Climate Action Event 2/28/2019
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally
It was standing room only at the League of Women Voters Wilmette and Evanston and Go Green Wilmette’s Climate Action Event: “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally.” Residents from around the community gathered to hear Rebecca Boyd, LWVUS Delegate to the UN Climate Conference in Poland, and Wilmette EEC commissioner, talk about her experience attending the conference. Rebecca shared pictures and anecdotes, but also a message of both hope and urgency as she stressed that the world has only twelve years in which to reverse the rate of global warming. More than 70% of necessary climate action on this front will happen at the local level, she told audience members, and there are examples of communities around the world that take climate impact into account with every government spending decision.
Representatives from Evanston then brought the message closer to home, talking about successful climate action in their community. Jonathan Nieuwsma and Lauren Marquez-Viso of Citizens’ Greener Evanston described the significant impact of community wide green energy carbon credits by entering into appropriate electrical aggregation contracts, in addition to other steps the city is taking toward sustainability. They stressed the importance of community involvement in the development of community sustainability plans and urged audience members to get involved.
Members of the audience asked questions ranging from the viability of wind farms on Lake Michigan, to the effectiveness of composting, to legislation on carbon emissions. Many audience members signed up to partner with the Wilmette Energy and Environmental Commission (EEC) on the development of a sustainability plan based on the Greenest Region Compact 2 (GRC2) framework. The next meeting of the EEC will be on April 25 at 7 pm at Wilmette Village Hall.
Representatives from Evanston then brought the message closer to home, talking about successful climate action in their community. Jonathan Nieuwsma and Lauren Marquez-Viso of Citizens’ Greener Evanston described the significant impact of community wide green energy carbon credits by entering into appropriate electrical aggregation contracts, in addition to other steps the city is taking toward sustainability. They stressed the importance of community involvement in the development of community sustainability plans and urged audience members to get involved.
Members of the audience asked questions ranging from the viability of wind farms on Lake Michigan, to the effectiveness of composting, to legislation on carbon emissions. Many audience members signed up to partner with the Wilmette Energy and Environmental Commission (EEC) on the development of a sustainability plan based on the Greenest Region Compact 2 (GRC2) framework. The next meeting of the EEC will be on April 25 at 7 pm at Wilmette Village Hall.
Click HERE to view the presentation by Rebecca Boyd
Click HERE to view the presentation by Jonathan Nieuwsma
Click HERE to view the presentation by Lauren Marquez-Viso