The Earth Center

Email Ad to send out

2008-04-21T11:35:00.002-05:00

So, I sent out that colorful email-ad to our Earth Center mailing list, woo! You guys should now take that and run with it - change the wording if you want, add pictures, hearts and smiley faces, whatever. But it's time to start sending this shiznit out! If you didn't get the email, let me know and I'll send another, no problem. Madee

Questions to be Addressed for Sus. Swap

2008-04-19T14:56:00.002-05:00

1. How to advertise? To Who? businesses, dorms and apartments, coops, organizations What different mediums? Posters, emails, newspapers 2. How to set it up? Supplies: Tables? Shelves? Racks? Hangers? Dressing room? Mirrors? Banner? When can we put this together? What materials? Time beforehand- Week of collection - each night organizing donations into categories Thursday night setup, who, when? 3. How to run? Master-book of names, schedule of EC volunteers, data on what we swap, how much? 4. Educational Outreach Earth Center Table Making this, creating brochures/posters, show our movie? Story of Stuff Getting projector and speakers, movie. 5. Take Down Get more helpers for this, people with cars, boxes, Maybe contact Rachel to clean out storage room so we can just shove it all in there and sort later? (Recital at 7pm means we need to clean up fast.) Decide what sorts of things we would want to keep for future projects

Our first event - flier

2008-04-14T19:10:00.000-05:00

Undergraduate Symposium

2008-04-12T16:40:00.003-05:00

Madee and Isabella will be presenting at the Undergraduate Symposium to share the mission of the Earth Center with UW folks. They will present at the Memorial Union on April 16th, 2008 at 12:00pm.

Sustainable Swap Proposal

2008-04-11T18:05:00.002-05:00

Click to view the Sustainable Swap Proposal.

Earth Center Wins the Get Green Challenge

2008-04-10T23:13:00.008-05:00

One of our members, Theresa Cira, encouraged us to enter into the Isthmus Get Green Challenge, and we are happy to announce that we are the winners of the Adult Group Division, and also the "Best in Show"! Madeline Hartjes and Isabella Lau will be accepting a 'green award' on behalf of the Earth Center. Join the celebration at the Isthmus Green Day Expo, Monona Terrace Convention Center, April 26th 2008 at 1:00pm.

Forge the Mission Statement

2008-04-10T23:08:00.003-05:00

Hi all, Earth Center is forging a one to two sentence Mission Statement. We're starting with this sentence, so give comments, suggestions, keywords to help us forge our most important message.

A place to reconnect people to nature and to each other through the discovery of common ground, the empowerment of individuals, and the sharing of stories.

Keywords? foster, common values, unite...

COMMENT AWAY!

Weekly Mtg

2008-04-07T18:29:00.002-05:00

Our meetings are Wednesdays, 5:00pm in the basement of the Crossing. The Crossing is located at 1127 University Ave (corner of Charter & Univ).

Our beginning

2008-03-30T20:43:00.003-05:00

View the 15-minute video on the sidebar to see how this idea began in 2007. Lucky for us, it's grown to be more than just an idea in our heads!

Welcome!

2008-03-30T16:33:00.003-05:00

We now have an Earth Center blog! You'll find news on upcoming meetings, activities and events.