{"id":1124,"date":"2020-03-11T16:25:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T20:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=1124"},"modified":"2020-12-09T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T14:33:34","slug":"february-19-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/february-19-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"February 19, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\t<h1>February 19, 2020<\/h1>\r\n<p><strong>Attendance<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>.Sarah Fuller, Noa Randall,\u00a0 Alex Bocconelli, Jen Christian, Stephanie Madsen<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>#1 Alternatives to Single-use Plastic Pop up Dates: Events are going really well \u2013 lots of engagement. A few are left in March.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Wednesday, Jan 29 &#8211; Clark Lobby 11:00-1:00 (Faith, Mai, Steph)<\/p>\r\n<p>Thursday, Feb 6 &#8211; Redfield Lobby 10:00-12:00 (Mindy, Jed, Steph)<\/p>\r\n<p>Thursday Feb 27 &#8211; McLean Lobby 11:00-1:00 (Pam, Steph)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Thursday March 12 -Smith Lobby 11:00 &#8211; 1:00 (Jed + Steph, Lauren, Karen S, Robert S)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Thursday March 19 &#8211; Buttery 11:00-1:00 (Denise Barnett, Faith + Steph)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Action:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Schedule Pop Ups in May\/June (tbd..at a future meeting)<\/li>\r\n<li>Send Headlines for WBMason new Favorites\/Compostable Items page (done- SM)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#2\u00a0 STF Tour for MA Marine Educator&#8217;s Association Annual Conference on May 2<\/strong> &#8211; tour ~2:50 and try to be back by 4 . These are educators so they may be interested in the following:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>our Green It Forward Program<\/li>\r\n<li>Composting at Buttery and Events<\/li>\r\n<li>Switching from k-cups to pods<\/li>\r\n<li>Native plants and fruit trees<\/li>\r\n<li>EV Make Ready \u2013 schools qualify<\/li>\r\n<li>Solar panels on Fye<\/li>\r\n<li>Walk through LOSOS \u2013 LEED Gold + solar panel\/battery charger set up<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>I\u2019m on vacation that week so Sebastien has volunteered to be the lead. We can have several people help with the tour.<\/p>\r\n<p>It might be fun to do a test run sometime this spring in preparation for the May 2 tour.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Action:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Set up date for Tour Practice (SM)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#3<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>Sustainability Plan + review of ENGIE presentation\u2013 <\/strong>Energy, Waste + Transportation working groups need to meet. Schedule date for working group meetings for March.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>Action:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Schedule meeting date (SM\u2026Connor Ahearn may help with this)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#4 Composting at the Buttery \u2013 expand what we already do (aka veggie scraps behind the counter)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>We will begin composting in the Main Dining room of the Buttery on February 24 \u2013 this is a test to calculate volume and success. Our goal is to apply for grant once we calculate volume and cost estimates.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Thank you Buttery Team for being supportive of this!!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong><em>Action:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Set up compost bins, liners (done-SM + Molly)<\/li>\r\n<li>Graphics make signs (done- SM)<\/li>\r\n<li>After 2 weeks, calculate the volume of compostables and estimate how often Compost With Me needs to pick up (SM + Molly)<\/li>\r\n<li>Write grant proposal (SM + Molly)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#5 WSS Events <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Electric Vehicles Green Driving Lunch n Learn \u2013 <\/strong>Anna Vanderspek from Green Energy Consumers Org (Thursday, Feb 13- Clark 507) \u2013 Great turn out! Had audience members from USGS, SEA and WHRC!<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Hikes \u2013 Tuesday, Feb. 11 and March 17 \u2013 meet at Quissett tennis court and hope for sunshine!<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Repair Caf\u00e9 \u2013 <\/strong>scheduled for Thursday, May 7 4:00-6:00. We need help setting up rsvp google doc<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Water kiosk<\/strong> ribbon cutting this Spring (we\u2019ll need lots of people attending) \u2013 Waterfront Park (Wednesday, April 22 @ noon)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong><em>Action:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Repair Caf\u00e9 RSVP (done \u2013 Kayleah + Helen)<\/li>\r\n<li>Flyer for Repair Caf\u00e9 (done- Helen)<\/li>\r\n<li>Attend Water Kiosk meeting- arch 4 at 11:00 , 103 Lillie (Steph)<\/li>\r\n<li>Schedule an <em>Edible Plant<\/em> lunch n learn or walk with Jen Christian (SM + JC)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#6 Beekeeping Update \u2013 Danie Kinkade. <\/strong>Group is meeting on Tuesday, Feb 11 at noon in Bigelow 217 to discuss tasks now that the Bees have been purchased.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>We didn\u2019t have time to discuss \u2013 will be on next month\u2019s agenda.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#7\u00a0 New Business<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 19, 2020 Attendance:.Sarah Fuller, Noa Randall,\u00a0 Alex Bocconelli, Jen Christian, Stephanie Madsen \u00a0#1 Alternatives to Single-use Plastic Pop up Dates: Events are going really well \u2013 lots of engagement. A few are left in March. 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