9.21 meeting notes

THINGS TO DIG THIS WEEK:

MONDAY: Critical Mass Dinner @ 6 p.m. at Ruan Thai
WEDNESDAY: SGA DEC meeting @ 8 p.m.in 204A Ferg
THURSDAY: UA Green Fair Campus Clean-up @ 6 p.m. on Ferg Plaza
FRIDAY: Glass Recycling Drive 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on 5th Ave. near Student Rec
SUNDAY: UAEC Meeting @ 4 p.m. in 109 Carmichael Hall




-----------*GLASS RECYCLING DRIVE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED------------
Drop off your CLEAN glass or help collect it this Friday (Sept. 26) between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the upper parking lot of the Student Recreation Center (on 5th Avenue, across the street from the softball fields--look for the sign). Be sure to bring your CLEAN glass in a container that will not rip.


If you've ever been turned away from a UAEC glass recycling drive because the truck was full, consider taking a load to Birmingham yourself. The four people who have volunteered their vehicles to transport glass may not be enough to carry all that is collected this Friday, so if you happen to be driving to Birmingham this weekend and would like to carpool a few bags of glass along with you, please contact Mika Carpenter at mikacarpenter@aol.com.


Directions to the Glass Recycling facility in Birmingham:

From Tuscaloosa, take I-20/59 NORTH to Birmingham
When you reach Birmingham, take the CARAWAY BLVD. exit
Turn LEFT on Caraway Blvd.
Turn RIGHT onto 2ND AVE. N.
The AEC recycling center is straight ahead, on your left on the corner of 25th St. and 2nd Ave.


---------------*ATTENTION FACULTY MEMBERS*------------------
----------------HELP BRING GARDENS BACK TO UA---------------
There is currently an intense effort in the works to provide a garden space for faculty and student use on campus. If you are a faculty member who could potentially use a garden for research and academic purposes, send an E-mail with "GARDENS" in the subject line to Dr. Joe Brown, an instructor from New College and the Department of Biological Sciences, at joebrown@bama.ua.edu.


--------*REFORESTATION PROJECT IN COSTA RICA*-------
The Community Service Center is hosting an Alternative Winter Break trip to Costa Rica that will involve a reforestation project. The trip is scheduled for Dec. 28 until Jan. 6. The cost of the trip is around $1700 with airfare included. A $200 deposit is due by September 29. Call Josh Burford at 348-5586 or burfo003@sa.ua.edu for more info. See attached form for a scholarship opportunity.


---------UA GREEN FAIR BAKE SALE-------------------
-----------*CALLING ALL COOKS*---------------------
The UAEC will host a table at the UA Green Fair on Oct. 2. If you'd like to provide baked goods, contact UAEC secretary Hanna Welch at hkwelch@bama.ua.edu or post something on the discussion board on the University of Alabama Environmental Council's Facebook page: http://www.new.facebook.com/inbox/#/group.php?gid=26284131089&ref=ts


-----------*CRITICAL MASS DINNER TOMORROW @ RUAN THAI*----------------
Critical Mass Tuscaloosa will host a dinner Ruan Thai on University Boulevard @ 6 p.m. RSVP by contacting Joseph Wright (josephonboard@yahoo.com).


---------------*UA GREEN FAIR KICKOFF EVENT*---------------
-------------*THURSDAY @ 6 p.m. in the Ferguson Plaza*-------
Meet at the Ferguson Plaza to assist in a clean-up of the campus to promote the UA Green Fair, which will showcase coursework and research relative to environmentalism, alternative transportation, and art featuring works inspired by nature on Oct. 2 in the Ferg Plaza.

Some attendants of this kickoff event on Thursday will be painting themselves blue and green to draw attention to the cause. You can dip your skin into the dye, too.

For more information about the UA Green Fair, E-mail Dr. Fran Oneal (foneal@ua.edu).

------*DEADLINE FOR UA GREEN FAIR ART CONTEST & AUCTION EXTENDED TO SEPT. 29*------
There's still time to submit to the UA Art Contest & Auction. You can win up to $150 to the SUPe Store! See http://creativecampus.ua.edu/greenfair.htm for details.


-------*The SGA WANTS YOU to promote recycling*-------
Get paid to be an Environmental Ambassador at UA home football games.
Forms are available on the SGA website: http://www.sga.ua.edu/forms.cfm.

An SGA Department of Environmental Concerns Meeting will be held this Wednesday @ 8 p.m. in room 204 A Ferguson Center (close to Starbucks). Come!


----*UAEC will meet weekly @ 4 p.m. on Sundays in 109 Carmichael*------

---* Film screenings will be held in Nott Hall @ 8 p.m. every other Thursday beginning Oct. 2*------