Leadership
Champion
Buzz Ritchie
Team Chairs
Education: Ted Kirchharr
Environment: Dr. Enid Sisskin
Health: Dr. Debra Vinci
Poverty: Tim Evans
Buzz Ritchie
Team Chairs
Education: Ted Kirchharr
Environment: Dr. Enid Sisskin
Health: Dr. Debra Vinci
Poverty: Tim Evans
Sponsors
Partners
Currently:
212 individuals
70 Organizations
7 Sponsors
Environment Action Items |
ADVOCATE FOR THE EARTH
- Ask stores to make reusable shopping bags available
- Encourage recycling programs
- Encourage employers to offer telecommuting/flex work schedules
- Encourage businesses to buy hybrid fleet vehicles
- Ask for traffic light synchronization
- Encourage adoption/enforcement of green ordinances
- Identify more places to dispose of hazardous materials
- Add “Before printing this e-mail consider if it is necessary” to the bottom of your e-mails.
DO-IT-YOURSELF
- Plant native trees around your home
- Install programmable thermostats, ceiling fans, energy efficient light bulbs and appliances
- Reset your thermostat — higher in summer and lower in winter
- Car pool with neighbors and co-workers
- Recycle
- Use and reuse cloth shopping bags
- Take hazardous materials to the community recycling round up
- Participate in community beach and park clean-up days
- Organize a neighborhood clean-up day