DEC recaps a great semester!
Anthony Barrata and Jessica Fenn led an incredibly active DePauw Environmental club this semester, and fulfilled one of the semesters largest goals which was to engage morewith the Greencastle community.
Energy Wars- 10 people were actively involved from DEC; last
year it was 4 dorms and this year it was 10 and 4 Greek houses. Final
results are still being calculated and some dorms are doing a lot
better than last year and a lot more dorms are doing worse. Using
spring semester as a control, dorms will be monitored to see if
people learned from the fall semester. Next year, hopefully all Greek
houses will participate in Energy Wars.
Community and Education/Talk Green At The Blue Door-
Sustainable eating, water issues, and worm composting. We have
involved the Greencastle community as well as DePauw University
students. 3 talks.
Central Elementary involvement- presented on composting before
their environmental club. They also met with teachers
and students at Greencastle High School
H20 Conference was a week long activity put on by students at DePauw concerned about local and global water issues. It featured the documentaries
F.L.O.W., Thirst, and ending with water taste testing. Also, DePauw
University banned bottled water in an effort to promote tap water
usage. D.E.C. ran the water taste testing table, and Hannah Ramage
worked on presenting the problems of bottled water.
IN-ergize 2009 was a conference attended by members of DEC.
Start Green was funded by DEC and brochures were purchased as
well as a Campus Landfill demonstration.
Katia Satterfield helped clean up Walnut River with Greencastle
High School on October 25th.
The President’s Climate Commitment was a result of last
semester’s work, headed by the Sustainability Interns.
AASHE (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability and
Higher Education) was a conference in Raleigh that Sustainability
Interns Taylor Cantril, Missy Orr, and Tiffany Briery attended with Jen Everett, Rob Harper, Carol Steele, and DEC members Maggie Baber and Jessica Fenn.
Team Green was an informational tabling activity for
sustainability and environmental activities, headed by Missy! Orr.
Trashy Art Show was sponsored by DEC for girl scouts to
demonstrate reusing materials for artistic pieces.
DEC participated in the Old Gold Parade by using bicycles and
skateboards demonstrating eco-friendly transportation (see picture above)
Self education of the group by attending public speakers was
purposeful and engaging on environmental issues.
Group members of DEC also led discussions at Peace Camp in an
effort to voice environmental issues.
The Community group initiated action that eventually led to the Worm Composting Workshop led by Professor Ellen Muehlberger.