Tag Archives: Sustainability

Join Us for our Sept. 18 Board Meeting

Join the Environmental Council of Sacramento – ECOS for our September ECOS Board Meeting! Everyone who is interested is welcome. Bring a friend!
 
Monday, September 18, 2017, at Location: SEIU Local 1000, 1325 S St, Sacramento, CA 95811
 
5:30 pm Reception – Please come and meet and socialize with ECOS Board Members and guests. Light appetizers and refreshments served. Feel free to bring something to share.
 
6:00 pm Meeting Begins
Keynote Speaker: Jonathan K. London
Associate Professor: Human Ecology/ Community and Regional Development
Chair: Community Development Graduate Group
Faculty Director: UC Davis Center for Regional Change
 
Professor London will speak about the Center for Regional Change’s work on Environmental Justice. The Center for Regional Change has grown into a well-known policy-oriented research organization that aims to create linkages between the university and the region of which it is a part.
 
For more about Professor London and the Center:
Twitter: @jklondon_ucd
 
As usual, ECOS Committees will report on their current business. Announcements from members and attendees are welcome at the end, as time allows.

The Arch Nexus building at 930 R St

By Mark Glover

March 1, 2017

The Sacramento Bee

A Sacramento architectural design firm will host formal grand opening ceremonies Thursday at its newly renovated building along the R Street corridor, with hopes that the structure will be certified a world leader in sustainability a year from now.

 

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/business/real-estate-news/article135766848.html#storylink=cpy

Glover, Mark. “Downtown Sacramento building aims for gold standard of green.” Sacbee. N.p., 01 Mar. 2017. Web. 14 Mar. 2017.

Sacramento County OKs birds, bees and farm stands with urban ag ordinance

January 24th, 2017

By Robin Opsahl

The Sacramento Bee

Residents of urban and suburban Sacramento County will be able to legally grow and sell crops, keep bees, and raise chickens and ducks at home under an urban agriculture ordinance that county supervisors unanimously passed Tuesday.

Proponents say the new legal framework will make life easier for small-scale farmers and provide fresh food in areas that lack full-service grocery stores.

Read more here.

ECOS Board/General Meeting Jan 23, 2017

Join the Environmental Council of Sacramento – ECOS for our first ECOS Board and General Meeting of the year! Help us plan for the new year, welcome our new board members and push forward for a more sustainable Sacramento region!

Everyone who is interested is welcome. Bring a friend! ECOS encourages participation from members of marginalized communities, including women, youth, people of color, those who identify as LGBTQIA, people have migrated from another country and people who live with disabilities.

Note: this meeting was moved from January 16th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Board Meeting of the Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS)
Reception 5:30 pm / Meeting 6:00 pm | Monday, January 23rd, 2017
SEIU Local 1000, 1325 S Street, Sacramento CA 95811 (Training Room)

5:30 – RECEPTION: Please come and meet and socialize with ECOS Board Members and guests. Light appetizers and refreshments served. Feel free to bring something to share.

6:00 – BOARD MEETING
1. Greetings & Introductions
2. Approval of November 2016 Minutes and approval of January 2017 Agenda (5 minutes)

PRESENTATIONS
3. Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream (20 minutes)
4. ECOS Officer Elections (5 minutes)
5. New member org: AARP (5 minutes)
6. Orientation/Refresher for Board Members (30 minutes)
a. Transportation, Air Quality and Climate Change (TAQCC) Committee
b. Land Use Committee
c. Habitat 2020 Committee
d. Organizational Development Committee
7. Treasurer’s Report (10 minutes)
Earl Withycombe, Treasurer
8. Adoption of 2017 Annual Budget (5 minutes)

CURRENT BUSINESS & REPORTS
9. President’s Report
Brandon Rose (5 minutes)

ROUNDTABLE
10. Issues of interest from Members and/or Member Organizations
11. Announcements

Meeting Agenda here (PDF): https://www.ecosacramento.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2017_1_January_23_ECOS_Board_Meeting_Agenda_217.pdf 

ECOS Board of Directors meetings