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We had support from facilities for the following (Dave, please confirm):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase quantity of composting buckets at the Buttery x 3 to 75 gallons per week (SM, SS+ DD)<\/li>\n<li>How to advertise that the Buttery is composting. Members suggested changing units from gals to lbs..or wait until we increase volume. Concern exists that whoi people will critique our volume. (SM + SS)<\/li>\n<li>Someday we may compost most items at the Buttery, including food scraps + take out containers, but at this point we think increasing veggie scrap volume to 75 gallons is a great first step, and will consider increasing that volume later.<\/li>\n<li>Increase vegetarian options at the Buttery, as in offer a veggie soup (no chicken or beef stock)\u00a0<b>every day<\/b>. Also, for hot meals, it was suggested that the base is vegetarian with meat additions options to appease both diets.\u00a0 Veggie Tuesdays, as they tried in the past, wasn\u2019t successful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contact Compost with Me and increase volume of composting to 75 lbs. (SS + DD)<\/li>\n<li>Add a vegetarian soup to lunch offerings every day (not randomly) and offer veggie + meat hot meal each day as well (SS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#4 \u00a0Building Rep Pilot Program update:<\/b>Geosec walkthrough occurred Jan. 29 and we reviewed results. We explained the Building Rep Program to new STF members and described gadgets that help us understand and mitigate energy use such as the hobo dataloggers (already purchased) + Timers (recently purchased by Dave)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Data loggers are available for use \u2013 please see link and contact Stephanie for Manual.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/website\/sustainability\/measure-energy-usage\">http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/website\/sustainability\/measure-energy-usage<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Timers allow us to digitally start up and shut off machines \u2013 we encourage people to add these to appliances (K-cup machines) and space heaters. By powering down at night we can significantly save energy costs. (email Steph if you want one)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Kavanagh offered to be a Building Rep for Blake Building. Thanks Kevin!<\/li>\n<li>Kick the Can campaign has been very successful thus far. Ron wrote up a positive reflection on the success he had with it in his office building &#8211; his recycling efforts increased remarkably. He posted this reflection on LinkedIn (thanks Ron!)<\/li>\n<li>Recycling confusion continues \u2013 it\u2019s unclear what is allowed in recycling cans despite the Single Stream Flyers. Lots of articles have been published in the Falmouth paper recently and some contradictions persist. We will add the photo of what \u201cnot to recycle\u201d presented at the Townhall to our website.<\/li>\n<li>Recycling paper towels is okay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Schedule Blake Building Walk Through with Kevin + Dave (SM, DD)<\/li>\n<li>Update website with new Datalogger Manual + add pics of Timers (SM+ DP)<\/li>\n<li>Add \u201cWhat Not to Recycle\u201d pic to the STF website Recycling Page (SM + DP)<\/li>\n<li>Recycling paper towels in bathrooms is Okay, so you may set up your own recycling bin for those if you want to take ownership of the project .(STF Members)<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#5 \u00a0Metering installation-<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0eGauges + CTs have arrived (Jonathan brought an example to the meeting to show members).<\/p>\n<p>Objective is to install eGauges at 4 different sites at WHOI to monitor energy closely. Four sites include: Computer Server room, Fenno, Bell House + Challenger<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Install eGauges in box units (Steve Gagnon + Joe Hackler), modify dashboard (Greg Fiske) and being monitoring our energy data!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>#6 \u00a0Social Sustainability at WHOI:<\/b>\u00a0Members discussed importance of Social Sustainability at Whoi and the need to create fun activities that keep people happy + healthy (we want people to STAY not leave the institution).\u00a0 Instead of using proposed acronym SoS (too alarming) we agreed on \u201cWSS\u201d -WHOI Social Sustainability<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Action:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Graphics working on WSS logo (SM + Katherine Joyce)<\/li>\n<li>Add the write up below to Whoi Headlines after graphic icon is completed (SM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SUSTAINABILITY: Where the Environment, Economics, and Society meet. To promote social sustainability within the WHOI culture, the Sustainability Task Force partnered with the Recreation Committee to create the\u00a0<b>WSS<\/b>\u00a0subcommittee.\u00a0\u00a0<b>WSS\u00a0<\/b>is dedicated to organizing and promoting activities that bring joy to all who work here! The\u00a0<b>WSS<\/b>\u00a0logo signifies social events that are open to all WHOI employees. Come join in the fun, enjoy a break from your hard work, and meet new people!<\/p>\n<p>Activities may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ping pong during winter months<\/li>\n<li>Bocce on the lawn (Redfield + Buttery)<\/li>\n<li>Kayaking excursions<\/li>\n<li>Mountain Biking<\/li>\n<li>Hiking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And so much more!<\/p>\n<p>For more info visit the Recreation Committee Website (which has been recently updated).\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/sbl\/liteSite.do?litesiteid=17912&amp;articleId=26890\">http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/sbl\/liteSite.do?litesiteid=17912&amp;articleId=26890<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Sustainability info visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/website\/sustainability\/home\">http:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/website\/sustainability\/home<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, 2016 STF Meeting Minutes Date:\u00a0February 17, 2016 Location:\u00a0Bigelow 217 Present:\u00a0Dave Derosier, Pam Polloni, Ron Reif, Andrea Harvey, Jonathan Murray, Julia Gauglitz, Kevin Kavanagh and Stephanie Madsen Agenda Item #1 \u00a0Electric Vehicle Charging Stations\u00a0\u2013 We discussed the cost\/hour at the stations and the need to communicate with EV members (understanding that several EV drivers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":27,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/101"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.whoi.edu\/sustainability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}