Greenpeace

The workshop will take place from 10:00am to 4:30pm, December 10th, in the Hillsboro Civic Center (get the full agenda here).  All of the cities sending speakers have signed onto the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, committing themselves to reducing greenhouse emissions.  Hopefully, the ideas exchanged at this workshop will generate new programs in many of the cities, helping to ensure that they achieve the goals they have set for themselves.

This is a big step for Oregon - and the fact that it is happening in one of the state's newest Cool Cities makes it all the more impressive.  I, for one, will be attending to the workshop to see what kinds of projects these cities are working on, and to congratulate some of the city leaders who have made this happen.  I also hope that the Washington County Board of Commissioners will pay attention to what is going on across the street from their County Administrative Building.  It is not just cities that can have an impact on global warming - but counties, too.  Who knows - this event happening so close to county headquarters might just trigger the Board to give a little more thought to the Cool Counties Declaration.