Brown Environmental Action Network (BEAN)

Brown Environmental Action Network

BEAN is the hub for environmental activism at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Get e-mail announcements and also join our discussion list. Meetings Mondays 7pm in the UEL - 135 Angell St.
Change starts with us. Get involved with environmental issues at Brown and in Providence:
Energy & Climate	Food & Agriculture	Environmental Education
Climate Campaign [Vanessa Adams, Emily McAteer] Compact Fluorescent Lightulbs (CFLs) Now you can buy them at the Brown Bookstore. Plus, they're $2 off. Energy Conservation Unplugged appliances cut energy costs over break (Feb 04) Harvard's "Cold Turkey" program Renewable Energy BEAN pushing University to go clean (Feb 04) Love is in the Clean Air (Feb 04) Renewable Energy at Brown op-ed (Feb 04) Harvard students vote for $10/person fund (Dec 04) Higher oil prices not affecting University - yet (Oct 04) Brown in process of investigating renewable energy sources (Apr 04) Green Building Design The rise of green building (Dec 04) Transportation Brown announces RIPTA subsidy trial for Fall 2004! Clean Energy Action national campaign Forest Issues [Sarah Wald] Pressure from BEAN and Brown led to Boise Cascade's landmark environmental policy, but old-growth forests continue to face threats in every corner of the world. Victoria's Secret Catalog Campaign Victoria's Secret mails 1 million catalogs per day on paper from endangered forests. BEAN/Ocean State EF Take a Trip to the Mall (Dec 04) In the community Gordon Avenue Green Building Transformation of old warehouses into ecofriendly business incubators. Narragansett Electric GreenUp Switch your home electricity provider to a renewable source. Cape Wind The country's first off-shore wind farm. Bike Downtown Support transportation alternatives in Providence. Recycle A Bike Get a free bike by learning and helping to fix up old ones	Sustainable Food Initiative (SuFI) [Emily Benjamin] Support local agriculture! Less packaging, transportation, and pesticides. More farmland and freshness. Join the SuFI e-mail listserv UCS approves pro-local foods initiative (Mar 05) Web site improves access to local produce (Feb 05) 'Ripe 2005' Calendar promotes seasonal eating (Dec 04) Brown Dining Services Where to Find Local Food on Campus Brown students harvest interest in fresh produce (Nov 04) Rhody Fresh dairy to provide some BUDS milk (Oct 04) Brown, RIDEM get $21,500 to promote local foods (Oct 04) Spreading the gospel of locally grown (Sep 04) BUDS Community Harvest Program Farmers' Markets in Providence Vegetarian Potluck Dinners [EllaRose Chary] Become part of the local environmental community and partake in homegrown cooking made with vegetarian and local foods. Waste Less, Mug More Find out which coffeeshops offer a mug discount. In the community Urban Greens Cooperative buying group for organic and local grocery items in Providence, with plans to develop a retail storefront coop. Rhody Fresh Milk from a local cooperative of 5 family farms is now sold in Eastside Market, Stop-n-Shop, and Shaws. Grass-fed and hormone-free cows! Farm Fresh Rhode Island Effort to link Rhode Island farmers with metro restaurants and institutional food buyers. Southside Community Land Trust Community gardens in urban Providence to facilitate environmental education and local food security.	Recycling and Consumption [Nadia Diamond-Smith and Allie Silverman] RecycleMania BEAN kicks off RecycleMania (Feb 05) Eco-reps Eco-reps spread word about recycling (Oct 04) PAW Prints paper use reduction System cuts paper consumption by 500,000 pages in two months (Nov 04) Center for Environmental Studies Academics and service learning at Brown Brown Is Green Campus environmental stewardship In the community Toxics Information Project (TIP) Education about health hazards of common household chemicals and toxins. Apeiron Institute for Environmental Living "RI's leading voice for sustainability." Southside Community Land Trust Agriculture education in an urban setting. Green Corps Activist training program for college grads.
Related groups at Brown: ArtStorm (social change through art), Democracy Matters (clean elections), Engineers Without Borders (urban greenscaping), Oxfam (sustainable development), SSDP (hemp) in Providence: HELP Lead Safe Center (environmental health), Childhood Lead Action Project (CLAP) (environmental health), Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) (environmental justice), Right to Vote (community empowerment) in Rhode Island: Save The Bay (ecosystem conservation), Rhode Island Public Interest Research Group (RIPIRG) (clean cars), Rhode Island Sierra Club (alternative transportation), Clean Water Action - Rhode Island, (renewable energy), Ocean State Action (environmental justice), Audubon Society of Rhode Island (birds), Conservation Law Foundation (regional legal advocacy), The Ocean Project (marine conservation), SeaWeb Aquaculture Clearinghouse (fishing industry), Grow Smart Rhode Island (sprawl and preservation), Northeast Organic Farming Association of Rhode Island (NOFA-RI), Environmental Council of RI
About BEAN The Brown Environmental Action Network (BEAN) regrouped in the fall of 2002 after a semester hiatus. BEAN is a loose student-run group at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. BEAN focuses on environmental activism, advocacy, and awareness campaigns within the Brown and greater Providence communities. In addition to other initiatives, BEAN sponsors an annual on-campus Earth Day Festival and organized the 2003 Northeast Environmental Conference. (See photos from past BEAN events.) BEAN has quite the legacy to live up to. Brown University is the birthplace of the student-founded Sierra Student Coalition (SSC), now an influential group operating on college campuses around the country. BEAN also works with the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) and the Ivy League Environmental Coalition (ILEC).
You can still read old BEAN weekly newsletters on the web, though they are currently sent by e-mail only. Last updated: 10/13/2005. Contact us at: BEAN@brown.edu. Daily Jolt taglines: green is the new black. (10/2) Because an earth is a terrible thing to waste. (4/24) Make sustainable-lifestyle-choices, not war. (3/20) - Stop Boise Cascade's attack on old growth forests. You know you want to. (3/13) - You don't have to be earthy to be earth-friendly. (3/6) - Saving the world. (We've got more down-to-earth goals, too.) (2/20) - Love is in the air. So are carcinogens. (2/13) - Sustainability is chic. (2/6) Unleash your inner environmentalist.

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