July 16th works for me.
From: Kristin Scheel <kristin...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: New Member
To: make-it-gr...@googlegroups.com
Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 10:20 AM
I would love to meet. Could we push it to next week? Possibly July 16th at Ziggy's?
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:39 AM, annette <awge...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Paul. Welcome to Houston. I'm not sure where everyone is living but a central place might be nice to meet. Ziggy's Healthy Grill is nice, and the River Oaks location has a conference room if we have big enough interest-seats about 40.
I'm relatively new to green living, but my daughter just got back from England getting her masters degree in Environmental Change from Oxford. So if I can talk her into going with me, she'd also be a wealth of info.
I'd love to see this group jump back in again, and we all can learn from each other, and maybe get a project or two going.
I'll pitch the first date suggestion:
If this works for you, just reply here and we'll see if we have a few to get started again.
Thanks, Paul for getting the ball rolling agian.
Annette Geffert
Northwest Houston
On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Paul S <paulsc...@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I just moved to Houston three weeks ago and am thrilled to stumble
upon your group! It looks like there hasn't been activity for a
couple of months, so I suggest kick-starting a new project. Rather
than suggesting a specific topic, perhaps we could just meet up for
green drinks and do some brain-storming? I have a pretty flexible
schedule and am available most evenings after 6pm.
Also, here's a bit of background about me. I'm a 28 year-old Madison
WI native (Madison is fun city, very similar to Austin) and fully
dedicated to sustainability. I try to be as active as I can and have
been involved in a number of green programs. I received my Master
degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in Sustainable
Energy Systems and recently became employed by
Horizon Wind Energy
here in Houston. While in Scotland I visited a wonderful eco-village
called Findhorn on the northern coast. I walked away with many great
ideas and have implemented a few of them at my previous home in
Madison. Specifically, I bought a house in Madison and tried to fully
'greenify' it in a number of ways. Myself and my 5 roommates did the
following:
- had solar thermal panels installed (an outside company did the
installation)
- installed a wood-fired hot tub
- had an energy audit done, and completely weatherized the house (air-
sealing, insulation, etc)
- replaced showerheads with the low-flow versions
- replaced all lightbulbs with CFLs (buy in bulk off e-bay)
- planted 3 fruit trees and started a garden (of sorts)
- and much more
I've also been active on the political front and visited Washington
D.C. in Feburary for a conference called PowerShift: www.powershift09.org
-a mobilization of over 13,000 young people to get new climate change
legislation passed in congress.
Anyway, enough talk for now. I would really like to meet like minded
people and start getting active in Houston. I have a feeling it could
use some help :)
Best,
Paul
(608) 239-8500
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Kristin N. Scheel
281-660-2971
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