What Footprint will YOU Leave The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce Green Taskforce

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What Footprint will YOU LeaveThe Greater
Fort Walton BeachChamber of CommerceGreen
Taskforce

• 
  Lisa Jo Spencer 2008 Chair
  Tammy McDaniel 2008 Co-Chair
• 12-16-08
  
  
  
  
  

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• Green Taskforce Mission Statement
• The Green Taskforce will serve as the focal point
  for
• providing Green Advocacy and Awareness to the
  Fort Walton
• Beach Community, to include helping Fort Walton
  Beach and
• Okaloosa County in being designated a Green
  Community and
• serving as a central repository for information
  regarding
• government, private initiatives and programs
  regarding the
• conservation and preservation of natural
  resources.

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2009 Green Taskforce Goals

• 1. Help Okaloosa County to reach their Recycling
  Goal 50-60 with single stream recycling
  opportunities for residents commericals.
• - promoting recycling awareness
  education to the members, businesses residents.
• 2. 50 or more of the FWB Chamber membership
  pledge to Go Green at their business and or
  residence.
• - work on Green Kits procedures for
  continual follow-up with members to sustain
  Green Awareness at their business and or
  residence.
• 3. Sub-committees work on reaching their goals
  set by their sub-committee chairs. Avoid Green
  Washing.

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Green Taskforce Committees

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  Community/Communications
• - Direct inquiries, suggestions, questions or
  concerns to appropriate person, group,
  organization, business, government agency or
  web-site.
• Monitor master calendar of pledged
  events
• (county, city, civic groups,
  organizations, businesses and schools)
• Example of events Tree planting,
  environmental restoration projects, road-side
  beach cleanups, environmental festivals, turtle
  watch, etc)
• 1. Calendar-Sign-up member
  businesses, organizations, school groups, civic
  groups, churches homeowner associations to
  pledge a road clean-up, beach clean up and or
  recycling campaign.
• (2009 25 pledged events
  make a list of who to contact)
• 2. Members community
  satisfaction on how their inquiries, events,
  suggestions, questions or concerns were handled.
  (90 or higher satisfaction)
• 3. Email- whatfootprintwillyoule
  ave_at_gmail.com/FWB Chamber Web-page (Update
  calendar monitor BLOG-create a monthly or
  weekly BLOG comment)
• (update monitor - set up
  procedures to follow) FACEBOOK MYSPACE (work
  on social networking opportunities)

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Education/Seminars
• - Plan Schedule seminars or workshops for
  chamber members and the public to promote Green
  Awareness.
• 1. Plan, promote, execute
  survey results quarterly seminars or workshops
  for chamber members community.
• (Example posting 101, energy
  conservation Gulf Power Okaloosa Gas, drive
  smart, make rainwater catchers, green building
  ideas for your home or business, water
  conservation ideas for home or business) plan,
  promote, execute, survey results) Goal 4 or
  more-
• 2. Recycling 101on going
  education print, web-page, press releases,
  posters, on-line video with the help of local
  High Schools Media departments, county city.
  (work on plan survey results)
• 3. Other events to promote to
  chamber members community.

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Government
• - Keep Green Taskforce informed on State,
  County, Municipal and Military Green Awareness
  Initiatives and Programs.
• 1. Government Committee
  support if needed to help with Green Awareness
  Committee concerns or if Government Committee has
  task or issue for Green Awareness Committee to
  support. (Example Following the recycling
  process. Encourage curbside recycling for all
  cities in region)
• 2. Survey businesses
  residents if they recycle. Pass on results to
  appropriate sub-committees to help generate
  awareness where needed.
• 3. Help all sub-committees,
  members community stay informed to Federal,
  State local bills laws regarding Green
  Awareness. (Help prevent members community
  from Green Washing)

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Green Building
• - Provide information for chamber members
  public about Green Building initiatives
• 1. Work with other applicable sub-committees
  to promote educate Green Building practices
• 2. Come up with ways to encourage local
  chamber members community to practice Green
  Building at home their businesses
• 3. Work with other civic community
  organization to promote Green Building Habitat
  BIA

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Hospitality
• - Promote Green Lodging Certification Program.
  Promote Eco Tourism. Encourage the hospitality
  industry to be Eco Friendly
• 1. Encourage local Lodging Facilities
  to enroll in the states Green Lodging
  Program/Workshop- once or twice a year
• - Condos promote Green Friendly
  units for short or long term stays.
• 2. Encourage Commercial Recycling
  Opportunities at all lodging facilities other
  Green Practices.
• 3. Eco Tourism Lodging Facilities
  incorporate in their packages or make suggestions
  to their guests.

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Media
• - Provide chamber staff with press releases for
  local Newspapers, Radio Television Stations
  about the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chambers
  Green Awareness Need to know information,
  events, seminars and workshops
• Provide information to chamber staff or
  designated Green Taskforce Point of Contact to
  update Green Awareness web-page for chamber
  members and the public to view.
• 1. Work with all sub-committees.
  (Establish dates for information to be submitted
  to promote)
• 2. Establish media list for Chamber
  Staff to submit press releases.
• 3. Historian keep copies in file of
  all press releases generated for Green Taskforce

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Products Services
• - Approve Chamber Member Green products
  services to be added to Green Awareness web-page
• 1. Establish procedures for
  sub-committee members to promote products
  services on Green Awareness web-page.
• 2. Highlight a member product or
  service in detail to members public
• 3. Encourage businesses to offer more
  Green Friendly products services.

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Schools Colleges
• - Encourage Green Awareness to Colleges, High
  Schools, Middle Schools, Elementary Schools in
  Okaloosa County. Offer resources ideas when
  needed. Recruit student volunteers to help with
  Chamber Events that recycling is encouraged.
• 1. Encourage a Green Council for School
  District Area Colleges to brainstorm promote
  Green Awareness to students faculty through
  education seminars/workshops, future careers in
  Green Technology Renewable Energy-Bio
  Fuels-etc(jobs of the future)
• 2. Encourage schools to establish a
  Environmental Club to help promote Green
  Awareness.
• 3. Promote Recycling at all schools
  colleges.

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Utilities
• - Provide Energy Conservation Tips, Programs and
  Initiatives to members community.
• 1. Encourage members public to schedule a
  complimentary Energy Audit with Utility
  Companies. (Establish a goal reaching out to
  members)
• 2. Work with sub-committees to educate
  promote Utility initiatives products for
  businesses and consumers.
• 3. Keep members community updated on
  New Clean Energy Technology that will be
  initiated in the near future.

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Green Taskforce Committees

• Volunteers
• - Recruit, Educate and Schedule Volunteers to
  oversee recycling efforts to prevent
  contamination of recyclables when needed for
  chamber and other community events.
• 1. Establish procedure to recruit
  maintain volunteers contact data. (Schools,
  colleges, churches, civic organizations,
  businesses, clubs) Establish a goal of how many
  ready volunteers to have available-
• 2. Work with Education/Seminars to
  schedule Recycling 101 seminars and refresher
  recycling seminars for volunteers. (create a
  certificate utilize Pins at FWB Chamber)
• 3. Work with sub-committees to assign
  volunteers to help with upcoming events.
• (Establish procedures thank you
  notes)

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• Future ideas for Green Taskforce

• Create innovative partnerships with local, county
  state organizations.
• Help create environmentally friendly programs,
  events seminars to assist businesses to become
  more sustainable.
• Help address Green Issues in Okaloosa County and
  surrounding areas.
• Research financial resources such as Keep America
  Beautiful, (non-profit organization that focuses
  on and promotes national cleanliness ethic
  between business and private sectors.) and State
  DEP-Innovation Grants.

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Green Taskforce

• Meeting Agenda for Tuesday December 16, 2008
• 800a-815am Sign in/Networking (Use a glass
  coffee cup or bring your own coffee mug)
• 815am Pledge/Introductions
• 825am Accomplishments in November
• - Green Lodging November 4th
• - November Chamber Breakfast
  November 7th
• - Florida Recycles Day November
  15th
• - Waste Management Single
  Stream Recycling November 17th
• 830am Talk about 2009 Goals
• 845am-910am Sub-committee breakout
• - Meet Chair of sub-committee or
  assign a committee chair/Establish or refine
  goals
• - Decide on communication method
  for each sub-committee
• - Assign task if applicable
• 910am Ending comments
• Next Green Taskforce meeting Tuesday January
  6, 2009 / 815am
• Resource link to Sustainable Florida
  http//www.sustainableflorida.org/howto.htmlbusin
  ess