Tuesday, May 18, 2010

G Block Blogs

Austin Cabot: Deforestation

Emily Cappello: Plastic Bag Waste

Danielle Derchin: Eating Locally

Lauren Gorajek: Oil Spills

Meredith Greenberg: Malaria

Claire Haeuptle: Water Conservation

Ira Hayes: HIV/Aids

Harlee Leineek: Air Pollution

Alex Li Wang: Battery Disposal

James Lindberg: Water Pollution

Henry McCarthy: Alternative energy sources

Tricia Reilly

Kelsi Smith: Endangered Species

Kaitlyn Swingle: Ocean Pollution

Nitis Udorphin: Pesticides

Nico Valle

Monday, May 17, 2010

C Block Local Solutions

Jaamie: Propose water conservation possibilities to the Mayor of Cranbury.

Gerson: World Hunger poster in the dining hall
Collection at store in town

Vlad: Did you know? with info for ways to donate in bathrooms
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Brandon: Awareness on campus. Handout information in beach town about ways to help/donate.

Albert: Visit Landfill to interview about leachate disposal. Possibly volunteer?
Help older dumpsites find funds to install leachate filter.

Ande: Finding Nemo Screening and Ocean Pollution Presentation

Katie: All school email about laptop power usage - and Blackle.com.

Meghan: Talk to PFS about donating leftover food
Talk to Dunkin Donuts and Grocery stores about donating leftover food
Help organize soup kitchen with Jim Truslow
Freerice and the hunger site.

Haik: Armenia Tree Project- donate to plant a tree.
talk to local store about stocking recycled products.

Carlo: "Matter of trust" for Oil spills

Drew: Get PFS/campus to not use aerosol spray bottles
Talk to local stores about stocking "green alternatives"
labels for environmentally safe products

Jon: Poster making contest at an elementary school
Website for carpooling

Friday, May 14, 2010

G block LOCAL SOLUTIONS

After some inspiring and creative brainstorming and researching G block will be doing the following to address global issues in their communities:

Tricia
• Working with the environmental club to increase composting in the dining hall
• Setting up a recycling bin in the student center

Alex
• Setting up recycling centers for batteries on campuse
• Setting up some sort of display to increase awareness about batteries

Lauren
• Collecting Nylons
• Collecting hair from salons to send

Nitis
• Awareness on campus about pesticide application
• ??

Harlee
• None yet

Kaitlyn
• Movie
• Awareness piece??

Henry
• Energy bike in dining hall
• Alternative energy poster

Claire
• Trying to set up rain collection buckets on campus

Nico
• Soup kitchen
• Letter to senator
• Set up collection bin somewhere for food

Ira Hayes
• Sex education/prevention
• ??

Austin
• Recycling
• Raise money

James
• Lake Cleanup
• Awareness signs by lakes about the effects of trash

Kelsi
• Bird houses
• Awareness sign/poster about habitat destruction

Meridith
• Fund raise for mosquito nets

C Block Blogs

Jonathan Agos: Air Pollution

Brandon Boccellari: Coastal Erosion

Carlo Buonopane: Oil Spills

Albert Coleman: Leachate Waste Disposal

Drew DeAngelis: Ozone Depletion

Katie Fago: Energy Conservation

Gerson Leiva: Poverty and Hunger

Meghan McGuirk: Hunger

Jaamie Monroe: Global Water Crisis

Vladimir Olchanski: Clean Water

Ande Sabo: Ocean Pollution

Haik Sahakian: Deforestation