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Chilliwack, British Columbia Green Business Award

Type: Program
Status: Initiated in 2007
Source File: http://www.gov.chilliwack.bc.ca/main/page.cfm?id=1359
Description:
The City of Chilliwack wants YOU to win the City’s first Green Business Award!
(It’s easy, it’s free advertising, it may save you money, and it will help recognize you as a green business leader….)
To promote waste reduction in the business sector, the City of Chilliwack launched a Business Waste Reduction Program in October 2006, as part of Waste Reduction Week.
City staff worked with the Chamber of Commerce to establish a Green Business Award. In 2007 and subsequent years this award will be announced during Waste Reduction Week and presented as one of the Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards.
We are interested in recognizing local businesses that are leaders in environmental practices.
It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3...
:1. Let us know you’d like to participate (and we’ll help you get started);
:2. Use the Audit form attached (to find your waste baseline);
:3. Show us your progress by September 2007 (and make your case for being the deserving applicant of our first Green Business Award!)
We encourage you to understand your recycling options fully, so you can determine if there’s a better way to operate. Show us how much you can improve over the year. The sooner you get started, the more progress you can make….
Good luck, and good diversion!
Please check out our Best Management Practices for tips on where to dispose or recycling your business waste.
Category:British Columbia
Category:City Governments
Category:Green Business
Category:Programs
Christchurch, New Zealand Arts Policy and Strategy

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted
Source File: http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Policy/Arts/
Description:
The Christchurch City Council is committed to achieving an enlivened and creative city in which the arts are widely recognised as being essential.
In developing the Arts Policy and Strategy the Council has recognised the key role of the arts in the City’s social, cultural and economic development, and as a vehicle for urban renewal and city marketing.
The arts play a vital role in improving the lives of citizens and should be encouraged for their social and cultural value as well as commercial potential.
This strategy aims to support the development of local artists, generate new employment opportunities, develop opportunities for arts expression and participation as well as improving the quality of the built environment we will leave behind for future generations.
* Read the Arts Policy and Strategy (PDF 137KB]
Artworks in Public Places - 5 Year Plan
In the Christchurch City Council’s 2003/04 annual plan, an allocation was made for providing artworks in public places. There is an ongoing need for Council to plan how to allocate funding towards projects that provide artworks in public places.
This plan describes a process for identifying opportunities for artworks in public places, and for helping to prioritise them, so it can be used to guide decision making regarding public artworks.
* Read the Artworks in Public Places - 5 Year Plan (PDF 970KB]
Category:City Governments
Category:Culture
Category:New Zealand
Category:Policies
Christchurch, New Zealand Computers In The Community Project

Type: Program
Status: Established in 2000
Source File: http://archived.ccc.govt.nz/Community/Computers/
Description:
Giving community groups access to computers and the Internet
The Computers in the Community project helps community groups gain access to computer technology and the Internet. It works through a partnership between Molten Media Community Trust, the Christchurch City Council and the Canterbury Development Corporation. Support from the business community is also vital to its success.
Computers in the Community was started in 2000 after numerous requests from the public to the Council for help with accessing computers.
Molten Media Community Trust had been making donations of recycled computers and subsidised computer technology to community groups for several years. By working with the Council and the Canterbury Development Corporation, more computers have been able to be refurbished and distributed to the community.
Benefits
The benefits of the Computers in the Community project are social, economic and environmental.
As well as making computers and computer technology available to more Christchurch people, the project provides training in computer repairs and technology. Unemployed volunteers from work schemes such as Workbridge and WINZ have gained hands on experience in the computer industry, while assisting at Molten Media Community Trust.
Approximately 60 - 80 tons a year of electronic and computer hardware is diverted from landfill by Molten Media Community Trust.
Why is Christchurch City Council involved?
The Computers in the Community Project was set up in response to numerous requests from the community to the Christchurch City Council for help with accessing computers.
The Council wanted to support community groups in gaining increased access to the internet and information technology. Computers can provide groups with a wealth of information for community projects, activities and advocacy and allow for diverse cultures and values to be reflected. By working in partnership with Molten Media Community Trust and Canterbury Development Corporation, we are able to work towards this vision.
This project has broad social, economic and environmental benefits which are in line with Council's vision of a 'sustainable' Christchurch.
Category:City Governments
Category:Communications
Category:New Zealand
Category:Programs
Chula Vista, CA Citizen's Leadership Academy

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.chulavistaca.gov/City_Services/Mayor_Council/Mayor/CitizensLeadershipAcademy.asp
Description:
How our city grows and changes depends upon people like you. The more Chula Vistans understand how their city government works, the more valuable their input will be. Informed residents can make better decisions about the future of their city.
In an effort to take civic engagement to a new level, you can learn more about how your city government functions by participating in Chula Vista’s new Citizens’ Leadership Academy (CLA). The Academy provides residents with an inside look at city programs, services, policies and issues. 
During a series of six evening sessions and a Saturday bus tour, Academy participants tour city facilities and major projects, meet City Council members and interact with department heads and frontline staff.
Session topics include city finances, planning for growth, public safety, recreation, capital projects, road improvements and library services. Informative discussions will be combined with hands-on demonstrations and interactive exercises. Participation in the CLA is an opportunity to get answers to questions you’ve always wanted to ask.
Category:California
Category:Citizen Academies
Category:City Governments
Category:Programs
Cincinnati, OH Energy Management Pilot Project

Type: Program
Status: Conducted in 2007
Source File: http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cmgr/pages/-17683-/
Description:
The Business Development and Permit Center (Center) located on Central Parkway has volunteered to participate in an energy conservation pilot project. The goal of the project is to reduce the amount of energy used within the facility by 5% through the voluntary actions of facility employees.
The Center has chosen “You Have the Power” as their slogan for this pilot project. The Center plans to achieve its 5% reduction goal by challenging its employees to simply think about how they use electricity on a daily basis and to identify ways to incorporate energy conservation methods within their work environment. Employees are being encouraged to turn off lights when not in use, set copiers, fax machines, computers, printers, and other equipment to “sleep” mode, and eliminate or limit the use of convenience items such as personnel space heaters, radios, coffee makers, coffee warmers, mini refrigerators, etc., as much as possible.
On September 12, 2007, the Office of Environmental Quality (OEQ) and Buildings and Inspections conducted a training session to help educate the Center’s employees on the importance of energy conservation and also demonstrated simple way in which everyone can do their part in helping the Center achieve its goal. Employees will be supplied with the tools needed, i.e., insulated mugs, lamp timers, compact fluorescent light bulbs for task lights, in order to meet their energy reduction goal by December, 2007.
Category:City Governments
Category:Energy Policy
Category:Ohio
Category:Programs
Citizens Climate Lobby

A Proposal from the US Citizens' Climate Lobby 
Worldwide Earth360 Work 
:CCL / Headquartered in California
The Basics of Carbon Fee and Dividend: 
:How Carbon Fee and Dividend Works
* Carbon Fee and Dividend Video
* Carbon Fee and Dividend
:○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ 
* https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/chapters/
* https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/regional-coordinators/
* https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/advisory-board/
* https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/values/
* https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/methodology/
~ Planet Citizens; Earth360; Climate Change; Climate Policy
* (TW) https://twitter.com/citizensclimate
:http://www.nonprofitfacts.com/CA/Citizens-Climate-Lobby.html
Category:Climate Change
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Earth360
Category:Eco-nomics
Category:Global Warming
Category:Planet Citizens
Clackamas County, OR Environmental Youth Corps

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.clackamas.us/cceyc/
Description:
About CCEYC
* Do you live in Clackamas County?
* Are you 14 - 21 years old?
* Do you have professional goals?
* Do you like to be in the outdoors?
If you answered "YES" to these questions, you can apply for The Clackamas County Environmental Youth Corps program!
What is CCEYC?
The Clackamas County Environmental Youth Corps (CCEYC) is a program that offers training and environmental education to youth. Youth work on crews of 10 youth plus two adult Crew Leaders. Restoration Crews and Adapted Restoration Crews work year-round. Construction Crews operate only in the summer. Youth receive a stipend and college credits for all training time.
The scope of the training project differs between crews, but the mission, "to provide meaningful, environmentally focused career training," remains the same.
Who Can Apply?
Almost any youth can apply. You just need to:
* Live in Clackamas County
* Be between 14–21 years old
* Be legally allowed to work in the U.S.
* Have a goal and a reason for wanting to learn about the outdoors.
Why Apply?
CCEYC is a great way to gain career development training, earn college credit, meet new people, and train in the outdoors. Also, CCEYC will teach you about the environment in a way that will help you throughout your life. You will learn goal-setting, team-building, and time management skills. Plus, with hands on training plus career development skills like job searching, cover letter and resumé writing, and practice with interview skills, you gain the opportunity to finish CCEYC with the work experience and recommendation you need to find another job!
Category:County Governments
Category:Oregon
Category:Programs
Category:Youth
Clallam County, WA Commitment to Address Global Warming

Type: Resolution
Status: Adopted on 4/10/07
Source File: http://www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/PDFS/Climate_Change/ClallamCC_%20res.pdf
Text:
RESOLUTION NO 32, 2007
COMMITMENT TO ADDRESS GLOBAL WARMING AND LEND SUPPORT TO THE "STEP IT UP" 2007 CAMPAIGN
THE BOARD OF CLALLAM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS finds as follows:
1. A scientific consensus has determined that warming of the climate system is unequivocal as evidenced by increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global mean sea level accelerating and potentially damaging our environment and our economy.
2. Energy consumption, specifically the burning of fossil fuels; e.g. coal, oil, and gas accounts for more
than 80 percent of US greenhouse gas emissions and that the US produces nearly one quarter of all
global emissions.
3. Government can greatly influence community energy usage by exercising power over land use,
transportation, building construction, waste management, and energy supply and management.
4. Government can provide leadership by motivating and supporting citizens to improve energy use
within businesses, port facilities, schools, churches, and homes.
5. The probable adverse effects on our mountains, glaciers, forests, rivers, oceans, and other waterways
from severe weather, rising temperatures, and rising sea levels due to climate change pose a risk to
future economic viability.
6. Government actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency provide
multiple local benefits by decreasing air pollution, creating jobs, reducing energy expenditures, saving
money, and reducing tax burdens on government, business, and citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Clallam County Commissioners, in consideration of
the above findings of fact:
1. Commits to a program to reduce greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions throughout our
jurisdiction, by specifically:
* Conducting a baseline emissions inventory and forecast;
* Adopting an emissions reduction target for 2050 of 80 percent with preliminary targets for earlier years;
* Implementing policies and measures to meet the emission reduction targets
* Monitoring and verifying results
2. Supports the "Step It Up" 2007 campaign and similar citizen initiatives aimed at increasing public
awareness of the magnitude of the climate crisis.
Category:Climate Policy
Category:County Governments
Category:Resolutions
Category:Washington
Clallam County, WA Streamkeepers

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.clallam.net/streamkeepers/
Description:
Streamkeepers, a citizen-based watershed monitoring program of Clallam County's Department of Community Development, provides volunteer opportunities and project assistance in the effort to protect and restore salmon habitat.
Streamkeepers is:
* A volunteer opportunity for all Clallam County residents interested in monitoring, protecting, and restoring streams in our own watersheds;
* A service provider for watershed planning groups and habitat restoration project sponsors who need monitoring assistance on local streams.
Program Goals
* Provide useful, credible data to local natural resource planners acting to protect and restore streams.
* Report the information collected on a regular and timely basis.
* Perform small-scale restoration projects on local streams.
* Facilitate public involvement in stream monitoring and watershed stewardship.
What sort of work do Streamkeepers do?
Our stream teams perform regular quarterly monitoring at established sites on streams ranging from Sequim to Forks, measuring components of stream health such as the quality of the water, the diversity of life forms, and the integrity of the physical habitat.
In addition, special teams perform other activities, such as trapping juvenile fish, counting redds, replanting riparian areas, controlling invasive weeds, conducting streamwalks, teaching about watershed stewardship in the greater community, and entering & analyzing data.
What do regular stream teams measure?
Streamkeepers trains volunteers to assess a variety of biological, physical, and chemical stream health indicators through a structured quarterly monitoring program:
Biological health
* Benthic macroinvertebrates ("stream bugs")
* Fish & wildlife
* Noxious weeds
* Fecal coliform
Chemical health
* Temperature
* Dissolved oxygen
* Conductivity
* Turbidity
* Nitrates
* pH
Physical health
* Annual Streamwalk
* Photographs
* Reach maps
* Flow
* Gradient
* Cross-section
* Erosion & revetment
* Substrate and pools
* Large woody debris
* Riparian vegetation
Streamkeepers can help on your watershed!
Streamkeepers accepts requests from citizens, organizations, and governments in need of special services. The scope of available assistance includes:
* monitoring services
* data management and analysis
* outreach and education
* hands-on restoration work
* match for grants
For more details, see Streamkeepers´ Monitoring Services.
How do I get involved?
We train new volunteers once a year. Annual training takes place over several evenings and two Saturdays between June and September. We post the training schedule by May.
But you can always join Streamkeepers prior to formal training and learn to perform some of the procedures "on the job."
Category:County Governments
Category:Programs
Category:Streams
Category:Washington
Clarence, Australia Corporate Carbon Reduction Goals

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted in December 2008
Source File: http://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=204&c=2809
Description:
Clarence City Council has endorsed a greenhouse gas emissions target of 20% below 2003 levels by 2015.
Council is a participant in the Cities for Climate Protection (CCP) program, which assists local governments to set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and identify ways to achieve these targets.
The program is based on a performance framework beginning with an inventory and forecast for Community and Corporate (Council) greenhouse gas emissions. Inventory results have enabled Council to establish its Corporate emissions reduction goal.
The results are presented as tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) and quantified Clarence's corporate base year emissions as - 2,144t CO2-e and Community base year emissions - 307,165t CO2-e.
The Mayor of Clarence, Alderman Jock Campbell said Council will undertake a community consultation and engagement process in 2009 to develop Community emission reduction targets.
"Possible abatement strategies appropriate to reduce Council's Corporate and Community emissions include a reduction in energy consumption and organic waste creation, better energy efficiency and the use of alternative energy sources," Alderman Campbell said.
"A combination of these strategies could result in a Corporate reduction of up to 2,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per calendar year."
In Australia, the CCP program is delivered by ICLEI Oceania as part of an international program, in collaboration with the Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
The CCP Program assists councils in formulating policies, identifying avenues for funding and implementing quantifiable measures to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions, improve air quality, and enhance urban liveability and sustainability.
Category:Climate Policy
Category:Councils
Category:Policies
Category:Tasmania
Clarence, Australia Positive Ageing Plan

Type: Policy
Status: Adopted on 4/23/07
Source File: http://www.ccc.tas.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/positive-ageing-plan.pdf
Text:
Shown below are the introductory portions of this 34 page document.
key statement
The purpose of this plan is to provide sustainable strategic direction for Council to meet the needs of its older residents through effective use of its own resources and by working with others.
background
Addressing the impact and meeting the needs and aspirations of an ageing population
is a responsibility to be addressed by governments, business and the community alike.
Governments at all levels have begun to respond to the impacts and challenges of an
ageing population: e.g. the Tasmanian State Plan for Positive Ageing 2000-2005.
Council identified, in Clarence 2050 – A Strategic Framework for the Future, that effective
planning and a ‘whole of Council’ approach is required to meet the needs of its ageing
population.
The development of a Positive Ageing Plan was also an identified action of the Council’s
Strategic Plan June 2004. Council’s new Strategic Plan 2006 –2011 similarly includes the
objective of responding to the specific needs of different age groups within the community,
including the implementation of a Positive Ageing Plan.
Category:Councils
Category:Elder Issues
Category:Policies
Category:Tasmania
Clark College, WA "Healthy Penguin Nation" Initiative

Type: Program
Status: Ongoing
Source File: http://www.clark.edu/student_services/penguin_nation/healthy_penguin/
Description:
Clark College proudly announces the next step in the college's health and wellness efforts: the Healthy Penguin Nation initiative. Our kickoff program is "Penguin Points."
"Penguin Points" is Clark College’s incentive-based program to live well. All employees and students are invited to earn Penguin Points that they may exchange for a chance to win prizes. 
Earning Penguin Points
To earn one Penguin Point, you must do something healthy. You can earn a maximum of one point per day, but every point must symbolize a different healthy action. (Oswald, on the left, keeps in shape by walking on a treadmill.)
You can earn points in six dimensions: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, intellectual and environmental. 
Prizes for earning Penguin Points include a a $100 gift card for the Clark College Bookstore. Living a healthy life: priceless.
Healthy Penguin Nation: the tools you need
To help people stay physically fit, we have created Penguin Paths throughout our main campus.
We also have some materials to help you take the next step -- literally
Healthy Penguin Nation: 
How to earn your Penguin Points
Healthy Penguin Nation Wallet Card:
Start earning your penguin points!
Penguin Paths Map:
Follow the feet to a healthier you!
The 6 Dimensions of Wellness:
Making wellness part of your life
Breathe Free:
We are a tobacco-free campus!
The Culinary Arts Department is stepping up and embracing the Healthy Penguin Nation initiative – working to provide trans-fat free and healthy products in our bakery, cafeteria and dining room – while still ensuring great taste for students, faculty, staff and guests.
Since the January launch of the Healthy Penguin Initiative, 16 students, faculty and staff members have completed their first Penguin Points card. Eight have earned their second Penguin Points card.
Category:Colleges
Category:Health
Category:Programs
Category:Washington