New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force Agenda – November 29, 2022

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 7:00pm

New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force

Tuesday November 29, 2022
Meeting via Zoom
7:00 pm                               

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Harmony Hall/Mannheim Mews request (Amanda)
  3. Clean Heating and Cooling Campaign – see attachments (Janelle)
  4. Cryptocurrency mining – see attached (Amanda)
  5. Climate Action Plan Public Engagement initiative with LULA (The Land Use Law Center)  (Janelle & Amanda)
    1. Climate Action Plan Survey
    2. Publicity: Press Release, Newsletter, Social Media, Posters
  6. Battery Energy Storage Task Force update (Joe)
  7. Climate Smart Schools Task Force update (Janelle)
  8. Action Group Updates:
  • 6 Rs – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Repair, Recycle (Refill?)
  • Green Business – Tiffin Project/Second Nature Refillery
  • Green Spaces – Pollinator Application
  • Green Transportation: Bike to Shop event in collaboration with the Bike/Ped Committee
  • Publicity & Social Media:   The December newsletter will be going out tomorrow.   If anyone else has other submissions, get them to Janelle ASAP.
  • 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 December 6th at 6:00 on Zoom.  The topic is Reducing Solid Waste at Festivals and Big Events: Featuring Greenway!  Presenter is from Greenway Environmental Services 

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.  For the past two months, we read Power After Carbon: Building A Clean, Resilient Grid and we were very fortunate to have the book author Peter Fox-Penner join us for the book discussion!