Environment:

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​SAVE THE DATE 

Climate Action:   Thinking Globally - Acting Locally
Speakers; 
Rebecca Boyd,   Environmental Attorney, LWVUS Delegate to the UN Conference on Climate Change in Poland, Commissioner of Wilmette’s Environmental and Energy Commission, 
Lauren Marquez-Viso,  VP of Citizens’ Greener Evanston and Co-Chair of Evanston’s Climate Action and Resilience Plan Task Force
Jonathan Nieuwsma, President of Citizens’ Greener Evanston   
Description: Hear from LWV-Wilmette member and  LWV-US delegate to the recent UN Conference on Climate Change on global efforts to engage local communities in solving the climate crisis. Understand how the Village of Wilmette Environmental and Energy Commission is working toward developing and implementing a comprehensive sustainability plan in accordance with the Greenest Region Compact.  Learn how Evanston is lowering its carbon footprint and what this looks like in practice.  
Date: Thursday,  February 28, 2019, 7:00 p.m.
Location:  Wilmette Public Library Auditorium, Lower Level 
Sponsors:  LWV-WIlmette and Go-Green WIlmette 

Environmentally Focused Inter-League Organizations (ILOs)

​The LWV-Wilmette is a member of two different Inter-League Organizations (ILOs) that work on environmental issues in our region.  To learn more about them, here are links:

LWV Upper Mississippi River Region:  https://www.lwvumrr.org/

LWV Lake Michigan Region:  https://www.lwvlmr.org/
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League of Women Voters Toolkit for Climate Change

LWV-US has a Tool Kit for local leagues to work on climate change. Click HERE to go there.