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Thursday/9:30/Recycling all over UNG./Conor Woodbury, Christin Anderson, Stephanie Jones, Bryce Gant. So far we have done surveys of the recycle bins on each floor of Hoag, Newton Oaks, Young and the Rec Center to see how much the bins are actually being used. From the data we collected we saw that the recycle bins in Newton Oaks got used the most. We plan on meeting with the department head of each building to see if there is a better way of implementing the recycle bins in the buildings. We will be doing waste audits periodically to see what ratio of recyclables are being thrown away instead of actually recycled.

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Thursday/9:30/Landscape Improvement in front of HNS/Triston Price, Bryan Morris, Calob May

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Thursday/9:30/Landscape Improvement in front of HNS/Triston Price, Bryan Morris, Calob May

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We have identified at our field site the environmental problems with the land. Part of the landscaping plan we want to implement is putting in a retaining wall on the steep graded bank, where the soil erosion is present. The retaining wall would be approximately 10 feet tall and 200 feet long. We would like to plant Japanese maples 10 feet apart with some type of shrubbery in between the maples. The root systems of both the shrubs and maples would help hold the bank and would help prevent any further erosion of the bank, along with the retaining wall. The Japanese maples would be a good choice, because they don’t require allot of maintenance and and when fully grown are very appealing to the eye. Also for our plan, we would need to create a budget plan for the project. So, we would need to know the pricing of mulch, Japanese maples, shrubs, and the landscaping timber. The Japanese maples range anywhere from $50 to $100, and a 6in x 6in x 8ft landscaping timber costs approximately $20 a piece.

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Thursday/12:30/Cost-Effective Recycling in Residence Halls/Cassie Jacques, Zack Zellner, Austin Chester, Alex Rollins, Meg Allen

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Thursday/12:30/Cost-Effective Recycling in Residence Halls/Cassie Jacques, Zack Zellner, Austin Chester, Alex Rollins, Meg Allen

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Up to this point we had retrieved data on which dorms recycle and which do not, and what types of bins are in the residence halls. After meeting with Dr. Ellis, our plans now are to get in touch with residence life, research different types of bins that are available, and how many rooms and bins would be needed to have one in each room in every dorm. From here we plan to compile data and reach a conclusion on how UNG can have most cost effective recycling.

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Thursday 9:30/ Dual Sided Printing on Campus/ Leighton Parker, Kayla McBrayer, Peyton Maret 

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Thursday 9:30/ Dual Sided Printing on Campus/ Leighton Parker, Kayla McBrayer, Peyton Maret 

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Today we met with an IT employee and asked for an interview to follow up with questions about printers and their abilities to print dual sided. We plan to meet with them again next week and gather the needed data to continue on with our project.

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3:30/Computer Energy in the Library/ David Kenyon/ Mary O'Donnell/ Trent Reeder/ Jenna Eisenhaur 

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3:30/Computer Energy in the Library/ David Kenyon/ Mary O'Donnell/ Trent Reeder/ Jenna Eisenhaur 

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Using a kill a watt meter we will be collecting energy data from the computers left on over night in the library and comparing them to the energy that they use during the day.  We are still waiting on permission from the IT staff to plug in the meters before we can collect our data.

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Thursday 9:30/ Crop Growth on UNG Lands/ Chambers, Cody / McIntire, Matt / Wilson, Gus / Woodard, Madelynn

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Thursday 9:30/ Crop Growth on UNG Lands/ Chambers, Cody / McIntire, Matt / Wilson, Gus / Woodard, Madelynn

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We do not currently have sample data, and although we don't have a data spreadsheet, we have begun a spreadsheet to compile the recourses necessary (e.i. equipment, seeds, etc.) to effectively grasp the financial undertaking that our project proposes. The data we will collect, other than financial, will be from the soil samples that we will collect from the Hurricane Creek land plot and send to UGA for nutrient analysis.

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Thursday 3:30/ Green Roofing on HNS/ Arah Berry, Carl Smith, Jacqueline Eckles, Brantley Adcock

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Thursday 3:30/ Green Roofing on HNS/ Arah Berry, Carl Smith, Jacqueline Eckles, Brantley Adcock

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Our group has not progressed very far. We have the methods and research down pat, but we have not received access to the roof from risk management. Our green roof project needs access in order to gather data for graphs and tables. We are awaiting for a reply from risk management. We are also lacking the funds to purchase all we need for the model. We do not have sample data for our project. We have been unable to collect our own data and to access the information that the Michigan State University, we have to purchase the pdf. It is about $40. We plan to get at least 2 weeks worth of readings from our project if possible. We will get the data, when we have access to the roof. We plan on using sedums and green roof soils for our model. We also have not created a data collection sheet yet.

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Thursday/9:30/Energy consumption from lighting in HNS hallways, Clay Burnett, Brandon Mapel, Josh Wright

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Thursday/9:30/Energy consumption from lighting in HNS hallways, Clay Burnett, Brandon Mapel, Josh Wright

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We talked with Dr. Ellis and he was able to get ahold of Skippy, a facility manager, to find out the wattage of the bulbs in the hallway which were 32 watts. We attempted to find custodians promptly afterwards, but had no luck. We aim to try again Monday and we will make a table to give them and politely ask if they could record their shift and when the lights are on in the halls and when active hours of people being present in them are and when they are not. Those that live on campus plan to go in there late at night a few times to see when they are on in hallways. We will also put up signs showing where the light switches are in the building that say to make sure you turn off lights when they are not being used.

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Thursday 3:30/Trees on Campus/Pacelli Nick, Simpson Lee, Stachelczyk Emily, Walker Jillian 

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Thursday 3:30/Trees on Campus/Pacelli Nick, Simpson Lee, Stachelczyk Emily, Walker Jillian 

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This week we went out and surveyed more tree around the North Georgia Suites. So far we have identified:
- 9 European Turkey Oak
-14 Red Maples
-4 Smooth Japanese Maples
-4 Italian Cypress
-28 Eastern White Pine
Today, we took more pictures of three types of trees and are currently trying to identify them. We are going to email the UNG Dahlonega groundskeepers to see if they know when the trees were planted and its records. We are then going to ask them their opinions on the trees planted to see if they were planted for benefits or for looks. Next week we plan on meeting with Dr. Ellis and use the collector app on the iPad to plot points of the trees. We will also be identifying the trees in front of the North Georgia Suites to expand our research.

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Thursday 3:30 / Recycling on Campus / Kyle White, Susannah McBride, Caitlin Ulima

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Thursday 3:30 / Recycling on Campus / Kyle White, Susannah McBride, Caitlin Ulima

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We made a survey on the website Survey Monkey for students to complete and chose which examples of recycling bins to include. We will soon begin asking students to participate!

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Thursday 9:30 / Hughes, Emily / Riley, Caitlin

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Thursday 9:30 / Hughes, Emily / Riley, Caitlin

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Today we met and prepared for our interview we had planned for later this afternoon. We also completed our methods assignment and analyzed our results from the survey we sent out to residence in Lewis Hall. Emily also followed up with David Jones, the graphic design artist for our campus to ask about the recycling logo he is working on. Later this afternoon, we had planned to meet the director of ResLife but something came up so she sent Jarrod Stanley instead. Jarrod was able to give us great insight about recycling on campus and helped guide us to who we can talk to about implementing a program into residence life.

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We are waiting to hear back from Auxiliary services to find out exactly what routes they take to the off campus housing. Also, we want to find out the current schedule the bus takes and how often they visit these off-campus housing locations. We are going to create maps to show as further proof why our recommendations for off campus shuttling will be better. Also we are going to create a new survey to get more data to add to our initial survey we sent out. In this survey we want to get data about how many times a week a student will drive to campus.

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Thursday 12:30-2:20 Recycling Paper In the UNG Library 

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Thursday 12:30-2:20 Recycling Paper In the UNG Library 

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Dech, Madison/ Brown, Alexis/Little, Brittany

We have met and taken pictures of both the recycling bins for paper only as well as the trash cans. We decided to change our focus and see if connivence plays a role in whether people choose to recycle or trash their paper. We took pictures of each type of bin and then moved the trash can next to the recycling bin to see if it makes a difference. We have kept track of how full each bin is and what the zip of each bin is, and now we are waiting to analyze the data with the bins next to each other.

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9am / Rainwater capture at Ecological Protection Lab / Lo, J

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9am / Rainwater capture at Ecological Protection Lab / Lo, J

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We calculated the amount of rainfall that can be captured from the roof of the building to be 12,135 gallons. This would fill a 55 gallon rain barrel 220 times in a year. More than enough water for 25 hemlock trees which need 485 gallons per tree or 1.33 gallons per day. NEXT we shall install a rain barrel or cistern and irrigation tape.

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12:30 / COMPOSTING A CHOW / Maynard,Levi  Bowers,Katie Hannah,Abbey Shipp,Lydia 

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12:30 / COMPOSTING A CHOW / Maynard,Levi  Bowers,Katie Hannah,Abbey Shipp,Lydia 

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We met and further discussed contacting Robert Christian and setting up our day to observe and calculate waste at Chow. Our plans will become more specific when we are able to have a specific day to be in Chow and get our hands dirty. We will also know what equipment and other resources we need when Chow staff lets us know what we are actually able to do in our day(s) of observation. We set up a day to meet with Dr.Ellis next week to get some help reaching out to Chow staff.

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12:30pm / Rainwater collection at HNS/ Megan John, Chris Jensen, James Leist, Jordan Taylor/

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12:30pm / Rainwater collection at HNS/ Megan John, Chris Jensen, James Leist, Jordan Taylor/

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We attempted to contact maintenance manager for HNS. We do not have exact data today, but have rough estimates of roof sqaure footage of HNS, average rainfall, and supplies needed. Next Thursday we are meeting with Scott Bryan, the Builing Trade Mananagwr and Dr. Ellis to discuss our findings and come up with more precise measurements

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9:30/ Recycling in the Suites/ Kinsey, Luke/ Balthazor, Kimbra/ England, Lainey/ Cleveland, Azlin

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9:30/ Recycling in the Suites/ Kinsey, Luke/ Balthazor, Kimbra/ England, Lainey/ Cleveland, Azlin

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We completed the methods assignment and created a survey to distribute out to residents. We also discussed posters and what needs to be on them. We scheduled to meet with Dr. Ellis next Thursday to discuss about our project and collect equipment needed to start our waste audit.