[Committee] FW: Cambridge University Environmental Forum

[M. Kaufmann]

Yep, I did intend to go, so unless anyone else is superkeen, no need to 
stress yourself.

Have a good time,

Marc

On Jan 16 2007, Steve Stretton wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>Emilia is organising an Environmental forum in Cambridge. Here are the
>details, hope someone can make it.
>All the best,
>Steve
>
> -----Original Message----- From: emilia.melville at gmail.com 
> [mailto:emilia.melville at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Emilia Melville Sent: 16 
> January 2007 13:57 To: Lianna Hulbert; J. Kohler; Esperanza Fernandez; 
> Sally Daultrey; Douglas J. Crawford-Brown; Tess Riley; Simon Chubb; 
> jimjepps at hotmail.com; philip.sargent at cambridgeenergy.com; E.K. Durie; 
> Andrew Lamb; Rex Britter; Rob Wallach; Cuecs; M. Kaufmann; A.L. 
> Stephenson; N. Scordellis; Stephen Stretton; Stephen Rowley; Aneaka 
> Kellay; P.R.H. Wood; Elizabeth Dodd; Yassar Mustafa; Christine Berry; Ian 
> Steed; Greg Patton Subject: Re: Cambridge University Environmental Forum
>
>
>Hello.
>
>It seems that the time which would suit the most people would be:
>
>3pm, on Friday the 19th of January (this week).
>
> Ian Steed has kindly offered us the use of the Humanitarian Centre 
> meeting room, so I suggest we meet there (pending confirmation that the 
> room is still available at this time and date - I will let you know if 
> the venue changes). To get to the Humanitarian Centre, please follow the 
> directions on their website: 
> http://www.humanitariancentre.org/hub/public/contact.htm . To get into 
> the offices, you need to go through the Fenners leisure centre entrance, 
> which is behind the Kellsey Kerridge leisure centre near Parkers Piece. 
> Please don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions, comments or 
> suggestions.
>
>Emilia
>
>On 1/13/07, Emilia Melville <cuecs at cusu.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> Hello again.
>> It seems that quite a lot of people think this is a good idea, so I'd 
>> like to suggest that we have an initial meeting to discuss what we'd 
>> like a forum to do.
>>
>> I think it would be good to meet sooner rather than later, so I'll 
>> suggest some times at the end of this week and the start of next week. 
>> If you're interested in taking part, it would be great if you could 
>> email me times that you can come to a meeting, and we'll try to find a 
>> time that suits everyone.
>>
>> Thursday the 18th, after 4pm
>> Friday 19th, after 2pm
>> Saturday 20th, in the afternoon,
>> Monday the 22nd, after 2pm
>> Tuesday the 23rd, after 2pm, before 7pm
>> Wednesday the 24th after 2pm.
>>
>> As you can see, my diary's still pretty empty as it's the start of 
>> term - let's get this planned before that changes too much!
>>
>> Looking forward to hearing from you....
>>
>> Emilia
>>
>>
>> On 1/11/07, Emilia Melville <ejm58 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>> > Hello.
>> >
>> > I'm writing to you because you are interested in environmental 
>> > issues and sustainability in Cambridge, and I thought you or your 
>> > group might be interested in being involved in a forum to bring 
>> > together the many groups involved in environmental activities, and 
>> > help us to work together more. This idea is partly inspired by the 
>> > Humanitarian Centre, which acts as a very valuable umbrella 
>> > organisation for university groups involved in humanitarian work - 
>> > there needs to be an environmental parallel!
>> >
>> > I know there is a Cambridge town green forum, but many university 
>> > groups do not take part in this, and it may be helpful to also have 
>> > a university based forum, or perhaps several more focussed groups.
>> >
>> > I'd like to suggest an initial meeting to discuss what an 
>> > environmental forum might be able to do, and to find out what people 
>> > already are doing, and the resources we currently have.
>> >
>> > The people this email has been sent to are not an exhaustive list of 
>> > everyone who could be involved - just people who I have come into 
>> > contact with.  If you can think of anyone else who might be 
>> > interested, please forward this to them, and invite them to take 
>> > part in the discussion.
>> >
>> > I'll make a few introductions, so you all know who each other are:
>> >
>> > CUECS: Cambridge University Environmental Consulting Society. 
>> > Co-Presidents Emilia Melville (me), Clare Black, Secretary: Aidan 
>> > Reilly, Treasurer: Laura Hurley, Webmaster: Alex Ridge
>> >
>> > CUSU (Cambridge University Students Union) Green:
>> > CUSU green officer: Aneaka Kellay,
>> > EEC (Ethical and Environmental Committee) Elected officers: 
>> > Elizabeth Dodd - Fairtrade Officer, Yassar Mustafa - Outreach 
>> > Officer, Christine Berry - Ethical Investment Officer, Greg Patton - 
>> > Environment Officer, Pete Wood -  Best Practice Officer
>> >
>> > Zero Carbon Society:
>> > President: Stephen Rowley, Vice-President: Nicky Scordellis, Founder 
>> > and chair: Steve Stretton, Secretary: Anna Stephenson, Societies 
>> > Liaison officer: Marc Kaufmann
>> >
>> > CUEN (Cambridge Uni Energy Network)
>> > President: Ronan Kavanagh
>> >
>> > CEI (Cambridge Environmental Initiative)
>> > Sally Daultrey
>> >
>> > Town green open forum, Jim Jepps
>> >
>> > People&Planet : President: Lianna Hulbert
>> >
>> > Cambridge Energy Forum
>> > Philip Sargent, Tim Jarvis
>> >
>> > Roots&Shoots: President Ellie Durkie
>> >
>> > Cambridge City Council:
>> > Environmental Coordinator: Simon Chubb
>> >
>> > Varsity green column editor, Tess Riley
>> >
>> > Doug Crawford-Brown, Director, Carolina Environmental Program, 
>> > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>> >
>> > Professor Rex Britter, Department of engineering, interested in 
>> > Energy and sustainability
>> >
>> > Andrew Lamb, who has associations with the humanitarian centre, 
>> > Engineers without Borders and RedR (registered Engineers for 
>> > disaster relief), amongst other things....
>> >
>> > Rob Wallach, Materials Science, interested in sustainable 
>> > development (and one of my supervisors).
>> >
>> > Wow, that seems like a huge number of people and groups!
>> >
>> > If you're interested in taking part in an initial meeting, please 
>> > let me know and share your comments and ideas. I'd like to arrange a 
>> > meeting within the first couple of weeks of term, to see what we 
>> > should do next.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Emilia Melville,
>> > CUECS Co-President
>> >
>>
>>
>