New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force Agenda – December 13, 2022

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022 - 7:00pm

New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force
Tuesday December 13, 2022
Meeting via Zoom
                      7:00 pm                     
Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Climate Action Plan Public Engagement initiative with LULA (The Land Use Law Center)  
    1. Climate Action Plan Survey update
    2. Review & give feedback of document summary from LULA (see attached)
    3. Next steps…
  3. Clean Heating and Cooling Campaign (Eleanor Peck, Mid-Hudson Clean Energy Communities Manager & CEC Coordinator)
  4. Discussion/decision regarding the Group Purchase Program
  5. Battery Energy Storage Task Force update (Joe)
  6. Climate Smart Schools Task Force update (Janelle)
  7. Action Group Updates:
  • 6 Rs – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Repair, Recycle (Refill?)
  • Green Business – Tiffin Project/Second Nature Refillery
  • Green Spaces – lets get planning a new project!
  • Green Transportation: Bike to Shop event debrief
  • Publicity & Social Media:   The January newsletter will be going out the last week of December.   Please send your submissions by December 26th.
  • Youth: proposed youth survey at the schools in parallel with the CAP survey
  • Alternative Energy:  Battery Energy Storage
  • Lifestyle:  Next Climate Smart Solutions Meetup is scheduled for January 3rd at 6:00/. Topic is Birds and the Bees Protection Act.  Presenters are Dan Raichel & Lena Faustel
The next Climate Smart Book Club meeting is December 20th at 7:00. The book selection is Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have.