World Food Day and the University Environment Group

Hey,
Here is a new update of my blog after 4 weeks or so.... I will try to write in English from now. I haven't done this before because my English writing skills aren't very great. My apologies when there are big mistakes in my grammar or so.

I was very busy last weeks with my study and the tasks that belong to my voluntary job as one of the two coordinators of the university environment platform. We are group of students who try to make the university and the students more aware of environment issues. We also try to make the university really more green by way of exert influence at for instance the purchase- and the energy-policies of the university in collabaration with other groups, this isn't always very easy but when this succeeds we have done a good yob for the nature. Soon we wil check again for useless lights in university buildings at night.And we are thinking about projects as an climate neutral computerroom and an fairtrade policy at the university
At studentscale we are offering biologic vegetables for an affordable price. We offer at about 100 students and employees in one week! Other things we do for the students are thing as offering recycled collegeblocs,an recycle workshop and environmentfriendly meals!!!

14 oktober we had an Worlmeal what will say that we offer a 3 courses menu that only consist that amount of food that is available for one person on this earth when you should divite al the food honestly over all the people in the world. This is more food dan you would think. This lett us sea that there is enough food at the world. It depends on waht whe eat. The Worldmeal doesn't contain meat and fish, few other animalderived ingredients (with a totally vegan option). The vegetables and as much as possible other ingredeintes are biologic and from the neighbourhood.

It was a very great busy and tiring day for me. I was responsible for organising the cooking and the rest of the day. I was a bit stressed because one of the gashoses was leaky and an part of the cooking was missing till after the lunch but except that everything went well.
We've cooked for at the original plan 30 guests. Some people however make so much advertised that I eventually at 4 o'clock have heard that there came about 10 people more!!! This is very very great especially because nearly all our guests where students what the most years wasnb't the case! It was a bit stressy but we have managed the task and where ready at time.
I've also taken the job on me to speak a word to the guests, because I want to learn to become more confident about myself in these kind of things.

Here are a couple of foto's of this lovely day.
We've eaten:
Colourful cornsoup (with onions,corn,paprika, parlsley vegetablebroth and thickened with flour)
Chili sin carne (Dutch brown beans, with fresh carrots and leek, corn, tomato and garlic) with coucous and a fresh salad with chicory, apple, lettuce and carrots.
And as dessert Biologic yoghurt or yofu with apple, cereals ans thick juice

We had very positive reactions and the question to organize this more often. We ware therefore thinking about organizing A environmentfriendly (and animalfriendly) christmasdinner!

I was very tired after that day(I have been at work for 12,5 hours at the day itself (9.30 till 10 at night), 6 hours at the day before for organizing an authorisation for cooking, printing promo, making placemats with a test to determine your footprint etc...
I haven't organize such events before but I have managed it. I personally get also many complements from the people that I organized it so well. Do I deserve them?

At least I've sleaped very very gooed that night, was happy to see the people enjoying the food and the atmosphere, cooking together and chatter with a girl who was coordinator a couple of years ago!!!

Till my next blog, hopefully very soon from now!!!