[Green] Sustainability grant offered locally!

[Dawn Hewitt]

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> 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> 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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