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Glendale, AZ Mayor's Youth Advisory Commission

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.glendaleaz.com/Mayor/myac.cfm#LearnaboutMYAC
Description:
Inspiring youths by guiding them to take an active role in their local government—that is the foundation of the Glendale Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission. But what is an unexpected byproduct of this highly successful civic program is the inspiration exuded to all others by the incredible achievements each year’s group of youths attains.
The Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission—often referred to as MYAC—is a working group of Glendale teens from all high schools in our city, as well as public and private schools beyond our boundaries. Each year the teens plan and implement community projects, a Teen Town Hall and Student Government Day.
By serving as a member of the Mayor’s commission, teenagers have the unique opportunity to express their views and share their ideas on a variety of youth-related issues firsthand with Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs and other city leaders. This is an excellent chance for high school students to become directly involved with their city government.
Recent accomplishments include the launch of Teens Today, an independently produced cable program on the city cable channel. The program debuted in September 2000 to overwhelming acceptance. Concerned with what Glendale teens perceived as the negative images of today’s youth by the media, members of MYAC asked for the opportunity to develop, produce and host this youth oriented program to draw attention to the positive contributions of teens in their schools, neighborhoods and community.
MYAC also asked the Mayor and Council for the opportunity to have teens serve on some of the city’s 18 boards and commissions. The result was an amendment to city ordinances that allows for this expanded membership. Since then, several Glendale teens have been appointed as full voting members.
Applications are accepted in early sping. Membership is limited exclusively to high school students living in Glendale who are looking to become actively involved in their community. MYAC is limited to 50 members. To be eligible, teens must be enrolled in high school.
Category:Arizona
Category:City Governments
Category:Programs
Category:Youth
Glendale, AZ Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.glendaleaz.com/Mayor/myac.cfm#LearnaboutMYAC
Description:
Inspiring youths by guiding them to take an active role in their local government—that is the foundation of the Glendale Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission. But what is an unexpected byproduct of this highly successful civic program is the inspiration exuded to all others by the incredible achievements each year’s group of youths attains.
The Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission—often referred to as MYAC—is a working group of Glendale teens from all high schools in our city, as well as public and private schools beyond our boundaries. Each year the teens plan and implement community projects, a Teen Town Hall and Student Government Day.
By serving as a member of the Mayor’s commission, teenagers have the unique opportunity to express their views and share their ideas on a variety of youth-related issues firsthand with Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs and other city leaders. This is an excellent chance for high school students to become directly involved with their city government.
Recent accomplishments include the launch of Teens Today, an independently produced cable program on the city cable channel. The program debuted in September 2000 to overwhelming acceptance. Concerned with what Glendale teens perceived as the negative images of today’s youth by the media, members of MYAC asked for the opportunity to develop, produce and host this youth oriented program to draw attention to the positive contributions of teens in their schools, neighborhoods and community.
MYAC also asked the Mayor and Council for the opportunity to have teens serve on some of the city’s 18 boards and commissions. The result was an amendment to city ordinances that allows for this expanded membership. Since then, several Glendale teens have been appointed as full voting members.
Applications are accepted in early sping. Membership is limited exclusively to high school students living in Glendale who are looking to become actively involved in their community. MYAC is limited to 50 members. To be eligible, teens must be enrolled in high school.
Category:Arizona
Category:City Governments
Category:Programs
Category:Youth
Glittering Blue Earth

Blue Earth: Thin Blue Atmosphere
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/File:GlitteringBlue1.png
 link=https://d14ehukf22rdnp.cloudfront.net/2015-08-03.mp4
Category:Earth360
Category:EarthPOV
Category:Environmental Protection
Category:Environmental Security, National Security
Category:EOS eco Operating System
Category:New Space
Category:New Transcendentalists
Category:Orbital Perspective
Category:Overview Effect
Category:Planet API
Category:Planet Citizen
Category:Whole Earth
Global Forest Watch

Mapping + Action
Beyond Expectations: Reforestation Can Remove 10x More CO2 From the Atmosphere Than Previously Estimated...
* https://scitechdaily.com/beyond-expectations-reforestation-can-remove-10x-more-co2-from-the-atmosphere-than-previously-estimated/
Global Forest Watch
* Google Outreach acts to preserve and protect
* Global Forest Watch / Map / 2014
Thank You to 'Bioneer' Rebecca Moore
@Earth Outreach
Read More about Rebecca Moore
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Cooperative Networking: Green Activism
Sharing Y/Our Data
* Global Forest Watch Org
* World Resources Institute
* Monitoring the world's forests 
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Google Outreach continues its impact
* https://plus.google.com/115519007136221820067/posts/2ntxMkhNpf5 
::http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/global-forest-watch 
Global Forest Watch Snapshot of Action in the Field -- February 2017
* https://twitter.com/globalforests/status/830781506301726720?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Enews%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
:: https://twitter.com/globalforests
* https://financialtribune.com/articles/people-environment/57867/intl-firms-launch-effort-to-monitor-deforestation
* https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/expedition-sets-out-to-explore-isolated-mysterious-forest-in-drc/
:: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/logging-in-certified-concessions-driving-intact-forest-loss-in-congo-basin/
:: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/the-philippines-declares-more-than-100000-acres-as-critical-habitat/
:: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/02/scientists-launch-expedition-to-find-missing-monkeys/
:: https://news.mongabay.com/2017/01/revolutionary-new-biodiversity-maps-reveal-big-gaps-in-conservation/
* https://psmag.com/the-dramatic-deforestation-of-cambodia-as-seen-from-space-4f04dce4d350#.ynbnn39ac
* http://www.eco-business.com/opinion/intact-forest-landscapes-matter-for-climate-change-here-are-3-reasons-why/
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Category:Atmospheric Science
Category:Biodiversity
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Category:Climate Policy
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Category:Forest
Category:Forests
Category:Nature
Category:New Space
Category:Planet Citizen
Category:Planet Citizens
Category:Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists
Category:Rainforest
Category:Sustainability
Category:Sustainability Policies
Global Risks Report

Global Risks - 2016
The Global Risks Report 2016 highlights significant long-term risks worldwide, drawing on the perspectives of experts and global decision-makers...
: Via the 'Davos meeting'...
http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2016/press-releases/
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http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2016/global-risks-landscape-2016/#landscape
http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2016/global-risks-landscape-2016/#risks
http://reports.weforum.org/global-risks-2016/global-risks-landscape-2016/#trends
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Category:Planet Citizens, Planet Scientists
Category:Renewable Energy
Category:Sea-Level Rise & Mitigation
Category:Solar Energy
Category:ThinBlueLayer
Category:US Environmental Protection Agency
Category:Whole Earth
Global warming

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.
Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice and warmed the continents and atmosphere. 
Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia... 
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http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Climate_Change_Summit_Paris
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_and_Space,_Politics
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Environmental_Security
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/New_Definitions_of_National_Security
http://strategicdemands.com/new-definitions-national-security/
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Science_Vital_Signs
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Earth_Right_Now
http://strategicdemands.com/environmental-security/
http://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Look_at_how_thin_our_atmosphere_is
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Category:Climate Change
Category:Earth Science
Category:Global Warming
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Category:Planet Citizen
Gloucestershire County, England Carbon Management Strategy and Implementation Plan

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted in June 2007
Source File: http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/utilities/action/act_download.cfm?mediaid=19141
Text:
Note: As the entire document encompasses 39 pages, only the Foreword is shown below. To read the policy in its entirety, refer to the source file.
FOREWORD
Cutting carbon emissions as part of the fight against Climate Change should be a key priority for local authorities – it’s all about getting your own house in order and leading by example. The UK Government has identified the local authority sector as key to delivering carbon reduction across the UK inline with its Kyoto commitments and the Local Authority Carbon Management programme is designed in response to this. It assists councils like Gloucestershire in saving money on energy and putting it to good use in other areas, whilst making a positive contribution to the environment by lowering their carbon emissions.
Gloucestershire County Council was selected in 2006, amidst strong competition, to take part in this ambitious programme. In proactively responding to the risks that Climate Change presents, Gloucestershire has joined the 98 councils across the UK who have to date partnered with the Carbon Trust on this programme in order to realise vast carbon and cost savings.
This Carbon Management Strategy and Implementation Plan commits the Council to a target of reducing CO2 emissions by at least 2.5% per annum, year on year from 2007/08, to achieve CO2 emissions reductions, against the 2005/06 baseline, of:
* 10% by 2012;
* 30% by 2020; and
* 60% by 2050.
This underpins potential financial savings to the Council of over £1.1m by 2011/12.
There are those that can and those that do. Local authorities can contribute significantly to reducing CO2 emissions. The Carbon Trust is very proud to support Gloucestershire County Council in their ongoing implementation of carbon management.
Category:Climate Policy
Category:County Governments
Category:England
Category:Policies
Category:United Kingdom
Gold Coast City, Australia Cities for Climate Protection Campaign

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted
Source File: http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard.aspx?pid=6979
Description:
Gold Coast City Council has an important role to play in the achievement of greenhouse gas reduction. Council is currently investigating ways to reduce our energy usage and utilise renewable energy where practical.
As participants in the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) campaign, the Gold Coast is making its contribution to this global issue of climate protection.
The Gold Coast 2010 Cities for Climate Protection Program for greenhouse gas reductions builds on existing Council and community initiatives and strives to encourage reductions in Council emissions of 20 per cent per resident, and of 10 per cent per resident for community emissions by the year 2010.
* Gold Coast 2010 Cities for Climate Protection Program (PDF 276kb)
Council is taking a number of actions to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions through its own operations. These include:
:1. Ethanol use in all Council vehicles
:2. Methane capture and electricity production from land fill sites
:3. Renewable energy generation from micro hydro water turbines
:4. Regular energy audits of facilities
:5. LPG and hybrid vehicles in fleet
:6. Monitoring of water network to improve efficiency
In the light of deepening local, national and international concern, Gold Coast City Council is committing to a new long-term target of carbon neutrality by 2020 for Council emissions. This means that by 2020 the greenhouse gas emissions from the delivery of Gold Coast City Council normal business would be effectively zero.
This will be achieved through a sound approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with a strong focus on:
* avoiding emissions by using renewable energy and minimising energy use by redesigning our practices;
* increasing our use of energy efficient products, re-using waste heat or cogeneration; and
* offsetting greenhouse gas emissions that can’t be reduced through carbon sinks and carbon trading. 
In 2008 Council will develop a whole of city strategy to address climate change for the Gold Coast in the context of the Bold Future initiative.
The strategy will revisit Council’s current climate change actions and cover mitigation (reduction) of greenhouse gas emissions now to help prevent further climate change, and adaptation to anticipated changes due to past emissions including changes to sea-level, temperature and rainfall.
* Gold Coast City Council responding to Climate Change - Carbon Neutral by 2020 (PDF 351kb)
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Councils
Category:Policies
Category:Queensland
Grafton, WI Recycling

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted on 9/19/94
Source File: http://www.town.grafton.wi.us/TownCode/Ord29.pdf
Summary:
The purpose of this ordinance is to promote recycling, composting, and resource recovery through the
administration of an effective recycling program, as provided in s. 159.11, Wis. Stats., and Chapter NR 544, Wis. Administrative Code.
 
Category:City Governments
Category:Ordinances
Category:Recycling
Category:Wisconsin
Grand Forks, British Columbia Anti-Idling Bylaw

Type: Bylaw1
Status: Adopted on 9/17/07
Source File: http://www.city.grandforks.bc.ca/PDF/bylaws/1836.pdf
Text:
BYLAW NO. 1836
A Bylaw to Regulate the Idling of Vehicles
WHEREAS pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Act, Council is authorized, by bylaw,
to regulate, control, and prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking of vehicles in
the municipality;
AND WHEREAS pursuant to the Community Charter, a municipality may, by
bylaw, regulate prohibit and impose requirements with respect to the protection
and enhancement of the well-being of its community in relation to the emission of
smoke, fumes and other effluvia that is liable to foul or contaminate the
atmosphere;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the Corporation of the City of Grand Forks, in
open meeting assembled, ENACTS, as follows: 
1. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "City of Grand Forks
Anti-Idling Bylaw."
2. In this bylaw:
:a. "Idle" and "Idling" mean the operation of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle while the vehicle is not in motion;
:b. "Vehicle" means a rubber-tired or tracked vehicle that is designated to be self-propelled by an internal combustion engine but does not include a motor-assisted cycle or a vehicle operated wholly, or in part, by an electric motor.
3. No person shall cause or permit a Vehicle to Idle for more than three (3)
consecutive minutes.
4. Section 3 does not apply to:
:a) Vehicles Idling while passengers are embarking or disembarking;
:b) Vehicles Idling because of traffic, an emergency, or mechanical difficulties
:c) Armoured Vehicles involved in the secure delivery and pick up of goods;
:d) Emergency Vehicles, as that term is defined in the Motor Vehicle Act;
:e) Vehicles engaged in a parade or a race;
:f) Vehicles engaged in a mechanical test or maintenance procedure for which Idling is required;
:g) Vehicles that must remain Idling so as to power a heating or a refrigeration system for the preservation of perishable cargo;
:h) Vehicles that must remain Idling so as to power any tools or equipment necessary for or incidental to the provision of services by a municipality or a public utility; and
:i) Vehicles Idling if the outside temperature is below freezing or above 30 degrees celsius.
5.
5.1 Every person who contravenes any provision of this Bylaw is guilty
of an offence under the Offence Act and is liable on summary
conviction to a fine of not less than $250.00 and not more than
$10,000.
5.2 Each day that a contravention of the provisions of this Bylaw exists
or is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offence.
6. If any portion of this bylaw is declared invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then the invalid portion must be severed and the remainder of
the bylaw is deemed valid.
Footnote: 1 - For the sake of consistency, Canadian municipal by-laws are categorized as ordinances as they serve the same purpose as their American counterparts.
Category:British Columbia
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Energy
Category:Gas-Powered Transportation
Category:Ordinances
Grand Forks, British Columbia Landfill Ban

Type: Policy
Status: Initiated in 2001
Source File: http://www.city.grandforks.bc.ca/services/garbage/ban.asp
Description:
NEW ~ Landfill Ban Information
In the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary we want valuable resources to be used again and again and again. After all it doesn't make much sense to spend huge amounts of money mining for metals or cutting down trees, then processing the raw resources, only to throw it all away after one use.
So we've established recycling programs and composting operations which give these resources renewed life. And in the process we conserve landfill space, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a better quality of life.
To show we're serious about eliminating waste and recovering resources, as of September 1, 2001, it will be illegal to put certain things in your garbage. Things like yard and garden debris or any material accepted in our recycling programs.
Obviously all the paper, glass, tin, newspapers, milk jugs and cardboard can be recycled at depots or in your blue box, and all beverage containers can be returned for refund.
And if you don't want to, or have no space to compost, we accept your yard and garden debris for composting at our landfills, absolutely free of charge. Composting all that material instead of burying it reduces the production of methane, a greenhouse gas 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Removing all these things from the garbage will also save you and your municipality money for tipping fees. Our target is ZERO WASTE! Your participation will make it happen.
What's banned and what can I do with it?
WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S NOT GARBAGE!
BANNED IN THE RDKB SEPTEMBER 1, 2001:
YARD AND GARDEN DEBRIS
Leaves, grass clippings, prunnings, weeds, shrubs, plants, etc. If it grows, we can compost it.
What do I do with it?
Take it to any landfill for composting. Ask the attendant for directions. Tipping fees apply to branches, etc. over 15 cm in diameter.
RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
Glass food containers, tin cans, milk jugs (and other No. 2 uncoloured plastic containers), newspapers, cardboard, magazines, catalogues, phone books, office paper and any other paper products that's not waxed, plasticized, or stained.
What do I do with them?
Take them to your local recycling depot (see locations below) or put them out in your blue box. Commercial users should arrange for pick up or deliver material to either the Columbia Gardens Recycling Centre at 9370 Highway 22A (Trail and area) or Alpine's depot at 8008 Donaldson Dr. in Grand Forks.
BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
All beverage containers can be returned for deposit.
Take them to your local bottle depot or to where you purchased them.
Category:British Columbia
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Policies
Category:Recycling