IRON CHEF: Local Food Battle photos!
Posted on 13 November 2009 | No responses
Last night, 2 student chefs battled it out for kitchen supremacy using only local ingredients. We had a great turnout and both teams made some really delicious dishes! Check out photos from the event here.
100-Mile Diet volunteers needed!
Posted on 28 September 2009 | No responses
Last fall we challenged four McGill students to only eat food grown and produced within 100 miles of Quebec for 2 weeks. This year we’re bringing back this local food challenge in a bigger and better form!
Why?
How much do we really know about the food we eat? When we go grocery shopping, the questions “where did this come from?”, “who were the farmers who grew it?”, and “how much fuel was used to ship it to Montreal?” don’t cross our minds. The goal of the challenge is to make people take a second look at what we eat, where it comes from, and the impact of our food choices.
How long?
For 1 month, dieters can only eat food grown and produced within 100 miles (16okm) of Montreal. Participants will be allowed 1 cheat item (choose wisely!).
What else?
We’re still in the early stages of planning, but we’d like to document the challenge- the trials and tribulations of the participants- as well as the state of local food at McGill and in Montreal. We’re also planning potlucks, workshops, and film screening to raise awareness about food issues.
If you’re interested in participating in the challenge or helping with this project, please email us at greeningmcgill@mail.mcgill.ca!
Greening McGill Minutes Wednesday, 23/09/2009, 6PM
Posted on 24 September 2009 | No responses
A) Opening thoughts:
• Greening Mcgill working group status has been reconfirmed!
• Still need to scavenge about 50 composting buckets for the Green Kits – will deal with then once the first 50 kits are sold.
• The Greening McGill meeting times will be changed to 6:30PM to avoid conflicts
B) New plans for this school year:
1. Continue with the 100-miles diet event:
• Idea of making a documentary of it and showing it at one of our own film screening events
• In collaboration with TV McGill perhaps? Liz will look into it
• Will try to start mid-October to beginning to November to avoid the deep freeze
• Extending the diet from 2 week to a month
• Need to contact possible dieters through the Greening McGill listserv as well as SSMU’s
2. Series of film screenings:
• Differently themed each week
• Get professors/Grad students or other parties interested in giving a short talk before the movie – a subject of their research or otherwise
• Provide free food (Organic Campus?) – will need to come out of the budget
• For next week: find a list of 5 movie suggestions paired up with professors
• Book room for movie screening: basement of SSMU
3. Selling Green Kits:
• Need to table more
• Selling at Farmer’s markets will continue every Tuesday
• Tabling at Leacock (ask AUS), Bronfman, Burnside, Y-intersection
Meeting Minutes (Sept. 16)
Posted on 21 September 2009 | No responses
members present: Warren, Fanyi, Laurent, Alex, Trina, Yolanda, Seble, Liz, Mariam, Abbie, Annabel, Gabriela, Anna, Kali, Aryeh
Car Free Day
-NO TABLES!!! We need to find 15-20
-Café, chess tables, okay (except for tables)
-music on the hill, invite guitarists and acapella groups
-need more bike and stm info (contact velo quebec and opus cards?)
-make prof slide
-announcements to bring own mug and guitar(11:30)
-sidewalk chalking
-prompt for tarp
“What would a car free world look like to you?”
“What does Car-Free mean to you?”
“What does being environmentally responsible mean?”
“When does sustainability mean to you?”
“Climate Change: What will you do?”
“What can you do to be more environmentally responsible?”
-stats poster
-get another bed sheet
-tabling
October 24th
International day of action for the environment (building up to Copenhagen conference)
Want creative something
“350”
Flash Mob
Place des Arts – 5:35 set phone off, Mon 21st
Gault Nature Reserve
-winter trip
-temporary hold Jan 16th
-30 per person
Water Wars
Movie about fishing
Screening?
Monthly Movies?
Plus speaker
Free snacks
Movie ideas
Meeting Minutes (Sept 9)
Posted on 10 September 2009 | No responses
GM Minutes Sept 9, 2009
1. Sodexo contract at Mac campus
a. Contract is up in January.
b. Trying to get a more sustainable choice.
c. For more information go to the McGill Food Systems Project website at http://mfsp.wordpress.com
2. Car-Free Day planning
a. Sept 22
b. ~5 groups confirmed (Green Party, Animal Liberties, PGSS, Envirocomm, Gorilla Composting, STOP, maybe more)
c. Outdoor cafe: coffee from PGSS, food(Animal Liberties, Organic Campus, Midnight Kitchen), tables, confirm tabling location
e. chalking volunteers (we need people to arrive at school early in the morning and turn the road into a giant bike/pedestrian lane)
f. car-free city photo display
g. Normand King?
h. Big canvas, invite students to share ideas and respond to prompt (to be determined)
i. Class information slide for Monday and Tuesday before
j. SSMU listserv next Friday (Warren)
k. Daily and Tribune?
3. Activities Night
a. Next Monday and Tuesday, setup 3:30 –7ish
b. Need people to table
4. SSMU strategic meeting Sunday 12-3, Lev Bukman room
5. Planning for the first general meeting
a. Subgroups
i. Finance
ii. Coordinator
iii. Secretary
iv. Communications/creative
v. PR
vi. Website maintenance
b. Green Kits
c. Projects
i. Car-free day
ii. Compost bucket collectors
iii. Oct 24th event
iv. Copenhagen “home teams”
v. Principled purchasing
1. Greenwashing on collaboration with STOP?
6. 350 Climate Action Day Sept 24
a. people who are not going to powershift can organize things?
7. Sept 21. Avaaz “wake up call for climate change”
a. Place des Arts. 5:35 alarms will go off, banners, etc
8. Green Kit tabling at Farmers Market needs volunteers
9. Gault retreat?
a. 2nd weekend of January?
10. notebooks
1st meeting and “Green Kit” selling points
Posted on 8 September 2009 | No responses
Our first meeting is this Wednesday, September 16th, at 6 PM on the third floor of QPIRG (3647 University; buzz to get in). We’ll be discussing Car-Free Day, Green Kits, and planning other projects for the semester. Come if you want to see what Greening McGill is all about!
We’ll also be selling “Green Kits” at the Farmer’s Market every Tuesday starting Sept. 14. The kits are a great way to sample eco-friendly products at a super low price (only $5!!!) and learn about sustainable purchasing!
The Green Events Guide is up!
Posted on 19 July 2009 | No responses
Finally! You can download our Green Events Guide in the “Resources” section. Make your next event eco-friendly!
summer time
Posted on 6 June 2009 | No responses
While we may have temporarily disbanded for the summer, have no fear! Next year’s projects are bubbling away. In the fall, look out for “Car-Free Day”, our “Principled Purchaing” campaign, the release of the “Green Events Guide” and more!
Under construction!
Posted on 18 April 2009 | No responses
Welcome to our new website! Please bear with us as we get our new site up and running. If you would like to get in touch with us, please email greeningmcgill@mail.mcgill.ca. Thanks!
…CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION…