Greenfire is a student-run organization that seeks to educate the Lawrence community about a variety of environmental issues while taking steps to reduce environmental impact. Members plan collaborative activities, run campaigns, host speakers, and organize campuswide events. Greenfire is nonpartisan and membership is open to everyone.

We meet weekly on Thursdays at 8:30pm in the Greenfire House (Sabin House). It's the yellow house on Alton Sreet next to Draheim in the northeast corner of the quad. Click here for a map. If you have any questions about meetings or the location of the Greenfire House, please email us at greenfire@lawrence.edu.

The 2011-2012 Greenfire Board:

• Co-Presidents: Hilary Haskell & Chelsea Johnson
• Secretary: Jeff Mollet
• Treasurer: Max Randolph
• Web Managers: Hannah Plummer & Andrew Rodriguez

Founded in 1990, Greenfire is one of the largest and oldest continuously-running student organizations at Lawrence. In our early years, we began the recycling program at Lawrence and we've continued to reform recycling practices on campus since then. We've also worked to promote sustainable living, improve efficiency, and involve students in successful environmental campaigns. The name "Greenfire" comes from conservationist Aldo Leopold's 1949 book A Sand County Almanac:

In those days we had never heard of passing up a chance to kill a wolf. In a second we were pumping lead into the pack, but with more excitement than accuracy; how to aim a steep downhill shot is always confusing. When our rifles were empty, the old wolf was down, and a pup was dragging a leg into impassable side-rocks.

We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes--something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view.

We will be expanding this section of the website throughout the year. If you have any details about the history of Greenfire, please email them to us at greenfire@lawrence.edu.