[Green] Fwd: Sustainability grant offered locally!
Annie Warmke
annie at bluerockstation.com
Mon Jun 1 14:40:27 CDT 2020
Can you hear the band playing and see the balloons and confetti
falling? WOW! That is so great. This has so much potential to make
great movement in many areas in the region. Annie
On 6/1/2020 3:34 PM, Michael Chisholm via Green wrote:
> Below is my message to the CITF grant judges and their response. In
> summary, the Sustainability Forum is a great project to submit! Elise
> had some thoughts to help us measure success as well such as an exit
> survey. They also realize the strain COVID-19 has placed on potential
> projects and are in discussion on how to adjust the wording around a
> 2020 start date, potentially going to "all funds must be spent within
> one year."
>
> I will get a /_rough_ /draft going on the application for the
> Sustainability Forum and provide a Google Drive link tonight for
> everyone to share their input to edit or comment without multiple
> versions and emails flying around. I'll leave it up through Wednesday
> night and do a final review Thursday before submitting.
>
> Thank You!
>
> Michael Chisholm
>
>
> "Hi Michael,
>
> From what you described, your project definitely sounds like it would
> fit the CITF grant criteria. We do fund purely educational projects in
> addition to the more tangible projects where you’re more likely to get
> your hands dirty. CITF was born from the understanding that we don’t
> have all the answers and don’t always know what tangible project fits
> best with each community’s needs. So, education and collaboration are
> necessary components to determining a solution.
>
> The outcomes you choose to measure could definitely be the number of
> attendees (or number of people educated). If you want to get even more
> detailed, you could also send out a survey to all attendees to get a
> sense of what new knowledge attendees walked away with or what actions
> they plan to take/change in the future based on something the heard or
> learned at the forum. And you could also attempt to keep track of new
> initiatives or projects that developed directly from the
> collaborations at the Sustainability Forum – could be difficult to
> track but interesting on a number of levels.
>
> Either way, it sounds like an interesting project that deals directly
> with our focus areas – climate change mitigation and adaptation – so
> I’d encourage you and Green Sanctuary to apply!
>
> Lindsey and I can talk to you and Green Sanctuary in more detail about
> the requirement that the project start in the calendar year 2020 when
> we get further into the grant process. Given a number of factors this
> year, we expect to make a change in that language to say that the
> proposed piece of the project needs to be completed and funds used
> within one calendar year of receipt of the grant funds. We are still
> working on language there – so that’s not 100% finalized. But we’ll
> work with all groups selected for grants this year to be sure the
> language is clear and workable for everyone.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Elise
>
> *From:* Chisholm, Michael
> *Sent:* Monday, June 01, 2020 12:55 PM
> *To:* Vergnano, Elise; CRAIG, LINDSEY
> *Subject:* RE: 2020 CITF Grant Application is Open
>
> Elise and Lindsey,
>
> I am working with Green Sanctuary in Marietta, to submit an
> application to CITF. The project we’d like to submit is a
> Sustainability Forum to bring together the community, business
> leaders, faith leaders, and politicians to inspire action around
> preventing and improving the communities resilience to climate change.
> We have workshops, keynote speakers, etc. planned. I have two
> questions for you:
>
> /Is a project like this forum within the desired scope of CITF?/ It
> nails most of the judgement criteria: environmental education,
> community engagement, opportunities for DuPont employee involvement,
> but it is difficult to provide a measurable outcome (attendance
> perhaps?). That makes me wonder if the purpose of the grant is for
> more tangible projects, like installing car changing stations, solar
> panels, etc. where you can measure emissions reduced by XXX lbs CO_2 .
> If so we will select a project like this (but we’d like to strive for
> big, community wide change!)
>
> The original schedule for the Sustainability Forum was in 2020, but
> due to COVID-19, has been postponed to a TBD date (most likely early
> 2021). We can start putting expenses for the event on the 2020
> calendar year. /Is that acceptable for consideration given the
> requirement for the project to begin in calendar year 2020?/
>
> Thank you!
>
> Regards,
>
> *Michael Chisholm*
>
> Delrin® Production Specialist
>
> DuPont"
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 10:07 AM Kelcey Jacobs via Green
> <green at fuusm.org <mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
>
> Excellent ideas, Annie!
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 9:53 AM Annie Warmke via Green
> <green at fuusm.org <mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
>
> I read the grant requirements and it is clear that the
> committee is willing to entertain multi-year projects as a
> special exception. The Sustainability Forum is a project that
> has so much potential to generate economy through sustainable
> practices that I think if we have a little feedback from the
> Dowe committee we could create a first year project that leads
> to and supports the Forum. This is an opportunity for Dowe to
> gain a lot of traction in the community if they decide to have
> a little wiggle room.
>
> If we think of what we could do the first year - Perhaps
> create online features of what's happening locally that is
> going in a sustainable direction and how to improve it we
> would gather some steam for the project and push our agenda.
> Just one thought. Signage for buildings and churches (private
> homes too) that are practicing some form of sustainable
> practice (like the bike/tour shop downtown might be) to begin
> a real conversation in the community and then move all that
> onto the forum in the next phase of the project (think about
> the sustainable church designation as a prototype and
> something that could be promoted already). Just another
> thought. Annie
>
> On 5/31/2020 8:03 PM, Michael Chisholm via Green wrote:
>> I reread the criteria, the sustainability forum does meet
>> most of the judgement factors ("impact" may be a difficult
>> metric). I will email the judges at the company tomorrow to
>> get their thoughts and let you know what they say.
>>
>>
>> Forgive any typos, I'm sending from my phone.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Michael Chisholm
>>
>> On Sun, May 31, 2020, 17:18 Dawn Hewitt via Green
>> <green at fuusm.org <mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> More about the sustainability grant from DuPont from
>> Michael Chisholm, including what kind of projects will be
>> considered. Ideas please, and soon!
>>
>> —dawn
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> *From:* Michael Chisholm via Green <green at fuusm.org
>>> <mailto:green at fuusm.org>>
>>> *Date:* May 31, 2020 at 1:56:46 PM EDT
>>> *To:* Annie Warmke <annie at bluerockstation.com
>>> <mailto:annie at bluerockstation.com>>
>>> *Cc:* Michael Chisholm <mchisholm20 at gmail.com
>>> <mailto:mchisholm20 at gmail.com>>, Dawn Hewitt via Green
>>> <green at fuusm.org <mailto:green at fuusm.org>>
>>> *Subject:* *Re: [Green] Sustainability grant offered
>>> locally!*
>>> *Reply-To:* Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues
>>> <green at fuusm.org <mailto:green at fuusm.org>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you Dawn. I sent the below message to
>>> green at fuusm.org <mailto:green at fuusm.org> last week but
>>> it sounds like it didn't go through? I'll catch up on
>>> the email chain, but attached you can find the
>>> application form and criteria. While I believe the
>>> Sustainability Forum is fantastic and worth the funding
>>> :) my impression is this grant is geared towards the
>>> kinds of projects the sustainability forum is trying to
>>> inspired the community to implement. It will give us the
>>> opportunity to showcase a great example at the forum
>>> when we finally nail down a date!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Fellow Green Sanctuary Members,
>>>
>>> First of all, hope your Memorial Weekend is going well!
>>> My company is sponsoring sustainability projects in the
>>> local community with Clear Into the Future grants of up
>>> to $10,000 (typical awards are $5k - $10k). Projects
>>> must support one of the following:
>>> 1. Climate change resilience
>>> 2. Climate change mitigation
>>> 3. Water stewardship
>>> 4. Circular economy
>>> 5. Protect biodiversity
>>>
>>> These are exactly the type of projects we were trying to
>>> inspire the community to pursue with the sustainability
>>> forum! Does anyone have any ongoing projects or
>>> project ideas that this grant can help turn into a
>>> realty?*Application is due June 5th and the project must
>>> start in year 2020*. Please send multiple ideas. I will
>>> be the sponsor for the application. Please see attached
>>> criteria and application forms.
>>>
>>> Thank You,
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Chisholm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 9:29 AM Annie Warmke
>>> <annie at bluerockstation.com
>>> <mailto:annie at bluerockstation.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Please consider the Sustainability Forum. It has
>>> great promise to change the economy of Marietta by
>>> creating a culture of sustainable practices starting
>>> with an assessment, and then a community-wide
>>> meeting. The potential impact is what we are all
>>> longing to see come to life. I will be happy to
>>> work with Michael on this. Annie
>>>
>>> On 5/30/2020 10:17 PM, Dawn Hewitt via Green wrote:
>>>> Friends,
>>>>
>>>> I can’t believe it: I assumed Michael Chisholm was
>>>> on the GSC mailing list, but he was not! I’ve cc’d
>>>> him on this message, forwarded what we discussed
>>>> previously to him, and asked Ralph to add him to
>>>> the list.
>>>>
>>>> I ran into him again this evening, and he wondered
>>>> why we weren’t discussing the grant. Well, we did….
>>>> but then we stopped. But Michael wasn’t in on the
>>>> discussion!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, he is now, and tonight he said that the
>>>> grant proposals need to be submitted by THIS
>>>> FRIDAY! We need to make a decision on this soon.
>>>> Michael will take the lead on sponsoring the
>>>> proposal, and writing it up. We just need to come
>>>> up with something that will fly with DuPont.
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I LOVE Elin’s idea of swift towers
>>>> along the river trail! Lots of communities are
>>>> building them, since chimney swifts are on the
>>>> decline, and people cap their chimneys, or
>>>> increasingly build houses without chimneys. And, of
>>>> course, we long ago took down the vast forests full
>>>> of ancient trees, many of which had broken tops—the
>>>> original nesting sites for the species.
>>>>
>>>> Michael, do you think a seriously professional
>>>> community-wide sustainability survey would fly with
>>>> DuPont? Or funding a super duper Sustainable MOV
>>>> Forum (but without a date being set)? Or a
>>>> seriously great virtual Sustainable Marietta Forum?
>>>>
>>>> Folks, do we have any other ideas? Michael said
>>>> whatever we come up with, the money has to be spent
>>>> in 2020, and if DuPont likes the results, it’s
>>>> possible they’d look favorably on us again in 2021.
>>>>
>>>> Put on your thinking caps and reply soon. Be sure
>>>> to include mchisholm20 at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:mchisholm20 at gmail.com> on the To: or cc:
>>>> line to make sure Michael stays involved in this
>>>> conversation.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> —dawn
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On May 25, 2020, at 4:48 PM, gbanz42--- via Green
>>>>> <green at fuusm.org <mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Good idea, Annie, a virtual survey followed by the
>>>>> in-person event.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's Dupont not Dow.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---- Annie Warmke via Green <green at fuusm.org
>>>>> <mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
>>>>>> Let's talk about it online. I will think of some
>>>>>> ideas for a budget.
>>>>>> But we don't have to make things happen fully by
>>>>>> fall. The first leg of
>>>>>> the forum could be to use the survey with some
>>>>>> sort of rewards to get
>>>>>> people to fill it out, then have an online event
>>>>>> to share the outcome
>>>>>> and work towards a bigger event. Then based on
>>>>>> that information we
>>>>>> could hold the in-person forum a year from this
>>>>>> summer or fall. We can
>>>>>> brainstorm how all of that could work. A
>>>>>> charging station or two
>>>>>> wouldn't cost that much (tops $2,000) but I can't
>>>>>> believe that the forum
>>>>>> wouldn't be seen as something worth investing in,
>>>>>> plus perhaps Dow would
>>>>>> be interested in lending us some of their
>>>>>> marketing talent to promote
>>>>>> the event and the survey. We can ask for lots of
>>>>>> things I would hope -
>>>>>> besides just the $10,000. Annie
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/25/2020 2:20 PM, gbanz42--- via Green wrote:
>>>>>>> Dawn:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This looks like a great opportunity.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I like your idea of the charging
>>>>>>> station--although this will likely benefit only
>>>>>>> a few people.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What about planning a virtual
>>>>>>> "Sustainability Forum" for the fall (it's
>>>>>>> unlikely that in-person meetings will be OK by
>>>>>>> then? What are some costs associated with the
>>>>>>> Forum if it were virtual?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---- Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org
>>>>>>> <mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Dear Green friends,
>>>>>>> I was talking to Michael Chisholm today, and he
>>>>>>> told me that DuPont is offering grants for
>>>>>>> sustainability projects of up to
>>>>>>> $10,000–locally. They need to have an in-house
>>>>>>> sponsor (MICHAEL!!), and I think he said the
>>>>>>> deadline to apply is June 6.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Imagine what we could pull off if we had up to
>>>>>>> $10,000 to put on a Sustainable Marietta
>>>>>>> Forum!! But we can’t even set a date for that
>>>>>>> yet, so, let’s come up with a different idea.
>>>>>>> How about this: an electric car charging station
>>>>>>> (or two) in front of FUUSM that (on sunny days)
>>>>>>> would be powered by the SUN—on the roof of the
>>>>>>> sanctuary. Maybe we could have a few small
>>>>>>> panels installed on posts—part of the charging
>>>>>>> stations (?) that connected to FUUSMs system,
>>>>>>> too, but more visible to make it clear that cars
>>>>>>> charged there would be running on SUNSHINE!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Of course, that’s just my idea. Perhaps you can
>>>>>>> come up with something even better.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Michael, will you please tell us the details of
>>>>>>> this grant, and how we apply?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> —dawn
>>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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