JJ wants to send its best wishes to those who are departing us after the fall semester. Cary Fukui and Amanda Kamor are studying abroad next semester. We wish them the best of luck! We also are thinking about Shannon Osselaer and are hoping she can join us healthily next semester! Miss you all, and see you soon!
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Welcome to the Revolution Green LLC Blog on green living in Washington, DC! A student living and learning cohort, Revolution Green in Building JJ survives as one of George Washington University's strongest and most inspired student living groups on campus. To learn more about us and other green student groups at GWU, please visit us here. In the mean time, feel free to peruse our blog and learn about all the great things we're doing day to day, both in the house and out in the District!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
JJ Wishes Goodbye to Its Finest
JJ wants to send its best wishes to those who are departing us after the fall semester. Cary Fukui and Amanda Kamor are studying abroad next semester. We wish them the best of luck! We also are thinking about Shannon Osselaer and are hoping she can join us healthily next semester! Miss you all, and see you soon!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Eco-Challenge
And the energy ratings are in! Looks like we at Building JJ have done a great job reducing our energy usage this winter, and are definitely "lowering" the bar quite a bit since last year. Check out our energy standings below!
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tree Planting With Casey Trees
Friday, November 20th at 8:15 a.m. three residents of Building JJ (Ruby, Yin Min and Blair) made their way out to Massachusetts Ave and joined 60 other volunteers to plant trees at the embassies! Yin Min found out about this lovely event through Casey Trees, who partners with Restore Mass Ave for tree planting projects in the city.
We began the morning with coffee and donuts at the Cote d'Ivoire Embassy, who hosted us for the day. While we ate, the Founder and President of Restore Mass Ave, Deborah Shapley (right) and the Director of Tree Planting at Casey Trees, Jim Woodworth (left) gave us a little background on the project and riled up our excitement!
Director Woodworth welcoming us
After their presentation, representatives of Casey Trees gave us a little tutorial on tool safety. Then they handed off a shovel to Ambassador Koffi Y. Charles of Cote d'Ivoire (below), who was given the honor of making the first dig for the tree we were planting on his embassy's territory.
Check out the Ivoirien guards above! Their uniforms were so cool!
Next we made our way to our respective tree planting sites. We were part of group six, and got to plant one tree at the Venezuelan Embassy and one at the Slovenian Embassy. Pictures from both of those are shown below.
The sixty volunteers present planted sixteen trees altogether. We finished the morning around 11:30, at which point we were all invited into the Cote d'Ivoire Embassy for lunch and a short presentation of gratitude from Restore Mass Ave and Casey Trees to the Ambassador of Cote d'Ivoire. Above, a student volunteer from City Collegiate Public Charter School and President Shapley present the Ambassador with a token of thanks from Restore Mass Ave. What a wonderful morning! You will definitely see Building JJ with Casey Trees again in the future!
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Camping Trip
Matt, Amanda, Nicole, Rachel, Ali, Wade, James, Ian, Cary, Amber, Blair
Nicole, Amanda, Ian and Amber trying to decide on groceries (note the reusable shopping bag)
After a little grocery shopping, we continued on to the camp site, where we pitched our tents and ate lunch.
Amanda and Blair, setting up the tent and gathering wood
Amber, Ali, Wade and Ian
Rachel, Amber, Amanda, Nicole, Wade and Ali
Not long after, the group went hiking to a lookout. We met a friendly dog named Bear, who we adopted as our mascot.
Matt, Nicole, Amanda, Rachel, Ali
On the trail
Back row: James, Matt, Ali, Rachel, Blair, Nicole, Amanda
Front Row: Ian, Wade, Amber
Bear & Blair, looking over the Potomac into West Virginia
Matt, Rachel, Ali, Wade and James
Watching the sunset from the lookout, Cary, Ali and Ian
On into the evening we built our fire, cooked some hot dogs and made some 'smores. With an early morning ahead of us, we called it a night around 10:30.
Cary, Blair, Ian, and Ali starting the fire
Just getting the fire going
Matt, Amanda, James, Blair
Wade, James, Ali, Blair, Ian
Quality bonding time, Amanda, James, Blair (with a Sigg water bottle in hand, no plastic here!)
Around 7:00 the next morning we emerged from our tents, slightly chilly but ready to go, and bid farewell to our campsite in order to get brunch at the delicious Cafe-Nola.
The last of the camping trip
Cafe-Nola serves coffee and food, including vegetarian and vegan cuisine! We stopped there on the way back to the city as our last group activity before returning to the wear and tear of Washington, DC.
Cafe-Nola from the outside
Thanks goes out to Amber Hunnicutt for planning this great outing, Ian Goldin for the use of his car and sleeping equipment, Matt Bevilacqua for his tents, GW Trails for supplies, and everyone else who helped make this possible! Hopefully this is an event we will be able to recreate in the future.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Green Roof Birthday Party
On October 26th, JJers joined Green GW and many others in celebrating the Green Roof's first year anniversary on top of the Elliott School. Cake from Sticky Fingers, a local vegan bakery, was served on compostable plates with compostable forks and cups and the office of sustainability gave watering cans made of recycled material to help water the roof. President Knapp, who helped kick off the green roof last year by signing the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment, gave a small speech on the push for sustainability at George Washington's Campus. Revolution Green can be seen in the background of a picture of President Knapp, featured below. (note- they are the ones in the party hats)
President Knapp- “This is a great, ‘roof-breaking’ example of this mission. It’s a practical implementation of sustainability at the University. Congratulations to everyone who was involved in this project.”
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Green Roof Gardening at the Elliott School
On Thursday, September 24th from 8-10 am, a few members of Revolution
Green made their way to the top of George Washington's Elliott School of International Affairs to participate in green roof gardening.
A newly established project, the Elliott's green roof adds a layer of vegetation and waterproofing to the building’s existing structure.
It's intent is to draw nature to its urban setting, creating a habitat conducive to city-dwelling birds as well as offsetting carbon emissions. (GW Hatchet)
Our students were trained in how to look after the garden, so that in the future we will be able to go back and garden on our own! Below are some photos of Ruby, Erica, Nicole R. and Nicole P. diving into their first green roof gardening experience!
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