This listing was last updated by the Wilmington organiser on: 2021-08-26
Green Drinks Monday September, 20th at 6:30 PM
Update on Offshore Wind
We are delighted to have members of Ørsted’s project management and onshore construction team provide an update on the progress of establishing the Skipjack Wind offshore wind project in federal waters off Delaware’s coast. We welcome …
Brady Walker, Mid-Atlantic Market Manager, will walk us through an overview of where the Skipjack project is in the development process, Maryland's Public Service Commission process for reviewing offshore wind projects, and how offshore wind projects are awarded.
Matt Drew, Onshore Infrastructure Construction Manager, will tell us about the operation and maintenance of the project on land, and how the cable is landed in Delaware and connected to the grid, and about the potential for jobs and the supply chain created by building out this wind project.
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Do you have burning questions about offshore wind? Please send your questions in advance, to Jill.
Questions:
Upstate coordinators
Jill Gaumer jill.gaumer@gmail.com
Dee Durham deedurham@dca.net
Downstate Coordinators
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Joan Flaherty flahertyj54@gmail.com
Green Drinks Monday August 16th at 6:30 UPDATE
Jill Gaumer <jill.gaumer@gmail.com>
6:24 PM (0 minutes ago)
to Dee, Charlie, Joan
Back by popular demand....drum roll please.
Our recycling guru, ADAM SCHLACHER, will once again fill us all up with his vast knowledge of recycling - the Delaware way.
To make this meeting more special, Wilmington Green Drinks and Rehoboth Green Drinks are joining forces and combining our August gathering. So no need to drive to meet new enviro types. Just register below and join other "greenies."
About Adam ~
Adam is a program manager for the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. As part of the DNREC Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances, he supports waste management and reduction in Delaware, including permit compliance, technical assistance, regulation development, legislative reporting and other activities related to solid waste facilities. In addition, he manages Delaware's Universal Recycling program which provides outreach support and technical assistance to residents and the regulated community. Prior to joining DNREC, he held various roles related to environmental education and outreach focused on recycling and sustainability. He earned a Bachelor of Science in environmental economics from Cook College, Rutgers and a Master of Science in sustainability management studies from New England College. Adam lives in Felton, Del. where he tries not to yell at his neighbors to “Recycle Right!” on pick-up day.
Please send questions you have for Adam to me, Jill at jill.gaumer@gmail.com and I will forward them to Adam so he can weave your questions into his answers. And certainly, there will be ample time to ask questions that you think of as he presents.
As always,
PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE for this BYO virtual cocktail hour & beverage-of-choice discussion:
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Questions:
Upstate coordinators
Jill Gaumer jill.gaumer@gmail.com
Dee Durham deedurham@dca.net
Downstate Coordinators
Charlie Garlow charliegarlow350@gmail.com
Joan Flaherty flahertyj54@gmail.com
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Jill Gaumer
Green Drinks
NOW ON THE THIRD MONDAY
July 19, 2021 - 6:30 PM to 8 PM
Our Speaker - Dr. Marc Weiss and Nancy Sedmak-Weiss
Our speakers are founders of Global Urban Development (GUD). Started in 2001, GUD is a Delaware-based nonprofit international policy organization and professional network of more than 700 leaders and experts in 60 countries, working together to enable all people everywhere to live and thrive in peace with each other and in peace with nature. (see GUD websites: www.globalurban.org and www.globalurban.net).
They will discuss how GUD is helping the world achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement though their strategic policy and action framework called Metropolitan Economic Strategy, Sustainable Innovation, and Inclusive Prosperity. In particular, Marc and Nancy will describe their work in Brazil over the past decade, including organizing and coordinating the Porto Alegre Sustainable Innovation Zone (ZISPOA) with the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (https://www.globalurban.net/porto-alegre-brazil).
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Questions:
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Green Drinks
NOW ON THE THIRD MONDAY
June 21, 2021 - 6:30 PM to 8 PM
Our Speaker - Rachel Burch
Rachel Burch is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is working under Drs. Michael Chajes and Daniel Cha to conduct this research.
Her topic: A group of researchers at the University of Delaware, led by Drs. Michael Chajes and Daniel Cha, is conducting research on aerobic bio-digesters for the disposal of food wastes. These digesters use a combination of microorganisms, warm water, mechanical mixing, and oxygen to break down food wastes into a liquid which can potentially be repurposed for biogas and/or fertilizers. The application of these digesters presents a promising sustainable food waste disposal option for individual establishments such as restaurants, grocery stores, cafeterias, etc. because it is small enough to be implemented on-site; the University currently has two of these digesters implemented in it's own Caesar Rodney Dining Hall. During this presentation, we will talk more about this technology, its potential applications, and the research we are conducting in our lab to explore resource recovery pathways from food wastes.
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Questions:
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Green Drinks
Additional wonderful Hosts include: BringyourOwnBag, Plastic Free Delaware, Sierra Club, Delaware Chapter and Citizens’ Climate Lobby
May 17, 2021 6:30 PM to 8 PM
(To accommodate many schedules, we have moved Grren Drinks to the 3rd Monday of the month. Hopefully we will stay on this schedule.)
Our speaker – Janet Redman
Janet is Director of Engagement and Partnerships with Chesapeake Climate Action Network or CCAN. Prior to working with CCAN, she was a national project manager at Verizon (23 years) and as a Financial Advisor (12 years). As a Financial Advisor, she created her own “Low Carbon Footprint” portfolio of environmentally-aware companies. It outperformed the S&P 500 from 2015-2018. At CCAN, she has returned to her lifelong love of the environment. Born in Baltimore, she attended the U of MD on a Marine Biology scholarship and went on to receive an MBA- Economics from the Johns Hopkins University. In 2019, she attended Climate Reality Leadership training in Atlanta and began writing a Global Climate Justice blog.
Janet became active with the Citizen’s Climate Lobby (CCL) group in Rehoboth Beach, DE, giving presentations on Sea Level Rise and Delaware’s actions to meet their Renewable Portfolio Standard. She received a Certificate in Sustainability from Stanford and is currently enrolled in the Master’s of Energy Policy and Climate program at Hopkins (expected completion 2021). Determined to make her “last act her best act”, Janet is intent on galvanizing support to make 2020-2030 the decade that the world turns the climate crisis around. In her free time, Janet likes to find bicycle century rides in a city that she has never visited before.
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MARK YOUR NEW 2021 CALENDAR!
Hosted by Green Drinks Delaware,
and
BringYourOwnBag and 3 others
Online: zoom.us
Monday, April 12, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST – 8 PM EST
Price: Free · Duration: 1 hr 30 min
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Our speaker, Sabrina Fu, is a scientist who has always worked on practical problems – from synthesis of alcohols from waste gases to remediation of nuclear, mixed, and hazardous wastes to watershed management to program director for environmental and waste management.
Sabrina began her career thinking that science was the key to solving societal problems. But science can only identify the problems and offer some viable technological help. She found this with alternative energy sources, nuclear waste remediation work, and with climate mitigation. Society wants science to do magic. The magic comes in what we decide to do as a society. Help us heal climate and nation with a cornerstone legislation called the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.
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Note that Green Drinks, Wilmington is moving to the third Monday beginning in May.
Questions?
Contact: Jill Gaumer, jill.gaumer@gmail.com
or Dee Durham , deedurham@dca.net,
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Monday, March 8, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST – 8 PM EST
The second Monday of the month – note the change
Public · Hosted by Green Drinks Delaware, Plastic Free Delaware, Preservation Delaware and Dee Durham - New Castle County Council, Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Online Event
Guest speaker, Maya van Rossum, will suggest a new agenda for environmental advocacy that can empower every American to mobilize for constitutional change, including in Delaware. She notes, “In the decades-long fight for a cleaner environment, we have been fighting a losing battle. The sad truth is, our laws are designed to accommodate pollution, rather than prevent it. The solution is to bypass the laws and turn to the ultimate authority: our state and federal constitutions.”
Maya van Rossum is the founder of Green Amendments For The Generations, a grassroots non-profit organization inspiring the nationwide movement to secure constitutional recognition and protection of environmental rights in every state and ultimately at the federal level. She is also the leader of the Delaware Network. For more than 26 years, she has led this group which is a regional nonprofit organization that uses advocacy, science, and litigation to protect the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Contact: Jill Gaumer, jill.gaumer@gmail.com
or Dee Durham , deedurham@dca.net,
, February 8, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST – 8 PM EST
The second Tuesday of the month – note the change
Public · Hosted by Green Drinks Delaware, Preservation Delaware and Dee Durham - New Castle County Council, Citizens’ Climate Lobby
Online Event
Welcome Willett Kempton, nationally renowned expert in offshore wind energy. He is a Senior Policy Scientist at the University of Delaware’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy and Assistant Professor in the University’s School of Urban Affaires and Public Policy.
His topic is:
"Now's the time to explore an offshore wind project for Delaware"??
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MARK YOUR NEW 2021 CALENDAR!
Monday, January 4, 2021 at 6:30 PM EST – 8 PM EST
Public · Hosted by Green Drinks Delaware, Preservation Delaware and Dee Durham - New Castle County Council
Online Event
Join us on FIRST MONDAYS each month!
RING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT SPRAWL IN DELAWARE, HOW WE GOT HERE, AND HOW CAN WE STEM THE TSUMANI
Mike is the current President of Preservation Delaware, the former/founding head of Delaware's Farmland Preservation Program, and certified land use planner.
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NEXT GREEN DRINKS!!
Join us on:
Monday, Dec. 7
at: 6:30 PM
For guest speaker Anne Canby, Executive Director of One Rail, and former Secretary of DelDOT.
One rail is a diverse group of rail stakeholders who have come together to educate America about the benefits of a strong freight and passenger rail system. Learn more at https://www.onerail.org/
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CORRECTED LINK
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ELECTION - ELECTION - ELECTION
November Green Drinks is postponed until Dec. 7
Due to the Nov. 3, very important election, we are postponing our Nov. 2 Green Drinks until the next First Monday, which is Dec. 7
When: Monday, December 7
6:30 PM
Join us then for to learn from Anne Canby, Executive Director of One Rail, and former Secretary of DelDOT.
One rail is a diverse group of rail stakeholders who have come together to educate America about the benefits of a strong freight and passenger rail system. Learn more at https://www.onerail.org/
PLEASE REGISTER IN ADVANCE for this BYO virtual cocktail hour & beverage-of-choice discussion:
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Hello all,
Here is the next event!
Green Drinks – Monday, Oct. 5, 2020 at 6:30 PM
October's Green Drinks welcomes Angie Bivens, and Energy Advisor with Franklin Energy Services LLC and Energize Delaware. Energize Delaware is a unique nonprofit organization offering a one-stop resource to help residents, businesses, non-profits, state agencies, farms, houses of worship, schools, and local government save money through clean energy and efficiency. This discussion will include information about home energy conservation and energy-saving residential programs offered by Energize Delaware.
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Hi all,
Join us on Monday, Sept 14 for GREEN DRINKS.
Monday at 6:30 PM – 8 PM VIRTUAL
Public · Hosted by Green Drinks Delaware and Plastic Free Delaware
Our speaker, Jen Adkins, has recently joined American Rivers as the Mid Atlantic Clean Water Supply Director. American Rivers is a national non-profit organization devoted to protecting wild rivers, restoring damaged rivers, and conserving clean water for people and nature. As Director of the organization’s Clean Water Supply program in the Mid-Atlantic region, her focus is on reducing negative impacts on streams, rivers, and adjacent communities in the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds, by advocating for more efficient and natural water management practices. Locally, she is working with the Christina Conservancy and other partners to restore the health of the Lower Christina and Brandywine Rivers in Wilmington.
Register in advance for this BYO virtual cocktail hour & beverage-of-choice discussion:
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Jill
Mark your calendars for Sept. 14, 6:30 pm, GREEN DRINKS. (Postponed to second Monday due to Labor Day. )
Jen Adkins will join us. An active enviromentalist in Delaware, she is the new Director of Clean Water Supply of Delaware Rivers.
Checkout and like GREEN DRINKS FB for zoom details.
In July, Jen Adkins joined the staff of American Rivers, a national non-profit organization devoted to protecting wild rivers, restoring damaged rivers, and conserving clean water for people and nature. As Director of the organization’s Clean Water Supply program in the Mid-Atlantic region, her focus is on reducing negative impacts on streams, rivers, and adjacent communities in the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds, by advocating for more efficient and natural water management practice
Next Up:
When: Monday, August 3, 2020
Time: 6:30 8:00 PM
Where: Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97903248455
Meeting ID: 979 0324 8455
Data, Monitoring, and Visualizations - Oh my! Join us as we talk with Tina Callahan, Associate Director of the Delaware Environmental Monitoring & Analysis Center (DEMAC) on August 3, 2020. Tina and her colleagues work with all levels of environmental data observations from water levels to satellites to create data-driven decision support systems for citizens, state and local practitioners, as well as researchers. We will walk and talk through some of these publicly available applications, who they benefit, and what we hope to see in the future.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020
July's Delaware Green Drinks virtual talk is with Adam Schlachter, who oversees recycling programs for the Delaware Division of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. We will be discussing the state of recycling in Delaware, and the DRAFT 2020 Delaware Solid Waste Plan. Adam has been in the waste diversion and recycling industry for over 25 years. Starting out picking litter up on the side of the road, he's worked at the local, regional and now at the State level. He is passionate about sustainable materials management and helping guide diversion strategies for Delawareans now and into the future.
Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 979 0324 8455
Past events
Coming up on Monday, March 2 at Green Drinks, Wilmington
Steve Cottrell with the Delaware Audubon Society
Topic is:
Regardless of where you live or the size of your property, making a small change in your landscape with the addition of native plants will benefit the birds that reside in or migrate through your area. Adding bird feeders or other bird-friendly features will increase the number of different birds that you will see stopping by your mini bird sanctuary.
Come and learn and listen.
Cash Bar. Feel free to enjoy appetizers or dinner on your own, while we learn and share our thoughts with others.
Public · Hosted by Green Drinks Delaware and 4 others
And, planning ahead
Monday, April 6 with Clem Dinsmore
Clem Dinsmore’s topic is “Considering Catastrophic Risk,” how each of us considers sources of risk, including catastrophic risk. The intent is to develop a risk-based approach to climate change congruent with one’s political, religious and, ideological points of view. Clem is facilitating the full discussion of this topic at the UD Osher Lifelong Learning Institute this term.