Transcript Mission Green - Florida Atlantic University

In the News
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Solar panels on the Whitehouse!!!
New Electric Cars
Widespread Plastic in Oceans
Brazil Green Party gains momentum
Did you know Kohl’s is going
GREEN?!
– http://www.kohlsgreenscene.com/KohlsIni
tiatives/BuildingDesign.html
So far this semester…
• Pine Jog Green Fair
• Harbor Branch Tour
Upcoming Events
• 10/10/10
• Cypress Harvest
• Greenfest
• Wyland Living Green Fair
Boca Raton Food and Wine Festival
• Sunday, October 10 ·
3:30pm - 10:00pm
• Boca Raton Food and Wine
Festival Camino Blvd, just
east of Federal
• Visit our Facebook page, and
check out the event details
350.org
• Founded by Bill McKibben http://www.billmckibben.com/
• Global grassroots movement to
– raise awareness of man-made climate change,
– confront climate change denial, and to
– cut emissions of one of the greenhouse
gases, carbon dioxide
Overall goal: to slow Global warming by reducing
or eliminating human contributions
350.org Campaigns
• Oct 24, 2009 International Day of Climate
Action
• Crude Awakening: Taking a Stand Against
offshore Oil Drilling
• Hands Across the Sand
• The Great Energy Race
• Put Solar On It! http://putsolaron.it/
• 10/10/10 A Day of Action
Arthur Marshall Foundation Cypress
Harvest
• October 30, 2010 - Annual Cypress Harvest (9:00AM
- 12:00PM)
• Location: Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National
Wildlife Refuge
Boynton Beach, FL
– wear closed-toed shoes, hats, sunglasses and sunscreen.
– Drinking water, collection bags and harvesting tools will
be provided by the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation.
– Please bring a refillable water bottle for yourself—help us
to reduce waste!
• For more information email MGSA.
• RSVP by October 27, 2010. call 561-805-8733
Greenfest 2010 Nov 4 - 7
• Nov 4 at 10 - 2FAU
Greenfest on the Greenway
• Nov 5 Business to Business
Greenfest
• Nov 6,7 Wyland Living
Green Fair at Mizner
– Volunteers needed for all three
events!
What are your ideas?
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Everglades field trip?
Gumbo Limbo Nature Complex?
LEED Certified Buildings on Campus
Research Community Bike Program
Others??
Creative Recycling
• Recycling Crafts and Projects
• http://www.allfreecrafts.com/rec
ycling-crafts/index.shtml
• Recycled Bags
• http://www.myrecycledbags.com
Recycling Magazines
• Roller Flowers
• Handbags
• Paper Beads
Treasurer Needed!!
• Good at accounting?
• Want to get involved with MGSA?
• Let us know if you’re interested!