Environmental Commission

Madison Environmental Commission Meeting May 23, 2019, 7:30 PM Borough Hall Agenda 1. Call to order, Roll Call 2. Communications 3. Continuing Business Reports from liaisons to Shade Tree, Sustainable Madison, Open Space --update on signage for pesticide-free borough properties in Madison —ANJEC plastics forum download —Town Swap download —Skip the Straw and Senior Citizen next steps —Reusable bag depot at Farmer’s Market and Senior Citizen Bus —did anyone go to the old growth forest talk? Upcoming events and new business • Bag It screening June 11 at the library, followed by a discussion moderated by Marian Glenn, Phd, Professor of Biological Sciences at Seton Hall University. • Welcoming event June 8 at the Thursday Morning Club • Composting talk at Rotary?? Do we want to do this? • Commercial composting—update from Nicole • Climate Change video w. 16-year-old Greta Thunberg sent around by Stephan • Joan: download from the rain garden and green infrastructure talk in Summit • Joan’s plan for a table at the farmer’s market Guest: Andrew Moyad, who has an idea about reducing plastic bag use at dry cleaners. He worked with a cleaner in Maplewood when he lived there and, despite glitches, it saved the cleaner money.