On Monday, February 11, 2008,
Narberth Borough Council unanimously passed a resolution to
pursue the Cool Cities Campaign!
While we have already completed the first step of signing
the Mayors' Climate
Protection Agreement, we are working towards
the second step which is to purchase ICLEI software and
measure Narberth's greenhouse gas emmissions. After we
complete this, we will be able to devise a plan in order
to reach the goal of reducing emmissions 7% below 1990
levels by 2012.
For more info on the Cool Cities Campaign visit http://coolcities.us/
To complete step two, we will need to gather volunteers to
work with the Borough and calculate Narberth's carbon
footprint this spring/summer. If you would like to get
involved, please email Avi at NarberthGreens@gmail.com. All
types of time commitments are needed, so we should be able
to work with your schedule.
History of Campaign
This all started at the September 24, 2007 NG meeting, when
Stephanie Odell gave a presentation about the Cool Cities
Campaign. Since then, through conducting research, creating
proposals, and attending meetings, active members or
Narberth Greens have urged the Narberth Borough Council to
officially join the Cool Cities Campaign. On January 14,
2008 Mayor Grady signed the Mayors' Climate Protection
Agreement (the first step of Cool Cities) and on February
11, 2008, Borough Council passed a resolution to pursue the
Cool Cities Campaign.