Important! A Few Notes Before the Posting Begins!

Tomorrow we will begin our 6 week, chapter by chapter discussion on Cradle to Cradle. The first post (chapter) will be done by Leadership Team member Dawn Rulli (rulli3615), who is Secretary of Committee. She is an upcoming Junior textile design student from West Creek, NJ.

ALSO-There is a chance that some of you may have the same last name, so please type your first and last name at the end of your response, even if you have an unusual last name we still want to know who you are! IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO POST YET-PLEASE READ THE POST JUST PRIOR TO THIS ONE-there are directions on how to do it

If anybody has any questions about posting please do not hesitate to contact Dawn Rulli or myself at rulli3615@philau.edu or creamclp@aim.com (for some reason, my philau account is currently telling me my password is wrong so I will take your questions on my AIM account instead)

We look forward to reading your comments!

Welcome First Year Students!

Hello!

I am Viktoria and I am President of SOSA. First of all I just want to welcome you to the Philadelphia University community. This is a very exciting time to be part of this campus! Secondly I wanted to mention a few things about the summer reading, Cradle to Cradle. We will be beginning our posts on July 14th. Please be sure to respond for a chance to win $50!

To respond to a post just click on the "comments" link at the bottom of the post. A little box will come up where you can write your comment. PLEASE be sure to use the OPENID option, make your user name the same as the beginning of your philau address! (for example, if you are smith1234@philau.edu then make your open ID name smith1234) This will make it very easy for us to e-mail the winner! If you have any questions or comments e-mail me at unger0174@philau.edu

Enjoy the reading...It is a great book!

Scholler Garden

Hi Everyone, here are some pictures from this past spring. I took these photos when Viki and I were recording data for her soils class presentation. A soil pH test, a light test, and a soil temperature test were performed. These tests help SOSA and her soils class choose the appropriate plants to grow in the garden. I will post pictures of the garden after everything was planted.

SOSA Volunteer Work Part II

Between the days of April 24-26th, SOSA members and students in Dr. Bower's Biodiversity class helped with the Native Plant Sale at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Students helped transport plants and set up displays. A link will be posted shortly that will be access to more pictures from these dates. 

SOSA Volunteer Work Part I

On April 18th, 24th, 25th and 26th, members of SOSA and Biodiversity 2009 travelled to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education to do some volunteer work. The Schuylkill Center graciously offered us plants to plant in the Scholler Courtyard in payment for our volunteer work. On the 18th myself (Viktoria), Pat Kubus (who is sadly no longer with us at Philau), Lauren Quast, Dawn Rulli and Kat Labate all removed invasive species from the area surrounding their bird watch station. The Photos in this post are from that day.

Weaver's Way Working with Saul HS

"Weavers Way Co-op Farm and W.B. Saul High School of Agricultural Sciences announce the start of a collaborative Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm to be located on the grounds of Saul High School on Henry Avenue in Roxborough. The farm, called "Henry Got Crops!" will be run by Weavers Way staff working closely with Saul's agroecology program and the school as a whole to design a farm that not only brings food to the community, but also serves as an educational opportunity for students at Saul. The farm will be located right on campus, and teachers and their classes are invited to learn about and partake in small scale, organic vegetable growing. This will be one of the first high school-based CSAs in the country...."

This is great news for our community to be able to get fresh organic produce at a price. Also SOSA is looking to possibly do something similar with Weaver's Way to get our campus garden going.

We have some great stuff planned and are looking forward to seeing people at the next large group meeting which will be on:
FEB. 5th at 11AM, the location to be announced so stay tuned.

We have some projects to finish up, like the scrap bins, and book drive, and some new ones to really get moving, like the sustainability fair and the garden. We need your help to make these things work though.