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10 augustus 2006
"Sustainability in Post-Apocalyptic Ypsilanti" Discussion Group Announces Inaugural Meeting
YOU ARE INVITED to attend the inaugural SPAY meeting on Thursday, August 24, 7:30 p.m., at the Michigan Ave. Library meeting room 1. All you need to bring are your ideas about sustainability.
Meeting agenda:
1. Sustainability discussion
--Group discussion: "what is sustainability?"
--Fill in ideas on blank Sustainability Map, discuss
--Compare to and discuss Lisa's completed Sustainability Map
2. Brainstorm topics for future meetings; what are your interests?
3. Examine and discuss plan for solar cooker that Lisa has built.
Hope to see you there! Ypsi's newest discussion group is gonna rock! Here's our gloriously artistic flier [PDF]--thanks if you post it somewhere!
Posted by ypsidixit at 10 augustus 2006 12:35
Comments
That's a draft flier which I'll upgrade with a new, non-pyro graphic when I have a moment.
Posted by: Laura at 10 augustus 2006 13:55
I'm there. I'll even bring the apocalypse.
Posted by: Shupac at 10 augustus 2006 16:29
Ooh, cool! It will be wonderful to meet you, FTR!
Posted by: Laura at 10 augustus 2006 16:31
Darn, I will be out of town, maybe someone could video tape the meeting. - Steve
Posted by: Steve Pierce at 10 augustus 2006 19:27
That photo looks just like our water tower...in false color!
Posted by: Old Goat at 10 augustus 2006 23:20
It might be useful for people to review the indicators report that was generated during the Sustainable Washtenaw project a few years back.
http://www.ewashtenaw.org/government/boc/agenda/ws/year_2002/2002-10-02ws/bc_02-10-02ws1.pdf
(Sustainable Washtenaw involved a wide range of constituencies including environmental, health, education and municipalities. Susan Santone developed a curriculum piece that was applied in Ypsilanti Public Schools - she should definitely be contacted about the SPAY efforts.)
Posted by: John Gawlas at 11 augustus 2006 08:08
Steve: I'm flattered that you would consider coming and as usual contributing insightful ideas. In lieu of v-taping it I'll be sure to talk about it here.
Posted by: Laura at 11 augustus 2006 09:55
OG: Hey, it does! Maybe there's a logo in there somewhere...water tower...nuclear cloud...
While I, pyro, prefer the giant flaming cloud image for a logo, another kind group member is more in favor of calm Venn diagram-type logos with labeled circles.
I gracefully concede to her esteemed opinion.
(...while secretly imagining the incongruous fusion of a pastel Venn diagram with a GIANT FLAMING CLOUD OF APOCALYPTIC TERROR!!!)
Sigh.
Posted by: Laura at 11 augustus 2006 09:58
John G: That is a very useful and helpful info-tidbit. Thank you for the good info.
Posted by: Laura at 11 augustus 2006 10:00
In all my copious spare time, I did some upgrades of my solar cooker in anticipation of Thursday's meeting. I hope many of you will come out for the discussion!
My solar cooker got rained on, accidentally, so I wanted to re-up the cardboard reflector. Also, some jams had spilled over. Thus, I super-sustainably liberated some discarded DHL shipping boxes and re-covered them with heavy aluminum foil. (The UM has switched their contract to FedEx, so you should be able to find scads of free DHL boxes to make a cooker with.) Added benefit: the ends of the boxes have a very heavy-duty adhesive closure. Thus, I left the boxes flat & joined them with duct tape to make the tri-fold reflector, slipping the foil in the ends of the boxes & securing it with the peel-off adhesive. I can't wait to test-drive it.
Come view the solar cooker at this Thursday's discussion!
Posted by: Lisa Marshall Bashert at 21 augustus 2006 12:25