It reads:
Climate Action.
Divest Now!
Nobody seems to know how it got there.
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Tag Archives: SAVE
SAVE to dine with VSU Foundation Monday
The VSU Foundation has invited SAVE to dinner Monday.
No agenda is known, but the Foundation gets four attendees
and SAVE gets two.
Foundation attendees are to be:
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Wayne Edwards, Chairman, who responded to
SAVE’s fossil fuel divestment request with
“your well-intentioned request is impractical”.
According to
Georgia Secretary of State,
he is also the Foundation’s CFO.
- Carolyn Eager, who is on the Foundation investment committee. She resigned as chair of the Industrial Authority in 2009, and was one of three former VLCIA chairs who in 2011 published a statement backing school system consolidation.
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John Crawford, CEO, who is also
Vice President for University Advancement.
and was on the
inauguration steering committee for
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William J. McKinney,
ninth president of VSU, and ex-officio VSU Foundation board member,
who at the solar canopy inauguration said
“I am committed to developing a culture of sustainability on this campus”.
The two attendees from Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.), each apparently twice as heavyweight as a Foundation Trustee, will be: Continue reading
Wind for 1/3 of Georgia electricity, plus solar
“Georgia has about 14.5 gigawatts of feasibly developed offshore wind energy potential–enough power to provide one-third of Georgia’s current electrical needs.”
And the wind blows at night when the sun doesn’t shine. Add solar for the peak power day, and there’s no excuse for coal, nuclear, or natural gas.
Georgia’s Offshore Wind Energy Potential Showcased at CoastFest,
by Allie Brown
for SACE 15 October 2013.
Georgia Power and Southern Company know this. When will they act on it?
PS: Owed to Danielle Jordan
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SAVE has a new website
Reminding everyone of what they do and what VSU President McKinney said, Students Against Violating the Environment has a new website.
S.A.V.E. is an environmental activist organization based on the campus of Valdosta State University (VSU). It is composed of students from all majors, and any VSU student is welcome to join regardless of race, gender, age, or sexual orientation.
The mission of the organization is Continue reading
Frack Off Spectra, We Want Solar @ LCC 2013-12-09
Some citizens spoke up before the
Lowndes County Commission meeting, even if the Commission didn’t want to hear from them during.
Videos: Solar Canopy Ceremony @ SAVE 2013-11-15
VSU’s president turns out to be a professor of environmental ethics,
as he reminded us at the
VSU Solar Canopy Ceremony 15 November 2013.
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Danielle Jordan President of SAVE
“Anytime we use coal or natural gas we are linked to fracking and of course climate change”; see separate post.
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Dr. Michael Noll
“Making this a green campus”; see separate post.
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VSU President Dr. William McKinney
“I am committed to developing a culture of sustainability on this campus”; see separate post.
Here’s a video playlist:
Continue readingI am committed to developing a culture of sustainability on this campus –VSU President McKinney @ SAVE 2013-11-15
At
installation of VSU’s solar canopy,
the president of VSU answered
SAVE’s question:
You’ve heard about how these kinds of projects can yield a relatively quick return on investment. And you all need to know that, so long as I am president, I am committed to developing a culture of sustainability on this campus. I do not believe for a moment that environmental sustainability and the long-term economic well-being of the university are contradictory goals.
He offered an autobiographical tidbit:
I began my career in academia… as a professor of environmental ethics. I didn’t leave that behind when moved into the role I’m in now. I still hold dear to that kind of thinking. I still hold dear that kind of open dialog. And I remain committed to these kinds of projects. The sun is something we have in abundance here. And I think it is something we can continue to take advantage of.
Now I will take a little bit of credit. I remember probably the most opposite of the day we have today. Back over the summer, and early in the morning, and it was already extremely hot, and we were walking around trying to decide where we were going to put the array, and we looked a couple of spots, and then we came back here.
And be able to have not only the event that we have today, but I would hope other kinds of events, because I really do see this as a starting point.
He thanked everybody involved, especially SAVE and its president Danielle Jordan for her leadership, and in absentia plant operations.
Continue readingMaking this a green campus –Dr. Michael G. Noll @ SAVE 2013-11-15
Dr. Noll remarked on the rain falling and said of the solar canopy:
It’s multipurpose, it provides shade, it provides shelter, and it provides renewable energy, so that makes it really awesome.
He offered as story about events and world population at those times:
- 1 billion in 1783: the first hot air balloon in 1783 in Paris, France
- 2 billion in 1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first flight
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1969: Apollo 11 landed on the moon when Dr. Noll was 8 years old
- 1973: Oil crisis
- 4 billion in 1977: Jimmy Carter installed first solar panels on White House
- 1981: Ronald Reagan took down those solar panels
- 7 billion now: Accelerating climate change
He said we’re entering a second solar age,
the first one being the fossilized solar power of fossil fuels.
He mentioned the solar powered long flights of the
Solar Impulse
airplane as an example of hope, and an example of accelerating change.
Then you know what we are capable of, what we can do.
He concluded: Continue reading
Anytime we use coal or natural gas we are linked to fracking and of course climate change –Danielle Jordan @ SAVE 2013-11-15
After repeating
SAVE’s request for VSU to
reinvest in more socially responsible options,
Danielle Jordan, President of SAVE, gave one reason why
SAVE supports fossil fuel divestment:
In our fiscally globalized world, our actions don’t stop here. Everything we do affects people half a world away. So anytime we use coal or natural gas we are linked to fracking and of course climate change. But that doesn’t have to be. We can change that. This proves it.
This was at the Solar Canopy Ceremony 15 November 2013. Continue reading
VSU Environmental Issues Committee backs SAVE fossil fuel divestment
EIC went first, and attached to the agenda for the VSU faculty senate meeting that moved to back SAVE and condemn the position of the Board of Trustees this statement. -jsq
Attachment D
Links and notes from Environmental issues committee
Dl Link to Physical Plant work order form, where the user can tailor the request to a lighting issue: https://tma.valdosta.edu/webtma/GenerateRequest.aspx?key=8fMN5Hy6FywdBGVfahdUsPDaD%2bsth%2bE6fXG%2brkvftJ0%3d
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Hello, At today’s EIC meeting, the committee voted on , and passed, the following statement that I am sending onto the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate.
“The EIC moved to agree to the following statement as a committee and to communicate it to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate for consideration:
The EIC as a standing committee of the Faculty Senate supports the efforts of S.A.V.E. (Students Against Violating the Environment) to encourage the VSU Foundation to consider divesting from fossil fuel extraction-based investments.”
If you have Continue reading