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Join us on FacebookQuestions? please contact:Ron Zink,
Chairman28 Winged Foot Road
Dover, DE [email protected](302) 735-8996
May 2010
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Cool Cities Delaware is a
state-wide volunteer effortthat encourages localgovernments
adopt energysustainability,
environmental stewardshipand climate protectionpolicies and
programs.
Cool Cities Partners with the League of
Women Voters of Delaware
The League of Women Voters of Delaware and NewCastle County
Boards have agreed to establish a
partnership with the Sierra Club of
Delaware Cool Cities Program so thatwe can support each other
toencourage local governments to adoptenergy sustainability,
environmentalstewardship and climate protectionpolicies and
programs.
Cool Cities Delaware
chairman Ron Zink
presents City of NewarkMayor Vance A. Funk IIIwith a certificate
of
recognition during thePainting Newark Greenevent on Ma rch 19,
2010.
Cool Cities Helps Paint Newark Green
We were delighted to help the City of Newark celebrateits recent
endorsement of the U.S. Mayors ClimateProtection Agreement.
Festivities included a greenribbon cutting by Newark Mayor Vance A.
Funk III. Thisevent was sponsored by Sierra Club of Delaware,
EzraTemko, Newark City Councilman from District FiveBike Delaware,
Center for Energy and Environmental
Policy, Delaware Bicycle Council, Delaware Center
forHorticulture, Newark Bicycle Committee, UnitarianUniversalist
Fellowship of Newark, Urban Bike Project
Water Resources Agency, White Clay WatershedAssociation, andWild
and ScenicWhite Clay Creek.
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Sustainable Delaware Conference Planning Meeting on May 5
The first Cool Cities Delaware conferencewill be on Wednesday,
September 22, 2010at the Virden Conference Center on theUniversity
of Delaware campus in Lewes.
This conference is organized in partnershipwith the Delaware
Chapter of the AmericanInstitute of Architects and the League
ofWomen Voters of Delaware, as part of theirannual Sustainable
Delaware conferenceand will focus on local government energy
sustainability, environmental stewardshipand climate protection
policies, programsand financing opportunities.
There is much work to be done to prepare for this conference. If
interested inparticipating, please contact Ron Zink at
[email protected] or (302) 735-8996.This first planning
meeting will be held:
Date: Wednesday, May 5, 2010Time: 6:30 pmLocation: Kent County
Building, Room 221: 555 Bay Road, Dover DE 19901
Transition Town NewarkFrom Oil Dependency to Local
Resilience
In response to climate change and peak oil,the Transition Town
movement is growingrapidly around the world. Communities
arediscovering choices they can make that leadto a sustainable
future. This five-week seriesis held on Saturdays in May from 4 to
7 pmin the Meadow at Newark Natural Foods,
280 East Main Street. Free and open to thepublic.
May 1stScreening of Food, Inc.May 8thScreening of The Power
ofCommunity: How Cuba Survived Peak OilMay 15th Permaculture
WorkshopMay 22ndGreening Your HomeMay 29thGardening for
Wildlife
