Greenfire

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2011-02-24T22:50:00.000-06:00

Flow-Wriston-March 1^st @ 9 p.m.

Greenfire, The Movie-March 3 @ 7 p.m. @ UW Fox Valley- E-mail us if you want to go, so we can buy you a ticket!

Housing-If you want to live here next year, start thinking about it. We want to start getting an idea of who wants to live here. There will be LOTS of hazing. (a.k.a. Neva Neva Land)

4/20 Planet Earth (Outside maybe?)

EARTHDAY IDEAS--

Potluck-at Greenfire. Sunday before Earthday. Campus Black Out. “Who Killed the Electric Car”. Seeds in cups. Make cups/trail mix. Make recycled paper. Journal making. Bag Making. Face Painting. Greenfire tie-dye t-shirts. Campus Bands (Tribal Princess). Tent/no tent? Button-making. ORC bikes. Mend shit lessons. Free Massages. Yoga (Suzy or Annie).

E-mail with ideas! Or just talk to us.

COME TO OUR PARTY on SAT @ 10!!!

NEVA NEVA LAND

2011-02-02T19:02:00.003-06:00

Hey Greenies!

Maybe you've seen the signs, maybe you've heard the buzz - Greenfire has declared February

"Waste Reduction Month"

If you see people toting a trash bag, ask them why!

If you overhear a clock talk, stop and listen!

If you have more questions, check out our website

or stop by during a meeting,

8:30pm Thursdays at Sabin, or anytime at all.

Stay Warm,

Greenfire

P.S. Remember Coffee discounts in the Cafe when you B.Y.O.Mug!

2011-02-02T18:49:00.004-06:00

Minutes

RECYCLEMANIA-

Monday at 8-Meet here to get your trash bags ready.

SCULPTURE BUILDING-GO collect cups-ALSO on Monday @ 8 p.m.

Clean Plate Challenge-FEB. 14^th-20^th-if you’re interested in working, e-mail greenfire@lawrence.edu

Times we need people to work are:

WED 6-7, THURS 5-6, THURS 6-7, FRI 5-6, SAT 5-6, SAT 6-7, SUN 6-7.

e-mail greenfire@lawrence.edu to sign up!

-encourage others to get their recycling in the recycling-the whole month

-$1 coffee if you bring your own mug

-floating trash bags in campus center

MEET ON TUES @ GREENFIRE @ 8 a.m. to do this!

Clock Talks-If you’re interested in doing this, e-mail us. Stand on the clock tower by Main. You’re going to advertise for Waste Reduction Month. Song & Dance?

CHRIS PAINE- He’s available to come to Lawrence on Tues, May 3.

HOUSE Party-Feb. 5^th. Yes, it’s after Jill Beck’s ball.

HECKRODT-7-9 p.m. on Feb. 17^th-Heckrodt Teacher Naturalist Training Meeting-volunteer to be a TN and teach environmental education to local kids! Contact: Caitie Williamson williaca@lawrence.edu

WE LOVE

JAMIE

Minutes: January 6th

2011-01-06T21:39:00.001-06:00

Recyclemania
-international competition. they weigh Lawrence’s garbage/recycling and compare it to per capita amounts. Get people to think about how much they’re wasting. Feb. 6-April 2.

Clean Plate Challenge
-Fresh start, babies!!
-Let’s have it the 3rd week of February and have a ….

waste-reduction month.
-Reduce cups, and get coffee discounts if you have a reusable cup.
-Hand out extra GreenRoots H20 bottles.
-Campaign for hankies.
-Dorm reps.-get it started everywhere

Moses
-Go learn from farmers!
-Sleep at Laura Streyle’s house
-Feb 24-26
-If you’re interested, Greenfire can fund you!
-E-mail greenfire@lawrence.edu by Mon. if you want to do it.

Little Something Greens
-notes that remind people not to waste. BRING IT BACK! Iike “you don’t need a radiator to turn up the heat.”
-Tomorrow @ 2:15. We’re gonna hang ‘em. Join Sophie at the Greenfire house.
-If you want to start your own time to do that! & talk to us.

Andrew wants to hand little something greens out to townies real bad.

Ideas..
-Let’s teach kids about recycling. If you know how we could do this, let us know! By e-mail or wurd.
-Carry around your garbage for a week.
-18 hour danceathon to benefit a green cause.
-Put up Promotions for Moon Cup vs. Tampons. Talk to Act Natural?

Earth Day Planning! Get ready, folks…

Welcome back to campus, Lawrentians!

2011-01-03T22:05:00.001-06:00

The first Greenfire meeting of the term is this Thursday at 8:30pm in the Greenfire House. We hope to see everyone there! (bring your friends!)

Greenfire's Carnafall!

2010-11-07T12:59:00.002-06:00

will be November 12th!!

stay posted for more information!

2010-11-05T12:16:00.002-05:00

Thrift Store- we need people to man the booth in the campus center on the 3^rd floor on Friday the 12^th, Saturday the 13^th. If you can help, e-mail greenfire@lawrence.edu. If you have any ideas for names for the thrift store, e-mail us.

Here’s the tabling schedule so far…

Thursday 11th:

10 - 12 Brenna, Sophie, Jami Lin,

12 - 2 Chelsea, Henry S., Jami Lin,

2 - 3:30 Chelsea, Cori, Jeff,

Oren's coming at the end to help close and deal with $

Friday 12th:

10:30 - 12:30 Ana K, Mia, Lydia,

12:30 - 2:00 Sophie, Adam C., Holly,

2: 00 - 3:30 Chelsea (only til 3), Sophie, Ellie, Dain (til 3), Patrick 3-3:30

Saturday 13th:

10:30 - 12:30 Brenna, ______, _____

12:30 - 2:00 Bryn, Emily B., Nate,

2: 00 - 3:30 Cori, India, Adam C., Sophie (to close)

Alternative Giving Fair- Nov. 7^th (Sunday.)

Our cause is----

Equippig Tribal Families with Solar Energy (Environmental Sustainability)

Here’s who’s working:

Lydia set up @ 9:45

Jaimie 10-12

Ellie 11-12

Abby & Jeff 12-2

Chelsey 2-5

If you’re interested in working, e-mail us!

FLOW- we bought the film rights. Nov. 13^th Saturday at 4-5:30. We need to advertise.

No Waste Week- check out Adam's attachment to learn more and to see who's working! WE NEED HELP, so e-mail greenfire@lawrence.edu if you're interested!

Dorm Reps- We want to have informal Greenfire representatives for each dorm. They would be “environmental RLA’s.” Dutie’s include:

Hanging up “Little Something Greens”

Help with the recycling process

Lights- Turn of lights when appropriate.

Report problems about heat, rather than opening windows to cool down dorms in the winter.

Drying racks for laundy rooms

Push shorter showers and letting the yellow mellow.

Encourage people to unplug stuff.

Any other ideas for tasks? Let us know!

If you’re interested in being a dorm RLA, you should let us know!

We need 2 people to do Sage & 1 for Big & Small Exec. Plus…another person for each of the dorms, except Colman.

By the way….

greenfire@lawrence.edu

Minutes October 7th, 2010

2010-10-07T21:22:00.001-05:00

Some Minutes.

10/10/10-Sunday in the garden. 10-2. Come volunteer. We’ll take a picture for 350.

You don’t have to stay the whole time.

Thrift Store-sell old clothes and stuff & donate $ to SEGA.

We should have a kick-off. We should have donations in the campus center.

Mon. 9:30 meeting about the thrift store.

ERC-sustainability survey. What is important to you? If you have questions you think should go on the survey, e-mail them to greenfire@lawrence.edu

FLOW- November 11^th, 9:30 we are showing FLOW!!

Check it out: http://www.flowthefilm.com

Looking into installing LED lights in the Greenfire house, more of the same on campus. Also, a windmill at Bjork- yes please.

Harmony Oct. 27 Match Lawrence University Groups to their community equivalents. A way of bridging the gap between campus and community. Set up like speed dating. Time to meet your match ;)

They need to know by next week how many reps are there.

Let’s have a fall day – pumpkin carving, leaf pile jumping, sweater wearing, hot cider drinking! How about the 16^th at 2:00pm? Sounds good. At the Greenfire backyard.

If you want to make a team for the Fox Valley Spelling Bee with Marika, e-mail her @ marika.c.straw@lawrence.edu

Xoxoxo

You know you love me.

Love,

Ellie & Abby

Welcome (back) to Lawrence!

2010-09-15T00:38:00.003-05:00

Hello new students and returning students! Greenfire is gearing up for another year of successful events. Please feel free to join us at our first meeting on Thursday, September 23, at 8:30pm in the Greenfire house. If you're not sure where it's located, just head on over to our website for more information:

www.lawrence.edu/sorg/greenfire

Or just check out the map below. We hope you've all had excellent summers -- See you soon!

Meeting Updates and the CPC

2010-01-25T13:19:00.002-06:00

-Greenfire has created 3 main goals/groups for this term: the Clean Plate Challenge, Little Something Greens, and Recycling

1. CPC is THIS WEEK. Scraping in front of the dish area during the entire dinner shift Mon-Sunday. Tabling on Mon and Tue. See the last email for shifts or to sign up. The dining hall wants to weigh waste 1 day of the week for the rest of the year to moniter food waste. (AKA to see it decrease!)

2. Little Something Greens: Many new ones are made and laminated. Stop by the living room and pick some up to post around campus. We are always making more!

3. Recycle News: LU is single stream. Work on signs for above all recycling bins on campus (ie. do's and don't's). Continue to recycle CFLs, ink cartridges, batteries, chargers, used electronics, etc. and the Funding Factory. Recycle MANIA is Jan 17th to March 27th.

-Each meeting will have a fun activity or goal for members

-Students can create green articles and short educational movies on how to be a Green Lawrentian.

-Environmental movies on Wed nights in Feb. (in Appleton Post!!)

-MOSES Conference- Feb 25-27

-Campus center-A big THANK YOU to the campus center/Grill/Cafe/etc! We should do something! Remember to BYOMug and new non-disposable dishes are in). Get morerecycling bins in the building.

-LU students get a 10% discount at Just Act Natural Store.....Stop in!

-Feel free too bring interesting news or updates to meetings!

-Stop by the house to pick up POSTERS and LSGs to hang around campus!!

-Meeting: Thursday night at 9:00pm in the Sabin/Greenfire house.

Winter Term 2010

2010-01-07T21:49:00.002-06:00

Welcome back to campus!

The blog has been on hiatus for a while, but we're back! You can check here for meeting minutes, updates, and anything else Greenfire related. Feel free to comment and share your ideas!

If you have any questions or comments, you can contact us at greenfire@lawrence.edu

Here are a few handy links:

the Greenfire website

Greenfire on Facebook

The Lawrence Home Page

Update on Clean Lakes Bill

2009-03-27T21:51:00.004-05:00

The Clean Lakes bill to ban phosphorus in fertilizer passed the Senate yesterday, and awaits the governor's signature to become law!

We know there are plenty more threats to our lakes and streams, but for today, it's great to know that by working together and stopping some of the worst pollution, our children and grandchildren will have a better chance of swimming and fishing in the kind of beautiful lakes we can remember.

Greenfire open house

2009-03-14T19:03:00.004-05:00

Greenfire open house! Tomorrow (Sunday) at 7:00pm!

Last Greenfire meeting of the term 5:30 Wednesday 18th March!

Be there if you still in town, otherwise have a great and relaxing Spring Break!!!

CADY event with Greenfire this Saturday!

2009-02-19T23:58:00.007-06:00

- Math and Science day for 1^st-5^th graders. Greenfire has a station!

- We need volunteers!

-Sat. 1:00-4:30pm (Be there 12:00-12:30 to set up.)

-4 to 6 groups of kids (each 15-20 kids)

-5 minute talk about how to recycle in Appleton.

Make it interactive.

-15 minute recycling/sorting game

-Who can sign up to help? This can be done in shifts. Just email Heather and we can set up a schedule.

-Collect recyclable items, such as plastics, cans, etc. AND random non-recyclable items. Bring them to Greenfire. There is a bucket on the porch to put them in. Then we’ll just need to wash them out.

-Plan game/make signs etc.

-Megan will send us the flyer for the kids to take home

-There will be a logo planning meeting for a new Greenfire logo next Tuesday at 8:30pm at the house.

The rest of the minutes will be posted later :)

Thank you!!

Oberlin: ahead of the game/How can LU catch up?

2009-02-19T23:53:00.007-06:00

This is an older video that we got from Jess last year. It highlights a house at Oberlin College that has taken ecoLiving to the next level. Check it out:

Would you like to see something like this on the LU campus? Would this even be allowed at LU? Post your comments below...

Greenfire gets a blog

2009-02-19T22:11:00.009-06:00

Greenfire is a student activist group focused on effecting environmental change on campus, in the local community, and nationally.

Come Join us every Thursday at 9:00 in Greenfire (Sabin) House right next to Draheim (across the street from Downer)!