Author: Anne Leonhardt

Good evening, 

Thank you for attending the meeting and for giving input into the Green Spaces and Freedom by Design groups! It was great to see everyone last Wednesday, and we’re very appreciative of all the amazing ideas being offered, and excited to be setting up events and trips for the coming months! We all hope to have things set up in a way that the things people’s interests and that people can attend easily.

This is to say – we are LOOKING FORWARD to your inputs on the Miro Board information – 

A few things:

• Please fill in this form telling your hopes for the club and your ideas for the semester by Wednesday, 2/7/24. 

The link to the Miro Board is here in case you’re comfortable with Miro and want to input directly: 

• Also let us know about your schedules vis a vis the following: So far, we have been working towards meetings on Wednesdays at the end of the day, and also having events/meetings on Fridays and occasional Saturdays.  For example, we’re thinking to have the trip to the Catskills, some outdoor hiking adventures, some Service Beautification Days, and the class with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Fridays and Saturdays. 

• Let us know generally how this works – we can always make adjustments. There are also quite a number of faculty mentors available to work with various interests so many opportunities exist! 

• The Green Spaces Club/Freedom By Design has openings for some officers – please sign up! 

• And – importantly, there are some meetings set with Vice Presidents, Provost, and Deans to discuss ideas for more interactivity with nature and establishing more plants around campus. Everyone is welcome to join. We’ll need to meet before and decide upon and prepare the topics to be discussed and ask that you attend this pre-meeting. You will receive an e-vite shortly. 

• We’ll be meeting Wednesday, 2/7, at 5 pm in V813 to look over seed catalogues and choose seeds to order and plant shortly.