Green Tea Minutes 3/4/09

Green Tea Minutes 3/4/09

1. Introductions and Announcement
     Participate in conversations on Oberlin's Green Online Forum: http://obiegreen.lefora.com
     Plant trees with Glenn Gall to reach a goal of 2 trees per person per year, or learn about permaculture: glenngall@gmail.com or David.Sokoll@oberlin.edu
     Email mzimmer@oberlin.edu if you'd like to participate in student led initiatives surrounding current transportation issues
     Make a planner page for the RPC's planner: rpc@oberlin.edu
     Help with Ecolympics planning: mzimmer@oberlin.edu
     Help plan awesome Earth Day activities: ngraubar@oberlin.edu
     OPIRG is making a video about Powershift/green Oberlin.

2. Powershift Debrief
   During the debrief students discussed good things and things they would change in regards to the Powershift trip (Thanks Isabelle for all your hard work getting us there!):

Good:
Capital Climate Action - very powerful, high energy, solidarity
Ohio Break out Session- well organized, good to hear from other Ohio schools
Student realized media, networking and outreach is a solution to big issues.
Meeting people from across the country!

Bad:
Snow...
Sessions were hit and miss
Nancy Pelosi didn't come

Next Steps/Ideas/Thoughts:
Direction action in Ohio: Oct. 28th AMP Ohio
More teach-ins at Oberlin. Earth Day, Arbor Day
Address issues with transportation.
Address issues with coal on campus.