Earthcycle is comming up quickly and we want you to get involved in celebrating our environment.

Earthcycle (Environment Week) is an entire week of events at the University of Toronto centered around the themes of our environment, cycling and  climate change.

The schedule, from Sept. 21-26, includes Free films, lectures, and fun events, including Car-Free Day on Sept. 22 and a talk with the world’s leading experts on carbon sequestration on September 23rd.

This is the biggest and most ambitious Environment Week ever. There will be many opportunities for students to get involved in issues ranging from renewable energy to Copenhagen climate talks to water justice to biking and eco-art, and much more.

For a complete schedule go to earthcycle.ca and check out our facebook page

Get involved: If you can volunteer your time and energy to this important cause – educating your fellow students on the necessity of environmental activism – get involved! We NOW meet every WEDNESDAY to plan the event. Meet at Bikechain (bsmt of ISC, 33 St. George Street) at 6pm

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It is still summer time and UTERN is booting up for a great green year of environmental awesomeness.

In a planning meeting for EarthCycle: “Earthcycle is more than an attempt at moving the earth. We are the de facto alternative to your daily study routine. Drop the textbooks and pick organic vegetables. Forget the GPA and fetch your bicycle. Street theatre, lectures, critical mass and a a car free St.George Street. A multitude of earthly festivities for the earth and for all who cycle.”

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Here are the results of our election.

We are

President — Zannah
Internal — Meghan
External — Marine
Treasurer — Simon
Secretary — Raman
Public Relations — Daryn
Project Managers — Indra, Lindsay
Advertising — Leo, Matt
Environment Week — Anjou
Director of Technology — Liam
Volunteer Coordinator — Zexi

Scarborough Liaison– Janet

UTM Liaison– Paul

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UTERN has moved! We are now officially at utern.org and not at utern.sa.utoronto.ca. This means nothing to most people. But, in the long term, it will mean better services from us as a website, to student groups, and to each other.

Now that the piping is installed, we’ll be working on a new look over the next few weeks.

UTERN is moving from utern.sa.utoronto.ca to UTERN.org. We’ll be able to provide bigger and better services after the switch. On the practical side of things, this means:

• You don’t need to update your bookmarks: utern.sa.utoronto.ca will still take you to UTERN.org. (Though any subpages will need to be corrected)
• As of this posting, utern.org doesn’t work, as we are presently in a transition period. We’ll update this page when the new site is finished. utern.org will send you back to utern.sa.utoronto.ca in the meantime.

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Are you or your club throwing an event during the week of March 16th? Join
our efforts in promoting sustainability and you could even get funding!
For every one else, keep your eyes open for environmental:

• movies,
• events,
• speakers,
• an environmental NGO and job fair,
• and a sustainable fashion show!

Contact Leo Josephy at leojosephy©gmail,com for any questions at all!

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The sustainability office and Facilities and Services are introducing a sustainability fund for building retrofit projects! Students, staff and faculty can submit project ideas that cost between $25,000- $75,000 and that have payback periods over 5-7 years. For more information check the website http://www.sustainability.utoronto.ca:81/sustainability-fund

The deadline to submit a Statement of Intent is november 14, 2008.

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This informal gathering brings together a plethora of campus groups and individuals interested in the environment to facilitate collaboration and networking.

The next EWG meeting is thursday october 30, 4 pm at Hart House South Dining Room (ask for directions at the porter’s desk). As always, snacks are provided.

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Have a great green idea for our school and need some funds to implement it?

Hit us up!

comming soon: an eco Calendar, online resource toolkits and a fancypants map of the university’s green movement.

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We may decide to start a Facebook page… or maybe not! Do you think we should have one? Shoot us an email with your thoughts.

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We rocked out pretty hard in the period between sept 26th and oct 4th. So much good stuff went down, it’s kinda a blurr.
If you are trying to put the pieces together, here’s the details:

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