Report of 1/14/07 UU Visalia Green Sanctuary Meeting
I. GREEN SANCTUARY
1. "Choices for Sustainable Living" Discussion course started January 18, 2007, with 13 persons. We will meet together for the opening and refreshments afterward, but split into two groups for discussion.
2. Action Project: Don has contacted PG & E who are sending some information packets they are willing to give us, but they indicated they are not able to provide the compact flourescent light bulbs. We decided to request hardware stores in town to each provide 1/4 of the 400 households we need to cover. We assigned members to contact them as follows:
Target - Don; Home Depot - Bill; Orchard - David H.; Loew's - Harold; Albertson's - April
3. Carrbon Offsets: We've now paid for the y ear and the info is on our website, but Harold still needs to develop nesletter article.
4. Energy Star Refrigerator - At the meeting, Katherine thought we will need more funds for this project, but she subsequently found a good 25 cubic ft. model at Loew's, who is willing to provide a 10% discount so we shoud be able purchase it with our garage sale fundraiser. However, we discussed having another fundraiser - a "Share Your Talents Auction" which we will proceed to use in order to use on our Action Project.
5. Presentation on Compct Fluorescents - Harold still working on this
6. Recycled Paper - January 2007 newsletter identified some local sources
7. Library - Harold has started the Librarything.com catalog, but needs to add the environmental and other newer books to the list.
8. Non-toxic cleaning - Janet has given to Bob of the Friends Meeting House a handout she created about non-toxic cleaning.
9. Upcoming Presentations - we've finished 2 of our six planned presentations: UU's Take on Global Warming (12/10/06) and "An Inconvenient Truth" Forum on October 1, 2006. Additional presentations planned include:
a. Water Justice (April)
b. Compact Fluorescents (Harold)
c. Asphalt Nation (Katherine)
d. Earth Day (Harold & Committee)
II. MORAL VALUES FOR A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
1. We agreed we want to review this and submit comments. Deadline to UUA is March 1, 2007.
See:
http://www.uua.org/csw/moralvalues1.htm
1. "Choices for Sustainable Living" Discussion course started January 18, 2007, with 13 persons. We will meet together for the opening and refreshments afterward, but split into two groups for discussion.
2. Action Project: Don has contacted PG & E who are sending some information packets they are willing to give us, but they indicated they are not able to provide the compact flourescent light bulbs. We decided to request hardware stores in town to each provide 1/4 of the 400 households we need to cover. We assigned members to contact them as follows:
Target - Don; Home Depot - Bill; Orchard - David H.; Loew's - Harold; Albertson's - April
3. Carrbon Offsets: We've now paid for the y ear and the info is on our website, but Harold still needs to develop nesletter article.
4. Energy Star Refrigerator - At the meeting, Katherine thought we will need more funds for this project, but she subsequently found a good 25 cubic ft. model at Loew's, who is willing to provide a 10% discount so we shoud be able purchase it with our garage sale fundraiser. However, we discussed having another fundraiser - a "Share Your Talents Auction" which we will proceed to use in order to use on our Action Project.
5. Presentation on Compct Fluorescents - Harold still working on this
6. Recycled Paper - January 2007 newsletter identified some local sources
7. Library - Harold has started the Librarything.com catalog, but needs to add the environmental and other newer books to the list.
8. Non-toxic cleaning - Janet has given to Bob of the Friends Meeting House a handout she created about non-toxic cleaning.
9. Upcoming Presentations - we've finished 2 of our six planned presentations: UU's Take on Global Warming (12/10/06) and "An Inconvenient Truth" Forum on October 1, 2006. Additional presentations planned include:
a. Water Justice (April)
b. Compact Fluorescents (Harold)
c. Asphalt Nation (Katherine)
d. Earth Day (Harold & Committee)
II. MORAL VALUES FOR A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY
1. We agreed we want to review this and submit comments. Deadline to UUA is March 1, 2007.
See:
http://www.uua.org/csw/moralvalues1.htm
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