20200121 - Green Ridgewood/Green Team Meeting Agenda

GREEN RIDGEWOOD/GREEN TEAM MEETING AGENDA – January 21st, 2020

Ridgewood Village Hall, Garden Room 7.00 PM

1. Welcome/introductions/membership
2. Approve November & December meeting minutes
3. Sustainable Jersey
   1. Plans for Silver Recertification/Action assignments (Anti-Idling?: see Oct)
   2. Green Business Program – update
   3. Waste reduction/Food waste
   4. Lead education Event: January 28^th 5:30 – 6:30 PM, Senior Lounge
   5. Repair Café – Ridgewood Public Library, February 1^st 1:00 – 3:00 PM
   6. Drug take-back program
   7. Grant opportunities
4. Bergen Hub
   1. Report: Hub meeting Glen Rock, Monday January 13th
   2. Next Hub meeting: Upper Saddle River, March, date/subject TBD
   3. Styrofoam program/collections
5. Glen Rock Energy Aggregation program – next steps
6. Green Ridgewood/Green Team Bylaws & Web Site
7. Single Use Plastic Bags
   1. Ridgewood education plan/update
   2. State Legislation update
8. Events:
   1. Future event? Movie “Wasted”, the story of food waste
   2. Geothermal Lunch & Learn?
9. Ridgewood Daffodil Festival & Earth Day Fair April 19th 2020
   1. Finances update, fundraising
   2. New T-shirts?
   3. Topics for our exhibit
10. Climate change rally/parade
11. Schools
    1. RHS Green Club & BFMS project - update
    2. Middle school sustainability/environmental grant – update
    3. Activities in the schools/HAS’s
12. Shade Tree Commission- statement of support
13. Artificial turf for playing fields
14. New business
15. Next meeting Tuesday February 18^th 7:00 pm Garden Room