The CSUN Transportation Working Group will meet on:
July 7, 2009
1 PM - 2 PM
Whitsett Room (SH 451)
The group will follow up on the presentation made last time by http://www.alternetrides.com, and Colin Donahue will brief the group on conversations he has had since then with transportation planners at UC Irvine, one of the universities that currently uses the services of alternetrides.
The potential future role of the Working Group will be discussed in the context of the Transit Center that is being planned for location on the CSUN campus and proposals to strengthen bicycle use to and on campus.
If you ahve any questions, please contact sustainability@csun.edu
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The Community Food Garden Working Group will meet on:
July 9, 2009
11 AM - 12 Noon
Whitsett Room (SH 451)
The meeting will discuss:
1. A planting program for the Hillel property gardens
2. A tree planting and landscaping program for the Reseda Corridor Improvement Project (TreePeople are being invited to help facilitate the project)
3. Next steps in the Campus Food Gardens project
If you have questions, contact sustainability@csun.edu
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The first meeting of the
CSUN Transportation Working Group
will be held in
Sierra Hall, Fourth Floor,
Whitsett Room,
from
11 AM to 12 Noon,
on
Friday, June 19, 2009.
The agenda for the meeting is to sketch out a mission statement and to establish a regular meeting protocol for the group. One key function is to advocate for innovative transportation demand management solutions for the campus and to seek out novel ways to promote alternatives to single-occupancy automobile commute patterns–such as transit, car pooling, bicycle, and pedestrian modes of travel.
Continue reading CSUN Transportation Working Group Meeting
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Dear Campus Colleague:
June 17, 2009, is the next meeting for our A.S. Recycling Feasibility Study. This is the second of three campus gatherings designed to learn more about what the A.S. Recycling program does now and may do in the next five years. Because of our work together via AS Recycling, and, we value your input, we would appreciate your participation in this process. It will be held promptly at 10:30 am until 12:00 noon in the USU Executive Conference Room.
Continue reading AS Recycling Stakeholder Meeting
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The 7th Campus Sustainability Day is being sponsored by the Society for Campus and University Planning (SCUP), and is scheduled for Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Participate in a survey to provide input into the event webcast.
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If you’re interested in making transportation systems on campus more sustainable–promote bicycling, encourage walking, increase transit use, make carpooling easier, and so on–then you need to be part of this interest group.
Send an email to: sustainability@csun.edu, with the word Transportation in the subject line.
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The Food Garden Interest Group met again, today, and we explored alternative sites for food gardens around campus. The discussion ranged from ideas for edible landscapes, fruit and nut trees, herb gardens, and seasonal vegetables, to using food gardens as educational opportunities.
The next meeting is on Thursday, June 11, 2009, at 11 AM, in the Whittsett Room, fourth floor, Sierra Hall. Come join us, help us flesh out the idea, and prepare a project brief…!
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University Business Web Seminar series
Defining and Measuring Green Computing
Click Here to Register
Sponsored by HP
When
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11 AM (PT)
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Some of us are interested in starting a food/vegetable garden at CSUN.
Interested in finding out more? Come to our next organizing meetingat:
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
11 AM to 12 Noon
Whitsett Room (Sierra Hall, 4th Floor)
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Event: Student driven sustainability projects @ CSUN
When: Tuesday, May 5 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: USU Executive Conference Room. (It is located on Floor 3 of the USU Sol Center, right turn off the elevator.)
Description: We invite you to a presentation on current student sustainability related projects and a discussion to brainstorm future student-faculty research project opportunities to help make CSUN a greener campus.
Come hear about:
- CSUN waste audit results
- Visioning session for CSUN’s new student sustainability club
- Increase waste reduction/recycling awareness
- Invitation to UC/CSU/CC Sustainability Conference http://sustainability.ucsb.edu/conference/
- Increase availability of healthy foods and vegetarian options
- Introduce CSUN Farmer’s Market
- Explore faculty mentorship opportunities
- Plan for Earth Week, April 2010 at CSUN
- Find out about a new CSUN course on sustainability http://www.csun.edu/sustainability/
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