Sep 20, 2013 Meeting Minutes

In Attendance: Cora, Eliza, Darcy, Abby (7^th), Karen, Eliyah, Danielle, Ana, Hailey, Jonas, Jacob, Silka, Daisy, Mr. Richards, Jud

·      Middle school Thursday advisory: outdoors club as possible third option (could be grounds work, etc.)

·      D.C. climate action event: potentially send DA delegation in future

·      High schools could create programs to reduce carbon  footprint like colleges such as Middlebury (ACUPCC)

·      Climate Action Plan for Desert (organized planning framework)

o   Scientific Inventory of our current carbon footprint

§  Transportation, food, waste, etc.

§  Jud could have access to carbon footprint-related info for Desert

·      2 weeks from now (?)

o   How to get to zero over time, how to get faculty/staff involved, etc.

§  Compost, lighting replacements, going paperless, etc.

§  CAP gives framework for the big stuff

§  Cutting-Edge Leadership Awesome (CELA) J

·      Solar panels – climate night contacts/Naomi (talk to both)

o   Silka’s uncle – solar panels from scratch

·      Recycling – middle-schoolers (little containers to big containers)

o   Need to figure out how to filter out stuff efficiently

·      SF River Cleanup – about to drop us, need to be more consistent about cleanup

o   NEED TO SET UP A DAY OF THE WEEK

o   Or volunteer for nearby arroyo cleanup (closer to campus)

o   Bus to and from Desert to cleanup river after school (?)

o   MONDAY POSSIBLE RIVER CLEANUP DAY 

Thanks Karen for the great minutes!