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Policy Committee Minutes -- January 27

• Policy Committee Goals, 2010
• Policy Committee Minutes -- January 28 (cancelled)
• Policy Committee Minutes -- February 25
• Policy Committee Minutes -- March 25
• Policy Committee Minutes -- April 22
• Policy Committee Minut

Our Food & Agriculture project aims to facilitate a comprehensive approach to sustainable food system development, helping to support groups throughout the area with project facilitation, implementation, and collaboration.

Local and regional activities include:

Local Food Policy Council • Four Corner's Farm to Fork Forum • Beginning Farmer Program • Land Link • Farm to School • La Plata County Local Food Assessment • Mesa Verde Guide to Local, Sustainable Food and Fiber • Food Initiatives ª Food Policy • Rebuilding the Local Food System

For more information or to participate in local food-related activities, please contact Jim Dyer or email the Sustainability Alliance.

The Smart Energy Committee is a current program of SASCO.

The committee meets every first Thursday from 5:30 - 7 PM every month usually at Durango Coffee Company.

The goals of the Smart Energy Committee are: to promote healthy communities through cleaner, more efficient energy options; to influence and engage utilities, the local private sector, and political entities toward this mission; to continue a cooperative working relationship with the local utilities; to continue advocacy for various initiatives, including accessibility to and marketing of green power programs; to act as a forum and agent for implementing government, utility, and private-sector renewable power and energy efficiency initiatives; to continue advocacy for a sustainable alternative to coal-fired electric power plants in the Four Corners region; and to assist the Governor’s Energy Office in meeting or beating the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Colorado by 20 percent by 2020.

Current activities include: providing education on energy alternatives through public presentations; supporting the local efforts of the CLEAN campaign.

For more information or to participate in our activities, please contact Harry Riegle or call (970) 759-5259.

The goal of our Education & Outreach project is to develop relationships and vehicles for outreach to Sustainabiity Alliance members, policymakers, and the community at large. 

Our current activities include: sending out a monthly e-mail newsletter with an events calendar, news, and ways to connect; updating our website with information about our activities and links to articles and resources; publishing sustainability-related articles and op-eds in the Durango Herald and other local media; hosting local educational and outreach events; and establishing relationships with groups in the sustainability community to leverage or coordinate efforts and create synergies.

Past activites have included: the Appleseed Series on Exploring Local Sustainability, the Four Corners Green Living Expo, Earth Day events, the Green Umbrella Networking Event (November 2007), Swadeshi Festival (through 2007), Beaming Bioneers (October 2007), and the Homegrown Food Conference.

For more information or to participate in our activities, please contact us.