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CASL is a student-driven organization at the University of Oregon that demonstrates and promotes sustainable living. CASL is building a low-impact house near campus designed by architecture students that will implement a solar panel and green roof. The house will educate and connect community members, faculty and students with the purpose of encouraging sustainable living.
Mission Statement
“CASL strives to inspire ecologically and socially conscious living practices through experiential learning.”
Hello CASL fans! As you may (or may not) know, CASL puts on an event every spring called Redefine the Dream where we try to teach students on campus about everyday sustainability through interactive and fun activities. We stay with one theme, and develop on it with activities, speakers, and lots of juicy info.
This is a call for ideas! All you wonderufl, creative, and knowledgeable people out there must have some great ideas for our event this spring. Let’s have it! Please comment if you have any ideas you’d like to see played out this spring on UO campus.
THANKS!
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Meet CASL
CASL meets in the basement of the UO Annex (12th and Kincaid) every Tuesday from 7:00-8:00. Come have a great time hanging out and working with CASL.
Weekly Workparties
Do you love using hammers, saws, and nail guns? CASL has weekly workparties every Saturday 11-3pm at 1801 Moss Street. Everyone is welcome. (Date and time subject to change)
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Interested in non-profit fundraising?
Want to expand your resume?
If you answered yes to one or both of the above questions, contact CASL to get involved with fundraising for our student group. CASL provides many workshops and events to the University of Oregon and Eugene communities but to be able to do so we need funding! Recent awards to our group have been for a solar hot water heater and a green roof for the CASL House at 1801 Moss Street.
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Intern for CASL! CASL is looking to fill the following positions:
Co-Director
Development Coordinator
Finance Coordinator
Digital Communications Coordinator
Check out www.casluoregon.wordpress.com/get-involved to fill out an application.
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Come visit the CASL house at 1801 Moss St. on October 9th from 12:00-5:00pm and the 10th from 10:30-5:00pm. There are plenty of tasks for anyone who would like to get involved, priming, calking, cleanup, chimney deconstruction, roof repair and much more. Bring your positive and hard working attitudes for an interactive learning experience with others interested in green construction. Remember to wear appropriate clothing and footwear (boots with thick soles are preferable) the tools and duties will be waiting for you!
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What better way to kickoff fall then celebrate CASL’s new beginning? Help repaint CASL’s exterior on Friday, September 11, 18 and 25 from 12-5 p.m locatd on 1801 Moss Street. Prepare the house for painting on September 11 by priming the exterior and finalizing paint colors. The two painting sessions will take place on September 18 and 25 from 12-5 p.m. onsite. Local Eugeneians have the opportunity to attend any or all three of the painting workshops. Repainting the CASL house will not only improve its aesthetics, but establish CASL as a distinct landmark on the University of Oregon campus. No prior painting experience needed because instruction will be provided. For those CASL followers who do not live in Eugene or are unable to attend the painting workshops view the updated photos on the blog toward the end of September.
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Learn how to reinsulate an old house during CASL’s free workshop on Friday, August 14 from 12 noon-5 p.m. The workshop will be hosted at CASL’s house located on 1801 Moss Street. A professional contractor will lead the workshop, which will cover the first phase of the reinsulation process by exploring basic framing principles and explaining how to tighten up a drafty house.
In this workshop we will be doubling the thickness of the exterior walls to create a larger space for insulation. In order to do this we will be framing a secondary wall system on the inside face of the exterior walls. If you’ve never framed a house now is the time to learn!
After the workshop join us for our weekly BBQ potluck and meeting to find out more about CASL. The BBQ will be held across the alley from the CASL house at 1878 Villard Street. The BBQ starts at 6 p.m. and CASL updates begin at 7 p.m.
Questions? E-mail CASL project manager Nick Wakem at nwakem@uoregon.edu.
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Architecture students receive instruction from Professor Michael Cockram
The final review for the summer architecture class offered through CASL will be held Wednesday, August 12 from 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. at the CASL house located on 1801 Moss Street. The students in this class each designed their own interpretation of the CASL site and front porch and then in a collaborative effort established a final design plan for the front porch. After the design was created the architecture students constructed the front porch. The students will showcase their work consisting of design plans for the front porch and demonstration pods.
The work will be pinned up to the interior of CASL and will be open to the public. Come attend the open house to see the front porch that architecture students have spent the last 8 weeks constructing. Following the review CASL will host a potluck on the newly constructed porch. Bring your own dish and enjoy some food from CASL’s garden
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At Friday’s meeting CASL members gathered around a blanket that hundreds of paint swatches transformed into a quilt-like pattern. The goal: choose CASL’s exterior paint scheme. Members mixed and matched paint swatches to formulate a three-color paint arrangement for the house, trim and door. While the corn roasted on the grill, members discussed if they should paint the sustainable home an obvious green color to represent the “green” house or opt for a more fun color trio. CASL decided that three distinct colors will portray CASL’s rooted belief in creativity and flexibility better.
A long conversation among members produced 14 possible paint schemes, which allowed only one hour of daylight to make a decision. CASL members incorporated fresh tomatoes from the CASL garden to the potluck-style dinner to fuel the continued discussion.
After dinner, members voted on their three favorite color schemes. The votes revealed that two paint schemes were most favored. The first choice was a clay-orange house with a deep-red trim and a brown door; the second choice was a red-purple house with charcoal trim and a bright green door. Allie Corcoran, one of CASL’s new co-directors, offered her opinion. She said, “I prefer the scheme that uses the bright green door because it embodies CASL’s mindset of living ‘green’ in modern times.” The members agreed with Allie and raised their glasses to a final decision. When CASL completes the house, many people will exit the green door with a renewed sense of what it means to live sustainably.
