Whether you lead a civic, religious, veterans, or other local group and need impassioned speakers on an important topic for an upcoming meeting, Sustainable Suffield can help.
As the town task force, charged with reducing landfill waste through various initiatives, educating the public and helping beautify the town, we’ve created a presentation that should rouse the interest of your members.
It’s filled with photos of our initiatives and our plans, accompanied by brief explanations, so it moves quickly and sparks a lot of discussion. Expect it to run for an hour, perhaps a bit longer if there are many questions. We’ve included the basic information in our slides and added “More” buttons, where appropriate, so that we can dive deeper if your members ask.
They’ll learn about our Repair Cafes, where 16 local volunteers repair household items, such as lamps, food mixers and torn slacks for free. They’ll observe what happens to the food scraps that our schools and residents collect and how the scraps are converted into energy, fertilizer and other byproducts. They’ll learn how to sign up for our energy workshops and the Town Tag Sale, allowing them to declutter their homes of unused household items without contributing to landfill waste.
They’ll learn the process we follow to direct pumpkins and Christmas trees to area farms for animal feed. We’ll describe the tours we’ve taken, such as to the $40 million Berlin facility that handles Suffield’s recyclables, and how your members can participate in future trips.
Scout leader Krystal Holmes said this about the presentation, “The scouts learned how to better recycle, manage food waste, repair and reuse old items and think about their overall consumption. It was great to understand all the ways Sustainable Suffield is helping our community improve our environment.”
After viewing the presentation, Garden Club member Sue Mayne noted, “Sustainable Suffield is a group that has its act together. Anna-Kristin Daub-Murphy and Tony Peterson from Sustainable Suffield make an impressive duo. The team presented a highly informative and interesting program about their ongoing projects. Though the subject was not new to the audience, everyone learned something, and all walked away with a clear sense that Sustainable Suffield is making a difference.”
If your group is seeking worthy speakers on an important topic for an upcoming meeting, please email Sustainable Suffield at sustainablesuffield@suffieldct.gov.