Charlotte Green Initiative

We will be meeting in Room 261 of the Student Union TODAY from 4:15 to 5:15.  Hope to see you all there!

We also had an incredibly successful 20th Annual UNCC Earth Day celebration out in the CHHS plaza on Wednesday!  Below is the image of the CGI table!

Hello all!  I hope you enjoyed your Spring Break but its time to get back to work!  There will be a meeting on Thursday, March 15th from 4:15-5:15pm in CHHS, room 161.  We will be talking about:

• Water bottles
• Plaques/banners
• Science Festival
• Earth Day
• Bike Share program
• Green roof
• Habitat for Humanity

Also, check out the updated by-laws at the Our Bylaws page!  See amendments listed below:

• Article IV: Meetings
  • Section I: The committee will meet a minimum of once every two weeks during the academic year. The committee can modify the meeting schedules at any time but the minimum number of meetings must take place.
• Article VI: Committee
  • Section I: The committee chair must be a student and an active participant with at least one semester’s experience within the committee in order to be considered for election. The chair-holder will be elected at the last meeting of the Spring semester prior to the next academic year.
  • Section III: The committee will report to the SGA Senate once a year in December.
  • Section V: The committee, once a year, will hold the CGI Challenge in order to promote the committee and the funds available to the students at the University.
    •    If a team does not take action on a project after one year of being allocated money then the project will be dropped from the CGI project list and the project must be resubmitted in order to be considered for future funding.
    •    The Chair-holder must send out an official notification of the withdrawal of their allocated funding.

There will be a CGI meeting on Thursday, March 1st from 4:15 - 5:15pm in our regular room, CHHS, room 145.  This will be the last meeting before Spring Break so make sure you can make it!  As always, our meetings are open to the public!

Remember to also take the UNCC Sustainability Pledge!

Stay green 49er!

There will be a CGI meeting this Thursday Feb 23rd from 4:15-5:15pm in CHHS, Room 155.  Please note the room change: Room 155! We will be discussing:

• Freshman Water Bottles/ Coffee Mugs
• Green Roof
• CGI Green Screen
• Plaques/ Banner
• By-laws
• Class Projects –Teacher Contacts

As always, the meetings are open to the public.  Hope to see you there!

Stay green 49ers!

There will be a CGI meeting this Thursday, February 16thfrom 4:15-5:15 in CHHS, room 145.  This week we will be discussing:

• Freshman water bottles / coffee mugs & water refill stations
• Green screen update
• By-law amendments
• Green Roof Proposal Question and Answer

Also, CGI Challenge submissions are due this Thursday by noon!  Check out the CGI Challenge page for more details.