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Environmental Issues Committee

The Environmental Issues Committee is a multipurpose committee in the Student Government Association at Texas A&M University since 1990.

Mission Statement

As a representative of Texas A&M, we actively strive to provide and support:

  • Programs which enhance environmental education and awareness
  • Programs which reduce the community's impact on the environment
  • Sound environmental legislation on and off campus, in order to improve quality of life

Core Values

Education - To bring forth and inspire learning about the pressing issues of the environment to facilitate action.

Initiative - To be at the forefront of progress: leading the nation in environmentally sound practices, addressing situations before they become problems, and in doing so securing a better today and a brighter future.

Commitment - To stay vigilant, informed, and steadfast to the core value of environmental activism.

 

If you would like to become a member, please complete the non-selective application below!

Spring 2012 EIC Application

We currently have weekly committee meetings every Tuesday at 8pm in Rudder 404 (unless otherwise noted on the calendar).

If you have any questions about our committee, membership, or anything please email us at eic@tamu.edu

Informational This Tuesday!

Howdy one and all!

If you didn't have a chance to stop by our booth today at the MSC Open House, no worries! You can always email us with any questions you might have at eic@tamu.edu!

Our first informational meeting is this Tuesday, January 24th at 8pm in Rudder 404. Come by and learn what we're all about as well as the exciting things we have planned for this upcoming semester!

Hope to see ya there!

Reminder!

Just a reminder that EIC meetings are every Tuesday at 8:00pm in Rudder 504! If you're looking to promote environmental awareness on campus, live more sustainably, and have some fun while you do it, then come out to see what the Environmental Issues Committee is all about! Remember, it's never too late to join! Just show up at our next meeting and we can get you up to speed! Can't make it to the meetings? Email Erica Williams at msericawilliams11@gmail.com to be added to our mailing list. You can stay updated about EIC happenings and what's going on at our weekly meetings! Hope to see you Tuesday!

MSC Open House and Informational Meeting!

Howdy and welcome back, Environmental Issues Committee! We hope everyone had a fun filled summer and survived their first day back at school. It sure was a hot one, phew! EIC has some big and exciting plans in the works for the fall semester, so we are really pumped to see our returning EIC members as well as welcoming some newbies! If you haven't heard, MSC Open House 2011 is this Saturday, September 3rd, from 2-6pm in Reed Arena, and yep, you guessed it, EIC will be tabling! So, please be sure to swing by and find out what EIC is all about. Our officers would really love to meet and greet with you! If you are unable to make it to MSC Open House, we will have an informational meeting on Tuesday, September 6th, at 8pm in Rudder 504. At the meeting you can learn more about EIC's mission and goals for the year. We will also introduce our officers, talk about EIC events such as Kyle Field Recycling and Curbside, discuss our four subcommittees, and play a fun icebreaker! This meeting should be short and sweet so you should definitely be there! So, just to reiterate...

>MSC Open House: Satuday, Sep. 3, from 2-6pm in Reed Arena

>Informational Meeting: Tuesday, Sep. 6, at 8pm in Rudder 504

 

Don't forget you can always check out EIC's upcoming events on our calendar (and then write them all down in your planner!) Just click the calendar tab!

 

We'll EI-C you later!

 

Program of the Year!

If you couldn't attend the Student Government Association's banquet this year, Environmental Issues Committee received the award for SGA Program of the Year this evening!

Our composting and recycling initiative that was implemented in the Underground Food Court with the assistance of University Dining was selected as the SGA program of the year! We're very excited and proud to have won this award! The project required a great amount of coordination, effort, and time from not only our members but as well as employees of Texas A&M University Dining! We really appreciated gaining the opportunity to work with them and they deserve just as much credit for this award as we do!

So thanks again to everyone who assisted in making this program such a huge success!

We honestly could not have done it without you!

End of the Year Reminders!

Yesterday was our last meeting of the semester! Super sad.
 
~ Erica and Meghan had a great Eco-Minute discussing the cons of petroleum based hygiene products and discussing alternatives!
 
~ We also briefly went over some of the exec positions which are available for next year. The application is attached if you missed the post from Sunday. Again, we encourage everyone to apply! Applications along with your interview availability for Monday, May 2nd and Tuesday, May 3rd evenings (after 5pm) need to be sent to Jakob Rosenberg at jakobrosenberg@tamu.edu no later than 3pm this Friday, April 29th. If you have any questions about any of the positions you can email Jakob, Amanda Cernovich, or any of the current execs.
 
~  If you couldn't make it to the meeting yesterday, you also missed out on a super fun game of Ships and Sailors. Just sayin'. Maybe we'll play it again sometime!
 
There are still a few opportunities left to see everybody if you weren't in attendance last night.
 
This Thursday is the SGA Banquet at 6:30pm in the Clayton W. Williams, Jr. Alumni Center (The huge Aggie Ring building!) Find out if we won any awards and who the member of the year is! If you can't recall if you signed up or not check the Google doc! If you signed up and can't attend or didn't sign up and would like to attend email Jakob so we can give those who didn't sign up in time your spot!

On Friday and Saturday is the beach clean up to Galveston! You should know already who you are if you're coming! We'll be leaving lot 50 on Friday at 5:15pm! Be there!

This Sunday is our last curbside recycling! So gather up all of your recyclables before you start packin' up and sign up for a shift!

Finally, we'll be having an end of the year picnic potluck park party at Bee Creek Park, Thursday, May 5th (Cinco De Mayo!) at 12:30pm! Sign up to bring something yummy! It's going to be a bash!

As always, if you have any questions about anything feel free to contact officers individually or through the contact page!
 
Hope to see a bunch of y'all over the next few days!
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