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Avery Point EcoHusky Club
Purpose
This club is open to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. It is an environmentally oriented club whose goal is to improve sustainability on the Avery Point campus and its surroundings and to disseminate information and educate the campus community on environmental issues.
Meetings
Bimonthly: day of the week is determined at the first meeting of the year to accommodate most members’ schedule.
Officers are elected yearly at the beginning of the fall semester
First meeting: Thursday September 10th at 12:15 in ACD 201
Contacts
Faculty Advisor: Christine Green
e-mail: christine.green@uconn.edu
Tel: 860-405-9063
Faculty Co Advisor: Syma Ebbin
e-mail: syma.ebbin@uconn.edu
Tel: 860-405-9278
EcoHusky Events:
- Focus The Nation, January 2008
- Educate The Vote, October 2008
- Earth Day, April 2008 & 2009
- National Climate Change Teach-in, February 2009
- Faculty Panel Discussion on Emerging Toxics, April 2009
- Field Trips (eg. Merritt Property hike November 2008)
- Beach Clean-ups
- Movies
Award
From the Environmental Policy Advisory Council, University of Connecticut
Examples of potential EcoHusky projects identified by members
Energy conservation on campus
- Increase number of motion sensors for light switches
- Educate community about turning off lights and instruments when not in use
- Preventive maintenance of air conditioning units and fridges/freezers
- Establishing a replacing age to maximize fridges/freezers energy efficiency
- Investigate alternative fuel energy such as wind, solar, and biofuels
- Working with the Environmental Advisory Committee to promote a wind turbine as a pilot project with educational value
Grounds maintenance
- Increase number and visibility of recycling centers
- Create no-mowing areas
- Plant native plants or wildflowers
- Choose only native plants for new planting
- Reduce/eliminate application of pesticides and fertilizers
- Improve wildlife habitat around pond
- Allow riparian zone to re-establish
- Install osprey platform
- Create a wildlife viewing zone
Recycling
- Increase number and visibility of recycling centers
Outreach projects
- increase awareness of home hazardous waste management
- investigate sustainable energy solutions for low-income Groton/New London residents
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