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Gainesville, FL Mandatory Commercial Recycling

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted on 8/12/96
Source File: http://www.cityofgainesville.org/recycles/ordinance.shtml
Text:
DIVISION 3. COMMERCIAL RECYCLING
Sec. 27-85. Mandatory commercial recycling established.
(a) 	Commercial generators. beginning January 1, 1997, or such later date as designated by the city manager or designee, all commercial generators and generators of construction and demolition debris shall separate designated recycling materials and make them available for recycling. The commercial generator or generator of construction and demolition debris may utilize a registrant, which includes a commercial franchisee who has obtained a registration, to collect the recycled materials. Failure to separate the designated recyclable materials, except for de minimus amounts, from solid waste loads delivered to a city facility, a facility under contract with the city or a solid waste container at point of generation will result in surcharges against the commercial generator, or the commercial franchisee, unless the generator or commercial franchisee demonstrates to the satisfaction of the city manager or designee that it generates less than de minimus quantities of designated recyclable materials in the aggregate. The amount of the surcharge and procedures for payment and appeal shall be established by the city commission by separate resolution or regulation.
(b) 	Commercially-collected residential. All commercially-collected residential units shall establish a recycling program that includes recycling of all designated recyclable materials and is convenient and accessible to the residents by January 1, 1997.
(c) 	Location of containers. All recovered materials shall be placed in an appropriate industry standard container. Where garbage cans are used, they shall be placed at the roadside or at such other single collection point as may be agreed to between the registrant and the customer. All containers shall be kept in a safe, accessible location as designated or approved by the city and agreed to by the registrant and customer.
(d) 	Maintenance of containers. If a registrant provides recovered material containers to its customers, the registrant will be responsible for the proper maintenance of the container. Customers that acquire their own containers from any other source are responsible for the proper maintenance of the container, except that damage done by the registrant shall be the responsibility of the registrant; and for ensuring that the container can be serviced by the registrant's equipment.
(e) 	Proof of participation in recycling program. A commercial generator, generator of construction and demolition debris or owner of a commercially-collected residential property shall produce proof of a valid and current contract with a registrant or receipts for delivery of recovered materials to an approved site, upon request of the city manager or designee.
Category:City Governments
Category:Florida
Category:Ordinances
Category:Recycling
Gaithersburg, MD Integrated Pest Management Policy

Type: Policy
Status: Initiated in 1997
Source File: http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/poi/default.asp?POI_ID=392&TOC=107;81;388;387;392;
Description:
In 1997 , the Mayor and Council requested a citizen Pesticide Task Force develop charges for Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The charges included:
* The City of Gaithersburg shall adopt IPM as its pest management strategy for all City property.
* The City of Gaithersburg shall develop an outreach program to educate homeowner associations, individual homeowners, commercial property owners, and lawn and garden companies on IPM and encourage citywide participation.
* The City of Gaithersburg shall comply with applicable State regulations for managing, applying, storing, and disposing of pesticides and pesticide contaminated materials.
* The City of Gaithersburg shall require newly established homeowner associations to follow the City's IPM plan and to maintain lawns and gardens in the most environmentally sensitive way.
Since adoption of the IPM Policy, the City has reduced its application of pesticides and herbicides. During the first year of the plan (1998), the City took the approach of no pesticide usage whatsoever. The results were devastating. Dandelions bloomed everywhere and roses died in Constitution Garden. In 1999, the City reassessed the plan. Now, the City applies limited amounts of pesticides and applies only those that are non-toxic, or those that quickly degrade into non-toxic components.
The City of Gaithersburg is committed to educating the public on the value of IPM and has brochures and reference materials available on the program. The City produced two new brochures in Fiscal Year 2000. Previously, the City hosted a workshop at the Activity Center in Bohrer Park, Summit Hall Farm, which featured IPM experts from the University of Maryland, Montgomery County Cooperative Extension Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Maryland Master Gardeners Program providing tips and insights for those in attendance.
The City of Gaithersburg reviewed its procedures for posting pesticide applications in City parks and facilities. The City is committed to following all Maryland regulations for the application of pesticides. Only trained and certified applicators are used for pesticide applications.
The City requires new Homeowner Associations to develop and implement an IPM Plan for the maintenance of community facilities and common property. The City will continue to encourage existing HOAs to adopt IPM as a means for pest management.
Category:City Governments
Category:Maryland
Category:Pesticides
Category:Policies
Gaithersburg, MD Signs Climate Protection Agreement

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 10/12/06
Source File: http://www.gaithersburgmd.gov/poi/default.asp?POI_ID=1497&TOC=107;81;388;1497;
Description:
With support from the Gaithersburg Environmental Affairs Committee, the Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council approved a resolution to join 307 other cities nationwide, representing over 50 million Americans, in signing the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement. The actual signing will took place at a press conference on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at the Youth Center at Robertson Park, 801 Rabbitt Road in Gaithersburg.
“We see this as an important opportunity for Gaithersburg to become a leader in climate protection,” said Mayor Sidney Katz. “In addition to our initiatives, we encourage all citizens to take steps to reduce climate change pollution. Even small steps can save money and help the environment.”
During the presentation, the Sierra Club celebrated Gaithersburg's commitment to reduce the City's global warming pollution. “We commend Mayor Katz and the Gaithersburg City Council for committing, through the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement, to work aggressively to reduce Gaithersburg’s carbon emissions,” said Betsy Johnson, Chair of the Maryland Chapter of the Sierra Club. “The Sierra Club’s Cool Cities campaign volunteers pledge to work closely with the City to help it realize the goals implicit in the agreement.”
The Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement is an initiative spearheaded by Seattle Mayor Gregory Nickels that was unanimously endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in June, 2005. It encourages state and local governments to take actions to reduce greenhouse emissions.
By signing this commitment, Gaithersburg pledges to think globally and act locally by striving to meet or exceed Kyoto Protocol targets for reducing global warming pollution and urging Congress to pass climate protection legislation.
Initiatives already in place in Gaithersburg include the opening of Gaithersburg’s first green building, the Youth Center at Robertson Park, with features that include a geothermal heating and cooling system, ENERGY STAR windows, and insulation made from recycled denim. The City also promotes the use of wind energy, its urban forestry program has earned it a Tree City USA designation for 17 consecutive years, and the City’s equipment fleet recently began using B20 biodiesel fuel.
The City will also examine other projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including conducting a greenhouse gas emissions inventory, implementing energy efficiency improvements in new and existing City operations and buildings, greening the City’s vehicle fleet by incorporating more hybrids, and pursuing clean alternative energy.
Category:City Governments
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Maryland
Category:Policies
Galway County, Ireland Plastic Shopping Levy

Type: Ordinance
Status: Adopted on 3/4/02
Source File: http://www.galway.ie/en/Services/Environment/WasteManagementRecycling/PlasticBagLevy/TheFile,662,en.pdf
Description:
WHY WAS THE LEVY INTRODUCED?
The Plastic Bag Levy was introduced on the 4th March 2002 in order
to reduce the huge number of plastic shopping bags that were
being used everyday. We can all remember the days of plastic bags
being handed out indiscriminately at shop counters, many of them
ending up littering our streets, countryside, or our coastline.
The plastic bag levy is designed to encourage people NOT to use
plastic bags, and so eliminate many of the environmental problems
caused by their use.
ARE ALL PLASTIC BAGS LIABLE TO THE LEVY?
No. The following are the bags on which no Levy is charged:
* Small bags used to contain fresh meat, fish or poultry, EVEN IF THEY ALREADY HAVE PACKAGING.
* Small bags used to contain loose fruit, nuts, sweets, vegetables, hot or cold cooked food, PROVIDED THESE ITEMS ARE NOT ALREADY PACKAGED.
* Bags given out in Duty – Free areas.
* Re-usable bags which are sold for 70 cent or more.
WHO PAYS THE LEVY?
Customers who want a plastic shopping bag must pay the Levy. To
avoid paying the Levy, simply use re-usable bags.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MONEY COLLECTED?
The money collected is paid into The Environment Fund and used
to fund Litter, Waste Management and other Environmental
Projects. This money cannot be used for any other purpose. This
means that the Levy paid by those who use plastic bags, is used for
the positive improvement of the Environment.
WHAT MUST THE PUBLIC DO?
In order for this Levy to work, members of the public must
* Avoid using plastic shopping bags.
* Report any incidents where Plastic Shopping Bags are distributed free of charge to:
:The Environment Section, Galway County Council.
Category:County Governments
Category:Ireland
Category:Ordinances
Category:Recycling
Category:Tax-Related
Gambia

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambia
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gambia
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* http://www.theguardian.com/world/gambia
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* https://www.lonelyplanet.com/gambia
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Gambia Second NDC (2021)
	Gambia First NDC (2016 - Archived) 	
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Gambia's INDC plan - PDF
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Category:Gambia
Category:Africa
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Gardena, CA Micro Loan Program

Type: Policy
Status: In effect
Source File: http://www.ci.gardena.ca.us/businesses/microloan.asp
Description:
MicroLoan Program
Purpose
The City of Gardena Micro Loan Program is designed to assist small businesses in specifically designated areas of the City. Loan proceeds can be used to hire employees, purchase fixtures, equipment or machinery, and working capital; construction projects are ineligible for these loans.
Financial Provisions
* Amount
:Loan amounts range from $10,000 to $25,000.
* Interest
:Interest will be at the current CD rate at the date of funding the loan, plus two percent.
* Fees
:There will be a documentation fee of $100. The documentation fee will not be charged if the applicant is not approved for the loan. All fees and closing costs will be deducted from the loan proceeds, at closing.
* Term
:Loans $25,000 or greater are amortized over five years; all other loan amounts are amortized over three years.
* Collateral
:Collateral may be required, and if so, UCC filing fees, appraisal fee and other minor fees may be charged against the loan proceeds.
* Evaluation
:Loan applications and necessity of funding, are evaluated by the City of Gardena’s Micro-Loan Review Panel, based on applicant qualification, borrower need, fund availability and public benefit. The applicant must demonstrate the ability to repay the loan. Loans are not available to those businesses who have other sources of capital or have obtained a Micro-Loan from the City within the previous five years.
* Credit Decision
:The credit approval/disapproval is determined by the City's Micro-Loan evaluating committee. Businesses will be required to complete a bank credit application, as well as a City of Gardena Micro-Loan application.
Eligibility Requirements
In addition to the requirements listed in the micro-loan application the business must meet the following requirements in order to participate in the City’s Micro-Loan program, a business must:
* Be physically located in and licensed by the City of Gardena; businesses having a Gardena mailing address, but not licensed by the City of Gardena, are ineligible
* Have a satisfactory credit and repayment history; consent to credit verification by bank
* Demonstrate ability to repay the loan
* Execute an agreement with the City’s One Stop Employment Development Center committing to use the Center as the first source of recruitment for job(s) created after receiving the loan and when vacancies occur as a result of employee turnover
* Execute agreement to hire at least one person if the amount of the loan is $35,000 or greater; business will have one year from the date of the loan funding to fulfill its hiring obligation
* Complete all of the necessary paperwork associated with packaging loan
Would your business like to apply for a MicroLoan from the City of Gardena? Please contact the office of the City Manager at (310) 217-9504, or e-mail us at econdev@ci.gardena.ca.us for additional information.
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Micro Loans
Category:Policies
Genesis, Stewardship and Beyond

Responsibility to Care for the Earth
Genesis 1:26 
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness 
and let them have dominion over fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, 
and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepth upon the earth.”
For Reading and Mindful Reflection:
Ecological/Environmental 
: https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Eco-Spirituality
: https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Category:Eco-Theology
Judeo-Christian 
: https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Topical.show/RTD/CGG/ID/2164/Subdue-Earth.htm
: http://www.chaimbentorah.com/2015/06/hebrew-word-study-dominion/
: https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Christianity_and_Climate_Change_Belief_or_Disbelief
: https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Laudato_Si
: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/genesis-and-human-stewardship-of-the-earth/
: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristin-m-swenson-phd/the-bible-and-human-domin_b_681363.html
Overview of World Religions and Ecology
by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
Yale University / 2009
One of the greatest challenges to contemporary religions, then, is how to respond to the environmental crisis...
[Some historians such as] Lynn White have suggested that the emphasis in Judaism and Christianity on the transcendence of God above nature and the dominion of humans over nature has led to a devaluing of the natural world and a subsequent destruction of its resources for utilitarian ends. While the particulars of this argument have been vehemently debated, it is increasingly clear that the environmental crisis presents a serious challenge to the world’s religions. This is especially true because many of these religions have traditionally been concerned with the paths of personal salvation that frequently emphasize other worldly goals and reject this world as corrupting.
How to adapt religious teachings to this task of revaluing nature so as to prevent its destruction marks a significant new phase in religious thought. Indeed, as the historian of religions, Thomas Berry, has so aptly pointed out, what is necessary is a comprehensive reevaluation of human-Earth relations if the human is to continue as a viable species on an increasingly degraded planet. In addition to major economic and political changes...
: Baha'i; Buddhism; Christianity; Confucianism; Daoism; Hinduism; Indigenous; Islam; Jainism; Judaism; Shinto; Interreligious
: http://fore.yale.edu/religion/
: http://fore.yale.edu/education/research/
: http://fore.yale.edu/publications/books/
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Category:Anthropocene
Category:Biosphere
Category:Earth Science
Category:Eco-Spirituality
Category:Ecology Studies
Category:Green Values
Category:Planet Citizens
Category:Whole Earth
Georgia, Europe

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)
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: Georgia - News from the Guardian
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/georgia
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Georgia First NDC (2021 - Updated Submission) 	
Georgia First NDC (2017 - Archived) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Georgia's INDC plan - PDF
* http://www.mapsopensource.com/georgia?url=georgia
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Category:Georgia, Europe
Category:Eurasia
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Germany

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Germany
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: Germany Green Issues
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:German News
: Spiegel Online
: Zeit Online
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/germany
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
EU First NDC (2020 - Updated Submission) 
EU First NDC (2016 - Archived) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Germany's INDC plan - SUBMISSION BY LATVIA AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS 28 MEMBER STATES 
* https://www4.unfccc.int/sites/NDCStaging/Pages/All.aspx
* http://www.mapsopensource.com/germany?url=germany
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Category:Germany
Category:Europe
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Germany Green Issues

Renewable Energy - Out in Front
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany
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Superhighways for Bikes
As a glimpse of a greener urban transport future, Germany has just opened the first five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of a bicycle highway that is set to span over 100 kilometres.
It will connect 10 western cities including Duisburg, Bochum and Hamm and four universities...
The idea, pioneered in the Netherlands and Denmark, is gaining traction in Germany.
The new velo routes are a luxury upgrade from the ageing single-lane bike paths common in many German cities, where tree roots below can create irregular speed bumps and a mellow cycling lane can suddenly end or, more alarmingly, merge into a bus lane.
The new type of bike routes are around four metres (13 feet) wide, have overtaking lanes and usually cross roads via overpasses and underpasses. The paths are lit and cleared of snow in winter. 
The German Bicycle Club ADFC argues that, since about 10 percent of trips in the country are now done by bicycle, cycling infrastructure should get at least 10 percent of federal transport funding.
"Building highways in cities is a life-threatening recipe from the 1960s," said its manager Burkhard Stork. "No one wants more cars in cities."
http://news.yahoo.com/germany-gives-green-light-bicycle-highways-042326161.html
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Category:Germany
Ghana

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ghana
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: Ghana - News from the Guardian
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/ghana
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* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationally_determined_contribution
* https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/all-about-ndcs
* https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs/nationally-determined-contributions-ndcs
Ghana First NDC (Archived)
Ghana First NDC (Updated Submission)
Ghana First NDC (Archived, Updated Submission-Transmittal Letter)
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Ghana's INDC plan - PDF
* http://www.mapsopensource.com/ghana?url=ghana
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Category:Ghana
Category:Africa
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC