First United Church is putting it on.

The moderator said she she's interested in Sidewalk Equity and this presenter Paula said "sidewalk equity" was "music to my ears"

I've recently read about the Indiana Ave/Ransom neighborhood...thank you for mentioning

Thank you for telling this important story, Paula

Saw this interesting piece today about how CAFOs damage low income communities the most https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22344953/iowa-select-jeff-hansen-pork-farming

Thank you, Jess!

What groups in Indiana or Bloomington are doing environmental justice work? How can we get involved?

^ Hoosier Environmental Council puts out action alerts for contacting state reps when these things come up at the statehouse

It would be helpful to talk about various local, state and other governmental institutions and also advocacy groups as vehicles through which citizens can have impactful input.

https://www.hecweb.org/

https://indianaforestalliance.org/

https://friendsoflakemonroe.org/

https://drawdown.org/

If questions for SIREN send email to contact@sirensolar.org.

bloomingveg.org lists local plant-based dining options if you’re looking to support local businesses while having a lower carbon footprint :-)

Awesome! Thanks, Jess!

I've been learning more about Food as Medicine.

NAACP has a great state environmental and climate justice program: naacp.org

Earth Care Bloomington (EarthCareIndiana.org) works with congregations to reduce their impact on the environment. We have an upcoming talk "Getting to Net Zero" next Tuesday, 04/27, at 7:30 PM. For a link to the Zoom, email contact@earthcareindiana.org Our website has a description https://tinyurl.com/NetZeroApril27

THank you Molly - great oppty.

https://www.pea-pod.org/

Thanks, Molly! We have been publicizing this in church communications. :-)

Thanks for sharing that, Paula!

Hoosier Environmental Council website: hecweb.org

Game Changers film is inspiring look at plant-based athletics.

Cowspiracy and Forks Over Knives/Seaspiracy

I’m embarrassed to say we

We’ve tried “meatless Mondays.”

https://www.drawdown.org/solutions/table-of-solutions

Is environmental action inherently, necessarily multidimensional, from plant based diet to anti-nuclearism?

a very exciting change!

Climate change = adverse effects

Post on the Limestone Post about the changes if you’re unfamiliar: https://www.limestonepostmagazine.com/invisible-neighbors-left-out-of-neighborhoods/

Thank you, Jess!

here's the NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/opinion/biden-zoning-social-justice.html

Wow! Thanks for explaining this, Mark!

Important for us to make this conversation local! Lets look in our backyard

More on Neighborhood Associations vs Apartments, including maps: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c88db3901ff241c68d980768e56560cb

Thanks, Mark!

thanks Mark - and everyone, here's his sidewalk equity audit too: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3685e1fa75674ca5b71443543c12ca5c

Mark, you are amazing. The IU Stats Dept t-shirt reads "without data, you're just another person with an opinion"

Well said!

unfortunately the homes in walkable areas are selling for $300 a square foot :-( no one can buy them as single family homes

Are there protections that could be put in place in prevent developers from taking advantage of this change if it goes through?

I had the same question, Jessica

*to proctect

Can Dave address this please?

*to protect

Both perspectives are completely plausible and worth hearing. I'm grateful that both speakers were able to lay out the arguments so clearly.

Yes, Jessica, I would think there can be. Also, it may not be "about" racial equity, but racial inequity is a byproduct. And that is not ok.

A bit more about something Mark mentioned earlier regarding redlining: https://www.neighborsunited.info/blog/the-origin-story-of-institutional-racism

what Cm. Rollo is saying about ADUs is completely spurious as there have been hardly any ADUs created since they were legalized, which goes to show that either the zoning isn’t facilitating their creation, or that there is some other reason they are being built so slowly (that would presumably also apply to duplexes or similar)

Yes, unintended consequences are important to take into consideration, Hopi.

Question for Dave Rollo: As a city council member and as a citizen activist, what do you see as the best ways for citizen voices to be heard and be impactful on matters of environmentalism?

Typically non occupant owners/management companies of rental properties do not maintain them well. My daughter had problems getting one working restroom for 3 at her rental near the university a few years ago. Broke her lease early with IU legal help due to the ongoing problem. 100 year old home with a clay drain that was collapsed. The infrastructure in the older areas of town are limited.

Please send to kboggess44@gmail.com

http://www.creationjustice.org/

http://www.buildingingoodfaith.org/

Byron's hand is up.

Earth Care is a local interfaith environmental group. We help congregations, and their members, to reduce their energy use and cost, and have funds and connections to help them.

Thanks for that, Molly!

can someone tell me who is the writer Bryon is mentioning?

It seems we must transform our agricultural production ceding cropland to plant trees.

This is certainly a diet-related matter as well.

Citizens Climate Lobby is another good local (state and national) push for a carbon fee and dividend. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Divident Act is a bill in the current US Congress.

We don't have the luxury of doing just one thing, but many things

Gotta go but thank you everyone! Especially Paula and Mark!

"The Perfect Planet"

thanks, ERica

Yes. Land use is huge. The site mark mentioned earlier (drawdown.org) highly ranks moving to specific farming techniques that use land better, but doing this necessitates diet changes in order to still produce enough food to feed people.

Absolutely, Rebecca.

Regarding the idea of a healthy diet for human health and planetary health, if you've not explored it before, you might check out the EAT-Lancet Commission report: https://eatforum.org/eat-lancet-commission/eat-lancet-commission-summary-report/

bring your bag bloomington!

it’s a part of center for sustainable living

simplycsl.org

Add use of plastic straws and Styrofoam to that list!

see Bring Your Bag Bloomington has distributed hundreds of clothe bags (reused tee shirts).

Covid has really upped our bag usage. I really love pickup services right now, but you can't get curbside without plastic bags. 😞

The greed of the first world has led to dire situations in developing countries and thence to mass migrations.

Yes, the terrible, terrible politics of Indiana

https://simplycsl.org/ (several projects including Bring Your Bag Bloomington)

Thanks Jess

also known as ‘community land trusts’

Kiss the Ground - thank you Janice

Kroger had those larger, heavier-duty plastic bags for curbside for a while. Bringing my own bags is one of the best parts of shopping in person again. There is a way to weave the “regular” plastic bags into waterproof mats that homeless people can use.

In some cases, the carbon footprint is less than some other materials (like glass). Single use plastic is pretty bad though.

Malissa can you send me the pattern/link for that waterproof mat? Eventually I might get to that.

Yes. I’ll have to find it again. The mats require a lot of the bags, and it’s a group project I was going to recommend for First United when COVID hit.

Many thanks to Paula, Dave, Mark, and Rebecca.

^^^^^

First United Church is starting a Green Team For information, email Lisa in the office: info@firstuc.org

Thanks, malissa. I bet many of us have quite a bag collection at this point.

I’ve just sent about 3 trash bags full to recycle at Kroger! Wouldn’t you know…

Yay

folks, ask yourselves: how are we going to get to net zero with all of the pro-sprawl policies that our representatives like Cm. Rollo supports?

Yay First United with its very large solar array!!

Climate Action Plan - City of Bloomington

Thank you again! Stay safe!

Perfect lawns are monoculture.

Gamification. Makes Sense Knowing your Family!

First United Church is starting a Green Team For information, email Lisa in the office: info@firstuc.org

Indicate "Green Team" in the title of your email and Lisa will pass it on to the appropriate person.

Thank you all so much!

Thank you!