Roots and Shoots Meeting 11.17.10

11/17/2010

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Today
We decided to change PAPERLESS DAYS to OFF THE GRIDs. Multiple Off-The-Grids: ONE EVERY QUARTER with a specific theme. Ex. No lights, No computers, etc.

First Off-The-Grid scheduled for December 8th, 2010.  (Also spirit week.)
  • Staff Meeting to familiarize teachers with Off-The-Grid Concept --> Introduce Theme, Suggestions/Feedback/Run through Positives/Deltas.
  • Off-The-Grid Prep: Tape light switches OFF. (Put up and take down)
  • Off-The-Grid Prep: Posters w/ Facts near energy sources and high traffic areas.
  • Off-The-Grid Prep: Reminders on BIG whiteboards.
  • Off-The-Grid Prep: TAKE HOME suggestions for SUSTAINABILITY: ex. Pee in the shower. Eat by candle light. etc. :)
  • Off-The-Grid Prep: Announcement @ Community Meeting.
  • Off-The-Grid Prep: Video @ Community Meeting on 12/6/10 & Intro to Off-The-Grid.



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Roots & Shoots Meeting 11.10.10

11/10/2010

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Today 
We previewed a submission for the Roots and Shoots TSHIRT
 -- Colleen Ordonio's Design:
Picture
Updates
PAPERLESS DAYS -- Planned to be moved to DECEMBER
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Roots & Shoots Meeting 11.3.10

11/3/2010

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RootsAndShoots Meeting 11.3.10 Note-taker: Colleen Ordonio
Welcome New RootsAndShoots Members!
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Agenda:
-Revisiting Priority List and Goals
  • Before Winter Break decision: PAPERLESS DAYS (everybody)
  • T-SHIRTS - By Next Wednesday bring digital copy of design (additional hard copy optional)
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HTHI Roots and Shoots Meeting 10.27.10

10/27/2010

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Roots and Shoots Meeting 10.29.2010 Note-taker: Colleen Ordonio
Welcome New Roots and Shoots Members!
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Today:
-Recap of Plans - Event Planning for 10/10/10 - www.350.org
Main Project for 10/10/10 -- Sunday, September 10th, 2010. 
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Roots and Shoots Meeting 10/20/10

10/20/2010

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Roots and Shoots Meeting 10.20.2010 Note-taker: Katie Ho
Welcome New Roots and Shoots Members!
NOTE: WE ARE AN OFFICIAL ROOTS AND SHOOTS CLUB! SET UP AN ACCOUNT FOR ROOTSANDSHOOTS!

10/10/10 FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSION:
 
+ (Plusses)
- handprints
- seed bombs
- community involvement
- getting the msg out = craigslist
- biking & answering questions
- making a statement
- all ages involved
- combination
- facebook
- good posters
- good location
 
Deltas
- more community involved for bike ride
- more uniformity (TSHIRTS!)
- more followup at school
- more time for community to be involved + school involvement = table with brochures, info
- line up with critical mass
- more advertising
- add flash mob
- more bike planning, official list
 
Future Goals
- community meeting + video (1ST GOAL)
- advisory activity?
- follow up bike ride (in spring? to see if flowers have sprouted)
- biker gang? with jackets!
 



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HTHI Roots and Shoots Meeting 10.06.10

10/6/2010

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We made SEED BOMBS for our 10/10/10 event!
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Roots and Shoots Meeting 9/29/2010

9/29/2010

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Roots and Shoots Meeting 9.29.2010 Note-taker: Colleen Ordonio
Welcome New Roots and Shoots Members!
NOTE: WE ARE AN OFFICIAL ROOTS AND SHOOTS CLUB! SET UP AN ACCOUNT FOR ROOTSANDSHOOTS!

UPDATE: These notes will also be available on the HTHI Roots and Shoots site under Meeting Updates: HTHIRootsAndShoots.weebly.com
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Today:
-Recap of Plans - Event Planning for 10/10/10 - www.350.org
Main Project for 10/10/10 -- Sunday, September 10th, 2010. 

THE PLAN:
Biking from HTHI to Balboa Park (armed with SEED BOMBS!)
We will meet at HTHI on September 10th, 2010 at 10:00AM and "TAKE OFF" at 10:00AM.
(Note: Six people do NOT have bikes)

PLUS! Awareness Builders:
  • Candlelight Vigil/Event
    • Alternate Ideas for Event: 
      • Candles
      • Daisies
      • Flowers
      • Flashlights
      • FLASHMOB
      • Hand out seed bomb instruction flyers
      • Daisy Facepaint --> Decorate ourselves
      • "Goal Mural" inspire others to add to it. Allows people to write write their own goals/aspirations for reducing emissions.
      • Chalk Design? Invite the public to contribute.
      • Stop Motion/Time Lapse --  "Lend a Hand to the Environment" (Doug) (Cat)
        • Record the piece being put together.
        • Goals outlined in a tracing of their hand.
        • Press Release
    • Materials/Cost?
  • Seed Bombs
    • Materials: Clay, Compost, Seeds of Native Plants, Soil, Sand
    • Time?
    • Advisory Package?

-To Do:
  • Register our event on www.350.org (Colleen O.)
  • Seed Bomb Packages/Materials -- NEXT WEDNESDAY
    • Seeds (John)
    • Clay (Colleen G.)
    • Compost (John/Colleen G.)
    • Soil (Outside)
    • Sand (John/Colleen G.)
  • Google Map Bike Route (Doug)
  • Posters (Cat & Josh)
  • Shirts (Josh)
  • Craigslist and Facebook (Marissa)
  • Website (Katie)
  • Press Release 

Looking Ahead:
What can we do for September/October?
  • Talk to Jeremy/Doug about environment/green paintings to frame and hang in HTHI.
  • Check sink nozzles for Brita Filters
  • Talk to facilities about Recycling Bins
  • Make Posters?
  • MAKE SEED BOMBS!
  • Build advisory packages to make seed bombs.
  • Create Roots and Shoots shirts to wear at school and during projects/events.
  • Create Google Map bike route. 
  • Plan when to bring bikes
  • Register for 350.org and make a sign to rep for our projects.
  • Commission Jeremy's class to do mural.
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Roots and Shoots Meeting 9.22.2010

9/22/2010

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Roots and Shoots Meeting 9.22.2010 Note-taker: Colleen Ordonio
Welcome New Roots and Shoots Members!
NOTE: WE ARE AN OFFICIAL ROOTS AND SHOOTS CLUB! SET UP AN ACCOUNT FOR ROOTSANDSHOOTS!

UPDATE: These notes will also be available on the HTHI Roots and Shoots site under Meeting Updates:HTHIRootsAndShoots.weebly.com
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Today:
-Colleen Gavan: Introducing www.350.org - Event Planning for 10/10/10
Main Project for 10/10/10 -- Sunday, September 10th, 2010.


Main Event: Awareness Building Bike Ride -- PLUS Incorporating other projects in our brainstorm below.



  • 10/10/10 Sunday Brain Storm
    • Bike Ride (Or skates, or pushing Alexx Igaki's car, or shopping cart )
      • Roots and Shoots Shirts for Awareness (and to wear at school!)
    • Beach Clean Up (NOTE: September 25th (This Saturday is International Beach/Coastal Cleanup)
    • Plant Trees
    • Community Garden
    • Art Mural - Climate Change
    • Seed Bombs
    • Candlelight Vigil


-Plans and Ideas for the Club:
  • Off the Grid SOON!
    • Request the chalkboard space for awareness purposes.
  • Inspiration: http://times-up.org/index.php (Doug's Awarness Group in NYC)

-Sam Hargrove: Pitching Sunrise Power Link -> SDG&E
  • Awareness Campaign for Solar Panels on roofs.
    • Build solar buildings/power spots throughout deserts. 
      • Potential endangerment for animals and habitat.
    • Note: Under current law, SDG&E can't profit off of making solar panels cheaper. 

 Looking Ahead:
What can we do for September?
  • Talk to Jeremy/Doug about environment/green paintings to frame and hang in HTHI.
  • Check sink nozzles for Brita Filters
  • Talk to facilities about Recycling Bins
  • Make Posters?
What will we do for our Next Meeting? TAKING ACTION.
  • MAKE SEED BOMBS!
  • Build advisory packages to make seed bombs.
  • Create Roots and Shoots shirts to wear at school and during projects/events.
  • Create Google Map bike route.
  • Plan when to bring bikes
  • Register for 350.org and make a sign to rep for our projects.
  • Commission Jeremy's class to do mural.
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Roots and Shoots Meeting 9.15.2010

9/15/2010

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Welcome New Roots and Shoots Members!
NOTE: WE ARE AN OFFICIAL ROOTS AND SHOOTS CLUB! SET UP AN ACCOUNT FOR ROOTSANDSHOOTS!
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Agenda:
-Introduction of Roots and Shoots for potential/new members.
-Recap of Green Week:
  • Off The Grid - No electricity for a day.
    • Often times, radical changes aren't sustainable. So for "Off the Grid" we had to first raise the issue of energy usage. How can we conserve it? We had to observe and make observations in ONE day on how to make more sustainable changes to positively affect our environment. 
  • Wear Green Day
  • Flash Mob
    • Impulse ways to spread awareness.
  • Kruciaal Element - Dance
  • Game Show - Community Meeting
  • "Let's Talk Trash" - Will potentially be taken off.
-Recap on Roots and Shoots Plans
  • Highly Feasible
    • Paperless Days
    • Green Week
    • Recycling Drive
    • Club Day (Revisit after next big event.)
    • Documentation - See Website: http://hthirootsandshoots.weebly.com/
    • Collaborative Calendar (Google Calendars?)
    • Field Trips - Children's Museum, Environmental Research Center (in Kearny Mesa?), Farms
    • Volunteering
  • Feasible
    • Sustainable Recycling Program
    • Turn Storage Shed into Recycling Materials Shed (Already in partial progress w/ Colleen Gavan's class)
      • Renovate it and create a "COSTCO" of resources! 
    • Basic Faucet Filtration System (18.99 - Teacher's Wish Lists/Fund-raise) **John needs to contact facilities for faucet sizes.
    • Teacher/Class Involvement - With help of Colleen Gavan and John Santos
  • Somewhat Feasible
    • Solar Panels
-Ideas and Suggestions:
Website Suggestions
  • Daily Tips to "Be Green"
Event/Activity Suggestions
  • Off the Grid - Extended to more outlets: Energy, Resources, etc.
  • Spreading the Green Love - Make permanent posters, awareness events, and other small events.
  • Maintain the garden.
  • Doug/Jeremy Campaign for Roots & Shoots!
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Looking Ahead:
What can we do for September?
  • Talk to Jeremy/Doug about environment/green paintings to frame and hang in HTHI.
  • Make Facebook group! (Colleen Ordonio or Katie Ho?)
  • Check sink nozzles for Brita Filters
  • Talk to facilities about Recycling Bins
  • Make Posters?
What will we do for our Next Meeting?
  • New brainstorm!
  • Calendar
  • Field Trip Brainstorm
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