GREEND: About the Organization

Mission Statement

GreeND seeks to (1) promote interdisciplinary learning about the energy and environmental challenges facing humanity today, (2) effect sustainable changes in the policies and lifestyles that determine energy usage, and (3) develop leaders capable to engage the complexities of these challenges both at Notre Dame and in the world.

Organizational Chart

GreeND collaborates with:

The Office of Sustainability
Energy and Environmental Issues (E&EI) Committee
Notre Dame Energy Center
Center for Social Concerns
Students for Environmental Action
University Affairs Committee of Student Government
President’s Forum Planning Committees of the 2008 “Charting a Sustainable Energy Future” Forum
GreeND is also initiating cooperation with other University centers and programs including:

Global Linkages of Biology, the Environment, and Society (GLOBES)
University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC)
Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST)
Center for Environmental Justice and Children’s Health (CEJCH)
Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Brief History of GreeND

The organizational landscape of Notre Dame energy initiatives has changed significantly in the past few years and has led to the creation of GreeND in 2007 by Lourdes Long, Colleen Kelly, Mark Koegel, Zach Einterz, and Felipe Witchger. GreeND is a comprehensive student organization comprised of a leadership core and seven committees that organize and facilitate energy, environment, and sustainability activities at Notre Dame:

December 2005: Notre Dame Energy Center created to coordinate university-level energy research
December 2006: Energy Center Student Advisory Board created to integrate student ideas into the Energy Center. Energy and Environmental Issues Committee formed to broaden energy and environmental awareness, report on Notre Dame green initiatives, and advise University leadership on eco-friendly opportunities
March 2007: Energy and Environmental Issues (E&EI) Student Core Team created to coordinate existing student efforts
October 2007: First Notre Dame Energy Week to raise student awareness of energy issues
November 2007: E&EI Student Core Team organized the founding of GreeND to involve growing number of interested students and to foster greater energy education, leadership development, and sustainable campus action
January 2008: GreeND President Lourdes Long and Vice President Colleen Kelly appointed to the University's Energy and Environmental Issues Committee.
July 2008: GreeND acheives official SAO club status.



	Mission Statement GreeND seeks to (1) promote interdisciplinary learning about the energy and environmental challenges facing humanity today, (2) effect sustainable changes in the policies and lifestyles that determine energy usage, and (3) develop leaders capable to engage the complexities of these challenges both at Notre Dame and in the world. Organizational Chart GreeND collaborates with: The Office of Sustainability Energy and Environmental Issues (E&EI) Committee Notre Dame Energy Center Center for Social Concerns Students for Environmental Action University Affairs Committee of Student Government President’s Forum Planning Committees of the 2008 “Charting a Sustainable Energy Future” Forum GreeND is also initiating cooperation with other University centers and programs including: Global Linkages of Biology, the Environment, and Society (GLOBES) University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC) Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) Center for Environmental Justice and Children’s Health (CEJCH) Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Brief History of GreeND The organizational landscape of Notre Dame energy initiatives has changed significantly in the past few years and has led to the creation of GreeND in 2007 by Lourdes Long, Colleen Kelly, Mark Koegel, Zach Einterz, and Felipe Witchger. GreeND is a comprehensive student organization comprised of a leadership core and seven committees that organize and facilitate energy, environment, and sustainability activities at Notre Dame: December 2005: Notre Dame Energy Center created to coordinate university-level energy research December 2006: Energy Center Student Advisory Board created to integrate student ideas into the Energy Center. Energy and Environmental Issues Committee formed to broaden energy and environmental awareness, report on Notre Dame green initiatives, and advise University leadership on eco-friendly opportunities March 2007: Energy and Environmental Issues (E&EI) Student Core Team created to coordinate existing student efforts October 2007: First Notre Dame Energy Week to raise student awareness of energy issues November 2007: E&EI Student Core Team organized the founding of GreeND to involve growing number of interested students and to foster greater energy education, leadership development, and sustainable campus action January 2008: GreeND President Lourdes Long and Vice President Colleen Kelly appointed to the University's Energy and Environmental Issues Committee. July 2008: GreeND acheives official SAO club status.