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Burlington, VT In Support of Universal Health Care

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 2/2/04
Vote: Unanimous
Source File: http://citiesforprogress.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77
Text:
WHEREAS, despite Vermont's efforts to broaden the availability and affordability of health care, there remains a severe and continuing health care crisis in Vermont; and
WHEREAS, almost 62,000 Vermonters do not have health insurance; and
WHEREAS, approximately 8,500 Vermont businesses do not provide health insurance to their workers and many employers have reduced coverage and / or increased the employee's contribution for premiums and co-pays; and
WHEREAS, Vermonters who are self-employed or employees of small business are in especially dire need of reliable and affordable health care coverage, and
WHEREAS, health care spending on Vermont residents totaled $2.6 billion in 2001 (14% of Gross State Product), an 11.5% increase from 2000; and
WHEREAS, health care expenditures in Vermont have increased over 90% in the last nine years, while inflation was only 23% during the same period. 
WHEREAS, it is evident that state efforts to address health care accessibility and affordability have not solved the problem and that we can no longer afford to tinker at the margins of a system that has proven incapable of meeting our needs.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Burlington City Council calls upon the General Assembly to develop and adopt legislation in 2004 for an effective and universal system of health care to alleviate the crisis now confronting Vermonters; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the goals of a comprehensive health care program must include:
* continued high quality care;
* cost containment;
* universal coverage;
* equitable long-term financing mechanisms;
* free choice of providers;
* uniform reimbursement; and
* transparent and effective accountability measures; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council requests that this resolution be distributed to the Governor, Lt. Governor, Speaker of the House, President Pro-Tem of the Senate, Burlington's state legislative delegation, and Vermont's congressional delegation.
Category:City Governments
Category:Health
Category:Resolutions
Category:Vermont
Burlington, VT Medicinal Marijuana

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 10/24/94
Source File: (Missing)
Description:
October 24, The City of Burlington, like numerous other municipalities and states [Note: 36 states, including Vermont, have passed resolutions in support of medical marijuana], passed a resolution stating, in part: 
* Significant scientific and medical studies have demonstrated that marijuana is safe for use under medical supervision and that the cannabis plant, in its natural form, has important therapeutic actions that are often of critical medical importance to persons afflicted with a variety of life and sense-threatening illnesses; 
* Courts have recognized marijuana's medical value in treatment and have ruled that marijuana can be a drug of "necessity" in the treatment of glaucoma, cancer, AIDS, and multiple sclerosis, and conditions of permanent pain and/or paralysis; 
* The people of the State of Vermont believe that well trained medical professionals should be responsible for determining a patient's routine of medical care, and; 
* Seriously ill Vermonters and other Americans are suffering unnecessarily because of federal policies which legally prohibit marijuana's legitimate medical use [emphasis added]. 
The resolution resolved, "the Burlington City Council memorializes the President and the United States Congress to end federal prohibition against marijuana's legitimate medical use by creating a rational system of prescriptive medical access to marijuana."
Category:Ballot Initiatives
Category:City Governments
Category:Marijuana
Category:Vermont
Burlington, VT Nuclear Disarmament Day

Type: Resolution
Status: Declared on 8/6/08
Source File: http://www.nuclearfreefuture.org/node/91
Text:
WHEREAS, sixty-three years have passed since the United States dropped the first atomic bomb on the civilian population of Hiroshima, Japan; and
WHEREAS, thirty-seven years later, on June 24, 1982 at the 2nd Special Session on Disarmament held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, the Mayor of Hiroshima announced a program of transnational solidarity among cities to facilitate collective efforts toward the elimination of nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, Mayors of Peace is a body made up of more than 2,000 cities in over 130 countries and regions that is now preparing for a new campaign: “The UN Decade of Disarmament - 2010 to 2020” and have expressed their support for August 6th as a meaningful date to recognize as Nuclear Disarmament Day; and
WHEREAS, Nuclear Disarmament Day is a day to reflect on the consequences of dropping the atomic bomb and to reform our way of using the power of nuclear technology; and
WHEREAS, on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 the people of Burlington have the opportunity to confront the past and face the future with a vision calling for non-proliferation, disarmament, and world peace;
THEREFORE, I, Bob Kiss, Mayor of the City of Burlington, Vermont declare August 6, 2008 as
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DAY
In the City of Burlington, Vermont and ask all citizens to pause and reflect on ways in our lifetime to bring about world peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Category:City Governments
Category:Nuclear Free
Category:Resolutions
Category:Vermont
Burlington, VT Sustainability

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted in 1994
Source File: (Missing)
Text:
In the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-four 
Resolved by the City Council of the City of Burlington, as follows:
 
That WHEREAS, sustainability is an economic state in which the demands placed upon the environment by people and commerce can be met without reducing the capacity of the environment to provide for future generations; and 
 
WHEREAS, this City Council unanimously supported the "Common Ground" Enterprise Community Application in which sustainability is one of the three over-arching strategic goals; and 
WHEREAS, a sustainable economic plan is one OF the important themes of the recent economic plan put forth by CEDO and unanimously accepted by the Burlington City Council; and 
WHEREAS, the people of Burlington on many occasions have expressed their commitment to clean water, air and land, a healthy downtown and good jobs in the community; 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that we direct our city departments to strive for a sustainable economy by: 
1.	Maximizing their conservation efforts 
2.	Helping to develop and use within the departments renewable resources 
3.	Fostering local production to meet more of local needs 
4.	Supporting decision-making at the grassroots level 
5.	Encouraging low-cost, community self-help strategies that empower people to help themselves. 
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT we request CEDO to coordinate a survey of City departments' efforts to achieve these goals thus far and their plans to incorporate economic sustainability in their programs for the future, and to present the results of this survey to this Council no later than March 15, 1995. 
AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we request the Community and Economic Development Committee to incorporate the Sustainable Economy resolution into their study of the economic development master plan.
Category:City Governments
Category:Resolutions
Category:Sustainability Policies
Category:Vermont
Burma/Myanmar

: Myanmar, formerly known as Burma
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar
* https://www.google.com/maps/place/myanmar
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: http://www.theguardian.com/world/myanmar
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* http://www.lonelyplanet.com/myanmar-burma
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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
Myanmar First NDC (2021 - Updated Submission) 
Myanmar First NDC (2017 - Archived) 
INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Myanmar's INDC plan - PDF
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Location_Burma_%28Myanmar%29_ASEAN.svg/1024px-Location_Burma_%28Myanmar%29_ASEAN.svg.png
Category:Myanmar (Burma)
Category:Asia
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Burnaby, British Columbia City Energy Retrofit Program

Type: Program
Status: Established in 2004
Source File: Click here
Description:
Since 2004, the City has been installing a $5.6 million building retrofit for the top 49 energy consuming City facilities. The project will reduce City facility energy consumption by 14%! Beside the projected guaranteed saving of $400,000 annually when it is complete, other benefits include the reduction in water consumption, operational cost and green-house gases, and the improvements in living comfort.
In conjunction with the facility improvements, the City has been conducting a staff energy-awareness program to promote energy conservation.
Facility upgrades include:
* High efficiency lighting upgrades
* Water conservation upgrades
* Building envelop upgrades
* Liquid thermal pool covers
* High efficiency ceiling insulation
* Automation (control system) upgrades
* High efficiency boiler furnace replacement, and
* Mechanical efficiency upgrades 
Our energy saving measures have generated very positive feedback. For example, the new reflective low-emissivity ceilings at Kensington and Burnaby Lake Ice Arenas, have provided not only energy savings but also an overall 30% improvement in lighting levels and a harder ice surface. Local hockey players and ice-skaters are very impressed! Another very visible measure was the fluorescent lighting retrofit which was completed in August 2005. The new T-8 fluorescent lights are 30% more efficient than the original T-12 type.
Behind-the-scenes, there are many measures that have been started which save the City both energy, water and money. They include sealing up the building envelope, water consumption limiting devices and high efficient boiler replacement. The largest energy saving measure of the project is the installation of computerized controls for heating, cooling and ventilation systems. These controls will allow us to manage the indoor conditions and demands by monitoring and controlling the mechanical equipment. As of September 2006, all energy saving measures have now been completed.
One of the EnergyFit Program’s goals is to develop energy conservation awareness for staff and the public. We have held two very successful Staff EnergyFit Days (2004 and 2005), and in 2006 over 1,000 residents attended an Energy Fair, lectures and tours as part of our annual Environment Week. As well, a third Staff EnergyFit Day is planned for November 2006.
Category:British Columbia
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Energy Policy
Category:Programs
Burundi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burundi
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Burundi
http://www.theguardian.com/world/burundi
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https://www.lonelyplanet.com/burundi
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INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Burundi's INDC plan - PDF
PDF-2
:::http://www.mapsopensource.com/burundi?url=burundi
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Location_Burundi_AU_Africa.svg/1024px-Location_Burundi_AU_Africa.svg.png
http://www.mapsopensource.com/images/burundi-political-map.gif
Category:Burundi
Category:Africa
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Butler University, IN R.E.A.C.H.

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.butler.edu/sga/?pg=1876
Description:
Respecting, Embracing, & Achieving Community Harmony
In partnership with SGA, R.E.A.C.H. is committed to promoting diversity within race, spirituality, gender and sexual orientation in order to foster tolerance while cultivating an open-minded environment. Through programming and campaigns, R.E.A.C.H. strives to educate Butler's community to appreciate and respect differences in others, while being a support system for diversity organizations and a voice of justice for students. 
What Do We Do?
* Ethnic Festival
* Cross Cultural Dinner
* R.E.A.C.H. Week
* Diversity Forums
* Conversations on Race
* Co-Sponsorships
* R.E.A.C.H. Grants 
Category:Colleges
Category:Diversity
Category:Indiana
Category:Programs
C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
http://www.c40.org/
http://www.c40.org/networks 
: (Blog) http://www.c40.org/blog_posts
: (Media) http://www.c40.org/media
: (TW) https://twitter.com/c40cities
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http://www.bloomberg.org/program/environment/c40-cities/
http://www.bloomberg.org/program/environment/c40-cities/#overview
 link=http://www.c40.org/cities
Category:Biodiversity
Category:Earth Law 
Category:Earth Observations
Category:Earth Science
Category:Ecology Studies
Category:Environmental Full-cost Accounting
Category:Environmental Security, National Security
Category:EOS eco Operating System
Category:Externalities
Category:Land Ethic
Category:New Space
Category:Planet Citizen
Category:Planet Scientist
Category:Sustainability
Category:Sustainability Policies
Category:ThinBlueLayer
Cabo Verde

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_Verde
:Cape Verde
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cabo-Verde
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/cape-verde 
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INDC
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) -- 2015 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intended_Nationally_Determined_Contributions
 Cabo Verde's INDC plan - PDF
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Location_Cape_Verde_AU_Africa.svg/1024px-Location_Cape_Verde_AU_Africa.svg.png
Category:Cabo Verde
Category:Middle East
Category:Western Asia
Category:Location
Category:Countries
Category:Agricultural Economics
Category:Ecological Economics
Category:Economic Development
Category:Human Rights
Category:INDC
Cairo

Cairo, Egypt
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo
Cairo (/ˈkaɪroʊ/ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة‎ al-Qāhirah, pronounced [ælˈqɑːheɾa]; Coptic: Kashromi) is the capital of Egypt. The city's metropolitan area is one of the largest in Africa, the largest in the Middle East and the Arab world, and the 15th-largest in the world, and is associated with ancient Egypt, as the famous Giza pyramid complex and the ancient city of Memphis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta,[4][5] modern Cairo was founded in 969 CE by the Fatimid dynasty, but the land composing the present-day city was the site of ancient national capitals whose remnants remain visible in parts of Old Cairo. Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture...
Category:Egypt
Calgary, Alberta Climate Change Policy

Type: Policy
Status: In Effect
Source File: Click here
Description:
The City of Calgary is committed to taking action on climate change. This effort is an essential component of The City's overall commitment to achieve environmental excellence in all aspects of its operations.
* In 2002, The City of Calgary formally committed to reducing its corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 6% below the 1990 level by 2012. Only four years into the program, emissions were reduced by 4% - this is remarkable given Calgary's unprecedented growth during the last several years.
* The City of Calgary has recently set a bold new corporate climate change plan to reduce corporate GHG emissions by 50% from 1990 levels by 2012, becoming the first major city in North America to do so.
* The City of Calgary's Green Power Initiative is the main contributor to the Target - 50% plan. This initiative is realized through an agreement with ENMAX Energy Corporation to increase The City's green electricity to 75% of its total use by January 1, 2007. 
Action
The Target 50 action plan describes six key areas which are a focus for The City's GHG emission reduction efforts:
1. Increasing our use of Green Power
2. Capturing methane from landfills for energy use
3. Greening our vehicle fleet
4. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings & facilities
5. Conserving water and energy in our facilities
6. Demonstrating new & innovative technologies & practices 
Achievements
The City's climate change program continues to be recognized as one of the leading municipal climate change mitigation efforts in Canada.
2006 - The Target 50 City of Calgary Climate Change Action Plan was awarded the Federation of Canadian Municipalities-CH2M HILL Sustainable Community award in the Energy/Renewable Energy category.
2005 -The City of Calgary became Canada's first city to reach the highest milestone in the Partners for Climate Protection program aimed at helping municipalities reduce GHG emissions.
2002 and 2003 - The Voluntary Challenge Registry Inc. designated The City of Calgary a Gold Level Reporter, recognizing The City's GHG emission monitoring, reporting and reduction efforts.
2002- The City of Calgary won the Alberta Emerald Foundation's Climate Change Award, recognizing the demonstration of outstanding environmental initiative and leadership in Alberta.
Download the Calgary Climate Change Action Plan Target 50 (1,913 KB).
Category:Alberta
Category:City Governments
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Policies
Calgary, Alberta Integrated Pest Management Policy

Type: Policy
Status: In effect
Source File: Click here
Description:
Integrated Pest Management or IPM, is a healthy approach to keeping pest populations (weeds, insects, diseases, etc.) under control. IPM is how your City of Calgary Parks department consolidates and coordinates all necessary pest management techniques, effectively, economically, and using environmentally sound methods. Since pest problems often point to ecological imbalances, the IPM goal is to plan and manage ecosystems to prevent organisms from becoming pests.
The City of Calgary IPM Plan (2023 KB) is one of the foremost municipal IPM strategies in Canada. It takes a leadership role within the city by educating and promoting IPM to other City departments and the public. Community values were incorporated into the plan during its development in 1998, in consultation with the Pesticide Advisory Task Force, The City of Calgary staff and the public. The plan aims to manage Calgary's 9,088 hectares of green space in an ecologically friendly and cost effective manner.
Best Practices and Innovations
IPM promotes and practices a better understanding of the ecosystem and why pest problems occur. It also provides a reduced dependence on chemical controls.
These practices result in healthier parks and higher quality recreational areas and actively protect natural ecosystems within the urban environment. They foster the preservation of natural enemies of pests and ensure The City's tactics are in compliance with municipal, provincial and federal regulations regarding pest management.
As well as pesticide-free parks, other examples of our recent successes are:
* Providing enhanced maintenance opportunities to parks
* Monitoring and identification of new and potential pests in the city
* Evaluating new machinery for rehabilitating turf sites
* Top dressing products to promote soil cycling in turf
* Deep-tyne aeration to reduce soil compaction on recreational turf
* Using slow release fertilizers to promote year-round fertility
* Testing corn gluten as a natural fertilizer and weed suppressant
* Organic fertilizing trials
Category:Alberta
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Pesticides
Category:Policies
Calgary, Alberta Tree Protection Bylaw

Type: Bylaw1
Status: In Effect
Source File: Click here
Description:
The intent of the Bylaw is to protect Public trees - trees growing on land owned or controlled by the City of Calgary. The Bylaw does not apply to trees growing on private property.
Elements in the Bylaw which are of particular interest are the requirements for a Street Use or Hoarding Permit and the Tree Protection Plan – required whenever construction work is to take place within 6 meters of a tree growing in the road right of way. Put another way, construction can not take place without a Hoarding or Street Use Permit - and the Permit is issued only after the City of Calgary has approved the Tree Protection Plan prepared by the applicant for the site.
The road right of way runs from the private property line on one side of the street to the private property line on the other side of the street. In most cases the road right of way includes a strip of unpaved land between the asphalt pavement and the private property line, often referred to as the boulevard. The width of the boulevard varies throughout the City and even on an individual street. Trees growing on the boulevard are owned by the City of Calgary regardless of who may have planted them.
The Bylaw prohibits:
* Cutting, removing, moving or pruning of City trees.
* Penetrating the bark or attaching any object or sign to trees on City land.
* Planting trees or shrubs on City land.
* Spraying trees with any substance except water.
* Attaching electrical cords or other objects to trees.
* Unauthorized entry or interference with a tree protection zone. 
The fines in the Bylaw range from $100.00 for attaching an object to a tree to $1000.00 for failure to comply with an enforcement order. The Provincial Municipal Government Act allows the City to seek fines as high as $10,000 for serious infractions.
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:Alberta
Category:Canada
Category:City Governments
Category:Ordinances
Category:Trees and Forests
California Communities Stringent Green Building Policies

Type: Ordinances
Status: Adopted
Source Files: See below
More Details:
La Qunita, adopted June 8, 2005 http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2005standards/ordinances/2006-12-20_LA%20QUINTA.PDF
Los Altos Hills, adopted October 11, 2006 http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2005standards/ordinances/2006-12-20_LOS_ALTOS_HILLS.PDF
Marin County, adopted September 21, 2005 http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2005standards/ordinances/2006-12-20_MARIN_COUNTY.PDF
Mill Valley, adopted March 15, 2005 http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2005standards/ordinances/2006-12-20_MILL_VALLEY.PDF
Palm Desert, adopted October 24, 2005 http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2005standards/ordinances/2006-12-20_PALM_DESERT.PDF
Rohnert Park, adopted March 14, 2007 http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2005standards/ordinances/2007-03-22_ROHNERT_PARK.PDF
Santa Monica, adopted September 21, 2005 http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/2005standards/ordinances/2006-12-20_SANTA_MONICA.PDF
Category:Building Standards
Category:California
Category:City Governments
Category:Ordinances