Meeting Minutes - March 2014

Green First Meeting Minutes, 3/6. Upcoming events are in bold.

In Attendance: Craig, Tom, Linda, John, Beth & Toni

Recent events:

• The 3/9 Compassion in Action offering was collected for CAEE, an organization that provides environmental education for youth.
• Social Justice Sunday, February 23, honored all task force members in service. There was not much traffic into the classrooms where Green First had a table to answer questions and drum up interest.
• Thanks to the Green Team for picking up trash along the South Platte March 9.
• Beth conducted a session on Mindful Justice as a part of the Eco-Justice Small Group Ministry in advance of the meeting.
• John reported that the net metering issue relating to roof-top solar and Xcel has been somewhat tabled and will be dealt with late 2015.

Current and upcoming events:

• Current schedule for South Platte trail clean-up (this will be forwarded to Dan Moen to be included in the SJ matters enews):

• Choir: April 26.
• Building & Grounds: May.
• Board: September.
• Leadership Development: November.
• Scouts have expressed interest; will contact Gene to find status.

• Planning for the RE Social Justice Sunday that Green First will present April 6 resulted in the decision to build a program around the Story of Stuff video (21 minutes). John will check to see if he is able to bring a portable solar cooker to show the kids and cook s’mores. The Story of Stuff link is included below so everyone can watch and provide comments as to suitability for K—5^th grade youth. From UU Ministry of the Earth: http://uuministryforearth.org/2014-ED-Learn-More-About-Waste-and-Consumption)
• John talked about another video sponsored by Chipotle that is also a possibility: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63X0yvnPXFc (More info about Chipotle’s campaign: “Chipotle - Back to the Start Case Study (Cannes 2012)” — Cannes 2012 Film Lions Grand Prix / Branded Content & Entertainment.
• Another Touchstone Tuesday vegan dinner will occur Earth Day. Tom is coordinating with Roland, the Vegan Society and Hospitality. Another Eco-Justice ministry small group is scheduled after the dinner.
• Kirsten H. is holding a regional UU environmental justice discussion 3/15 at 1^st Unitarian. Tom is planning to attend.
• A Climate Courage workshop will be held 3/29 at JUC from 2 to 5.
• Conservation Colorado provides information about Colorado legislative issues you can weigh in on: http://conservationco.org/category/related-items/action/.