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Club promotes green living
Members give energy-saving suggestions
Stephanie Daniels
Issue date: 9/24/08 Section: ARTS & LIFE
The North Texas Energy and Environment Club met Wednesday to discuss various topics dealing with environmental issues, including ways to conserve energy around the house.
"Simple things can be done, including turning off the light in your dorm and turning off the water while you brush your teeth," club president and biology senior Brandon Morton said.
This is the club's first year, and about 30 people attended the first two meetings, Morton said.
"It doesn't matter how many people show up; we're just here to learn," Morton said.
The club is not only affiliated with students at NT, but the school affiliated itself with the Collegiate Energy Association, in which the club connects globally with more than 20 university energy groups in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan.
Many organizations and businesses have helped sponsor this group, including Balcones Resources and Fuel Technology, which also NT's paper recycing, the Climate Change Business Journal and the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association.
"The City of Denton has actually signed on to the International Local Governments for Sustainability," Morton said.
At its meeting last week, the group had a guest speaker from Power Vote, Trevor Lovell, who spoke about the importance of voting for the candidate who cares most about energy. The group is seeking to ultimately get 1 million promises from students nationwide and already has 100,000 pledges, 3,000 of those from NT, Lovell said.
"I actually found the group on Facebook and attended the first meeting, where they were looking for people who live on campus to talk to other students about joining the club," said Cameron Tharp, vice president of student relations.
The club is still seeking to find a treasurer and secretary, but the group hopes its turnout from the first couple of meetings should ensure them to get those spots filled soon.
Future events for the North Texas Energy and Environment Club include a Texas Solar Energy Round Up in Fredricksburg from Sept. 25 to 27, Discover the Power of Green at NT from Oct.10 to 11 and We Mean Green Week on campus from April 20 to 24.
All events serve the purpose of getting people aware of the environment and activities to promote climate change.
"I hope that we can be the most proactive student organization on campus promoting sustainable efforts toward climate change," Morton said. "It's about making every organization about the environment, not just ours."
"Simple things can be done, including turning off the light in your dorm and turning off the water while you brush your teeth," club president and biology senior Brandon Morton said.
This is the club's first year, and about 30 people attended the first two meetings, Morton said.
"It doesn't matter how many people show up; we're just here to learn," Morton said.
The club is not only affiliated with students at NT, but the school affiliated itself with the Collegiate Energy Association, in which the club connects globally with more than 20 university energy groups in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan.
Many organizations and businesses have helped sponsor this group, including Balcones Resources and Fuel Technology, which also NT's paper recycing, the Climate Change Business Journal and the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association.
"The City of Denton has actually signed on to the International Local Governments for Sustainability," Morton said.
At its meeting last week, the group had a guest speaker from Power Vote, Trevor Lovell, who spoke about the importance of voting for the candidate who cares most about energy. The group is seeking to ultimately get 1 million promises from students nationwide and already has 100,000 pledges, 3,000 of those from NT, Lovell said.
"I actually found the group on Facebook and attended the first meeting, where they were looking for people who live on campus to talk to other students about joining the club," said Cameron Tharp, vice president of student relations.
The club is still seeking to find a treasurer and secretary, but the group hopes its turnout from the first couple of meetings should ensure them to get those spots filled soon.
Future events for the North Texas Energy and Environment Club include a Texas Solar Energy Round Up in Fredricksburg from Sept. 25 to 27, Discover the Power of Green at NT from Oct.10 to 11 and We Mean Green Week on campus from April 20 to 24.
All events serve the purpose of getting people aware of the environment and activities to promote climate change.
"I hope that we can be the most proactive student organization on campus promoting sustainable efforts toward climate change," Morton said. "It's about making every organization about the environment, not just ours."
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Brandon Morton
posted 9/24/08 @ 9:11 AM CST
I would like to correct one misunderstanding...
North Texas Energy & Environment Club is directly affiliated with students at UNT. We are a registered student organization at UNT. (Continued…)
Kayla D.
posted 8/21/09 @ 10:41 PM CST
Great writing sis!
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