Sustainability at Lake Superior College

Meeting Agenda 4/6/2018

April 6^th, 2018 9:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

New Business

Trex recycling challenge wrap up

Soft plastics recycling-new hauler: A1 $25/pick-up

S-building landscape discussion with Shoreview Natives (update and certification options from Dan)

“Certifying a pollinator site is a cinch. There are a couple of options:

• Certified Monarch Waystation – The Monarch Watch program sponsors this out of Kansas University. Good program to support, pretty popular to certify with them.
• National Wildlife Federation Habitat Certification – NWF has a habitat certification program that this installation would qualify for.
• Xerces Society– Xerces is an international invertebrate conservation NGO, kind of nice to promote them, and the sign is very descriptive of what the site accomplishes.
• Wild Ones Butterfly Garden – Wild Ones has a robust chapter in the Arrowhead, I think I saw you present with them one time…? They have a nice looking sign

All of these are $20-30 to certify, so pretty affordable.”

MAP #3 – “Distinctions” Task Force: Leadership in Sustainability focus from existing courses

MREA PV Development for Institutions Course: quick update, press release

Earth Day (April 19^th) update and last-minute thoughts

• Café taste testing plan (Connie)
• Used clothing shop

Garden/Grounds planning

• Tree planting, May 3^rd and 4^th, site prep planning
  • Promotion so far, other ideas?
• Garden Mentorship participant update

Boreal Natives and Shoreview Natives update

Summer groundskeeping and trails manger student employee needed

Old Business

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• Appliance/technology proposal(s)
• Green Office Challenge

Grounds (Danielle)

Budget

FY 18 budget balance: $2,796.65

Encumbrances to date:

• Earth Day supplies and cookies: -271
• Shoreview Natives: -3,000
• Prairie Restorations: -700
• Amazon (smart strips): -275
• Amazon (pruners, compost bags for campus): -87.67
• RSPT annual membership: -330
• Menards: -300
  • Atrium soil, potting soil, landscape tools
• Mileage reimbursement: MPCA site supervisor training: -160.50
• Mileage B3 luncheon: -167.99
• B3 luncheon registration: -27.37
• AASHE annual membership: -280
• Print/postage: -36.47

Review/revise FY18 potential budget items

• Smart strips
• Energy-related requests/ideas?
• Bottle filling station for Atrium?
• Picnic table under H catwalk, or Student Life area?
• Interpretive Trail bench, trash/recycling cans, exclosures
• Sustainability kiosk: pamphlet holder, plastic bag bin
• workshops?

Next Meeting

Friday, May 4^th, 9:00