Helped Clean the “Indian Pipe Trail” at the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
Turned Many Events into a Zero-Waste Event
Helped Pick Up at the Homecoming Football Game
Helped Put on a Local Documentary Viewing
Officers
Anthony Kingston- President
Elijah Tabachnick- Vice President
Jessie Rule- Treasurer
Tristan Hernandez- Fundraising Chair
Emily Roscoe- Secretary
John Rosso- Historian
Emily Neville- Public Relations
Spring 2016
Bi-Laws Changed
Positions removed and changed
Officers
Jayson Peltier- President
Ben Woodman- Vice President
Anthony Kingston- Public Relations Chair
Tristan Hernandez- Fundraising Chair
Abby Sennick- Treasurer
Brigitte Parady- Secretary
Cain Landry- Volunteer Outreach
Earthfest
Four Annual events:
Take Pride in Acadia
Flower Planting on Maine Day
Trail Cleaning at the Hirundo Wildlife Refuge
Earthfest
Winning a leadership award
Fall 2015
New Officers
Anthony Kingston became Public Relations Chair
Tristan Hernandez became Fundraising Chair
Cain Landry became Volunteer Outreach
Jayson Peltier- President
Ben Woodman- Vice President
Abby Sennick- Treasurer
Robyn Estes- Social Outreach Chair
Bri Woodward- Historian
Eloise Melcher- Secretary
Fall 2010
Green Team stirred the creation of a compost committee, whose purpose is to increase campus wide composting at UMaine.
R.E.A.C.H. & Green Team held another contra dance, this time in Estabrooke.
Spring 2010
Single Stream Recycling
Green Team worked with Property Management to begin a single stream recycling pilot program at the university.
After a presentation by Greg Edwards, the UMaine Student Government passed a resolution in favor of single stream.
Green Team wrote to president Kennedy asking for his support of single stream at UMaine.
Green Team provided single stream recycling the16th annual Hope Festival.
Earth Day
Green Team organized an information fair in the Memorial Union on the 40th anniversary of Earth Day
At night, Green Team & R.E.A.C.H. held a free contra dance in the Union.
All day, single stream recycling bins were available in the Union.
Dining Services
Green Team met with dining services to increase sustainability by reducing their use of plastic and increasing their non-meat options.
Specifically, disposable black plastic containers at Nature’s Palate were replaced with containers that can be composted.
Fall 2009
New Officers
Greg Edwards was elected as Green Teams 2nd President.
Paul Wilsone became Vice President
Minna Mathiasson became VP of programming
Laura Brehm became VP of Communication
Hope Hopkins became VP of Finance
Sierra Club
Green Team collected hundreds of post cards, addressed to Senator’s Snow and Collins, asking the senators to support strong clean energy legislation such as the Clean Energy and American Power Act.
Clean Energy Rally
Green Team’s effort during the fall of 2009 culminated with the holding of a clean energy rally.
Repower America
Green Team members were very involved in this grass roots campaign for Clean Energy. Repower America, founded by Al Gore, has the goal of converting America to 100% clean energy. This clean energy approach helps with climate change and the current economic recession. Members had people write letters to their senators and record video testimonials.
The Powervote Pledge Cards Students Supporting the Pledge ->
We got over 900 UMaine students to sign the pledge
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean visits campus and agrees to pledge
What is the pledge?
A “non-partisan campaign to engage millions more in demanding real solutions to global warming, like wind and solar power, efficient buildings, and sustainable transportation… [to] reduce harmful global warming pollution [and] create millions of new jobs and revitalize our economy”
O.A.R. Concert and Town Hall Event
Welcomed the band O.A.R. to the UMaine campus
Displays at the O.A.R. Concert
Town Hall Event
Presented “what is out there” in terms of green jobs in conjunction with a number of local sustainable-minded businesses and nonprofit organizations
Spring 2008
Project planning, group development, and research
Official group status from Student Government: April, 2008
Fall 2007
Group founded by Walter Lazarz and Michael Parker
Began meetings and gathering ideas
Mission Statement: To promote efficiency and sustainability on campus and in the community.
