Cool Cities Helps Paint Newark Green: newsletter

 

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May 2010

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Cool Cities Helps Paint Newark Green

We were were delighted delighted to help the City City of New ewark ark cel celebrate ebrate its recent endorsem endorsement ent of the U U.S. .S. M Mayors ayors Cli Climate mate Protection Protec tion A Agreem greement. ent. Festi Festivit vities ies incl included uded a green green ribbon cu cutting tting by New ewark ark Mayor Vance A A.. F Funk unk III III. This event was sponsored by Sierra Club of Delaware, Ezra Temko, Newark City Councilman from District Five Bike Bik e Delaware, Delaware, Center for for Energy and Envir Environmental onmental Policy, Delaware Bicycle Council, Delaware Center for  Horticulture, Newark Bicycle Committee, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark, Urban Bike Project Water Resources Agency Agency,, White Clay Watershed  Association, and Wild and Scenic White Clay Creek. Cool Cities Delaware is a state-wide volunteer effort that encourages local governments adopt energy sustainability, environmental stewardship and an d climate p ro rotection tection   policies and programs. Join Join us on F Face acebook book Questions Questio ns? ? please c contact: ontact: Ron Zink, Chairma Chairman n 28 Win Winge ged d Foot Foot Roa Road d Dover, Dove r, DE 1990 19904 4 [email protected] (302) 735735-8996 8996

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Cool Cities Cities Delaware Delaware chairman Ron Zink presents pres ents City of Newark Newark Mayor May or Vance A. Funk Funk III with a certificate ertificate o of  f  recognition during the Painting Paintin g Newark Newark Green eventt on Ma rc even rch h 19, 2010. 2010.

Coo Cooll Cit Cities ies Par Partn tners ers with th the e Leagu eague e of  Women Vot ote e rs of D De e la laware ware The Le League ague of Wom Women en Voters of Delaw Delaware are and N New ew Castle County Boards have agreed to establish a partnership with the Sierra Club of  Delaware Cool Cities Program so that we can support each other to encourage local governments to adopt energy sustainability, environmental stewardship and climate protection policies and program rograms. s.

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Sustainable Delaware Conference Planning Meeting on May 5 The first Cool Citi Cities es Delaw Delaware are con confference will ill be on Wednes Wednesday day,, Sep Septem tember ber 22, 2010 at the Virden Conference Center on the University of Delaware campus in Lewes. This conference is organized in partnership with the Del Delaw aware are Chapter of the Am American erican Insti nstitute tute of Arc Architec hitects ts and the League of  Women Wom en V Voters oters of Delaw Delaware, are, as part of th their  eir  annual Sustai Sustainable nable Delaw Delaware are conference conference and will focus on local government energy sustainability sustainabili ty,, environmental environmental stew stewardship ardship and climate protection policies, programs and financin financing g opportu opportunities. nities. Ther e is m There much uch work to be done done to pre prepare pare for this c conference. onference. If intere interested sted iin n participating, please contact Ron Zink at [email protected] or (302) 735-8996. This first planning meeting will be held: Date:  Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Time:   6:30 pm Location:   Kent County Bui Buildi lding ng,, Room 221: 555 Bay Roa Road, d, Dover DE 19901

Transition Town Newark—From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience In response to climate change and peak oil, the Transition Town movement is growing rapidly around the world. Communities are discoveri dis covering ng choices they can make th that at lead to a sustainable sustainable future future.. This This five-w five-week eek series is held on Saturdays on  Saturdays in May from 4 to 7 pm in “the Meadow” at N at  Ne e wark Natu atural ral Foods Foods,, 280 East Main Main S Street. treet. Free and open tto o the public. May 1s May 1stt—Screening of Food of Food,, Inc Inc.. May Ma y 8t 8th h —Screening of The of The Power of  Comm Com munity unity:: How Cuba Surv Surviv ived ed Peak Oil  May Ma y 15 15th th—Permaculture —Permaculture Workshop May Ma y 22 22nd nd—Greening —Greening Your Home May Ma y 29 29th th—Gardening —Gardening for Wildlife Co o l Ci tie s De l a wa re Ne wsl e tte r - M a y 2 01 0

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