Meeting: Saturday 2nd March 2024 @ 10:30am
Join Online Meeting: bit.ly/climate-network
Homework:
- Share the Morris Lawn, Salt, & Tree Care Survey with at LEAST 3 friends!
- Check out the Morris Model Newsletter, Food Systems, and Resilient Lawn sub-committee pages
Agenda:
- Community Check In
- Announcements
- MNDOT Rail Planning - Nic shared this and it got sent across the WCMNCN list, across the social medias, and elsewhere. Morris has 90 pins on the map just for a passenger rail addition!
- Crookston neighbor Lawns to Legumes
- Sub-Committee Sharing
- Morris Model Newsletter
- Resilient Lawns
- Food Systems
- Next Meetings:
- April WCMNCN: Saturday, April 6th @ 10:30AM, bit.ly/climate-network
- Newsletter: Saturday March, 23rd @ 10:30AM
- Resilient Lawns: Saturday, March 16th @ 10:30 AM
- Food Systems: will wait to hear back from RSDP.
WCMNCN March Meeting Notes:
- Community Check In
- @syd is thinking about the 6 Pillars of a Brave Space
- @briana_dokken is thinking about starting a HVAC job!
- @cberthiaume is thinking about the “Inshitification” (Cory Doctorow came up with the idea) of the internet, and that systems are becoming more hostile for human people.
- @Nic_McPhee is thinking about his courses, the 70 degree weather, planting seeds (?? for science, will it work?)
- @Susan_Gilbert is thinking about the temperature (weird, confusing, concerning) and the garage fire on the West side of Morris. They shared this link to “10 misconceptions about zero waste living that haunt me”
- Crystal is new on the RSDP staff! She is excited to be thinking about all of these topics together!
- @wenkaiguan is thinking about his research for energy conservation in the UMN Morris data centers.
- @Vern is thinking about all of the suffixes he is, about how lovely it is to be able to walk without danger of slipping.
- Joel is thinking about how he is able to/and should be diving up his time and energy, he is thinking about his property by Itasca and spending the weekend outside.
- @Cait_C is thinking about helping the City of Morris with mapping, about her Master Gardener certification (hooray, congrats!), and about elections coming up this week.
- Announcements
- MNDOT Rail Planning - Nic shared these links from MNDOT requesting input from Minnesotans (do YOU want passenger rail in Morris?). It got sent across the WCMNCN list, across the social medias, and elsewhere. Morris has 90 pins on the map just for a passenger rail addition!
- West- Central MN Climate Network Zine
- Syd created a Zine (learn more about zines here) as a business card for the WCMNCN. You can print, fold, and cut the zines yourself, or Syd can send you some to share with friends! WCMNCN Zine.pdf (33.2 KB)
- Please share Native Lawn photos with Crystal!
- If anyone has photos of their native lawn plantings to share with a neighbor in Crookston who is trying to showcase to their city council that the Lawns to Legumes program will bring beauty, please send them to Crystal (midd1cry@gmail.com).
- Sub-Committee Sharing
- Newsletter Sub-Committee
- This is the final draft we are going to share with the Morris Model crew for approval DRAFT 3 Morris Model Newsletter.pdf (1.5 MB)
- Other brainstorming ideas for getting these stories out into the community: Morris Chamber, Kiwanis/Rotary, Women of Today, Gas Stations. What about other West-Central MN communities: Fergus Falls, Elbow Lake, Glenwood, Willmar, how can we reach out to their sustainability & resiliency communities?
- Resilient Lawns Sub-Committee
- We are building a list of local resilient lawns. We want to reach out to these neighbors to build relationships and resilient lawn conversation.
- Add names/lawns here: Local Resilient Lawn List - Google Sheets
- Food Systems Sub-Committee
- Vern, Mary, and Sandy submitted the Local Food Security Brief to the RSDP Food Systems call for proposals. They will hear back in March/April.
- Sandy is building a local farmers & producers list. If you know any local producers, add to the list here: West Central Local Producers Directory - Google Docs
- WCROC submitted a RSDP brief about utilizing garden space as community garden, Joel will be reaching out once they hear from the RSDP.
- How CAN we build a community garden that is open? We should talk to Tim Cannon.
- Next Meetings:
- April WCMNCN: Saturday, April 6th @ 10:30AM, bit.ly/climate-network
- Newsletter: Saturday March, 23rd @ 10:30AM
- Resilient Lawns: Saturday, March 16th @ 10:30 AM
- Food Systems: will wait to hear back from RSDP.
