August: Claire Miziolek

SUSTAINABILITY COMMUNITY FELLOW
GTECH Strategies

Summary:

August was hot and busy! On the reclamation site, we have been gearing up for sunflower harvest. On the Green Economy side, we've been moving forward with several initiatives. Around the office, August is when we said good bye to several summer interns and wrapped up several projects. All in all, August has been a full month running the gamut of activity.

SCA Community Day
For the SCA Community Day, which took place on August 21st in Hazelwood, I took on the role of logistical coordination. That included:
--Leading Conference calls on 8/2 and 8/12
--Leading in-person group meeting on 8/17
--Going down to Hazelwood to pass out fliers/mingle on 8/3
--Learning about tools with Josh Nard from SCA on 8/20
--The community day! With a great turnout! on 8/21

Green Economy Meetings
GTECH is the convener of many groups. This month I:
--Scheduled and took notes for the Regional Green Economy Task Force meeting on 8/2
--Scheduled and took notes for the Job Readiness Roundtable meeting on 8/6
--Scheduled and took notes for the Green Jobs Advisory Board meeting on 8/10
--Accompanied my colleague Khari to a press conference with the National Wildlife Federation about the affects of climate change on urban settings on 8/17

Green Economy Events
We are in the process of planning a large scale event to take place in October. For this, I:
--Met with key GTECH players on 8/12 and 8/17
--Met with Michael Sider-Rose of Coro on 8/13
--Met with an events committee on 8/16
--Toured the venue on 8/26
--Met with partners from Green For All on 8/26 and 8/27

Education/Speaking engagements
--I spoke to a group of youth in Beltzhoover about Vacant Land Strategies on 8/11
--I spoke to a group of youth in Beltzhoover about Green Jobs on 8/18
--Tabled for GTECH at the Rachel Carson Sustainable Feast on 8/29
--Tabled for GTECH for the Coro Community Study on 8/30
--Spoke with the Coro NEXT Leaders about the upcoming Green Economy event.

Administrative
--I also took notes and disseminated action items for the weekly Staff Meetings and the weekly Reclamation Meetings

Other
--I finalized and sent out the GTECH August newsletter on 8/4
--I finalized and sent out a grant application on 8/2
--Helped build a booth for Hothouse on 8/23, 8/25, and tabled at Hothouse on 8/28
--Bike on the Great Allegheny Passage on 8/27 with the SCA Green Cities/TTOC group