UNI of QUEENSLAND

Geoff Dennis (head of UQ P&F and chair of TEFMA - http://www.tefma.com/) has said that he has some money he'd be willing to spend on a "case-study" type project at UQ. He suggested the Union complex, large building..for onsight renewable, energy efficiency, & green-power purchasing. Said he would be willing to pay for a student to co-ordinate it. We;re now developing a 2nd proposal that explains the need for an Energy working group (paid proffessionals + student rep's) to co-ordinate such projects but also to have researching and proposal-writing capacity...if we could get this off the ground, it would be a concrete step towards getting larger projects n committments... our climate working group is expanding (but so far consist only of females!). we're having regular meetings and are planning a big strategy meeting for 30th March (day b4 Earth Hour) where we aim to get as many people as possible to attend at the Great Court. Some new ppl are already on board (incl post-grads, great to get their perspective to we can be more inclusive!) and we've decided our campaign name is "UQ Climate for Change" (UQCfC) thought that might stick in their minds! trying to make it big in terms of people involved, but keeping it simple at the same time.