[Green] Sustainability grant offered locally!

[Annie Warmke]

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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