Meeting Minutes 7/21/09

Members present:  Cliff Koski, Deanne Roquet, Julius Salinas, Kevin Futhey, Jim Drake, Britt Johnson.

New Business

Facebook: Jim suggested the Environmental Council set up a Facebook site for visibility.  Jim will contact Gary Kruchowski regarding this.

Old Business

Duty Day (August 18, 2009):

  • Kevin will add a Facilities Overview after the morning break, during the 10:45 to 11:30 session.
  • Deanne is arranging a dinner (at Va Bene?) for Deb Rowe and specific LSC faculty and staff.
  • Deanne is arranging a lunch at LSC for Deb Rowe and specific LSC faculty, staff, and students.
  • The first breakout session given by Deb Rowe will be invite only.  The second session will be open for registration.
  • Kevin will contact WLSSD regarding a breakout session on “Being Green”
  • Kevin will contact Kate Worley of Wastewise regarding a breakout session on “Sort-a-dumpster”
  • Deanne will contact Dean Talbot or Wade Gordon regarding a breakout session on reducing home energy use.
  • All breakout sessions will be scheduled for 1.5 hours to allow time for discussion, room changes, and breaks.
  • Deanne, Kevin, and Britt will contact breakout session speakers for a short description of each session.
  • Tentative schedule:

8:00 – 8:30  Refreshments

8:30 – 9:00 – Kathleen Nelson – Welcome and introduction to the Presidents Climate Commitment

9:00- 10:30 – Deb Rowe – Key Note Speech “Bringing a Perspective of Sustainability to LSC”

10:30 – 10:45 – Break

10:45 – 11:30 – Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Summary, Clicker Commuting Survey and Facilities Overview (to make employees aware of the Presidents Climate Commitment, and how the greenhouse gas emissions inventory leads into the climate plan)

11:30 – 12:30 – Lunch

12:30 – 3:30 – Concurrent breakout sessions (Either 1 or 1.5 hours each) to engage employees here at LSC and at home to work toward the goals of the climate plan.

Room Number
12:30 p.m. Cliff,

Britt

LSC progress on Presidents Climate Commitment

Kate Worley

Dumpster Sort

Dick Haney

Reconnecting with Nature

Lorrie Fox

Environmental Health

Val Lundberg

Clean Up Your Computer and Save Energy

WLSSD

Being Green

Env Council

(Carol)

What We Have Done – Where We are Going

Theresa Hornstein

Home Composting

Wade/Dean

Reducing your Home Energy Use

Deb Rowe by invite

Title?

2:00 p.m. RSPT

Title?

Kate Worley

Dumpster Sort

Dick Haney

Reconnecting with Nature

Lorrie Fox

Environmental Health

Val Lundberg

Clean Up Your Computer  and Save Energy

WLSSD

Being Green

Env Council

(Carol)

What We Have Done – Where We are Going

Theresa Hornstein

Home Composting

Wade/Dean

Reducing your Home Energy Use

Deb Rowe

Title?

Motions

No motions were made at this meeting.

Next Meeting

The next Environmental Council meeting will take place at 11:00am on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in the Workforce Development Conference room.

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