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21 september 2006
"Sustainability in Post-Apocalyptic Ypsilanti" Group Forms Community Project Plan
ONCE AGAIN, the conversation with the sustainability group was so interesting and lively that we had to be shooed out of the closing library not once, but twice by the library lady. Group members reported on their projects that they'd chosen since the last meeting. Y. described cooking lentils in her solar cooker and the problem with floppiness of the reflecto-shield and how I planned to reinforce it with coathanger wire. F. reported dam findings, T. reported canvas-shopping-bag progress, and others made other comments.
The group discussed at length plans for a community project. Cafe Luwak's Jim Karnopp, with his "bring-in-your-cup-and-we'll-only-charge-you-for-a-small" coffee plan, inadvertently provided leadership for our group. We admired the concrete, achievable nature of this arrangement and decided to do a citywide survey of businesses willing to adopt a similar plan. We talked logistics and how to make the plan benefit business owners, so that they'd have an incentive to participate. You can't just lecture people. That's a bit obnoxious. You have to show them how it'd benefit their bottom line. Y. finds that only reasonable.
We plan to flesh out all the details by next meeting, including thinking of a snappy title for this cup project and a zingy tagline. Something that would look cool on a window-sign for participating businesses.
Y. left the group with more energy than she'd arrived with and was thankful to group members for their input. Y. chose as her project to do by next meeting to set up an indoor vegetable winter-gardening system. I'll have to round up a car-person and go load up on potting soil before it disappears from Meijer's shelves.
Posted by ypsidixit at 21 september 2006 21:46
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Y. extends thanks to all group members for providing Y. with much food for thought, and the oompf to actually achieve something, like the creation and use of the solar cooker, which I plan to use again this weekend. More lentils.
Thanks also to L. for bringing so many good resources and books to peruse.
Posted by: Laura at 21 september 2006 22:04
Me, too! Now if I can just find that hot glue gun.
But seriously, I was inspired by the person who managed to plug all her peripherals into a power strip and turn them off at night, leaving on just her CPU for backups. At an IT company! Kudos! I have not been that motivated here at work, but I confess I did go home and find another compact flourescent to install. Onward and upward to greater sustainability.
Posted by: Lisa Marshall Bashert at 22 september 2006 13:59
Oh! We missed it! What a bummer. I remember being confused at the first meeting as to the date for the second. It was decided that we'd meet on the third Thursday, and then someone said "Yes, the 24th" which is actually the fourth Thursday.
Oh well. My friend and I will catch next month's meeting. I plan to present my sustainable kitchen composter soon. Wormfarm, woot!
Posted by: Cate at 23 september 2006 14:06
Cate: It is not your fault, but mine, since I did not send out email reminders. I apologize to you. I will send out reminders before next meeting.
I'm dying to hear about your worm farm! That is really cool! I want one! I've heard only good things about this innovative composting technique. Those li'l wormies churn up their weight in garden gold every day!
Posted by: Laura at 23 september 2006 17:33
My big achievement today: a dishtowel. Yes, a dishtowel--no more paper towels for drying lunch dishes! Boy, that's been bugging me. AND, I've just started turning off lights in unoccupied rooms at work. Woo hoo!!!
Posted by: Lisa Marshall Bashert at 26 september 2006 15:18
Two great things! I was lucky to get some very pretty dishtowels for my birthday.
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