Our Lady of Good Counsel
Green Church Committee
October 26, 2020
Minutes
Present – Betty Boisinneau, Rosanne Del Bianco, Suzanne Shoust, Chris Shoust, Rose-Marie Valade
Regrets – F. Paul Conway, Neil DelBianco
Prayer – This We Believe, from Live Simply by Norman Habel – We each prayed a section of it
Check in -
Approval of Agenda – We added three items – logo, green church network verification, and
Approval of Minutes from the September 2, 2020 - moved by Betty, seconded by Suzanne
Business Arising
i) Response from Maker North – Chris, Rose-Marie – Maker North is no longer collecting styrofoam, nor plastics,
ii) Adopt a Mile: update - A call to city hall verified that there is nothing regulating the clean up/collection of trash from city streets. An email to the Ministry of Transportation has been sent to ascertain how/where to obtain a permit for Adopt a Highway. See below. Once we have a reply we will decide how we will proceed. A clean up of area near church near our church was suggested as a project for Earth day April 22, 2021. We all agreed and will plan it at our next meeting.
iii) Response to CWL in Coniston re green activity in St. Paul’s parish there – done by rm
iv) Review of past minutes - actions taken/not taken – After having reviewed all past minutes, Chris provided a list of actions that have not yet been completed and suggested that we included these at the end of every agenda so that we do not lose sight of them.
a) On line survey – This was proposed in April 2018 as a point of contact and a means to have feedback from parishioners and non parishioners who visit our website. We decided to conduct a survey to ‘test the waters’ and will use some of the questions from the sample one developed in 2018. We will prepare the survey at our next meeting.
b) Use of composter for kitchen waste – tabled because of covid restrictions
c) Monthly information about sustainable development goals – could be added to online bulletin – next meeting
d) Share shed – Tabled for now
e) Link for GCCM –sent out to committee members by rm, but could also be put online – will come back to this
f) List of non catholic church contacts to be finished – rm will check to see who has not finished compiling the information
g) Reading list for parishioners for bulletin or on bulletin boards – develop one –
h) Letter regarding use of single use plastics – to city hall – Since this was tabled at a city council meeting, pending coming legislation, we will put this aside
v) Information from Hazardous Waste depots – Chris in progress , chris is compiling the information -
New Business
a) Movie nights? – garage sale – bring and take –tabled until covid restrictions are eased
b) Earth Day 2021 – April 22 – planning for an area clean-up will take place at next meeting
c) Logo – use logo for Green church network – tabled to next meeting
d) Ask F. Paul if we are still a member of the Green Church Network as it does not seem that we are listed as a member.Green
Other How to get rid of old VHS tapes – value village?? Also cassette tapes -
Next Meeting January rm to send out poll -