VSTF Meeting – March 9th, 2011

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force will be meeting on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 5pm in the conference room #118 of the Northland Building. We will be discussing the upcoming Iron Range Earth Fest to be held April 9th in Mountain Iron. For more information on the Iron Range Earth Fest, please visit www.ironrangeearthfest.org.

VSTF Meeting 2.9.2011

The next VSTF meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 9th at 5pm in the Northland Bldg Conference Room #118.

Bill Mittelfelhdt gave a great presentation on the MN GreenStep Cities Program, and was very motivating at the January 19th VSTF meeting. We hope to follow up on this, and a lot of in house information & updates to take care of. Because of this, there will be no guest speaker at the February 9th meeting. Just ourselves having a great time! Hope to see you there! Everyone is welcome to attend.

VSTF Mtg Agenda 2.9.11

VSTF Meeting 12.8.10

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force will be meeting Wednesday, December 8th at 5 p.m. in the conference room #118 of the Northland Building. Sudhir Singh of Lighting House USA will be speaking on commercial and residential Light Emitting Diodes (LED) lighting. Lighting House USA is a Minnesota manufacturer of  LEDs. Some benefits of LED lighting are they last 3 times longer than Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs (CFLs) without the toxic hazardous waste. Come and learn more about LEDs and installations on the Iron Range.

Hope to see you there… everyone is welcome to attend!

11.10.10 Meeting Notice

Please note the location change for the November 10th VSTF Meeting.

Please join us to learn more about the Duluth SEEDS of SUCCESS Program. A model for locally sustainable urban agriculture employing youth from low-income households.  Brainstorm with us about possibilities of creating a similar program or other local sustainable food initiatives in the quad-cities. Stay for the monthly Virginia Sustainability Task Force meeting after the presentation. 

Seeds of Success - Growing Vegetables...Growing Prosperity

Who?      Anyone interested in creating or supporting local sustainable food initiatives.

Cost?       FREE and open to the public.

Where?  Mesabi Range Community and Technical College / Room C-158. 1001 West Chestnut Street, Virginia, MN   55792. Enter at door #4E.

When?    Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Presentation from      5:00 – 6:00 p.m.   Followed by a 30-45 minute brainstorming session – Can we bring this model to the Iron Range?

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force meeting will immediately follow the brainstorming session.

More Information? Visit the Community Action website at  http://www.communityactionduluth.org/program_seeds.html for more information on the Seeds of Success Program.

This speaker event is Co-Sponsored by Mesabi Range Community College Continuing Education & Sustainability Team; Friends of the Greenhouse; and the Virginia Sustainability Task Force.

VSTF to meet 10/13/10

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force will meet Wednesday Oct. 13th at 5 p.m. in the Northland Building Conference Room #118. Of discussion will be ways to achieve significant energy savings through the City Conservation Improvement Program, with guest speaker Jessica Burdette from Energy Management Solutions. The meeting will conclude at 6:30 p.m. followed by a global warming presentation by George Erickson at Mesabi Range Community & Technical College, on the Virginia Campus, in Room F-100 (Theatre) at 7:00 P.M. Everyone is welcome to “BROWN BAG” the VSTF Meeting, due to the short time between the meeting and presentation at the college. All are welcome to attend!

VSTF Meeting 9.8.10

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force is meeting today, Wednesday 9/8/10, at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Northland Building (Room 118). We will be discussioning new Energy Incentive Programs, DEEP, MN GreenStep Cities Program, the Recycle More Minnesota campaign and upcoming Sustainable Events. Everyone is welcome to attend!

VSTF Meeting Notice

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force will be meeting Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 5 p.m. in the conference room of the Northland Building, Suite #118. There will be discussion on the New MN GreenStep Cities Program. More information on the program can be found at http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/ .

Everyone is welcome to attend!

Meeting Notification

The Virginia Sustainability Task Force will be meeting Wednesday, July 14th in the conference room of the Northland Building (Room 118). There will be an update on the MN GreenCorps host application and discussion of potential activities for VSTF. Your contribution is valuable, hope to see you there!

Meeting minutes: March 19

Just like you got them emailed from Ardy, here are the March 19 minutes and list of tasks.

Also, take a look at the draft green tidbits and comment with any changes we should make to them before they go to the Mesabi Daily News. FYI, I’ve just scheduled these five to show up on the website in the next week or two, but I can change them at any time (even after they “publish”).

Home Show talking points

Rob put together some talking points for the Home Show this week. As he emphasized last Thursday, we’re all going to have our own ways of describing what “sustainability” is and means – these are meant as ways to help make connections between our own ideas and the ideas people already have. Look through them and leave a comment with any feedback or additions to these points.