{"id":1804,"date":"2021-11-15T09:39:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/?page_id=1804"},"modified":"2021-11-15T09:39:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T13:39:47","slug":"october-20-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/meetings-activities\/meeting-minutes\/october-20-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"October 20, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t<h1>October 20, 2021<\/h1>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>#1. \u00a0WSS \u00a0(WHOI Social Sustainability) &#8211;\u00a0 <\/strong>several new events were discussed. Volunteers needed! STF is playing a big role in planning and facilitating these events:<\/p>\r\n<p>The Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee and the Falmouth Community are hosting a series of events to pay tribute to the rich ancestry and traditions of Native American Nations..<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>On November 16th, we are hosting a virtual viewing of the film &#8220;We Still Live Here &#8211; \u00c2s Nutayune\u00e2n&#8221; at 6:30pm, followed by a panel discussion at 7:30pm featuring speakers from the Wampanoag Community and the W\u00f4pan\u00e2ak Language Reclamation Project. This film will be available for streaming on Vimeo from November 14-17.<\/li>\r\n<li>We are also hosting a virtual book discussion of &#8220;Our Beloved Kin: a New History of King Philip&#8217;s War&#8221; by Lisa Brooks on November 22 at 7:00pm on Zoom.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>For more information and to sign up for events, visit the website!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Help us facilitate the book discussion by reading the book and lead a small group zoom discussion if needed (depends on how many people login on Nov. 22)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Schedule a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Flax Food Lunch n Learn. We discussed that January would be best.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Connor contact Flax Food about scheduling in Jan (CA)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>#3 \u00a0Beach Clean-up Shore Lab &#8211; Monthly &#8211; We need Volunteers to join the leaders! STF is partnering with T3C + WHOI neighbors to clean up the beach on the first Thursday of each month at noon. Meet at Gate by Shore Lab.<\/strong> Leaders for Beach Cleanups include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Nov 4, Thursday &#8211; Finance Department ALL<\/li>\r\n<li>Dec 2, Thursday &#8211; JP Students<\/li>\r\n<li>Jan 6, Thursday &#8211; ?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Sign up your team to sponsor one of the cleanups! (All)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Consider a Green Lab Competition through either an established program like My Green Lab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygreenlab.org\/\">https:\/\/www.mygreenlab.org\/<\/a> or internally such as EH+S track when they assess each lab annually. They could add sustainability to their checklist. Seb will call EH+S<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Solar installation on Meteor House postponed until November<\/li>\r\n<li>Solar on CRL-RCRC planned for 2022<\/li>\r\n<li>Starting Dec 6 &#8211; LEDs scheduled for Challenger, Dist Warehouse, CRL, QFB (Carp Shop), Iselin top floor, Bell House<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Reminder that Buttery composts behind and in front of counter<\/li>\r\n<li>Residential composting service is available in Falmouth for $20\/month<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Generate a Headline submission to remind WHOI employees that they can compost at home with Black Earth (SM)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Sustainable food guide<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Flight carbon offsets<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p>Four of the larger organizations with credible standards to produce reputable offsets, to the best of my knowledge, are<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.goldstandard.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csmadsen%40whoi.onmicrosoft.com%7C323b7a9438494b2d239d08d9908c7e54%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637699755384381033%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=909eDBg8sq6AGQGdqu3flVs4L6sEiUsqyD9aUuPpWIA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Gold Standard<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Famericancarbonregistry.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csmadsen%40whoi.onmicrosoft.com%7C323b7a9438494b2d239d08d9908c7e54%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637699755384390982%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=RvdEPBChC5MMP0RnNjpbDKwQmbdVv0KyCJZaM%2BhggsY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">American Carbon Registry<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.offsetguide.org%2Funderstanding-carbon-offsets%2Fcarbon-offset-programs%2Fvoluntary-offset-programs%2Fverified-carbon-standard%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csmadsen%40whoi.onmicrosoft.com%7C323b7a9438494b2d239d08d9908c7e54%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637699755384390982%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=v1W5%2BD5dlLKS2nvcKLBeHOpW%2FoHK%2Bf8mAFWBXUYVe%2Bs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Verified Carbon Standard<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.climateactionreserve.org%2Fhow%2Foffsets-marketplace%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csmadsen%40whoi.onmicrosoft.com%7C323b7a9438494b2d239d08d9908c7e54%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637699755384400941%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=KVLnn9weHwRvU7WTMZY7LQlCCYkcbjJOybtlabCe1%2B8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Climate Action Reserve<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Two others you may want to look into for this are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclimeco.com%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csmadsen%40whoi.onmicrosoft.com%7C323b7a9438494b2d239d08d9908c7e54%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637699755384400941%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=Yle6MXMWleW3VhIX2ef4rOh%2BBOmAqd6oqdYMR5JPwVw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">ClimeCo<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cooleffect.org%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csmadsen%40whoi.onmicrosoft.com%7C323b7a9438494b2d239d08d9908c7e54%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C637699755384410896%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ASlP%2FiwHhMulc3s71N96CYy6o9RRq6clIyi%2F6jpAU3U%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Cool Effect<\/a>.\u00a0 I have connections at both, if that should be helpful.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 20, 2021 \u00a0#1. \u00a0WSS \u00a0(WHOI Social Sustainability) &#8211;\u00a0 several new events were discussed. 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