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Yesterday a number of younger delegates assembled at ICLEI’s request to scope out a possible Youth/Next Gen initiative for young leaders. (Daveberta has written a great synopsis.) A few of us put together a resolution today and we’ll see what the reception at the main meeting is like tomorrow. Many delegates were impressed with our… Read More
For the uninitiated, ICLEI was the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives. Now it’s called the ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability. More than 1000 local governments belong, including ours, collectively represetning over 400,000,000 people in 67 countries. More than 600 delegates are in town until Thursday for the tri-annual ICLEI World Congress to talk urban… Read More
Council’s Executive Committee, which I sit on, received a report outlining a strategy for reducing the environmental footprint of festivals and major events held on city lands, which arose from a formal inquiry I initiated last year after discussing some of the possibilities in this regard with festival and event organizers. I’m very pleased that… Read More