start your
own project team. If you have an idea, just email me with a
description of the project and I will send it out to the d-list.

Daisy is planning some great day trips for us this semester. Our first
trip will be a tour of Mildred’s Daughters, an urban farm here in
Pittsburgh, on September 25th. We will send out more information soon
about that trip. Email Daisy at daisyw@andrew.cmu.edu to reserve your
spot now.

Have a great weekend!

Dyanna

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This year’s projects

-Beekeeping: Bees are a vital part of our food supply and their
populations are threatened, especially in urban areas. We would like
to get a hive on campus to support urban populations and as an
educating opportunity. If you are interested, email Duncan Hutty at
dhutty@ece.cmu.edu.

-Marcellus Shale protest/awareness campaign: We heard a bit about the
Marcellus Shale drilling in our meeting and the water pollution that
will result from drilling. If you are interested doing something to
protest and raise awareness about the drilling contact Russell at
jrpryor@andrew.cmu.edu.

-Plant to Plate: There is a community garden project at Pitt which
aims to connect people to the entire food process from plant to plate.
They have a large garden which you can sign up to work shifts at. If
you are interested, contact Caroline at ckessler@cmu.edu.

-Trash Sort: Barb Kviz, the campus environmental coordinator, will be
organizing a trash sort on Wednesday, September 22 from 12:30-2:00.
They will be sorting out everything that could have been recycled or
composted to raise awareness about waste reduction. Contact Barb at
bk11@andrew.cmu.edu if you are interested.

-CMU Community Garden: We have a new garden on our campus next to the
solar decathlon house. If you want to help with weeding and harvesting
as the season comes to an end or establishing the garden as more of an
institution on campus contact Daisy at daisyw@andrew.cmu.edu.

-Tap Water Project: Bottled water is a waste of resources and we want
to reduce its use on campus. Orientation was a huge success after the
first year of the campaign and we will now be targeting athletics and
eventually dining services. Email Dyanna at dbecker@andrew.cmu.edu to
get involved with the campaign.

-The Environment Today: We have created a 3-unit weekend course that
will occur in the spring. The course features a series of lectures
from faculty at CMU and Pitt, and professionals in the community. This
year’s themes are biodiversity and environmental justice. If you are
interested in helping to plan the course contact Dyanna at
dbecker@andrew.cmu.edu.
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