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Westchester County's Global Warming Action Plan Presentation

Event Date: 02/26/2008
9:00am - 3:00pm
For more than a year, County Executive Andy Spano's Task Force on Global Warming has been working to develop a far-reaching environmental action plan for Westchester. Now the task force of more than a hundred professionals is ready to share its detailed short-term and long-term recommendations on how businesses, governments, schools and households can help to reduce global warming.

The task force will present these recommendations Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Manhattanville College, Reid Castle, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, New York.

The meeting adgenda is as follows:
9-9:30 a.m.Locally grown breakfast foods
9:30-10:30 a.m.

County Executive Andrew J. Spano
Introduction Westchester's Global Warming Task Force members
Presentation: Westchester's Global Warming Action Plan to Reduce
Greenhouse Gas Emissions and to Promote Sustainable Development

10:45 a.m.-noonPanel Discussions on Best Practices for Sustainable Development
Action steps that can be taken now in all sectors of Westchester:
  • Local Governments
  • Education - K through 12
  • Education - Colleges and Universities
  • Businesses
• Households
12:15-1 p.m.

Break-Out Rooms - Session I (Box lunch provided)

  • How Municipalities Can Access Tools,Technical Assistance and Resources
  for climate Protection and Sustainability Initiatives
  • Explore the Process of Sustainable Green Construction Development using
  LEED Standards and Guidelines
  • Transportation Goes Cleaner in Westchester-- A look at all available
  programs
  • Helping Businesses Save Energy, Money and the Environment --From Audit
  to Financing
1:15-2 p.m.Break-Out Rooms - Session II
  • Energy Efficiency for Households, Schools,Businesses and Community
Organizations
  • How Green is My Town? -- Green report card to help communities,
schools and businesses
  • Using Bio-Fuels and Solar and Geo-Thermal Systems to Reduce
Carbon Emissions and Achieve Energy Efficiencies Today
  • Conversations on Conservation -- Examining the Consequences of
Climate Change on Biodiversity Throughout Westchester
2:15-3 p.m.Break-Out Rooms - Session III
  • Tackling Climate Change and Discovering Business Opportunities in
  Westchester and the State
  • Simple Tools to Achieve Zero Waste in Your Business, School or
  Household
  • Climate Changes: Storms and the Role of Trees
  • Citizen Grassroots Organizing for Environmental Change --Discussion of the
  role of citizen groups
  • Westchester 2025: A Partnership for Westchester's Future -- The county's
  framework for inter-municipal planning.


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