Tuesday April 6 Green Task Force Meeting - 815am FWB Chamber Conference Room

Meeting Agenda for Green Awareness Taskforce

Tuesday April 6, 2010

Location: FWB Chamber Conference Room

• 8:00a-8:15a - Networking/sign-in (remember to bring your reusable coffee mug or water bottle)
• 8:15a-8:25a - Pledge/introductions
• 8:25a-845a - Speaker - Brandon Fausti/BEP (Break Even Point) and the fuzzy numbers in the energy savings industry, why those numbers exist, how the public has reacted to those numbers and how the public should handle those numbers in the future. The title is Dollars, Sense, and Skepticism
• 8:45a-9:15a - Committee Updates-Dave Robau-Power Up Expo summary, Jim Reece-SE Recycling Conference summary & others…

Volunteer Help reminders:

Musical Echoes April 23, 24 & 25th

Cure Diabetes Run/Walk April 17th 8a-1p

• 9:15a - Meeting adjourned
• Next Meeting: Tuesday May 4, 2010, 815am FWB Chamber Conference Room
  

Nick Chubb has asked Brandon Fausti to speak at April’s meeting. It should be a very interesting program. Brandon’s Bio is below:

I'm a 1991 graduate of the US Naval Academy, former navy helicopter flight instructor, Florida high school math and science teacher, and home improvement specialist. I reside in Marietta, GA, but some of my earliest memories are of FWB. My father was stationed at Hurlburt Field while I was very young. My family still celebrates an annual reunion in Destin on the Fourth.

I recently founded Cutmypowerbills.com. My company has more recently been acquired by a larger company with deeper pockets called Energy Conservation Associates. My two primary products are the KVAR energy savings device and Prodex, high-bred radiant barrier. I consider them to be the best two products available on the market because of their BEP or "break even point". This is when the energy savings device pays for itself. The topic of my discussion will focus on BEP and the fuzzy numbers in the energy savings industry, why those numbers exist, how the public has reacted to those numbers and how the public should handle those numbers in the future. The title is Dollars, Sense, and Skepticism. I plan on briefly touching on the some of the best new products on the market as well as why some great products simply don't work. In the end, energy savings breaks down to math equations, and the numbers.



Updates:

• Establish a Steering committee for Recycling on the Water for 2010 Billy Bowlegs in June.
• View Decal design for businesses and homeowners to display who follow Green Practices
• In the process of submitting a Sam’s Grant application
• Submitted Sustainable Florida Award – Non Profit
• Submitted Horizons Volunteer Award – Non Profit
• April 16th – Earth/Arbor Day at FWB Landing 10a-2p (we have volunteers for this event)
• April 17th – Rain Barrels/Earth Composting Machine sale at Uptown Station
• April is National Recycling Month

March 26 - Green Lodging Workshop

The West Florida Regional Planning Council in partnership with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Lodging Program will host a Green Lodging Workshop on Friday, March 26, 2010. The workshop will be held at the Gregory Street Assembly 501 East Gregory Street from 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The workshop is geared toward hotel, motel, and condominium owners and operators wanting to learn about the benefits of the program and possible designation. The Green Lodging Program consists of the following focuses in order to receive designation each will be covered during the workshop:

Communication and Education (Customers, Employees, Public); Waste Reduction, Reuse and Recycling; Water Conservation; Energy Efficiency;

Indoor Air Quality; and Transportation.

The cost is $12.00 per person and covers all fees associated with event including lunch and materials.


For more information or to RSVP please contact Mary Gutierrez at 332-7976 x 226 or mary.gutierrez@wfrpc.org.


Mary F. Gutierrez
Environmental Planner
West Florida Regional Planning Council
P.O. Box 11399 Pensacola, FL 32524-1399
4081 E. Olive Rd, Suite A, Pensacola, FL 32514
Phone: (850) 332-7976 x 226 or 800-226-8914
Fax: (850) 637-1923
www.wfrpc.org



“The meaning of earthly existence lies, not as we have grown used to thinking, in prospering, but in the development of the soul” - Solzhenitsyn



"The purpose in life is a life of purpose" - Byrne

March 14 - Fundraiser for Haitian Earthquake at FWB Landing

Green Awareness Taskforce members. We have been asked to recycle at the below event this Sunday:

Fundraiser for the Earthquake situation in HAITI with a Concert4HAITI on Sunday, March 14, 2010 at the FWB Landing. The concert runs from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

I need help with the following:

1 volunteer - Truck or SUV to pick up recycling containers, gloves & bags on Friday from Jim Reece – Store at home until Sunday (Preferably someone who lives in Ft Walton Beach) Arrange to pick up with Jim Reece - 850-978-1063

1 volunteer - arrive to landing at 11am - Truck or SUV to bring the recycling containers to the FWB Landing on Sunday.

4 Volunteers - To monitor and change out bags during the event

1130am-3:00pm – 2 volunteers
2:30pm-6pm – 2 Volunteers

1 volunteer – arrive at landing at 530pm - Truck or SUV to pick up recycling containers, gloves & bags from the landing and take back to Jim Reece on Monday.

Tammy – 850-586-0501
tammy.mcdaniel@gmail.com

Green Awareness Taskforce Important Reminders for this week

Southeast Recycling Conference Volunteers and their Schedule

-Thank you Green Awareness Taskforce Members for helping out-

Sunday, March 7: 4:30pm - 6:30pm – Steffi Kordy, Irwin McCastle & Tammy McDaniel

Monday, March 8: 7:30am - 6:30pm - LA Woodall; Dean Covey; and Chris

Eilertson (LA and Dean, Chris Eilertson will arrive in the afternoon to volunteer)

Tuesday, March 9: 7:30am - 11:00am - Chris Eilertson and Nonie Maines



Power Up Expo – please show your support by attending or letting others know about the Power Up Expo March 10th thru March 13th (Wed-Sat)

~Thank You for volunteering to help out at the Green Awareness Taskforce Booth~

Volunteers for event: (Thanks Green Awareness Taskforce Members in advance for helping out.)

Wed - March 10TH - Set up time frame: Peggy Fowler/Dean Covey – 12a-4p

(Green Awareness Taskforce Members who would like to display their Green Products or Services at our table. There may not be too much to do. You can split this day up if you want to)

Thu - March 11th - 12n-6pm/Char Gibicsar

Peggy Fowler/Dean Covey/Beau– would you be able to help out on this day?

Fri - March 12th – 10a-6p/Chris Eilertsen & Libbie Hambleton

Beau would you be able to help them out?

Sat. - March 13th - 10a-3p/Tammy McDaniel & Beau



Dear FWB Green Task Force,

We are so please to have you join us for Power Up 2010.
Your Vendor Booth is 25/Green Awareness Taskforce Booth
We have moved the lunch service into the Vendor Hall to increase your exposure with the conference registrants.

Please refer to the Vendor Exhibitor Kit (attached to this email) for additional information about the event. You can coordinate directly with the Conference Center to arrange for power, extra equipment, and any other needs.

Lastly, we will need the names of all individuals that will be staffing your booth so that we may create name badges. Any persons without a named badge will not be allowed into the Vendor Hall. Please send us an email with the names of individuals who will be in your booth and be sure to include "Name Badge Request" in the subject line of your email.

Thanks again for supporting Power Up 2010



Heather Garcia, Vendor Coordinator
Power Up 2010 Energy Conference & Expo

If you have an event or article you would like to submit regarding Green Awareness, please submit to Natural Awakenings Magazine by NLT March 10th.

March 10 - Webinar on Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal

Announcing:

· a FREE Nationwide Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal webinar (March 10, 11-1:30PST), and

· Join the webinar, and Pass the Word! NEW topics / NEW info even for those that attended the last webinar!

Hear the best-known national expert on Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal and guest speakers discuss Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal, how it works, impacts, and hear A PANEL OF CITY EXPERTS talk about pros and cons and real-world experience with the key ways to implement PAYT:

· Ordinance - Susie Gordon, City of Fort Collins, CO

· Contract or contract-like (franchise, etc.) - Doug Short, City of Lafayette, CO

· Municipal - Bruce Philbrick, City of Loveland, CO

· Hauler perspective - Gary Horton, Western Disposal, Boulder, CO

Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal is not just practical in the landfill-costly East coast or in the "green" West, but in all kinds of areas, even the desert / mountain west. There are Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal lessons for urban, suburban, rural, and remote areas with all types of collection systems. Learn about can, bag, sticker, and other options; the pros and cons of Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal; and the power of the Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal incentive. We have built in time for interactive questions and follow-up opportunities as well.

The Econservation Institute is providing FREE assistance through NATIONWIDE webinars, and through workshops and “hands-on” consulting to communities in EPA Region 9. If your community is interested in finding out about new options for recycling and diversion including Pay-As-You-Go trash disposal and how they can help you reduce costs, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase jobs, and help citizens recycle, then this program is for you! Our last webinar in this series had registrants from across the US and Canada , Mexico , Bahrain , Croatia , and elsewhere in the EU!

The webinar is being presented by Dr. Lisa Skumatz, and guest speakers.

Register NOW for the webinar at http://www.paytnow.org/presentations.html

… After registering you will be notified about instructions for the webinar and you'll get a follow-up email by March 8th for reply to get fully-registered on "gotowebinar".

Also register and/or check back on the website for upcoming program activities… AND vote on the "special topic" for the next webinar (in about 2 months)!


Lisa A. Skumatz, Ph.D.
The Econservation Institute
toll-free: 1-866-758-6289
(303)494-1178
skumatz@econservationinstitute.org;

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: recycling coordinators, local elected officials and state legislators and staff, public works / sustainability / community staff, non-profits, citizen organizers.

If you can’t listen to the whole webinar, sign up and feel free to listen to just part!! And please pass this along to others that might be interested…

PRESENTERS: Lisa Skumatz, Ph.D., and guest speakers

The work for this project was funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 - No. X1-00T11610-0. The File Copy was Printed on 100% Postconsumer Recycled Paper - Process Chlorine Free"

March 10-13 Power Up 2010

Power Up 2010 Energy Conference & Expo is just around the corner so mark your calendars (March 10-13, 2010). We have another exciting conference with 4-days of technical sessions, vendor exhibits, educational workshops, networking opportunities, and other activities and attractions along Florida's beautiful Gulf Coast.

Click here for more information

Biophilia Open House

Hello All,
The E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center at Nokuse Plantation will host “Creating a Garden with Children” Open House Event on Saturday, March 27, from 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m. The exhibit hall will be open, guided hikes will be available, scheduled films will be featured and Master Gardeners will be on hand to assist children in planting seedlings in the Center’s new vegetable garden. Public is welcome.

We have had an overwhelmingly successful 2009-2010 year with an abundance of positive feedback. Come see first hand the facility and staff in action ... and get a glimpse of what we offer the students in your county. We look forward to inspiring next year's group of future naturalists.

For more information, please visit the E. O. Wilson Biophilia Center website at www.eowilsoncenter.org or call 850-835-1824.


Hope to see you March 27!