Agendas

Sustainability Council meeting agenda 11/2/2018

DRAFT AGENDA

November 2^nd, 2018 9:00 – 10:30

S2920 Large Admin Conference Room

Announcements

New Business

Campus housing update, Eco Ent program and healthy campus messaging (Mike Seymour)

AASHE annual membership dues: $280

View State of MN Enterprise Sustainability 2017 Report and Minnesota State C&U’s policies/goals on sustainability

• SIMAP (a campus carbon calculator, formerly CarbonMAP, formerly Clean Air-Cool Planet) 2 month free subscription, annual subscription: $350

GreenCorps recap and sustaining/prioritizing projects: leveraging student employees to continue momentum

Cataloguing sustainability at LSC: review webpage, review landscape plan

Old Business

Excellence in Teaching Festival: “Threading Sustainability in Curriculum” discussion

Zero Waste products: inventory costs

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Update from Student Employees

• Geocache on campus? (Grant)

Budget

FY 19 original budget: $8,450

Encumbrances to date:

• Prairie Restorations (tansy treatment): $300
• Menards: $200
• ShelDon: $140.52
• 4 Seasons Outdoor Svcs: $ 193.99

Next Meeting

Regular monthly meeting December 7^th, 9:00 am

Sustainability Council Agenda 10/5/2018

October 5^th, 2018 9:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

New Business

Documenting our commitment to sustainability: review webpage, review landscape plan

GreenCorps recap and sustaining/prioritizing projects: leveraging student employees to continue momentum

Student Success Day, a Zero Waste event

Old Business

Campus housing follow-up thoughts

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

Update from Student Employees

• Geocache on campus? (Grant)

Budget

FY 19 original budget: $8,450

Encumbrances to date:

• Prairie Restorations (tansy treatment): $300
• Menards: $200
• ShelDon: $140.52
• 4 Seasons Outdoor Svcs: $ 193.99

Next Meeting

Regular monthly meeting November 2^nd, 9:00 am

Sustainability Council Meeting Agenda 9/7/2018

Student Life Conference Room, 9:00

Announcements

LSC’s Integrated Mfg assists in Imagine Canal Park in Sept

Woody Plants Field Workshop & Removal (Duluth CISMA) Oct 3^rd, 3:30-5:30, Casket Quarry Park

New student employees

New Business

FY19 budget: priorities

• Interpretive Trail needs (motion required): new trail head sign, limestone old (current) entrance

Campus Committees: membership update

Hosting a Zero Waste Event: purchasing update and kits (Kristi/Connie)

Summer Grounds Projects

• Pollinator garden
• Tansy town

New student housing planning

GreenCorps update and sustaining projects: leveraging student employees to continue momentum

Student Employees Update

• Geocache on campus? (Grant)

Review Campus Landscape Plan

Old Business

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

New AS program: Eco Entrepreneurism (Glenn)

Budget

FY 18 original budget: $8,450

Encumbrances to date:

• Prairie Restorations (tansy treatment): $300
• Menards: $200

Next Meeting

Meeting with Carly Coulson: September 14^th, 9:00 am, Large Admin Conf Room

Regular monthly meeting: October 5^th, 9:00 am

Meeting Agenda 5/1/2018

May 1^st, 2018 1:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

May 9^th, National Bike to School Day – LSC’s participation

New Business

FY18, final budget items for discussion:
Current balance: $2,441.18

• Dan’s Feedbin (flowers, fertilizer) -$300
• Menards (soil, supplies) -$300
• Smart strips ($28 each) -$
• Campus countertop compost bins/bags ($29 each) -$
• Heated footrests ($45 each)
• EnergyStar refrigerator for Art Bldg ($280)
• Picnic table (many options)
• Cordless saw for trail work
• Interpretive Trail trailhead sign ($1500)
• Training/travel?

Tree planting cancelled (spread the word), Trail work this Thursday, 10:30

Garden/Grounds planning

• Tree planting canceled
• Burn contract in place
• Veg Garden Mentorship participant update

Summer groundskeeping and trails manger student employee needed

Light switch stickers

Old Business

Earth Day-successes, suggestions?

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• Green Office Challenge

Grounds (Danielle)

Sustainability “Focus” in Leadership Distinction

Budget

FY 18 budget balance: $2,441.18

Encumbrances to date:

• Earth Day supplies, compost bags and cookies: -271
• Shoreview Natives: -3,000
• Prairie Restorations: -1,050
• 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

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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

Meeting Agenda 3/2/2018

March 2^nd, 2018 9:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

Sustainability and S’Mores this afternoon, 2:00, at the Bagley Center

Weed Em Out: Invasives Workshop an invasive plants early detection workshop– March 27^th,  9am-3:00, EPA

Duluth CISMA Stewardship Network – introductory conversation for local colleges and universities (March 7^th or 14th, tbd)

New Business

S-building landscape discussion with Shoreview Natives

MREA PV Development for Institutions Course: quick update on lessons so far

Earth Day (April 19^th) presentation/theme ideas

• Theme: Food for Thought: The ecological impact of your everyday decisions
• Food update (Danielle, Kristi, Connie)
• Campus clean up-anyone want to take the lead on organizing/leading this? Do we need to provide incentive?

Garden/Grounds planning

• Meeting with Shoreview Natives (update from Theresa, Danielle)
• Tree planting, May 4th
• Garden Club/Sustainability Council partnership on garden mentorship

Boreal Natives $200 site maintenance (motion needed)

Prescribed burn in native seeded areas, Boreal (quote for $500) or ERTC?

Summer groundskeeping and trails manger student employee needed

Old Business

Bikeway discussion follow-up (Nate, Dave…)

Facilities Comprehensive Plan forum (any interesting/pertinent take-aways?)

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• Green Office Challenge
  • Participants so far, follow-up/outreach
• Smart strips update

Trex recycling challenge update

Grounds (Danielle)

Budget

FY 18 budget balance: $6,771.00

Encumbrances to date:

• 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, April 6^th, 9:00

Meeting Agenda 1/12/18

Announcements

LSC to Piedmont bikeways discussion with James Gittemeier (Met Interstate Council) Tues Feb 6^th, 10:30-11:30

S’Mores and Sustainability Social @ Bagley ((Twin Ports-Campus Sustainability Network (TP-CSN)), Mar 2, 2:00-4:00

• Should we offer transportation? Student Life?

New Business

MREA PV Development for Institutions Course: participants announced

• First week feedback and assignment review (Al, Wade, Kristi)
• Ongoing assignment input from the Council?

Earth Day (April 19^th) presentation/theme ideas

• Ethical Choices Program , presenter update
• Other Earth Day details?

Regional Stormwater Protection Team (RSPT) annual dues (motion needed)

Garden/Grounds planning

• Climate Committee request for outdoor gathering spaces
• Glenn wants to plant 1,000 trees, and he wants you to help.

Sunrise Movement request for speaking opportunity March 14-18

Old Business

Climate Leadership Network, official withdrawl letter submitted

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• December small appliance and technology audit results
• Green Office Challenge
  • Participants so far, follow-up/outreach plan

Trex recycling challenge update (Jose)

Grounds (Danielle)

Budget 

FY 18 total budget: $7,399.26

Encumbrances to date:

• 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: -18.04

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, March 2^nd, 9:00

Meeting Agenda 1/12/18

January 12^th, 2018 9:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

New Business

Climate Leadership Network, official withdrawl letter (review)

Review/update LSC’s Sustainability mission statement

Review LSC Wikipedia page for Sustainability statement

Green Ribbon Schools award application – Feb 1: submit intent to apply, Mar 7: application due

MREA PV Development for Institutions Course: January 29 – March 25

• Minn State campuses w/ PV

Soft Plastics recycling drive + World Water Day, March 22^nd

Earth Day presentation/theme ideas

• Ethical Choices Program

APPA: Leadership in Educational Facilities seeking campus sustainability case studies

H-building hillside spring tree planting strategy

Old Business

Trash Talk @ duty day

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• December small appliance and technology audit results
• Green Office Challenge
  • Participants so far, follow-up/outreach plan

Trex recycling challenge update (Jose)

Graphic Design/Grounds (Danielle)

Budget

FY 18 total budget: $7,399.26

Encumbrances to date:

• 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: -18.04

Review/revise FY18 potential budget items

• 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, February 2^nd, 9:00

Meeting Agenda 12/1/2017

AGENDA

December 1^st, 2017 9:00

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

Twin Ports Campus Sustainability Network meeting today, 1:00-3:oo in W1626.  Everyone welcome!

New Business

Climate Leadership Network, official withdrawl letter?

• now available: Carbon Commitment (current), Climate Commitment or Resilience Commitment (no carbon tracking required)

LSC Store and compostable products update (Connie and Kristi)

Outdoor Minnesota Recycles bottles (Deanne)

System-wide Sustainability Work Group meeting recap

Composting for events (Nate), process

Recycling procedure complaints from employees and students

Citizen Science meet-up recap (Deanne, Glenn, Kristi)

Old Business

Request for outdoor recycling bins (Al?)

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• Green Office work group update
• EnergyMisers from UMD
• Planned small-appliance audit over semester break

Trex recycling challenge update (Jose)

Grounds and garden maintenance (Danielle)

New graphics and media student employee “position”

Budget      

FY 18 total budget: $8,450

Encumbrances to date:

• Menards: -300
  • Atrium soil, potting soil, landscape tools
• Mileage reimbursement: MPCA site supervisor training: -160.50

Review/revise FY17potential budget items

• 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, January 5^th, 9:00

Meeting Agenda 11/3/2017

Student Life Conference Room

Announcements

Nov 21^st, 11:30/noon, MPCA Canal Park: Twin Ports Climate Coalition – What Climate Action Lessons can the Twin Ports learn from South Florida?

New Business

B3 Awards Luncheon

LSC Store and compostable products (Connie and Kristi)

METASYS upgrade next week (Al)

Earth Day date

Old Business

Request for outdoor recycling bins (Al?)

Work Group and Student Employee Reports

GreenCorps project(s) update (Chris)

• Green Office: review survey questions
• EnergyMisers
• ERTC mini-audit findings

Trex recycling challenge update (Jose)

Grounds and garden maintenance (Danielle)

Budget

FY 18 total budget: $8,450

Encumbrances to date:

• Menards: -300
  • Atrium soil, potting soil, landscape tools
• Mileage reimbursement: MPCA site supervisor training: -160.50

Review/revise FY17potential budget items

• 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, December 1^st, 9:00