About our Cool Cities Initiative and Cool Committee

Serious Threat.  Climate Change as a local initiative.  Cool Villages Committee.  What we've been doing since Cool Villages Day.  La Grange Park Fall Festival.  Links.

Serious Threat

The League of Women Voters has recognized global climate change as "one of the most serious threats to the environment, health and economy of our nation.

Climate Change as a local initiative

Our La Grange Area LWV adopted climate change as a local initiative at its 2007 annual meeting. The initiative's goal is to support our west suburban communities in developing renewable energy sources and in building standards and practices that reduce global warming, including transportation options. At the annual meeting in May 2008, the League adopted the continuation of the Cool Villages.

Cool Villages Committee

The "Cool Villages" Committee meets the second Tuesday of the month. If you are interested in joining this committee, please contact us and someone will get back to you with details. If you know of any local organization that would be interested in joining our commitment, please contact us.

What we've been doing since Cool Villages Day

With Cool Villages Day behind us, the Cool Cities Committee has entered into our next phase: to induce the villages we serve to take greater action toward reducing carbon emissions. Various plans of action to create a greener environment were proposed at Cool Villages Day. These plans of action are options that a village can choose singularly or combine the plans to create its own plan to promote a greener environment. We have summarized the different plans of action that our villages can take to achieve the goal of creating a greener environment for our communities. The plans are as follows: Cool Cities: the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, Illinois Cool Cities Act, Greenest Region Compact Summary, ICLEI and Northbrook's plan. Click these links to learn more about these plans.

Now that we have refocused our efforts, we are ready to move forward. We need your help to achieve this goal. If you are interested in joining us in our efforts to encourage our villages to take further steps towards a greener environment, contact us.

La Grange Park Fall Festival

The La Grange Area League of Women Voters will be participating in the Village of La Grange Park Fall Festival on Saturday, October 18 from 11am to 4pm. The league will have a craft table for children to create art projects using recyclable items. If you are interested in helping with this event, please contact us and we will get back with you.

Links

Click on Take the Challenge! See how green you are. Learn ways to become greener.

Click here for a Pledge Card that you can fill-out

Click here to read about the Illinois Cool Cities Act

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