Fwd: New Funding for Local Sustainability Projects

[Brandi Clark Burton]

Check this out y'all!  This is what Lucia was speaking about at the Campaign Kickoff and Stakeholder Meeting.

We got a preliminary nod that the methane reduction associated with keeping food out of landfills would put some of the food recovery efforts in town into the ballpark for these proposals.

I hope they get multiple food-related applications. If you are planning to apply please share your ideas, ask for partnerships among others on this list and let's get some FUNDED food recovery projects going!

Cheers,

Brandi Clark Burton

Founder & Chief Inspiration Officer
Austin EcoNetwork & EcoNetworking

Cell: 512-939-9776

AustinEcoNetwork.com
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From: Athens, Lucia <Lucia....@austintexas.gov>
Date: Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:32 AM
Subject: New Funding for Local Sustainability Projects
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Cc: "Jarjoura, Lydia" <Lydia.J...@austintexas.gov>, "Baumer, Zach" <Zach....@austintexas.gov>

Dear Colleagues,

 

Please share this announcement among your Austin network.

 

The City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability invites you to respond to the attached Request for Applications (RFA) for Local Sustainability Projects to be funded through the Positive Impact on Climate and Community (PICC) program.

To provide some background:

Large events and festivals in Austin involve over a million attendees annually and have an environmental impact involving air and ground transportation, energy and water usage, food service, and material waste.  The City of Austin has partnered with local event organizers to create the Positive Impact on Climate and Community (PICC) program to mitigate some of these impacts.  The program will raise funds through ticket purchases or other funding mechanisms; funds collected will be split between third-party-verified greenhouse gas emission reduction projects in Texas and local projects in Austin that create tangible sustainability and community benefits.

The following organizations are working together with the City’s Office of Sustainability to implement the pilot phase of the PICC program:

·         ACL Live at the Moody Theater

·         Austin City Limits Music Festival

·         Circuit of The Americas LLC

Environmental Defense Fund will provide additional oversight of the PICC program, helping to establish sustainability criteria for local projects and carbon offset projects.

A copy of the RFA can be downloaded at www.austintexas.gov/department/positive-impact-climate-community.  Any clarifications or amendments to the RFP will be posted on the City of Austin website. An information meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 3, 2013 and questions about the RFA can be submitted to sustain...@austintexas.gov.  Submittals are due no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, July 1, 2013.

 

Thank you,

 

 

Lucia Athens, LEED AP

Chief Sustainability Officer

Office of Sustainability | City of Austin 

www.austintexas.gov/sustainability

Follow us on Facebook | www.facebook.com/austinsustainability

 

 

 

 

[Brandi Clark Burton]

I wanted to make sure there were at least one or two PICC proposals being submitted that relate to food waste and/or compost.

Can anyone confirm that they or someone they know is working on this?

How can our group help?