Local School Collaboration:

• Met Earth Club Activism Committee, Addyson Garrett and Amira Vojic, on Zoom to develop a podcast. First podcast is scheduled for Nov 22 or 29 on Zoom. It will relate to E-waste.

Solar on Public Safety Building Carports

• Panels are mostly installed and completion likely this month. More details at https://www.meridian.mi.us/community/green-meridian/solar

• The solar system for the Public Safety Building will consist of 101 solar panels. This is a 41 kilowatt (kW) system that will produce about 47,000 kilowatts per hours (kWh) of electricity. This system is approximately twice the size of the existing ground mounted system also at the Municipal Building and is slightly larger than the system on the South Fire Station. The Public Safety Building system will offset about 17% of electric use and is estimated to pay for itself in 11 years.

Electronics Recycling Event

• See details in a news release here.

Composter/Rain Barrel Sale

• Approximately 20 rain barrels and 40 compost bins were distributed on Oct 1.

Recycling Center

• We will reapply for a grant next year

• Meeting with Trevor on Nov. 3rd to discuss improvements at current site.

Dialogues continued on Wednesdays 9-10am

• click http://bit.ly/green-dialogue to join

• topics included Grand Reserve, MSU-Lake Lansing Trail, leaf blowers/noise ordinance, Red Cedar (Upper Grand River) water trail, pesticide safety, low impact development, etc.

• Special guests included Tom Smith (MSU Extension and Exec. Director of National Pesticide Safety Education Center.

• This virtual event continued through October. See details here: https://www.meridian.mi.us/Home/Components/News/News/5564/16

• Bike tour was a success. Thank you Valerie Lafferty and Nicholas Pueppke!

• Take the tour at http://bit.ly/meridiangreenmap