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!!!

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.

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

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!

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!

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

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.”

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

Check out our website at http://www.envirofest.me

March 12: premiere of Fight for the Planet the Movie. www.fightfortheplanet.com

March 13th: Noon in Hart House Great Hall. Keynote address from Majora Carter brought to you by UTERN, Hart House, the Contre for Environment, and the Cities Centre. Free tickets will soon be available at U of T Tix.

March 16th: 6-8 pm in the Buttery. Green Cafe. Come out and speak one on one with your favorite profs, and representatives from SteamWhistle, Greenpeace, and more!

March 16th: Vic movie night. Wall-E.

March 17th: Trinity Serves Organic and Local food in their dining halls.

March 18th: 11am – 4pm at MedSci. Green Jobs Fair. Come get a job, get your resume reviewed by an expert, and enjoy lectures by Wayne Roberts and others over food!

March 20th: The Cat’s Eye (at Victoria College), 10pm. unEARTHed! Vic’s fourth annual Environmental Fashion Show! Followed by a Vic Pub Night!

March 21st: 2pm, Location TBD. Funboggoning with UTOC (the U of T Outing Club). Because it’s all about getting outside! Weather permitting. Otherwise get your hiking boots on!

Contact Leo at leojosephy@gmail.com for comments, questions, etc.!

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.