Yesterday (June 30, 2022), Annette Olson, Catherine Sen, and David Schwartzman of Green Neighbors DC (GNDC) had the privilege of meeting with a delegation of Brazilian environmentalists, journalists, civic authorities, and members of the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP) in a zoom hosted by the Meridian International Center/ Department of State. The group, organized by Maddie Orange […]
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Hi all, Green Neighbors DC is having its monthly meeting this Monday, at 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm in the fabulous Reading Room of Petworth Citizen. And although it is our monthly meeting, we’ll actually be discussing the future quite a bit: a) how we shall continue and build GNDC to help meet the community […]
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Ha! Now you have to read them. Really, it was a great discussion about potential next steps for Green Neighbors, revamping our structure, and what to focus on with local actions. As we didn’t have a quorum at this last meeting, we’ll be discussing these further and prioritizing these (and other ideas) at the next […]
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Participants: Annette, Basav, Catherine, Nick, Gwen, David Logistics We’ve booked our next 3 meetings at Petworth Citizen, in the Reading Room at the back – March 20, April 17 and May 15. Catherine will be the facilitator at the March 20 meeting. Chesapeake Climate Action Network Polar Bear Plunge – results $1,295 total raised by […]
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Attending: Nick, Belinda, Basav, Kavitha, David, Paul, Rubin, Catherine Our next meeting will be on Monday, January 9 from 6:30 to 8:00 at the Petworth Library, downstairs in the conference room. Rubin will facilitate. CCAN Polar Bear Plunge – Dec. 28 Nick, Catherine and Simon are taking the plunge. Everyone is encouraged to help fundraise. […]
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Next meeting facilitator: Nick Celebrate Petworth table Good response, lots of people stopping by, lots of people signed up on mailing list including some from far afield; lots of people liked the pollinator poster Farmer’s Market table Not as many people stopped by because more people were there for buying produce, etc. Could be good […]
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Green Neighbors Meeting Tuesday, May 16, 2016 Present: Catherine, Basav, Rubin, Dolores, Elizabeth, and Lisa Agenda: Fair elections campaign – o What is it? As a way to partially getting around a flood of money in DC on a local level there is legislation at city council that will set up a system of matching […]
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Attending: Catherine, Basav, David, Next meeting facilitator: Catherine Pepco-Exelon merger Bad news: PSC approved the merger. The legal reasoning seems to be really thin. People are looking at ways to do an appeal. They have already filed an objection with the PSC which leads to an automatic 30 day stay. If the PSC rejects the […]
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Green Neighbors meeting notes 3/21/16 Attendees: Basav, David, Elizabeth, Delores, Nick, Ruben, Fritz, Catherine, Robert Next meeting April 18 at the Petworth Library; Fritz will facilitate Pepco-Exelon update: At the end of February the Public Service Commission (PSC) rejected the Pepco-Exelon merger for a second time, based on very narrow technicalities. They said there’s […]
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Present: David, Lisa, Fritz, Basav, Rob, Catherine Next facilitator: Basav Paris Climate Summit event report-back There were about 20 people at the event. The speakers were great. Outreach was limited because of proximity to the winter holidays. Next time we should do more outreach. We can send future event announcements to the Peace […]
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