Student Sustainability Groups

Name

Description

Contact Information
Bread Salvage Students pick up unsold bread products from Freihoffer’s Bread Company and deliver them to two schools in Middletown each week
 James Hall '15
wesfoodsalvage@gmail.com
Cheese Co-op Cheese Co-op provides studenst with cheeses from organic, local family farms every other week throughout the semester. wescheesecoop@gmail.com
Climate Ambassadors Climate Ambassadors aims to engage the Wesleyan community in activism, education, and discussion around climate justice. Isabel Stern '14
istern@wesleyan.edu
Food Rescue Student volunteers pick up food that is normally wasted from Pi Cafe, Summerfields, and Usdan to be deliver to Eddy Shelter. There are 12 pick-ups per week and students are assigned one shift per week; total commitment is about 30 minutes. Catherine Marquez '16
wesfoodrescue@gmail.com
Fruit and Veggie Co-op Fruit and Veggie Co-op provides students with a selection of organic fruits and veggies every week. fruitandveggiecoop@gmail.com
Global Zero: Wesleyan Chapter and ICAN
Global Zero and ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) promote awareness of the dangers of nuclear weapons, introduce a humanitarian view to the discussion of nuclear weapons, and encourage dialogue on the usage of nuclear energy. Kaito Abe '15
kabe@wesleyan.edu
Green Fund

The Green Fund accepts student, faculty, and staff proposals each semester. Projects are chosen for funding based on their ability to increase the University’s use of renewable energy sources, decrease the University’s carbon footprint, and decrease waste. The Fund’s five members work with project applicants to tailor projects and provide financial and managerial support. The Fund exists to spur creativity, innovation, and collaboration within the Wesleyan student body, faculty, and staff, to empower green initiatives on campus.

 Zander Nassikas '14
anassikas@wesleyan.edu
Local Co-op Local Co-op provides an affordable option for students to purchase local and sustainable food. Will Curran-Groome '14
wcurrangroom@wesleyan.edu
Long Lane Farm Long Lane Organic Farm is a cooperatively run small farm that uses ecological farming practices to produce food for the Wesleyan University Campus as well as the broader Middletown community. In addition to serving an important nutritional role in the local area, Long Lane is committed to providing the community with opportunities for festive gatherings and open exchanges, farm and food education, and hopes to contribute collaboratively to thought and practice at the nexus of culture and agriculture in general.
Rebecca Sokol '15
rsokol@wesleyan.edu
Middletown Urban Gardens Middletown Urban Gardens is a coalition of students working with the North End Action Team (a local non-profit) to establish new community gardens and promote healthy eating in low-income areas Middletown. MUG leads the design process and provides the necessary materials for new gardens, but empowers Middletown residents to be the primary stewards and users of the land. Pierre Gerard '15
middletownurbangardens@gmail.com
Sustainability Interns

The Wesleyan Sustainability Office offers internships for students passionate about promoting sustainability on campus.  Sustainability Interns manage Waste Not!, Do It in the Dark, and sustainability education programs.

 Rebecca Sokol '15, Isabel Stern '14, and Kate Weiner '15
wesustainability@gmail.com
Urban(e) Urban(e) is dedicated to bringing ethical, economical fashion to the Wesleyan community. Through "upcycling," thrifting, and redesign, Urban(e) hopes to expand the idea of fashion within the community and spread knowledge of fair trade practices in the fashion industry. Derrick Holman '16 and Margaret Feldman-Piltch '14
dcholman@wesleyan.edu
WesBikes WesBikes is Wesleyan's bike rental program led and run by students, to promote sustainable transportation on campus and around Middletown. Working on a system of semester-long rental periods, it caters to students for whom owning a bicycle on campus is infeasible for geographical or financial reasons. WesBikes also offers students the opportunity to try out owning a bike on campus. Erik Islo '15 and Winston Soh '14
eislo@wesleyan.edu
WesCFPA WesCFPA (Wesleyan Connecticut Forest & Park Association) maintains trails across Connecticut (members are specifically responsible for a handicap-accessible trail nearby) and promotes environmental conservation. The group manages events, which include film screenings, expositions and lectures, and collaborates with other groups on campus. WesCFPA reaches out to the community through hikes with the mentors from NEAT (North End Action Team, an outreach organization) and elementary students. Working closely with the Connecticut Forest & Park Association, WesCFPA volunteers create strong and lasting community partnerships through hands-on experiences. Miranda Linsky
wescfpa@gmail.com
Wes Composting The residential composting interns run a composting system for program houses, apartments, and senior woodframes. They also educate the Wesleyan community about the many benefits of composting by hosting awareness events on campus. DeNeile Cooper '15 and Zach Burns '14
wesleyancompost@gmail.com
WesCycle WesCycle is responsible for the set-up and management of 3 bike generators that offer a sustainable power alternative for events.
Rachel Lindy '15
rlindy@wesleyan.edu
Wes, Divest! In solidarity with hundreds of universities nationwide, Wes, Divest calls on Wesleyan University to get divest of its investments in fossil fuel companies. Rachel Lindy '15
rlindy@wesleyan.edu
WesFRESH WesFRESH is dedicated to raising food consciousness by examining the environmental, political, social, and ethical impacts of what we eat. WesFRESH organizes events on campus to promote awareness of issues of food policy, justice, sovereignty, and security. WesFRESH works to unite student groups such as Long Lane Farm, Wesleyan Farmers' Market, and EON to create a community of food lovers and activists. WesFRESH also works with Bon Appetit and the Real Food Challenge to ensure the availability of local and sustainably produced food to all Wesleyan students.
 Becca Wilton '15
rwilton@wesleyan.edu
Wesleyan Farmers' Market The Wesleyan Farmers' Market is committed to supporting local agriculture, providing fresh, affordable, nutritious food, and building community in Connecticut. The group organizes farmers markets on campus throughout the semester in the Usdan Courtyard or Zelnick Pavilion. Zia Grossman-Vendrillo '15
zgrossmanven@wesleyan.edu
Wesleyan Outing Club The Wesleyan Outing Club offers a wide range of trips most weekends such as biking, hiking, canoeing, and rock climbing, and longer trips over breaks. Past trips
have included winter camping in the White Mountains, biking and a Polar Bear Plunge at nearby Miller’s Pond, a sunrise hike up Mt. Higby, and hiking through New England forests near and far. The Outing Club rents out a supply of outdoor gear to students, including sleeping bags, tents, stoves, canoes, kayaks, and cross country skis.
 Becca Fredrick '14
rfredrick@wesleyan.edu
Wes-to-Wes

Wes-To-Wes is a student group that serves to raise money for Financial Aid. Beginning in fall 2013, Wes-To-Wes will raise funds through the sales of Wes-To-Wes merchandise and reallocated funds saved from the energy budget through campus energy-conserving initiatives. Wes-To-Wes hopes to work with other student groups to educate the campus on energy conversation and to motivate students to change their behavior for a good cause.

Ellen Paik '16
epaik@wesleyan.edu
WILD Wes WILD Wes (Working for Intelligent Landscape Design at Wesleyan) aims to develop an alternative to the water-, chemical fertilizer-, and pesticide-intensive conventional lawn cover that dominates university campuses and much of the United States. The group strives towards landscapes that reflect a commitment to economic, social, and ecological sustainability. This commitment is embodied primarily in the practice of permaculture: a design philosophy and system that looks the structures and relationships found in nature as models for creating diverse, stable, productive systems. WILD Wes' landscape design systems use no non-renewable fuels, integrate a variety of native plant species and environments, and work to be virtually self-sustaining. wildwesleyan@gmail.com