Saturday, June 20, 2009

Public meeting: Thursday June 25 at 7 pm, at the Village Civic Center




Welcome to our blog! This will be a place to share information about what we are doing.


The Glen Ellyn Cool Cities Coalition is a group of people involved in various local civic and environmental advocacy groups meeting to discuss ways to reduce Glen Ellyn’s impact on the environment. While people talk about “going green” we are looking for ways to really do it. The biggest item on our agenda is to ask the Village of Glen Ellyn to join more than 900 other communities by signing the U.S. Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement.


The goal of this agreement is to “enact policies and programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas emission reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol -- 7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012.” That seems like a lofty goal, but we think Glen Ellyn can do it. The Village has already taken steps since 1990 to reduce carbon dioxide missions, ranging to improved lighting, building heating and ventilation improvements, and the purchase of hybrid vehicles. Don’t forget, in the long run this will save tax dollars and allow the Village to provide vital services more efficiently. And we will be part of a national movement to address climate change on a local level.


We meet regularly on the last Thursday of the month at 7 pm.

Next public meeting: Thursday June 25 at 7 pm, at the Village Civic Center.


1 comment:

  1. Wow! The first Cool Cities blog in Illinois!

    Looking forward to hearing more about the greening of Glen Ellyn.

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