Farewell and Thank You to Andrea!
It is never easy to say goodbye, but unfortunately, C3’s Residential Program Manager, Andrea Bostrom, will be leaving us this week to join the City of Charlottesville as an Environmental Engineer. We know that she’s in good hands with our partners at the City, but she will be missed!
As a farewell and “thank you”, we wanted to highlight some of her best work moving residents and households throughout the community to greater heights when it comes to climate action while having some serious fun!
Soups On! — Letter Writing to the Virginia General Assembly
In January, we gathered interested Home Energy Challenge participants for an evening of letter writing to the Virginia General Assembly on climate-centered legislation. Caetano de Campos Lopes was on hand to discuss C3’s recommendations.
Climate Cooking Class – sold out!
In February Andrea partnered with local Nia teacher and vegetarian enthusiast Susan McCulley on a cooking class on how to make Buddha Bowls! Twelve eager learners joined us to make the connection between health and climate.
Launch of the Classroom Challenge/Guidebook
After many weeks of research, writing, and collaboration, the Classroom Climate Challenge guide was finished and ready to launch in area schools. Little did we know that COVID would interrupt our momentum here! But Andrea and the team pivoted to a virtual environment and held a spring Virtual Climate Camp that was well-received by teachers and parents alike. Andrea took some of the Classroom Guide’s lessons and paired them with amazing climate action resources which teachers and kids can still access.
Climate Trivia during COVID
With all of our Earth Day events shut down, we knew virtual events would be a challenge. It was a challenge that Andrea met head on by putting together a truly creative and engaging visual, auditory, and mental trivia experience for our network!
Successful Season Four of the Home Energy Challenge
In June, our fourth Home Energy Challenge season came to a close with a virtual celebration. Andrea put together a great slideshow of households acting on climate, and if you haven’t read her Chronicles of Climate Action, which documented the season, they are a must read on our blog.
Climate Action Academy Coming Soon!
To help area households dig even deeper to reach their climate goals,, Andrea has cooked up an exciting initiative for households in 2021. We cannot wait to unveil it,and thank Andrea for her hard work to develop it this fall.
Andrea, our team and our Charlottesville and Albemarle households will miss you. Best of luck in your new endeavor!
--Teri, Susan, Claire, Erica, and Cae