Below
is an overview of our current projects Mt Airy Greening Network
provides. Which one draws you?
Contact the key person - and come play
with us! It’s free, it’s fun, and you meet your neighbors! |
| MAGNET Visioning & Project matrix - 12/2004 |
| Theme |
Timeline
|
| Current
Projects |
6
months |
1
year |
5
years |
10
years |
|
1-5
people
|
5-10
people |
10-50
people |
5000+
people |
| General |
Develop MAGNET website &
project-specific
blogs for increased community involvement - Meenal, Ameet, Nancy
Develop the PhillyGreenPages - a guide to
green
products & services - Nancy
Develop the PhillyGreenMap
- a visual guide to a sustainable Philly - Meenal |
Develop a 'Starter pak' & 'Intro to
Greening'
workshop - Charles
Create a Roxborough group - Dana
|
|
|
|
| Waste |
Refine
& promote green map of compost sites - Meenal |
|
Develop
recycling program for plastics labeled 3 thru 6 - Meenal |
Startup
sustainable business in Philly with high employment in deconstruction,
a reuse center - Ameet |
See
at least one compost bin on every residential city block - Ameet |
| Energy |
|
Initiate
discussion on Peak Oil - Charles |
Train
contractors to weatherize homes -- creating a local "green
contractor" directory - Steve |
|
|
| Transportation |
Develop
prototype "grease" car, running on waste vegetable oil and / or
biodiesel - Meenal, Charles,
Ameet & Chris |
|
Cleanup
along R8 line - Betsy |
Improve
mass transit options in Philly |
|
| Consumption |
PhillyFreecycle
- promote reuse & altruism - Meenal
& Betsy
Sister project NWPhillyFreecycle
-
Betsy
Free for All - a 2005 Earth Day event - Miranda & Betsy |
Develop
Mt. Airy Shares - Meenal &
Betsy |
Create
a Consumer Purchasing Collective - Steve |
|
|
| Community |
Weaver’s
Way
- Betsy
Wissahickon
Charter School
Meenal & Julie
|
|
Develop high-school environmental contest -
Betsy
Develop citywide high-school environmental program with volunteer
coordinators - Betsy |
|
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