Naturally

Naturally
Topic(s)	Environmentalism
Active Years	(existed prior), 2012 - present (as an advised club) ? - 2012 (as a HOPE committee) 1992 - Present (as a club)
Advised	Yes
Advisor	Alyssa Rodriguez
Execs	President: Grace Phi Vice President: Ruchi Birur Events Coordinator: Jade Webb Director of Operations: Shritha Gayathri
Event(s)	Campout, Cookout, Spring Picnic, Earth Day Festival
Facebook	Link
Email	tamsnaturallyexecs@gmail.com

Naturally, the environmental club of TAMS, is dedicated to promoting environmental awareness, encouraging sustainability, and cultivating a love for the outdoors within the TAMS community and the surrounding area. We host fun campouts, run the TAMS Garden, Recycling and Bike Share programs, and volunteer with external organizations such as the Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center and Keep Denton Beautiful in order to achieve our mission of sustainability and environmentalism.

Naturally existed as an advised club from 2012, as a HOPE committee prior to 2012, and existed as a club before coming a HOPE committee.^{[citation needed]}

Events[edit | edit source]

Campout[edit | edit source]

Sustainability Symposium[edit | edit source]

The first Sustainability Symposium occurred on February 20th, 2021 and had several TAMS alumni as panelists who spoke regarding their work in sustainability and environmentalism.

Prathibha Juturu - Environment Officer, USAID's foreign service
Anjana Sivakumar - LEED Green Associate, DLR Group
Elizabeth Verdecchia - Natural Resources Specialist, Federal Government
William Daughtrey - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Committees[edit | edit source]

In 2017, Naturally removed several exec position and added committees to fulfill their role.

Bike Share[edit | edit source]

In Bike Share we fix the bikes, be the test dummies for the said fixed bikes, and listen to some good tunes. It is an easy way to get volunteer hours as well as gain some practical knowledge on fixing bikes, and it’s a TON of FUN! We meet once a week for about an hour, so it doesn’t take too much of your time.

Committee Heads	Years
Harish Jawahar	2022-2023
Mahathi Sriji	2022-2023
Kane Dong	2021-2022
Abhijay Achukola	2021-2022
Jeongwoo Choi	2020-2021
Peter Choi	2020-2021
Waylin Fogarty	2019-2020
Keerthikrishna Yalavarthy	2019-2020
Tejas Mehta	2018-2019
Thien Bui	2018-2019
Libby Jenkins	2017-2018
Maya Duffy	2017-2018

Recycling[edit | edit source]

Committee Head	Years
Medha Gollapudi	2022-2023
Shreya Pillamari	2022-2023
Medha Jain	2021-2022
Ada Koja	2021-2022
Bonnie Wu	2020-2021
Ajata Reddy	2019-2020
Chloe Mackenzie
Jake Ha
Sam Goldberg	2018-2019

Shiloh Fields (Naturally x HOPE)[edit | edit source]

Committee Heads	Years
Tony Zhu	2022-2023
Grace Phi	2022-2023
Neel Shanmugam	2021-2022
Rohit Kandi	2021-2022
Samuel McCaulley	2020-2021
Daniel Li	2020-2021

Green TEA (Naturally x HOPE)[edit | edit source]

TEA stands for TAMS Environmental Advocates. The TEA committee strives to improve the community and the environment, making the Denton area both more beautiful and safer to live in for its residents. We volunteer at the Keep Denton Beautiful organization's various events throughout the year as well as host clean ups around the UNT campus and at our very own Adopt-A-Spot location.

These responsibilities have transferred to executive board only.

Committee Heads	Years
Kate Goins	2017-2018
Lang Zhou	2017-2018

Peels![edit | edit source]

Peels! focus on composting in the DFW area through partnership with schools, and offer virtual and in-person volunteering opportunities for students. We have more information at our website here: https://tamscomposting.wixsite.com/generalinfo