New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force Agenda – April 11, 2023

Submitted on April 11, 2023 - 1:02pm
Upload file: 
PDF icon agenda_4-11-2023_new_paltz_climate_smart_task_force.pdf
Date: 
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 7:00pm

Header 4.11.23

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Approval of Minutes 
  3. Final Earth Day update  (Jim)
  4. Battery Energy Storage Task Force update (Joe)
  5. CCA Update (Mark)
  6. CSC Support for EV Bus Transition Analysis Project for High School Students (Joe)
  7. Beyond Plastics event: Thursday (April 13) from 6 to 7:30pm in Lecture Center 104 
  8. Succession planning for Climate Smart Coordinator position (Janelle)
  9. Grant Completion (Amanda)
  10. Action Group Updates:
  • 6 Rs – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Repair, Recycle (Refill?) 
  • Green Business – what next?
  • Green Spaces – let’s get planning a new project:  Homegrown National Park details.
  • Green Transportation: Complete Streets policy needs leadership
  • Publicity & Social Media:  Thank you Izzy Defino for doing regular posts on our behalf!  The May newsletter will be going out the last week of April.   Please send your submissions by April 27.
  • Youth: liaison needed – update on posting (Izzy)
  • Alternative Energy:  Battery Energy Storage update.  Solar at the Landfill update.
  • Lifestyle:  Next Climate Smart Solutions Meetup is scheduled for May 2nd and will be in person!  Location is the Community Center at 7:00 and the topic is Bokashi Composting.  Tanesia White from UCRRA will be the presenter
The next Climate Smart Book Club meeting is April 18th at 7:00.  We will be discussing The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions by Greta Thunberg