Received today, with this note.
FYI—this is now open to any residents of Lowndes County, not just City of Valdosta. Please spread the word. It is a great way to learn a LOT more about your local government.
Tim Carroll
Councilman District 5
City of Valdosta
Here’s the application. Continue reading
You can have fun and support the local economy
at
South Georgia Growing Local 2014.
Farm Tour (citrus, sheep, olives, and row crops) Friday 24 January 2014, plus also dinner and a movie.
Learn a lot and eat well with the local community at the talks Saturday 25 January 2014, about animals, orchards, gardens, health, farmer experiences, and policy.
You can register using this form.
And you can join events on facebook for the farm tour and the talks so everybody can see you’re going; don’t forget to register, too!
Here’s the conference flyer for more information: Continue reading
The VDT report doesn’t say when or where, and doesn’t say whether
Dexter Sharper (District 177) wasn’t invited or chose not to attend.
There’s nothing about this meeting in the online agendas or calendar, even though that calendar lists Pictures with Santa at the Historical Courthouse (12/19/2013).
There is this undated public notice with no agenda:
The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners will meet with members of Lowndes County’s Legislative Delegation on Friday, December 20, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. in the Commissioner’s Conference Room located on the 3rd floor of the Judicial-Administrative Complex, 327 North Ashley Street, Valdosta, Georgia.
K. Paige Dukes, County Clerk
pdukes@lowndescounty.com 229-671-2400
Matthew Woody wrote for the VDT 22 December 2013,
Commissioners host local delegation,
oddly omitting the when and where and much of the why from
the traditional
who, what, when, where, and why of journalism.
The Lowndes County Commission hosted Continue reading
Maybe local school districts would like to do this.
Dublin, GA High School did.
Lowndes County School District has the bond rating to do it.
SunPower PR in WSJ today, Oakland Unified School District Plans to Reduce Electricity Costs by Nearly Half with SunPower Solar Systems at 16 Schools,
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR) today announced that it is designing and building high efficiency SunPower solar power systems for 16 schools in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) in Oakland, Calif. Once completed in 2014, the district estimates it will reduce electricity costs at those facilities by 46 percent.
“Our contract with SunPower will enable Oakland Unified School District to Continue reading
VSU’s president turns out to be a professor of environmental ethics,
as he reminded us at the
VSU Solar Canopy Ceremony 15 November 2013.
“Anytime we use coal or natural gas we are linked to fracking and of course climate change”; see separate post.
“Making this a green campus”; see separate post.
“I am committed to developing a culture of sustainability on this campus”; see separate post.
Here’s a video playlist:
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At
installation of VSU’s solar canopy,
the president of VSU answered
SAVE’s question:
You’ve heard about how these kinds of projects can yield a relatively quick return on investment. And you all need to know that, so long as I am president, I am committed to developing a culture of sustainability on this campus. I do not believe for a moment that environmental sustainability and the long-term economic well-being of the university are contradictory goals.
He offered an autobiographical tidbit:
I began my career in academia… as a professor of environmental ethics. I didn’t leave that behind when moved into the role I’m in now. I still hold dear to that kind of thinking. I still hold dear that kind of open dialog. And I remain committed to these kinds of projects. The sun is something we have in abundance here. And I think it is something we can continue to take advantage of.
Now I will take a little bit of credit. I remember probably the most opposite of the day we have today. Back over the summer, and early in the morning, and it was already extremely hot, and we were walking around trying to decide where we were going to put the array, and we looked a couple of spots, and then we came back here.
And be able to have not only the event that we have today, but I would hope other kinds of events, because I really do see this as a starting point.
He thanked everybody involved, especially SAVE and its president Danielle Jordan for her leadership, and in absentia plant operations.
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Dr. Noll remarked on the rain falling and said of the solar canopy:
It’s multipurpose, it provides shade, it provides shelter, and it provides renewable energy, so that makes it really awesome.
He offered as story about events and world population at those times:
1969: Apollo 11 landed on the moon when Dr. Noll was 8 years old
He said we’re entering a second solar age,
the first one being the fossilized solar power of fossil fuels.
He mentioned the solar powered long flights of the
Solar Impulse
airplane as an example of hope, and an example of accelerating change.
Then you know what we are capable of, what we can do.
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After repeating
SAVE’s request for VSU to
reinvest in more socially responsible options,
Danielle Jordan, President of SAVE, gave one reason why
SAVE supports fossil fuel divestment:
In our fiscally globalized world, our actions don’t stop here. Everything we do affects people half a world away. So anytime we use coal or natural gas we are linked to fracking and of course climate change. But that doesn’t have to be. We can change that. This proves it.
This was at the Solar Canopy Ceremony 15 November 2013. Continue reading
EIC went first, and attached to the agenda for the VSU faculty senate meeting that moved to back SAVE and condemn the position of the Board of Trustees this statement. -jsq
Attachment D
Links and notes from Environmental issues committee
Dl Link to Physical Plant work order form, where the user can tailor the request to a lighting issue: https://tma.valdosta.edu/webtma/GenerateRequest.aspx?key=8fMN5Hy6FywdBGVfahdUsPDaD%2bsth%2bE6fXG%2brkvftJ0%3d
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Hello, At today’s EIC meeting, the committee voted on , and passed, the following statement that I am sending onto the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate.
“The EIC moved to agree to the following statement as a committee and to communicate it to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate for consideration:
The EIC as a standing committee of the Faculty Senate supports the efforts of S.A.V.E. (Students Against Violating the Environment) to encourage the VSU Foundation to consider divesting from fossil fuel extraction-based investments.”
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SAVE president Danielle Jordan posted on SAVE’s facebook page about an hour ago:
BIG WIN, SAVE!
The faculty senate voted, unanimously, to support our divestment campaign. They also voted to condemn and reject the BOT response letter.
Way to go, everyone! We’re making progress!