Earth Day
GKT Blog

Solarfest!

05/01/2009 20:12 Filed in: green people | Lucy
Last week, Keene State College had their Earth Week in celebration of Earth Day. The environmental group there, Campus Ecology, put on a wonderful solar-powered music festival on Saturday April 25th.

I got emails from some of the members of Campus Ecology asking us if we would like to have a table to sell products. I immediately responded saying I would be there and I’d pass the word along to the others. I didn’t even take a second to second guess going to Solarfest, because I knew that this was a fantastic opportunity to get Green Keene Teens out there more. I also love the college atmosphere and thought my friends should experience it!

I got to Fiske Quad with Laura, Mina and Azzi, and Laura’s dad (who was our driver) at 10:30 to set up. Becky, the president of Campus Ecology greeted us right away with a smile. We got ourselves in order and watched the bands and crews getting ready to start the entertainment. The bands featured at Solarfest included Funknut, Birdfeeder, Hot Day at the Zoo, and Garaj Mahal. As the day progressed Carolynn, Lily, and Beth came to help out.



I don’t know if you have ever gone to an enviro music fest, but I have to say you need to go to one! The atmosphere of the event was tangibly happy and care free, it was amazing. Campus Ecology did a great job getting businesses, clubs, and volunteers to participate. There were free booths and crafts such as tie-dye, plant-a-plant, make your own trail mix, jewelry making, and hair wraps. People brought blankets and sat on the grass listening and dancing to the music. The music and weather were beautiful.

GKT did some selling of pencils, cupcakes and cookies, but we mostly networked and met many cool people who were interested and inspired in what we had started. I cannot wait until next year, because I can bet you that Solarfest will be bigger and better than ever!


Tags: , , , ,

GKT Meeting #2

03/10/2009 17:13 Filed in: meetings | Lucy
At second GKT meeting everyone was a lot more comfortable with getting her voice heard. It was a little hectic, but we got some good ideas throughout the hour. Here is a brief summary of what we did.

Volunteering: We are currently getting ready to volunteer at Stonewall Farm. I handed out the volunteer packets to the members. We also talked about trying to volunteer and the Recycling Center. One of the men there offered to get us involved with a Green Up Keene Day. We will have more info about that soon.

Punta Mona: Briefly we went over the trip to Costa Rica that is planned for next February.

Fundraising: We planned when some of the members could make it over to my house to make laundry detergent. Mina, and Olivia helped me make 29 jugs of detergent yesterday. And today Emily and Laura went out and sold ten jugs and got donations. At the meeting we also talked about other potential fundraising ideas.

Logo/T-shirts: Everyone was pretty excited to make Brea’s logo our club’s official sign. Mom recreated the idea in Photoshop, in time to send it to the t-shirt people. It was great to get that planned out. Recently I have been in the process of getting Gemini Screen Printing to make our shirts. Because you know, buying locally is the best!

Earth Day: There were some ideas for doing some kind of event for Earth Day, but we decided against it because we have too many things to do right now. With getting the club started and yourselves well know. Big events will have to come in time.

Green Magazine: Laura had the idea of making a Green Magazine after the club got more settled. We decided if we pursue this idea, that we will have four issues a year corresponding with the seasons.

Bank Account: After we get our Non-profit Certificate we will be getting a bank account at one of the banks in town, so we can keep our money in perfect order. Laura and Katelyn are going to collaborating together to get an account.

Blog Ideas: I encourage everyone to try to write a blog entry or two. I provided them with ideas and prompts of what they could write about. Soon we will have more content on the site!

Tags: , , , ,