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Kelowna, British Columbia Public Art Committee

Type: Policy
Status: Established in 1997
Source File: http://www.kelowna.ca/CM/Page92.aspx
Description:
Since its inception in 1997, the Public Art Committee has recommended the acquisition of more than 23 works of public art in its collection, ranging from acrylic paintings to large, site-specific sculptural installations.
The Public Art Committee advises Council on the expenditure of the Public Art Reserve Fund, which is set at a minimum of $100,000 per year (a sum equal to one per cent of the City’s annual capital budget from general taxation revenue).
The Committee is guided by its mandate to:
* work with the community to humanize and animate the urban environment
* increase the livability and artistic richness of the community
* stimulate the growth of arts and art-related businesses through the provision of public art. 
Acquisition methods include:
* direct purchases from artists
* donations by artists and others
* competitive commissions
* partnerships with the private sector. 
Competition calls are generally open to artists from any location. The collection includes many works by British Columbia and local artists, and others by artists from China, the UK and the USA.
Community Public Art 
This recent initiative of the Public Art Committee is a collaborative, collective creative process between a professional practicing artist and a community. Up to $10,000 of matching funds is available annually to non-profit organizations for community public art projects.
The goals of community public art are:'''
* to encourage the creation of publicly accessible, permanent or temporary artworks having artistic merit and community benefit. Community benefits include encouraging or documenting social change and strengthening understanding between diverse communities.
* to foster community pride, identity and cohesion through collaborative artistic endeavor and the creation of artwork legacies
* to support local leadership in community art projects while respecting the role of creative artists and other design professionals
* to reflect the diversity, needs and ambitions of the larger community
Category:British Columbia
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Culture
Category:Policies
Kelowna, British Columbia Solar Powered Lighting Project

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.kelowna.ca/CM/Page1592.aspx
Description:
The City of Kelowna is working with Carmanah Technologies Corporation to equip the community’s parks, paths and other public spaces with solar-powered LED lighting technology as part of its commitment to sustainability. The City will install 100 Carmanah EverGEN™ solar-powered area lights over the next 12 months.
The sunshine city, Kelowna receives more than 2000 hours of sunshine a year making it a great location for solar energy technology. The Kelowna project will be the largest installation of the EverGEN to date. 
The project has been made possible with the assistance of: 
* a Government of Canada grant of $500,000 
* a contribution of $530,000 from Carmanah 
* a contribution of $128,000 from the City to cover installation costs
Solar-powered technology
The Carmanah self-contained solar lighting is a unique design where the solar panel, batteries and control electronics are uniquely contained within the “solar engine”.
The EverGen™ solar-powered area lights are the latest evolution in product design providing more power and illumination than previous models. Each unit also contains an energy management system which can be programmed to meet the needs of various locations; for example the lights can be programmed to dim at certain hours of the night to consume less power and provide better illumination when required.
The batteries will have a five to six year lifespan; the LED (light emitting diode) light fixtures have 10 year lifespans. 
Project sites
Buildings
* City Hall 
* Mission Recreation Park Aquatic Centre
Parks
* Avonlea Park
* Brent’s Grist Mill
* Dilworth Mountain Park
* Ellison Dog Park
* Enterprise Dog Park
* Glenmore Dog Park
* Manhattan Park and Manhattan Point Park
* Martin Park
* Mission Dog Park
* Redridge Park
* Rotary Marsh Walkway
* Sumac Park
* Surtees Heritage Park
* Wigglesworth Park 
Utilities
* Glenmore Landfill
* Compost Facility
Transit Facilities
* Key crosswalks on Rails with Trails on existing Central Okanagan Multi-modal Corridor
* Various downtown parking lot pay kiosks
* Mission Recreation Park bus exchange
* Select stations along the new Bus Rapid Transit System
Reducing our environmental footprint
Carmanah and the City of Kelowna will be monitoring the lights over the next year to evaluate performance in field conditions. Data analysis will be conducted by NRCan to determine power savings and the reduction in carbon footprint.
In addtion to this project, the City has installed 22 solar-powered parking kiosks in the downtown and 51 solar-powered pedestrian signals. 
Category:British Columbia
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Programs
Category:Solar Energy
Kent, Ohio Green Construction Standards for New City Buildings

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 11/19/08
Source File: http://www.kentohio.org/gov2/2008-202.pdf
Text:
RESOLUTION NO. 2008-202
A RESOLUTION REQUIRING THAT ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION OF CITY BUILDINGS, IN EXCESS OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET, MEET LEED CERTIFICATION AT THE SILVER LEVEL, UNLESS A WAIVER IS GRANTED.
WHEREAS, the City of Kent desires to encourage new development to include sustainable design
and building practices; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to support the standards for construction of buildings that are
environmentally responsible, energy efficient, healthy for employees; and will attract business to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City understands that circumstances may occur making compliance with this
requirement cost prohibitive or unreasonable, and will allow a waiver with proper documentation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Kent, Portage County, Ohio, at
least a majority (5) of all members elected thereto concurring:
SECTION 1. That all new construction of buildings owned or occupied by the city of Kent, Ohio that
are 5,000 square feet of floor area or greater shall be certified to the U.S. Green Building Council’s
LEED Silver Level.
SECTION 2. That requirements of LEED certification may be waived in an emergency situation, or
under documented circumstances where compliance would be cost prohibitive, create an unreasonable
burden on the project, or have a negative impact on a historic structure.
SECTION 3. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating
to the adoption of this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council and that all deliberations
of this Council, and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to
the public in compliance with all legal requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
SECTION 4. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest date allowed by law.
Category:Building Standards
Category:City Governments
Category:Ohio
Category:Resolutions
Kent County, DE Green Table Program

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.co.kent.de.us/Departments/PublicWorks/GreenTableProgram.htm
Description:
The Green Table Program is a voluntary program for restaurants who adopt and implement an environmental management system. Participating restaurants are allowed to display the Green Table logo in their establishment and on their advertising. They are subject to random inspections and audits to ensure that they are following the principles established as a baseline for the program. 
A summary of the program can be found by clicking on the link for the free "Guide to Being an Environmentally-Friendly Restaurant" in pdf format. This document is a pamphlet that should be printed landscape and double-sided in order for the pages to properly fit.
Excerpts from the Guide
What’s the Problem?
Restaurants use various toxic chemicals and generate a wide variety of wastes. Some of these include:
* Waste paper
* Waste plastics
* Waste food (table scraps and food preparation remains)
* Waste fats, oils and greases (FOG)
* Pesticides
* Toxic cleaners, disinfectants, bleach
These wastes and chemicals have a significant impact. They:
* Take up valuable landfill space
* Clog up pipes and sewers and create sanitary sewer overflows
* Generate greenhouse gases when they decompose
* Cost the restaurants and the public dollars
* Degrade our precious natural resources
* Cause surface water and groundwater contamination.
What Else can I do?
Join the “Green Table” Program by committing to the
ten principles outlined in this pamphlet.
If you sign the “Green Table” commitment on the
back page of this pamphlet, and send it to the Kent
County Levy Court, Dept. of Public Works, and
subsequently, pass an audit of your management
system, you can display the “Green Table” logo and
advertise that you are participating in the program.
This will show all patrons that you are an
environmentally-friendly restaurant.
Sample Environmental Policy
To protect our environment, we believe and practice the
following principles:
# The protection of the environment is a critical issue for the future of global food production.
# The environment will be an important issue for consideration in our business-making processes.
# We will seek to minimize the environmental impact of our business operations on our local community and the communities of our suppliers.
# We will dispose of our waste and by-products in a manner that has minimal impact on the environment.
# We will encourage suggestions from our staff for improvements in environmental protection.
# We will inform staff and the public about our environmental program.
# We will participate in community initiatives that care for and improve the environment.
# We will lead by example with our environmental endeavors.
# We will commit the necessary resources, both monetary and personnel, to ensure that this policy is implemented.
Category:County Governments
Category:Delaware
Category:Green Business
Category:Programs
Kentucky State University Environmental Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted
Source File: http://www.kysu.edu/NR/rdonlyres/604662F7-5183-4B25-939F-D1CACD8FC089/156987/policy_format.pdf
Text:
PURPOSE:
* Enhance energy awareness and increase the environmental responsibility of the University community.
* Aim to improve management of waste produced on campus and promote recycling programs whenever feasible.
* Maximize campus energy efficiency, as well as other resources such as water.
* Create and form partnerships between the University and those directly associated with and affected by actions of the University to communicate and demonstrate the University’s commitment regarding environmental and energy conservation issues.
POLICY:
Kentucky State University is committed to national and state wide environmental and energy initiatives. The University’s commitment to environmental protection, responsibility and stewardship is reflected in many of its teaching, research and community outreach activities. The University shall continue to promote a strong environmental focus, and expand its reputation as an environmentally responsible institution.
RESPONSIBILITY:
The first responsibility for adherence to this policy lies with the faculty, staff members and students directly involved. If there is reason to believe that this policy is not being adhered to, the matter should be reported to the administrator of Facility Operations for investigation and resolution. If the matter cannot be resolved at that level, it should be referred to the next higher administration level for resolution.
Category:Colleges
Category:Kentucky
Category:Policies
Category:Sustainability Policies
Kenya

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kenya
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INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Kenya's INDC plan - http://www4.unfccc.int/submissions/INDC/Published%20Documents/Kenya/1/Kenya_INDC_20150723.pdf
http://www.mapsopensource.com/kenya?url=kenya
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Location_Kenya_AU_Africa.svg/800px-Location_Kenya_AU_Africa.svg.png
Category:Kenya
Category:Africa
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Kenya Environmental-Development

A "mobile money" revolution has swept Kenya, where people can send and receive money on their cell phones. It's improved commerce and brought basic necessities to poorer areas
The Social and Economic Impact of MPESA on the Lives of Women in the Fishing Industry on Lake Victoria
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Category:Green Business
Category:Kenya
Kenyon College, OH Statement of Sustainability

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted
Source File: http://www.kenyon.edu/x42449.xml
Description:
By adopting an environmental policy, Kenyon College hopes to address the needs of the coming years through introducing change at the individual and institutional levels. It is hoped that this policy will not only guide Kenyon's policy decisions but also reflect a way of life at Kenyon. Students at Kenyon College have always been among the best and the brightest in the nation, continually excelling in our studies and our careers after college. Environmental stewardship is the next step for Kenyon students to take and a vital area in which we should demonstrate leadership.
Our environmental policy is a broad-reaching statement modeled after those of private liberal arts colleges around the nation. We hope to make decisions that will continually show our care for the environment, the surrounding community, and future generations at this college and in the world at large.
Kenyon Statement of Sustainability
As a liberal arts college, Kenyon College recognizes that it has a responsibility to its students, the surrounding community, and future generations to make conscious decisions that reflect the changing nature of the environment. Kenyon understands that creating a sustainable campus as well as showing respect and care for the environment should be among the core values that guide our teaching, research, service, and administrative decisions.
Category:Colleges
Category:Ohio
Category:Policies
Category:Sustainability Policies
Kildare County, Ireland Art in Health Programme

Type: Program
Status: Launched in 2007
Source File: http://www.kildare.ie/arts/artsservice/10_arts_in_health/
Description:
Arts in Health refers to arts activities that take place within a healthcare setting. The range of potential arts activities in this setting is broad and may consist of:
Environmental Enhancement: the improvement of the physical environment through the use of interior design or architecture or the situation of artwork in healthcare locations including site-specific commissioned artwork.
Participation-focused work: the engagement of people through arts activities. This can include patients as audience members or as participants. Examples include public performances or dance, music or drama, workshops and artists residencies.
Arts in health is active in all types of medical facility: primary, secondary and tertiary care; acute and mental health care and can impact anyone who enters the facility whether patient, visitor or staff. A distinction is made between arts in health and arts therapy. Whilst in arts therapy, the therapist uses art as a means to achieve therapeutic change, the term arts in health refers to arts practices whose primary goal is the experience or production of art.
Although the primary objective is not therapeutic, there is international recognition of the benefits of the arts in health and how it can assist in the healing process. Good health is not just concerned with eliminating illness but also with promoting psychological, emotional and spiritual well-being and the use of arts in health recognises this.
In August 2007, Kildare County Council appointed Nicola Dunne as Arts in Health Specialist, a unique post within local authorities. The role of the Arts in Health Specialist is to work with key agencies in the county to develop and deliver a programme of arts in health projects in a variety of health settings and to provide support for artists and agencies involved in arts in health practice.
Category:County Governments
Category:Culture
Category:Ireland
Category:Programs
Kilkenny County, Ireland Adopt - a – Bottle Bank Scheme 2009

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/Services/Environment/Environment_News/AdoptaBottleBankScheme2009.html
Description:
Kilkenny County Council has a network of bottle banks across the county accepting glass, aluminum drinks cans and steel food cans.
Our experience is that Bottle Banks can be subject to abuse. Littering can occur beside the bank when people leave their recyclables beside the bank rather than placing recyclables into the bottle bank. Empty cardboard boxes can be left behind after people empty their recyclables into the banks and some banks are subject to illegal dumping of household waste.
Since March 2008 a cleaning contractor services the bottle banks in the County regularly however the adopt a bottle bank scheme will continue to ensure the community groups have funds to maintain the surrounding area of the banks to allow them to be visually attractive and remain an asset to their local area.
The requirements for participation in the scheme are listed below. Groups must apply on an official application form. 
The closing date for applications is the 30th of June 2009.
Requirements of the Adopt - a – Bottle Bank Scheme
# The group must be actively engaged in a community activity in the area in which they wish to adopt a bank.
# Groups will be restricted to adopting one recycling bank.
# Applications to adopt banks will be considered on a “first come first served” basis.
# Groups must agree to undertake the bank maintenance for 1 year. At the end of this period the agreement between the Council and the group will be reviewed.
# Community Groups must designate a specified contact person in the group for dealing with general correspondence with the Council.
# Groups must agree to undertake the following duties:
::* Any recyclables left at the Bottle Bank will be placed in the appropriate bank.
::* If illegal dumping occurs at the Bottle Bank, the group must advise the Council immediately so an investigation into the dumping can be undertaken.
::* Any plastic bags or boxes left at the Bottle Bank must be disposed appropriately.
::* Groups are required to advise the Council when banks are approaching capacity, i.e. if almost full.
::* The groups will give advice & assistance to the public requiring information on their Bottle Bank. 
Each group participating in the “Adopt- a- Bank” scheme will be paid €400.00. Payments for groups adopting the banks will be payable to the community group rather than an individual member of the community group. At the end of the year, the scheme will be reviewed, including the performance of the group.
Category:County Governments
Category:Ireland
Category:Programs
Category:Recycling
King County, WA Clean-Up of Toxic Waste

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 9/29/03
Text:
Legislative File ID 2003-0432
A MOTION calling for the cleanup of existing toxic waste in the Duwamish river, the prevention of future toxic waste from recontaminating the Duwamish river and the proper treatment or disposal of toxic waste.
WHEREAS, the Duwamish river was once a river teeming with wild salmon, trout, waterfowl and other aquatic species, and
WHEREAS, in addition to providing critical habitat for a variety of wildlife, the Duwamish river has served as a recreational waterway for citizens and as resource for many businesses that contribute to our local economy, and
WHEREAS, in 2001, the Environmental Protection Agency designated the Duwamish river as a Superfund site, and
WHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has identified thirty-six chemicals exceeding cleanup screening levels, including lead, mercury, arsenic, cadium, PCBs and zinc, and
WHEREAS, a coalition of community groups, environmental organizations, governmental jurisdictions and private companies, including, but not limited to, the Georgetown Community Council, People for Puget Sound, Washington Toxics Coalition, Puget Sound Keeper, Duwamish Tribe, King County, Port of Seattle, city of Seattle and Boeing, have partnered to cooperatively and effectively comply with Environmental Protection Agency clean-up regulations;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
A. It is imperative that swift, appropriate and effective actions be taken to clean up existing toxic waste in the Duwamish river to ensure the long-term health of:
:1. The many fish, wildlife and plant species that depend on the river's ecosystem; 
:2. The human populations that live and work near the river; and
:3. The many businesses that are located near the river and depend on the river as a resource;
B. In addition to any effort to clean up the Duwamish river, it is critical that new industrial technologies, appropriate regulations and environmental monitoring be utilized to prevent future toxic waste from recontaminating this valuable resource; 
C. Any toxic waste removed from the Duwamish river for disposal elsewhere should be managed in accordance with state and federal requirements; 
D. All reasonably available disposal and treatment options for sediments, along with the pros and cons of each option, should be thoroughly explored before a final decision to locate the sediments; and
E. The costs of studying, designing and conducting needed toxic waste cleanup, clean-up monitoring, avoiding recontamination by future toxic waste, materials removal for disposal elsewhere, treatment of removed materials and final disposal must be fairly allocated among all responsible parties and not be disproportionately borne by any one entity or group of individuals such as King County wastewater ratepayers.
Category:County Governments
Category:Hazardous Waste
Category:Resolutions
Category:Washington
Kingston, Ontario Electronic Energy Meter Program

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/environment/energymeter.asp
Description:
The Electronic Energy Meter is a device that can help you save energy, save money and save the environment. It can also help you lower Kingston's greenhouse gas emissions 10 per cent (below 2000 levels) by 2014. That's the target set by the City of Kingston and the Kingston Environmental Advisory Forum (KEAF).
The Electronic Energy Meter can be borrowed for free from any public library in Kingston. The Meter can show you how much energy your appliances use.
Newer refrigerators, freezers, and clothes washers use far less energy and cost less to operate than old appliances.
Replacing a refrigerator bought in 1990 with a new ENERGY STAR®-qualified model saves enough energy to light the average household for nearly four months.
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Energy Policy
Category:Ontario
Category:Programs