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on-campus recycling In the Fall of 2007, SEEDling Yoni Dolev looked at Northwestern's outdoor recycling bins and realized they were not only very outdated, they were not being used properly. Furthermore, recycling was not readily accessible over the entire campus. He thought that if there were clearly marked bins in strategic places throughout campus, students would be more apt to recycle and NU would be much cleaner, and greener. With help from Rachel Patten, a previous SEED co-chair, and others, Yoni pushed a resolution through Associated Student Government to make a point to the administration that this was an important matter to students and they wanted to see a change happen. Soon, a proposal was pitched to and approved by the administration and in Spring 2008, one-third of the new bins were placed around campus. With SEED's purchase of a bicycle cart, students empty the bins themselves to make this initiative a way forstudents to be directly involved and responsible for recycling at NU. top
academic advocacy Although Northwestern does have an Environmental Sciences major and an Environmental Policy and Culture minor, there many ways to expand the environmental programs. Many SEED members are working with faculty to increase the numbers of classes available relating to the environment and make sure that outgoing faculty members who specialized in environmental matters are being replaced by professors with similar specialties. Some of SEED's members have positions on the Student Advisory Board and are working on recommending to the administration to strengthen environmental academics at NU. top
northwestern sustainability fund In collaboration with the Northwestern chapter of The Roosevelt Institution, seed is hoping to establish the Northwestern Sustainability Fund (NSF) in the 2009-2010 school year. The basic idea? To use outside support to begin a fund that will provide loans for various on-campus projects that will increase energy efficiency. The energy savings is used to repay the loan 110%, allowing the fund to grow with each project. So far, the NSF has garnered support of ASG President Mike McGee, other student groups on campus, NU Recycling coordinator Julie Cahillane, ISEN Directors Dave Dunand and Mark Ratner, and various other NU community members. The fund already has $12,773, thanks to a SEED fundraising concert with The Gentlemen of NUCO in January of 2009, a Sparkseed Grant, and the NU Senior Gift. For more information, read the NSF Overview or contact Emily Wright. top
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sign the pledge.

SEED created a Sustainability Pledge in the spring of 2009 for NU community members to sign and commit to reducing their carbon footprint in a variety of ways, from printing double-sided to buying organic beer and boxed wine.

The Pledge not only shows NU student and faculty support for sustainbility, it asks President Schapiro to step up sustainability measures at Northwestern by following the recent ASG resolution and taking an emissions inventory, developing a climate action plan, and hiring a sustainability coordinator.

The Pledge is a sign to Northwestern and the greater community that NU community members want more to be done for the climate on campus.

 

lend a hand. These initiatives, as well as SEED's new projects that are continually being started, are only succesfull when students brainstorm ideas, devote time, and throw their passion into them. We are always looking for more SEEDlings to take on responsibility. Come to our meetings to find out how you can get involved

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Us at nuseed@gmail.com

Come to SEED's meetings!

When: Tuesdays @ 9 PM

Where: Arch Room in Norris

The Barney House

The right half of the front lawn, pre-development

Rachel and Hannah hard at work digging up some tough roots!

Jesse levels the soil in the raised bed as one of the Barney boys learns about the garden.

Some NCDC and Talking Farm volunteers planting seeds.

After a couple of months, the garden is flourishing and the border plants are sprouting up along the pavement, and the woodchips look great!

SEED and Barney Family Organic Garden In the spring of 2009, the Barney Family offered up their front lawn for SEED to turn into an organic garden instead of maintaining a grass lawn that doesn't get very much use. In collaboration with The Talking Farm, an orgranic community farm in Evanston, and NCDC members, SEED designed the garden, prepared the ground, built the raised beds, installed rain barrels, planted the seeds, and tended the garden all in one season! The summer of 2009 was a great experiment and we hope to improve and possibly expand the garden in the coming years.