cool joliet intro powerpoint
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The Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement
• Launched by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels in
February 2005.
• Cities pledge to reduce global warming emissions
7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012.
• Unanimously endorsed by U.S. Conference of
Mayors
http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/climate/
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Cool Cities
• Sierra Club’s organizing initiative on behalf
of the US Mayors Climate Protection
Agreement
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• Provides opportunities for local action on
global climate conditions.
• Brings people together for local solutions.
Cool Cities is Leading the Way!
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CoolJoliet
A 21st Century Renaissance for healthy air, water and food for all families.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• Once an industrial city, the community reinvented itself by taking advantage
of popular casinos and attracting business.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• Joliet's 21st century renaissance is the wisdom of its diverse community
leaders who insure Joliet is healthy for all families.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• There are efforts in our community by
individuals and groups to "go green.”
The idea that the City of
Joliet could achieve Cool
City designation was
planted.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• There are efforts in our community by
individuals and groups to "go green.”
The idea that the City of
Joliet could achieve Cool
City designation was
planted.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
Several individuals and JACOB’s subcommittee met to form a steering
committee to achieve this goal.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
We will focus first on getting the cool cities agreement signed by the mayor
and city council. Then on actions to lower CO2 emissions.
Consider This:
The amount of sunlight that intersects the earth in 24
hours, is more energy than all the
conventional oil that has been…
or ever will be…
extracted.
Courtesy: Midwest permaculture
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• Lowering Co2 involves all - We all breathe the same air.
• Like smoke in the air, this process gets swirled together. It's not nice
& neat like some suburban lawns. But It will get results.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.• The city of Joliet is you and organizations;
every person who lives here, and still others.
• We are fortunate to have wise people work for the city. They've already
started trying to lower co2.
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• As good citizens we need to help in the effort, and suggest other
actions.
• We will explore what actions worked well in other cities like Joliet and
avoid those programs that didn't work so well.
CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• We need to keep an eye toward cost. But keeping good air quality
must take priority over short term cost. Not only for health but also for
long term economic impact.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• This project can create jobs.
• We don't know yet what the 21st century will look like. But we can look
back on some things in the 20th century and see how "it was a good
idea at the time" but it doesn't work now.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• Let's live our values.
• Let’s put our hearts into creating a
21st century community that is
healthy for all.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• The 20th century had telegraph and
telephone.
• The 21st century is starting with cell
phones and internet.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• http://cooljoliet.net
• http://twitter.com/cooljoliet
• Link up for a common goal.
• Healthy air, water and food for all.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• http://cooljoliet.net
• http://twitter.com/cooljoliet
• Link up for a common goal.
• Healthy air, water and food for all.
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CoolJolietA 21st Century Renaissance.
• http://cooljoliet.net
• http://twitter.com/cooljoliet
• Link up for a common goal.
• Healthy air, water and food for all.
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Photo Credits:Presentation July 2009
photos used with permission.
• John Heinz – facebook.com/jheinz2?ref=ts
• Gini Lester – cooljoliet.net
• Bill Wilson – midwestpermaculture.com
• Windows of Wonder – wowchildcare.com
• A NASA photo (copyright not noted when ripped.)
• Emily Bruce – purple smoke © wix.com/eshalane/photography
CoolJoliet
A 21st Century Renaissance.