Welcome to Grassroots!
Ongoing Events
General Meeting: Mondays @ 8pm, Ruth Merrill Center
Executive Board: Thursdays @ 8pm, Ruth Merrill Center
September 28, 2009
This Thursday! (October 1) - Clothing Exchange!
11-3:30pm in Hirst Loungez
Swap clothers and other miscellaneous items for FREE.
Saturday, October 3rd - "Food Inc."
7pm, 9pm, 11pm at Hoyt Auditorium.
Co-sponsored with UR Cinema Group. You can read a description of the film here.
Tuesday, October 6 - Women and Sustainability Lecture Series begins!
MJ Ebenhack on “Energy and Gender Equity in Global Development”
4:30pm at Wilmot 116
Check out this flier for more info!
Internship Opportunities are available at NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association)
For more info, contact Kim Etingoff
Or contact Lea Kone, Assistant Director at assistantdirector@nofany.org.
Grassroots general meeting and Clothing Exchange
September 7, 2009
Come to our first Grassroots meeting of the year tonight (September 7) at 8pm in the Ruth Merill Center!
First CLOTHING EXCHANGE of the year this Thursday,
September 10.
11am-4pm at Hirst Lounge
Bring an article of clothing to swap with our growing collection.
Congratulations Dump and Run!
September 7, 2009
Dump and Run made over $900!
At the end of last year, Grassroots collected unwanted goods that students would otherwise throwaway. These items filled 2 U-Haul trucks! Half of the proceeds are donated to Planet Aid, who generously agreed to store these items over the summer, and the remaining half goes towards funding various Grassroots projects. All unsold contributions were donated to Goodwill.
Fall Activities Fair
September 2, 2009
Check out our booth at the fall activities fair!
Friday, Septermber 4
3:00-4:30pm
at Dandelion Square
Internship Opportunity
August 13, 2009
The University of
Rochester Medical Center is beginning
construction on
the new Clinical and Translational Sciences Building (CTSB).
We plan
to pursue LEED Certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) for the design of this building. LEED is a green building
certification system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council; it
provides a framework for renovation and construction projects to gauge
a building’s impact on the natural environment, awarding
environmentally-sound practices with points on a rating system. We
would like to engage a student intern in developing a vision for an
educational feature that could contribute to the “Innovation in Design”
LEED credit. Possible ideas could include a comprehensive “sustainable
features” signage program, a model for monitoring energy use in the
building, or a manual/case study of the CTSB that could be used to
guide the planning and construction of future “green” buildings on the
U of R campus. The intern’s
responsibility would be to work with URMC Facilities, Space Planning,
the construction management team, and the CTSB architects to develop an
idea for the LEED “Innovation in Design” Credit.
We would like
to begin development on these ideas as
soon as possible.
The project will require about 2 months’ time at an effort of roughly
10 hours/week. We are interested in students that have had previous
exposure to the LEED rating system or that have a general interest in
sustainable design and/or environmental sustainability in general.
Please contact Brooke Mayer at brooke_mayer@urmc.rochester.
Brooke A. Mayer
Planner, Space Planning
University of Rochester Medical Center