New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force: Agenda
New Paltz Climate Smart Task Force
New Paltz Village Hall 7:00 pm
Monday October 15, 2018
Agenda
- Introductions
- Resolution forming the Climate Smart Task Force passed. Discussion to formalize the members.
- Sharing of data base spreadsheet compiled by Heidi
- Review of point structure for getting certified as a CSC=
- Subcommittee updates.
- 6 Rs - Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Repair, Recycle (Heidi)
- Green Business (Janelle)
- Habitat – Growing Green (Dia: Woolly Adelgid Citizen Science Program)
- Green Transportation (Janelle)
- Publicity, Social Media, Press Releases (Ann)
- Youth (David)
- Alternative Energy (Mark & Jim)
- Lifestyle (Orelle)
- Grants update – Amanda
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory - Amanda
- Climate Action Plan – Jason West
- Calendar review:
Friday evening, October 19, 7:00 PM Project Drawdown will present an overview in a free public Livestream at SUNY New Paltz. In 2017, Project Drawdown mapped, measured and modeled the 100 most substantive solutions to reversing global warming. What is being done to keep our planet liveable. What you and I can do.
We know the solutions. Project Drawdown has done the math. It's not game over. It's game on.
Location: The Terrace at SUNY New Paltz (the one-story building behind Sojourner Truth Library, on Sojourner Truth Way).
Public Parking: Lot 3, between the Terrace and the Library
Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at 7 pm. “Climate Change: What Should We Do, What Can We Do, What Will We Do?” Reformed Church Education Building, Huguenot Street, You are invited to a slideshow and a discussion of the latest science regarding climate change as well as local actions people can take in the face of mounting concern over worldwide rising temperatures.
Friday, October 26thSolar Tour9:45-3:15
Monday, November 19th, 7:00 Next Task Force Meeting
- Other announcements…