Assignments & Information for the Sustainability Seminar Group   Thursday, Oct 13 More Project Descriptions     Ivy will tell us about her project & progress.  Those who haven't yet updated us ...  be ready!     Contact Claudia for an appointment if you want help with: developing the details; finding resources, information or examples; defining your expectations or arguments. See above right for Resources that can help you develop a relevant, fun & feasible plan.  ASSIGNMENT: Folks! Get your outline of your project onto your Blackboard area now, if you haven't!  If you have - read others' comments, and REVISE &/or ADD based on feedback & progress so far. Tuesday, Oct 11   1. More Project Descriptions  We heard from Tracy, Maia, and Duch.  All 3 are working on interesting topics with very high value to advancing UI's sustainability.  Very impressive!   See below and on Blackboard for details of your projects. Thursday, Oct 6     1. Keep building UI's sustainability resources.  Post on Blackboard - or email to me - 10 website links, or topics, that should be on this website.  Be specific about: Why these topics, links, articles etc. are useful for making UI sustainable.     2. Your project   Resources to help you select & define a successful project: Get your description posted in Blackboard, your area, by Thursday, October 6. Hanne described her recycling project goals. Jay & Jana talked over some of what they've learned so far on the sustainable campus dining service issue. Everyone -- Be ready to tell us:  Your plan... problem or need it addresses... steps to be taken ... progress so far ... goals you'll accomplish by the end of the semester ... what kind of report or summary you will produce ... and how this will help UI sustainability.   On Blackboard (main forum), I have listed many sustainability projects that UI students could do, or have done some work on already Campus Ecology, a program of the National Wildlife Foundation, has funded many great projects: http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/ Ten Ways to Make a Difference. 10 rules, 6 pages, for making sure your ideas work effectively & ethically: from Ethics Into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement  (1998), by Peter Singer. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield).  Henry Spira combined persistence with intelligent thinking, careful planning, good use of media, and a lifetime of experience in human rights and social justice action. 3.  KEEP READING!     Fostering Sustainable Behavior     You were asked to start reading Fostering Sustainable Behavior several weeks ago.  Finish reading it!  Identify the most significant barriers to sustainability progress for completing your project - or how your project will resolve an existing barrier.   Who's doing what?   The project list so far...(in no particular order) Name Project Sustainability Issue or Goal addressed Ivy Regular "Sustainable UI" radio news, info, Q/A on KUOI Information, building community, starting conversations Tracy Forwarding Talloires at UI by getting an Implementation Plan written, signed, & underway Goal-setting.  Agreement.  Plans! Jana, Jay Campus food sustainability assessment & education Campus dining services sustainability.  Establishing baseline data, sharing information & goals with the community of diners & workers.  Building awareness and individual ability to participate in solutions. Stephanie   Joe   Andrew UI Guide to Sustainable Conferences, Clubs & Events Practical help for people who want to be sustainable in meetings, club activities, and conferences/events: A checklist of "what to do" and why, with a "greenpages" or resource guide for how to achieve it in Moscow.   Hanne Recycling 'hoods & hoodlums A 'hit list' of where recycling bins aren't... and should be.  Updated info on what to recycle, and how, and how to find out.   Maia Organic/FT/SG Coffee: Total Campus Conversion Converting campus coffee to a kind that supports rural communities and family farmers in a healthy, sustainable and biodiverse environment; protects the migratory songbirds that North Americans need.  A project that builds community and skills needed for other sustainability actions.   Duch UI Sustainability Research Links Information-building, community-building through listing and linking from this site to all UI research and researchers that are part of sustainability at UI.   Tuesday, October 4   1. Debriefing on Campus Dining Trip What did we learn?  How can students work with Sodexho & each other to move our campus food system toward sustainability? Post on Blackboard - or email to me - 10 website links, or topics, that should be on this website.  Be specific about them: Why are they useful for making UI sustainable?         2. Sustainable Transportation Conference What did we learn?  Those who attended will share their observations, knowledge.  Those who didn't attend, bring your questions! Thursday, Sept 29 Field Trip to Campus Dining Services main location, Wallace Commons. Meet at Wallace Commons dining hall, 3:30 p.m. Interview with Campus Dining Svcs General Manager Jerry Curtis & staff Carry out sustainability assessment using "campus dining services sustainability scorecard" ver 1.2, being developed by Jana & Jay