New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force Agenda – March 14, 2023

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 7:00pm

New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force
Tuesday March 14, 2023
Meeting via Zoom
                               7:00 pm                               

Agenda

 

  1. Introductions
  2. Approval of Minutes 
  3. Earth Day Fair and presentations at the Earth Day Fair (Jim)
  4. Climate Action Plan Cohort – next meeting is 3/16 from noon to 1:00 pm.  See attachments for topic this month - Transportation. (Janelle)
  5. Battery Energy Storage Task Force update (Joe)
  6. Climate Smart Schools Task Force discussion (Joe and Janelle)
  7. Social Media Update (Izzy)
  8. Youth Liaison – discussion of our vision (Izzy)
  9. Succession planning for Climate Smart Coordinator position (Janelle)
  10. Action Group Updates:
  • 6 Rs – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Repair, Recycle (Refill?)  Our next Repair Café in New Paltz is March 18th.
  • Green Business – Tiffin Project/Second Nature Refillery, Hudson Valley One article
  • Green Spaces – lets get planning a new project!  How about an edible forest?
  • Green Transportation: Complete streets off the back burner?  Or not…
  • Publicity & Social Media:  Thank you Izzy Defino for doing regular posts on our behalf!  The April newsletter will be going out the last week of March.   Please send your submissions by March 24.
  • Youth: liaison needed!
  • Alternative Energy:  Battery Energy Storage update.  Solar at the Landfill update.
  • Lifestyle:  Next Climate Smart Solutions Meetup is scheduled for April 4th but we do not have a topic or presenter – can someone besides Janelle take the lead on this?
The next Climate Smart Book Club meeting is March 21st at 7:00.  We will be discussing Climate Restoration: The Only Future That Will Sustain the Human Race by Peter Fiekowsky