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Campus Environmental Issues CommitteeFebruary 10, 2000
Al Romero introduced the ES 88 class. All students of that class will be involved in campus environmental-related projects this year. 2. Report on the "Environmental Literacy" Initiative Al Romero informed of his discussion with both the Environmental Studies Coordinating Committee and the Chair of the Curriculum Committee regarding the establishment of an "Environmental Literacy" graduation requirement. He has been collecting information on courses from different departments that can be included in a list of courses any of which will fulfill that requirement. A proposal to the CC will be submitted soon. 3. Report on the Board of Trustees Involvement in the Campus Environmental Initiatives Al Romero informed of the initiative taken by President McPherson to get a group of trustees involved with the activities of the CEIC. He is consulting with several people in order to select a group of genuinely interested trustees that can support CEIC initiatives. 4. Report on the Future Legal Status of the CEIC Al Romero reported on his conversation with Provost Hornbach about who should be the appropriate body in charge of enforcing the Talloires Declaration. Prof. Hornbach said that he thinks that there are already enough committees on campus and that the logical choice would be to empower CEIC with that mission. The Policy Subcommittee will meet to discuss the possible alternatives of how best implement CEIC enforcement powers. 5. Campus-Wide Consultation Schedule It was agreed to launch an aggressive campus-wide campaign to let people know about what the Talloires Declaration is all about and the need for people to participate and express their opinion about it. Students will contact different students on-campus organizations. Al Romero would ask Mark Dickinson and Patty Pfalz to use the next SAC meeting to divulge the declaration among staff, and Al Romero will do the same for the next Faculty Meeting. It was agreed that we need more on-campus publicity on this issue through the Bulletin, the MacWeekly, and direct mailing. 6. Commencement Speech Al Romero informed that he has nominated Claudia Curran as the Senior student to give the graduation speech in the hope that, if chosen, she can use that opportunity to raise campus awareness on environmental issues. 7. Graduation Pledge Al Romero informed that the graduating class of ES Students has agreed to read a pledge during the graduating ceremony that will read as follows: "I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider or any organization for which I work." He is in touch with Erlene Lagerquist in order to see how such pledge can be fit within the graduating ceremonies. 8. Talloires Discussion This was deferred for next meeting waiting for the Policy Subcommittee to meet and make their recommendations. 9. Others Andy Miller informed of the plans for Meadowlark for this semester and invited people to participate in the effort. Jessica Wadendal informed on the coffee issue ("Peace Coffee") and about an email to be sent later on this topic. |
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