HomeMy Public PortalAbout20240105 - Sustainable Green Committee - AgendaOutreach Subcommittee of the
Hopkinton Sustainable Green
Committee (SGC/HopGreen)Agenda
and Minutes
January 5,2024 -4:30 pm
Virtual Call Link:https://meet.google.com/qzb-ktyv-fqy
Working Group Members:Diane Hayward,Ella Nel,Linda Chuss
Attendees:
Number needed for quorum:2
Agenda
1.Approve minutes from November -
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YmaSoD9-okrLA0bjR4qYxISFC2TOtvA8oQ6wngu
q4RY/edit?usp=drive_link
2.Schools -updates from Ella and Diane
a.HS activities related to composting
b.HS plastic recycling -Posts,Feedback from Linda,plans for next steps
3.Items
a.Kids books (use Women’s Club money)to the library and/or schools etc -Linda
to talk with the library
4.Firm up goals for next year -see below and previous goals -priorities and dates -
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XsphNQfbu8ZxIMG-b-IpYud-7SZbvoeDm0eg_
yOCQA4/edit?usp=drive_link
a.Community collaboration event -e.g.like the trash cleanup (we drive it but BS do
it etc)and clothing swap for adults
i.Lake Whitehall,Maspenock,Con Comm Yellow Bag day
b.Barbie Green Home -tour around town (Library,School,Senior Center,Town
Hall,HCA,Churches),couple it with an event/talk
c.Work with community groups -library (events for kids,a section,adult events,
start with the Barbie display),Women’s club?Garden club?Faith Church,
Schools (touring the Black Earth,facility,EV chargers,talking at the Club,talk to
Amanda )
i.Trek plastic collection -see above under Schools
d.Support for subcommittees -Jim McGovern bill,Lake Maspenock weeds,Less
Pesticides,Turf,Specialized Code,Composting with town,Heat Pumps,
Municipal Agg,EV insert and more,Recycling Day plus more,Mass Save,
volunteers
e.Businesses -Green stars for Spoon and 110 Grill and more -
https://www.hopgreen.org/about-us/green-stars
i.Estela and Webster bank and a sustainable business checklist draft -see
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1N0f-wkA4-0ptRpzfR2zhnBXRR-Mz
XHESQV84qVoPyCA/edit?usp=drive_link
f.Events -Hop101,Garden Club,Town Meeting (specialized code and maybe a
general handout),Recycling Day+,Farmers Market?,Family Fling,EV Expo
(promote)-Family Day,LGBTQ day
g.Web site work -maybe starting with EVs to go with the flyer,and a page for the
specialized code -updates,redo,tracking
h.Social media -planning,designing,posting,tracking
i.Newsletters
j.Flyers and yard signs -design,print,post
k.Newspapers
l.Mass Energize toolkit
m.Surveys
n.Green stars -skip the stuff (don’t put it in the bag,there’s a basket -Diane to get
pic and details and we’ll share it)
5.Solar panel canopies should be required for parking lots -suggest to Energy
subcommittee