About Us

The Green Building Committee is currently composed of professionals from the Department of Health.  You do not need to have a background in environmental science to be a member of the Green Building Committee!  Green Building Committee members meet for one hour on the first Monday of each month.  We discuss current opportunities in the work place related to recycling, ways to reduce and re-use items that we normally throw away, ways that we can conserve energy and natural resources at work, and hazardous substance reduction.  Occasionally, in lieu of a monthly meeting, the Committee takes a one-hour tour of a business with green building practices in place, to see environmental strides that are being made locally.

2010 Green Building Committee Action Plan (pdf) 

The Green Building Committee hosts one Brown Bag Lunch each month, September through April, from Noon to 1pm, either at the Gold Seal Center or in the Judicial Wing of the Capitol.  If you have discussion topics for Brown Bag Lunches, we would love to hear from you.  Topics for 2010 - 2011 include:

·         Fall Landscaping Advice

·         October Is Indoor Air Quality Month

·         Paper Recycling

·         Greening Your Holiday Decorations

·         Keep Your Old Car (Or Motorcycle!) Running 

·         Efficiency Practices: Sugar Beets for Ethanol Production 

·         Vermiculture & Composting At Home 

·         Purchasing a New Bicycle & Maintenance How-To's

Also, keep an eye out for the Green Apple Newsletter, published in September, December, and March.