In attendance:
Eleanor/Todd/Isaac
Xochitl
Daphna
Natalia
Alex
Gena ?
Paolo
Ashley (honored guest)
Bulletin Board Committee (Xochitl, Daphna, Ashley) met:
Tasks accomplished:
bulletin board got the background paper up
Leaf images went up
Next Meeting: Drink Outside the Bottle Campaign
Water Bottle committee (Natalia, Alex, Lynda, Eleanor)
Decisions made:
Start selling bottles March 18th
Sell bottles for $10/ bottle; rebate $5 if the 21 day challenge is met!
Leaflets will track the 21 day challenge for MS/ collect info from LS each Friday of the challenge (ends around Earth Day- what an awesome coincidence!)
Alex and Natalia will present the campaign at the Tuesday staff meeting (3/15- ides of March; Need Scott’s permission
Worm People (Gena, Paolo and Todd)
Worms cared for…
Next Week’s agenda:
1) Water Bottle Project [Alex, Natalia, and other leaflets (Shannon?, Hannah? Make it all Leaflets? and honored guests, Eleanor]
Need to write Post article- connect with the Green Corner people?
Need to update blog (Todd- can you help with this?)
Create tracking sheets for MS/ LS
Bulletin Board: Featured Project: Drink Outside the Bottle
2) LEAF: the Movie editing [Xochitl, Daphna]
With Isaac in 5th grade classroom!!!!
3) Caring for Worms Project [Gena and Paolo, w/ Todd]
-Check on worms
-Create a “How To Care” routine checklist- laminate!!
On the Docket:
Rain Barrels [Hannah, Daphna]
Light Switches [Xochitl and ???]
We sat in on a gardening class of sixteen students in Glide's summer education program. It was a confidence building experience having to introduce ourselves to this new group of people. The class presentation covered the history and benefits of rooftop gardening. It was interesting to observe the different conditions in which people come together to learn and to see how different the atmosphere down in the building was as compared to the feeling of being in the garden on the roof. Maya, Glide's gardens project coordinator, took us on a tour of the edible garden on the roof six stories above the Tenderloin streets. We met other volunteers who were there to tend the garden as well. Maya showed us strategies used to tend container gardens and then set us loose to work. She expected us to identify plants that had gone to seed and needed to be removed. We harvested anything that could still be eaten, dug seeding plants up, and amended the soil with compost from American Soil. We disposed of the plant bodies in Glide's rooftop worm bins. We were productive and inspired! Maya challenged us to come up with ideas as to what we could add to their garden. Three possibilities were hanging planters for the fencing around the garden, a weather station and hummingbird feeders. Maya suggested we come up with a plan and return to Glide to install the project once school started in September. Maya also invited everyone to continue participating in the weekly garden work days scheduled 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM each Thursday.
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