Sustainability at Lake Superior College

Sustainability Council Agenda 1-18-2019

January 18, 2019 9:00 – 10:30

S1913 Student Serivces Conference Room

Announcements

Sustainable Farming Assn (SFA) Annual Conference at College of St. Benedicts, February 9^th

New member introductions

Lake Superior Chapter SFA Conference and Annual Meeting at Peace Church Duluth, January 26^th

2019 AASHE Conference “Co-Creating a Sustainable Economy” – October 27-30 in Spokane, WA

RSPT February 13th, monthly meeting S1981, 1:00

New Business

MAP #3 Distinction in Sustainability update

• Promotion/recruiting – materials, SS Day, Open House tables, others…
• co-courses

Potential memberships:

• National Council on Science and the Environment (NCSE) – The Community College Alliance for Sustainability Education (CCASE) 
• SEED (Sustainability Education & Economic Development)

LSC Earth Day

• Campus Book Club read: “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren

Old Business

Office waste handling proposal update

Campus housing update

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Student Employee Project updates

• Café serveware inventory (Boris)
• RecycleMania (Kristi, Boris, Kurt)
  • 8-weeks, Feb 3-March 30
  • Needs: prizes?, scale, planning team members
    • First team meeting: Jan 22^nd, noon, Student Life Conf Room
• TerraCycle

Budget

FY 19 original budget: $8,450

Encumbrances to date:

• Prairie Restorations (tansy treatment): $300
• Menards: $200
• ShelDon: $140.52
• 4 Seasons Outdoor Svcs: $ 179
• AASHE annual dues: $280
• Printing: $13.42

Balance to-date: $7,337.06

Next Meeting

RecycleMania first team meeting January 22nd, noon

Regular monthly meeting February 1st, 9:00 am