COLUMBIA COUNTY GREEN TOWNS INITIATIVES

Submitted by Sumaya Conners on February 2, 2008 - 10:25am

February 2nd, 2008 was the first meeting of the Columbia County Green Towns Initiatives. It was held at the Real Food Network/Farmers Market Coop on Church Street, Chatham, NY at 10:00AM and lasted two hours. We had 12 people attending and they were from three different towns, Chatham, Hudson and Kinderhook/Valatie and one person all the way from Berkshire County in Massachussetts. Tom Stokes from South Lee, MA of the Climate Crisis Coalition gave us his version of what is going on in Berkshire County and how we can follow guidelines to make things actually happen in terms of contacting government agencies, grants available etc.. Also in attendance was Betsy from Sundog/Solaqua who gave us the newest news on what Congress is currently debating regarding renewable technologies.

Mayor from Valatie,NY invited!

Submitted by Sumaya Conners on January 29, 2008 - 8:09am

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Village Mayor Gary Strevell was invited to our Columbia County Green Towns Initiatives to be held this coming Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 and further to look over the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. His staff promised that he will look into the agreement and hopefully support and sign it.

Further a meeting will be advertised and promoted for the people of Valatie to see what 11th hour action group is doing and to get their input on how to Green their Village.

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Location

3053 Main Street

Valatie, NY 12184

United States

42° 25' 36.8436" N, 73° 39' 50.58" W

See map: Google Maps

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Mayor from Philmont,NY invited!

Submitted by Sumaya Conners on January 29, 2008 - 8:04am

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Mayor Clarence Speed of Philmont, NY was invited to attend our first meet up COLUMBIA COUNTY GREEN TOWNS INITIATIVES.

He was also given the US MAYORS CONFERENCE ON CLIMATE PROTECTION agreement and urged to support and sign the agreement page and send it to Washington DC.

Further a meeting will be held in Philmont Village Hall to introduce 11th hour documentary and its action group to the Mayor, his board members and the people of Philmont.

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Chatham Mayor Boehme and Village Board members meeting

Submitted by Sumaya Conners on January 24, 2008 - 6:11pm

On January 24th, 2008, Karla Kavanaugh and Sumaya Conners were invited to talk to Mayor Boehme and his Village Board members about our new organization Columbia County Green Towns Initiatives and the documentary film 11th Hour.

Mayor Boehme was very interested in our presentation about green building, solar energy, developing clean and alernative energy not only for the Town Hall but for Main Street Chatham as well. Two of the board members were adamantly opposed to anything about climate change, did not believe in it and called it fear mongering and that climates have always changed even since the Roman times!?! We explained that the population has grown tremendously, that industry has contributed to global changes and that we all need to heed the warning signs.

Columbia Building Green

Submitted by Sumaya Conners on January 22, 2008 - 2:25pm

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Sumaya Conners and Sharifa Perry attended a seminar titled "SOLAR ENERGY for your HOME - The Options and The Imperatives", held in Chatham, NY at theTracy Memorial. A panel consisting of Solar Power company, NYSERDA representative and our Columbia County representative of our Congresswoman, Kirsten Gillibrand.

Talk was about what kind of solar energy are available; what does it cost; how much will I save on energy bills, can I retro fit my current home; who are the people I should be talking to; will I have power during blackout.

The seminar was well attended, over 50 people from all over the County, which also gave us an intro to our own organization COLUMBIA COUNTY GREEN TOWNS INITIATIVES and announcing our first meet up on February 2, 2008 at 10AM at the Farmers' Market on Church Street in Chatham, NY.

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Columbia County Green Towns Initiatives is an umbrella coalition for all GREEN organizaions and individuals sharing information, resources, news and connections towards the greening of our towns in Columbia County NY. Our first monthly meeting will define our goals. Please enroll yourselves on our 11th Hour Action site and click on MEET UP and RSVP to join our group.

Location

Farmer's Market store aka Real Food Network

Church Street

Chatham, NY 12037

United States

42° 20' 48.3288" N, 73° 34' 42.672" W

See map: Google Maps

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