Sustainable Hanover Committee Minutes for  sustainablehanovernh.org Wednesday, August 18

Next Meeting: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 8:30-9:30

Town Hall, Selectmen’s Room

Dates: 

Attending: Larry Litten (chairing), Mary Ann Cadwallader, Marjorie Rogalski, Emily Neuman.

Regrets:  Chris Kennedy, Chris Soderquist, Joanne Whitcomb, Lyn Miller

Minutes:  June 16 minutes need to be approved with July 21, and August 18 minutes when we have a quorum.

Farmers’ Market:  We agreed to simplify the message on the signs outside of the tent.  For Composting, Buying Local or Energy, Land Use, Waste Reduction—Yard Sale.

Need  to display our Logo and Website.

Action Items:

·      Marjorie will bring table and tent both times, chairs the first time. 

·      Larry will help set up Aug. 25 and bring the completed signs.

·      Larry will dispense of the tent and table the last day, Sept. 1. 

·      Emily and Mary Ann will be there Sept. 1.  Mary Ann will bring chairs on Sept. 1.

·      Larry is the go-to person on signage.

 

1-Ideas for Buying Local Signage:

Thank you for buying local

Your money stays in the community. (Len has a statistic on this I think.)

You’ve saved the energy involved in high-mileage food.

Please join us in our other initiatives.

Use Local First on Buy Local sign.


2-Ideas for Community Yard Sale Signage:

Emily will send Larry a file folder labeled ‘Registrations’ filled with registration blanks, one of the signs for the event and maybe a picture of a sign that says ‘Yard Sale’.

3-Ideas for Composting Signage:

Are you wasting your food waste?

Your lawn would love your compost.

Ask us how to compost. 

We’ll have handouts on the available on the front of the sign if we can

and more info. on the back.

4-Ideas for Waste Reduction Signage:

Think outside the box with a large picture of a red compost bin. 

Local recyling options exist beyond the curb.

5-Ideas for Energy Use Signage

Join your neighbors in reducing your energy usage (and costs)

See the back for details on the New England Carbon Challenge <  >

Marjorie will make slips with carbon challenge websites.


6-Ideas for Land Use Signage

Larry will ask Joanna to redue Marjorie’s signs.

Marjorie will get website for ‘When you fertilize your lawn, you’re not just fertilizing’ your lawn’ and send it to Larry so PDF can be used on the sign. 

See more on back.

7-2nd Sign on Energy Conservation:

Have you claimed your energy rebates?  For washers, etc.

See other side.    Marjorie will work with Larry on this.

8-Naked Table Use the poster developed by Charles Shackleton.  Lyn will get to Larry.

The Committee decided to have the Action Items of the Minutes sent to members as soon as possible.  The rest of the Minutes would be sent out with the Agenda for the next meeting during the week before the meeting.

Business Recycling Peter is trying to develop 2 pilot sites for single stream.  Emily going to resorting facility for single stream near Boston.  Maybe we should have zero sort if we’re causing trouble for local businesses.

Could ask Tuck to research transfer station vs. curbside.

Ask Joanne if interested in having a Bike/trails/transportation sign

Marjorie will wear a sandwich board for current issues.

Action Items:

·      Chris S. and Lyn will have the Facebook and Twitter pages ready to go by August.

·      In order to feed information to Facebook and Twitter, each member of the committee may need to take on an area and assure that there’s something new to post every week. All will need to read the Minutes from June and July so they can be approved in Sept.

From June:

• Lyn will meet with Judith Esmay to continue the discussion begun at the Planning Commission.
• Lynor her designatewill meet with the school board, middle school faculty and Ms. Kornfeld at the high school in the fall about disseminating the Carbon Challenge.

Joanna will consult with Emily on Dartmouth’s guidelines for large events.