Agenda Items

Action Steps

Prayer

  I am listening to the see hidden in the earth.

  I am listening to the dark swallowing up the light.

  I am listening to faith rising out of doubt.

  I am listening to the need to believe without seeing.

  I am listening to the season of contemplation,

  to the urgency of our world's need for reflection.

  I am listening to all that waits within the earth,

  to bulbs and seed,

  to deep roots dreaming.

  I am listening to the sacred, winter rest.

  I am listening to the quiet life in winter's womb.

  I am listening to winter, nurturing spring.

  I am listening to snowflakes flying through the air,

  to bare trees, so lovely in their emptiness,

  to one leaf that never did let go.

  I am listening to winter

  handing over spring.

  I am listening to the poetry of winter.

Updates

Janet & Ann

1. International Sustainability Fair Trade Event - Sun., November 25

• Event was highly successful, with steady stream of customers

• Many vendors did quite well, some making more than $2000

• Success partly due to ability to sell around mass times

• 3 large bags of compostables collected

Look into:

• Same weekend next year

• Getting speakers the Sunday before or Sunday of event to talk about Fair Trade/Sustainability

• Policy change to permanently enable selling around mass times

• Write story for web page

Clarence

2. Will Steger & Energy Challenge

• 195 pledge cards filled out, 50 of those took the challenge

• 427 homes in all

• 2.9 millions lbs CO2 reduction pledged

• Clarence will send Mike S a write up for our web page

• CEE will send out one more email to encourage more people to take the MEC
  

Mike

3. Eco-Spirituality website preview

• suggestions made, people on committee will send items directly to Mike

• send to webmaster address at bottom of Eco-Spirituality web page: Support@PublicComputingServices.org

• Clarence will check out web links, send Energy Challenge stats to Mike

• Mary send Green Power campaign stats to Mike

• Discuss further who will do what at January goal-setting meeting

Clarence

4. Zero waste journey

• Susan Hubbard, Eureka Recycling, will speak on Sunday, Feb3

• Possible field trip to commercial composter in Rosemont

• Goal is to make most events zero waste

• Compost capabilities getting closer – costs, logistics are reasonable

• Need 2 people to staff each event

• Clarence will send around event list & dates for people to sign up

• Will contact school after first of year re: compost training

• Janet will inquire about including low waste/composting in school contract

Next Meeting

Goal-setting for next year

• January 9

• Next meeting is set for Common Roots @ 26^th & Lyndale

• Dinner @ 6pm, meeting starts @ 7pm