We listened to the reports from subcommitees: education, offsets, energy, transportation and communication. The major updates: 1) education subcommittee has worked out a plan on how to incorporate climate neutrality into curriculums across programs and introduction to Duke sessions for employees; 2) offsets committee ahs worked out a strategy in collaboration with Nicholas school of starting a how waste conversion farm that will allow Duke to offset its emissions and prove the viability of this option of alternative energy to farm owners throughout NC.Nicholas School is securing a grant from the state that will cover 90% ofthe cost if received till the end of the fiscal year; 3)energy subsommittee discussed a possibility to start a competition among schools to control their electricity use by offering deans cash back if they reduce the use of electricity/natural gas; 4) transportation subcommittee has introduced the results of a new survey which has not been finished yet; and finally, 5) communciations subcommittee addressed various communications strategies for the next year. Making it personal and starting a grassroots campaign after a success of Obama were the two most important tactics discussed.

pretty well (in fact, in the communications subcommittee I am assigned to, there are two representatives of graduate students: one from Nicholas school and me)

Can we help start the grassroots campaign? Could the outreach commiittee be of any help for that?

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