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October 2024 Sustainability Newsletter 
Updates Edition
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Midterms in Mid-October
We hope you all are hanging in there as we pull through our midterms. As October comes to a close, we’re excited to share a fresh round of updates and opportunities.  Dive in to catch up on what’s new, and don’t miss out on what's coming up next!
Sustainability Office
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Sustainability LIBGuide
Virtual Ride Board
Halloween: How To Celebrate Sustainably
CCAT & QSU's Queer Art Night
Weigh the Waste
Sustainability Club Meetings
SHIFT Committee Meetings
OhSNAP Pantry Hours
WRRAP Compost and Seed Pickup
CAPS Anxiety Wellness Group
The Psych Graveyard
Eerie Queery Extravaganza
Bike Tune-Up 101
Campus Tree Walking Tour
Sustainability Newsletter Submission Form
Need research support? Help with sustainability assignments or projects? Utilize your campus sustainability librarian for support on sustainability assignments, research papers, and projects. Discuss methods for sustainable learning ways to research that are lower impact on your time/energy. Check out the Sustainability LIBGuide.
Sustainability LIBGuide
Need some extra support on sustainability related assignments? Check out the Sustainability LIBGuide to get support on sustainability research, papers, and projects! Find new ways to research that lower your time and effort. Scan the QR code or click the link below to learn more.
Sustainability LIBGuide
Virtual Ride Board Going home for break and need a ride? Or are you driving and want to split costs for the trip? Simply complete the Virtual Ride Board with information about your trip and we’ll try to connect you with others heading the same way! Connect with Cal Poly Humboldt Students with the... Scan here for the form!
Virtual Ride Board
With Fall Break coming up, now is a good time to start thinking about your transportation choices. Do you have any plans on how you will get home for the holidays? We encourage you to look into RideBoard, a resource here on campus that allows you to identify and share possible carpooling arrangements for your break destinations. Please click the link below for the Google Form to get you started!
Virtual Ride Board
Halloween How to celebrate in ethical & sustainable ways Reduce your plastic waste and carbon footprint by buying treats from local businesses! Consider buying fair trade chocolates and/or check that chocolate and sugar comes from sustainable sources. Treats When throwing a Halloween party, try to use your own dishes instead of disposable ones. You could even stop by your local thrift store for some cheap dishes and give them away as party favors! Instead of buying cheap materials to show your love for Halloween, invest your time in shared seasonal activities. Watch scary movies, paint pumpkins with non-toxic or natural paints or carve them, visit a local pumpkin patch, and roast the pumpkin seeds! Activities Stop by your local thrift store to get a costume or find clothes to create a new costume. You could also make a costume out of upcycled materials. Or even better, reuse an old costume. Check out a past Trashin' show to get ideas at button below! Reusable Dishes Most Halloween decorations are reusable, but many are also not nature-friendly. For example, fake spiderweb can be hazardous to birds and other small animals. Please do your research before putting up certain decorations, or make your own decorations! Nature-Friendly Decorations Pick your pumpkins from a local pumpkin patch. Make sure to compost them at the end of their life. And if you decide to turn them in to Jack-O-Lanterns, make sure to use the guts for baking or snacks! Ethical Pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns Thrift or Make Your Own Costume
Halloween: How to Celebrate in Ethical & Sustainable Ways
Halloween is a fun holiday to be celebrated by anyone and everyone. What can go wrong with costumes and candy? We recommend checking out this infographic to learn more about conscious practices and sustainable alternatives this holiday season. Check out the Green Campus Instagram below of previous Trashin' Shows to get ideas for this year's costume!
Green Campus Instagram Trashin' Show 2023
CCAT and QSU's Queer Art Night Every other Monday starting on 10/7. A chance to make friends and enjoy a queer affirming space while creating sustainable art! No materials required! 4-5pm Campus center for appropriate technology @ the Buck House.
CCAT & QSU Queer Art Night
CCAT & QSU is hosting Queer Art Night every other Monday from 4:00pm-5:00pm at the Buck House. Come create sustainable art while celebrating queer identity and community. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to express yourself and connect with others!
CCAT Instagram
Green Campus and Dining Services brings you Weigh the Waste. Help your campus reduce food waste! Change your habits, learn the facts, and compete for the chance to win! Join us at the J Dining Hall near the food waste receptacles. Tuesdays 5-7pm, 10/8, 10/22, 11/5, 11/19, and 12/3
Weigh the Waste
Weigh the Waste is a program put on by Green Campus which is designed to educate individuals on food waste reduction. The Weigh the Waste events for the semester are planned to be every other Tuesday from 5:00pm-8:00pm at the J Dining Hall. Green Campus has made some changes to their Weigh The Waste program to focus on making food waste education more fun! To learn more about the program and its origins, click the link below.
Weigh the Waste
Join the sustainability club! Club meetings every other Wednesday from 5-6pm

Sustainability Club Meetings
Join the Sustainability Club to get involved and learn about sustainability on campus. The club itself has discussed ideas involving hand crafting and upcycling jewlery, pinatas, making a pizza in CCAT's cob oven, helping CCAT build their chicken coop, and more. The meetings are every other Wednesday from 5:00pm-6:00pm at CCAT (BUCH Buck House) with the next meeting occurring on October 23rd. Check out the Instagram linked below to stay informed on what the club is doing!
Sustainability Club Instagram
Join the SHIFT Committee
Join the Sustainable Humboldt Innovative Futures Trust (SHIFT) Committee, which is a fund generated from student fees that focuses on creating a more sustainable campus by implementing projects inspired by student ideas. There is currently one at-large student voting seat still vacant, apply through Associated Students at the link below. The Committee meets every Thursday from 3:00pm-4:00pm in the Student Business Services Building, room 405. Click the link below to learn more about SHIFT or to apply for the open student voting seat.
SHIFT Website
OhSNAP! Rec & Wellness Center Room 122. Fall 2024 Pantry Schedule Begins 9/9/24. Mondays 11am-5:30pm, Wednesdays 11am-5:30pm, Fridays 10:30am-12:30pm, 2-5:30pm
OhSNAP Pantry Hours
Looking for access to healthy and affordable food this Fall? The OhSNAP Pantry is here for you! Visit Room 122 at the Rec & Wellness Center during the following hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:00am to 5:30pm, and Fridays from 10:30am to 12:30pm, then again from 2:00pm to 5:30 pm.
Got questions? Reach out to ohsnap@humboldt.edu or call 707-826-4556.
OhSNAP Website
Compost and Seed Pickup. BYOB encouraged, jumpstart your garden! Weekly on Fridays 11am-4pm. Outside of OhSnap.
WRRAP Compost and Seed Pickup
Looking for that last bit of motivation to start your amazing garden? Here it is! Get your garden with free compost and seeds from WRRAP outside of OhSNAP! Happening every Friday from 11:00am-4:00pm.
WRRAP Instagram
Anxiety Wellness. We all know that anxiety exists. And maybe you have had some experience with this feeling - but what exactly is anxiety and how do we manage it?! If you resonate with this, come and learn about anxiety, how it may manifest for you and work on understanding those patterns to create healthy coping skills as you navigate your journey on becoming a less anxious person. This group pulls for strategies for managing stress from several approaches (such as CBT and ACT) to help you build your toolbox for anxiety management.
CAPS Anxiety Wellness Group
Anxiety affects everyone in different ways. However you experience this feeling, it's important for your own mental health to both understand it and learn how to manage it. Check out the CAPS Anxiety Wellness Group every Thursday from 10:30am-12:00pm at the Student Health Center second story. Click the link below to email CAPS and join the group.
Email CAPS
The psychology Department presents the Psych Graveyard. Pick up a tombstone from the Psych office (BSS 410) starting October 8th. Then decorate it and return it to be added to our psych graveyard. Winners will be selected in the following categories: Scariest, Most psyched Themed. Contest runs from Octoebr 8th-23rd. Use our art supplies or decorate at home.
The Psych Graveyard
Want to help decorate the campus with some spooky season spirit? Check out the Psych Graveyard! Take home a tombstone from BSS 410 and return it decorated by October 23rd for the chance to win a prize! We encourage you to take the opportunity to use sustainable and eco-friendly materials to create your amazing design. Click the link below to check out the Department of Psychology's Instagram.
Department of Psychology Instagram
Hosted by Mckinleyville Family Resource Center. Eerie Queery Extravaganza. Private Event for young queers and allies. Safe & sober space. Friday October 25, 5-9pm, 1301 D street Arcata. No cover, costumes encouraged.
Eerie Queery Extravaganza 
Get ready for a night of fun and fright at the haunting Halloween dance party hosted by the On The Verge 2024 cohort from the McKinleyville Family Resource Center. This free, sober alternative is specifically designed for LGBTQIA2S+ young adults and allies. Experience jaw-dropping drag performances, killer beats, and a thrilling costume contest featuring fabulous prizes! Throw on your best costume and come ready to celebrate October 25th from 5:00pm-9:00pm at 1301 D Street, Arcata!
Eerie Queery Extravaganza
Bike tune-up 101 + all abilities group ride. For faculty and staff. No bike? No Problem! Free use of Bikeshare Bikes for those that need them! Join fellow employees to learn basic bike tune-up techniques, then come on an all-abilities groups ride to the Marsh and back. Bring your bike or borrow one of ours. Friday October 25 Bicycle Learning Center (under the west gym stairwell) 3:30-5pm Rain cancels. Bought to you by the bicycle learning center and the office of sustainability. Questions? mpk9@humboldt.
Faculty & Staff Bike Tune-Up 101
Want to learn more about keeping your bike in the best condition it can be? Visit the Bicycle Learning Center on October 25th from 3:30pm-5:00pm for an exciting group bike ride to the Marsh and back with your fellow coworkers and employees. Don't own a bike? No problem! There will be free use of Bikeshare Bikes for those that need them! Click the link below to learn more about the Bicycle Learning Center.
Bicycle Learning Center
Campus Tree Walking Tour. Join us to learn about the unique diversity and importance of trees on our campus. Tuesday October 29 12:30-1:20pm meet in the GSAC Quad. Brought to you by the grounds department. For questions or special accommodations.
Campus Tree Walking Tour
Interested in learning more about the bio-diversity and trees on our campus? Check out the Campus Tree Walking Tour on October 29th from 12:30pm-1:20pm starting at the GSAC Quad. Click the link below to email Facilities Management if you have any questions or need special accommodations.
Facilities Management Email
Sustainability Newsletter Submission Form
Are you hosting an upcoming event or have an announcement related to sustainability that you want to share to the Cal Poly Humboldt campus? Send it to us to be included in our next newsletter by scanning the QR code or clicking the link below.
Sustainability Newsletter Submission Form
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