When: Monday September 20, 2010-  Saturday 25, 2010

This year’s environment week is about Urban Forestry and Healthy Living.  We’ve got everything from workshops, free films to, well, healthy living. So come,  check out the events and have a blast of a week (before all those assignments start to pile up). The schedule is posted below (coming soon).

Get Involved: If you can volunteer for some of the events, especially  “Car Free Day” (Wednesday September 22), get in touch with Anjana at anjana.aery@utoronto.ca.

Cheers!!!

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UTERN is proud and excited to announce its new board!

Positions are as follows:

President: Megan Lund
megan.lund@utoronto.ca

Internal Liaison: Zannah Matson
zannah.mae.matson@gmail.com

External Liaison: Vanessa Purdy
vanessa.purdy@utoronto.ca

Advertising Coordinator: Silvia Svlad
silvia.svlad@gmail.com

Public Relations: Daryn Caister
gogreenuoft@gmail.com

UT Missassagua Representative: James Boutillier
james.boutilier@utoronto.ca

Director of Technology: Leonard Josephy
leojosephy@gmail.com

Administrative Assistant: Chandrarshi (Chanda) Pal
chanda.pal@utoronto.ca

Environment Week Coordinator: Hamsha Pathmanathan
p.hamsha@hotmail.com

Special Projects Coordinator: Liam O’Doherty
liamjod@gmail.com

Treasurer: Simon Guan
guan.simon@gmail.com

Advisor: David Powell
david.powell@utoronto.ca

Project Manager: Paul Somal
indigoafter9@gmail.com

Volunteer Coordinator: Anjana Aery
anjana.aery@utoronto.ca

We would like to express immense gratitude to our outgoing members, who worked so hard at making UTERN the best organization it could be.

Lastly, bios for the new incoming members will be posted shortly.

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UTERN Elections are in only one week’s time! They will be Monday March 22nd at 8pm in ES1042. Positions available will be:

President

Internal Liason

External Liason

Public Relations

Advertising

Director of Technology

Environment Week Coordinator

Treasurer

Secretary

UTM Rep

UTSC Rep

Projects Manager

Special Projects

Volunteer Co-ordinator

Also, please be advised that we will be voting on an ammendment to our constitution . The draft to be voted on is now available and here is a draft of the Constitutional Supplement which describes responsibilities we are voting on as well. Come see what we’re all about, and have your say on plans for the future!

Hope to see you there,

The UTERN team

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This unconference will be an opportunity for U of T students, staff and faculty who are passionate and interested in various aspects of sustainability, to meet each other, to share ideas, to explore opportunities to collaborate, and to synergize around sustainability actions at U of T and beyond. The Unconference will be organized as an open space: a process where participants create the agenda by proposing and facilitating the discussion of issues or actions that are meaningful to them; an open space process allows for a diverse group to share the space in a relaxed, inclusive and purposeful way.

The goal of this gathering is to channel the large amount of energy and dedication of individuals, campus organizations, existing networks, committees and departments toward building relationships and engaging in a cross-pollination of ideas that will enhance our current actions. The unconference will also be an opportunity to learn new ways of doing and being so that together we work toward strengthening environmental justice and sustainable practices at U of T and beyond!

What: Environmental Justice and Sustainability Unconference
When: Thursday March 11, 2010 from 2 to 5pm
Where: Hart House, Debates Room
Delicious afternoon nourishment included

The Environmental Justice and Sustainability Unconference is co-hosted by the Office of Student Life, the Centre for the Environment and EcoLink
Friends of the unconference are: The Sustainability Office, Bike Chain, Centre for Community Partnerships, The Promise to Future Generations Pledge, Hart House, Leaders of Tomorrow, Engineers Without Borders, U of T Chapter.

Does your organization want to be a friend of the unconference? Please contact Val Cortes for more details.

Are you attending the Environmental Career Day at Hart House?  Stay for the Unconference!

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ENVIRONMENTAL CAREER DAY

WHERE?

HART HOUSE, GREAT HALL

WHEN?

THURSDAY, MARCH 11^th 2010, 10:00am-3:00pm

WHAT?

• An event for ALL students interested in the environmental field to learn about their dream job & a chance to explore internship, co-op and volunteer opportunities.

• Environmental Employment Opportunities Workshop: What I Need to Know to Get a Job!” A number of excellent guest speakers from diverse, environment-related organizations and fields will share their extensive experience.

• Review your resumé with resumé experts at our “Resumé Checkup”.

• Meet and network with people from a range of environmental organizations.

• Attended last year by hundreds of students from the University of Toronto, and other Southern Ontario universities such as York, Guelph, Western & Waterloo

For more information, go to http://careerday.environment.utoronto.ca/

Or email us at careerdayuoft@gmail.com

Admission FREE for current students with a valid 2009-2010 ID Card

Volunteers still needed!

Email us if you’d like to help!

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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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