[Green] Sustainability grant offered locally!

[Annie Warmke]

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> 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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