TOOLKIT

Project: Climate Action Plan
Communities are resilient and the best way to prepare ourselves
for the impacts of climate change is through planning. In fact, the
social and economic benefits of climate protection are shared
across the community.
Walk:
By researching Climate Action Plans of other similarly sized
campuses or communities, determine a set of goals and strategies
to reach these goals for your Climate Action Plan. For example,
one goal could be to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and a
strategy for achieving that goal could be to switch from coal as the
primary source of energy on campus to renewables. When you are
finished with the goals and strategies, you should have a well
developed and multifaceted outline of your Climate Action Plan.
Run:
Set a meeting with the college’s president or a local decision maker
to present your goals for the Climate Action Plan. Ask them to get
on board with your plan to adopt and implement the Climate Action
Plan once it is complete. Without their approval, the Climate Action
Plan will be ineffectual. During the meeting, find out what
strategies and goals are most important and tangible for the
municipality or school.
Sprint:
Create, finalize, and begin to implement the Climate Action Plan. It
is important to engage the community while creating the Climate
Action Plan so constituents are on board with the plan. The
following steps should be taken into account:
1. Engage stakeholders and support collaboration
2. Establish specific clean energy and climate change goals.
3. Consider policies and programs on a variety of topics, such
as Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Land Use,
Transportation, and others.
4. Learn about the successes and challenges of other Climate
Action Plans.
5. Consider feasibility and available resources
6. Monitor and evaluate progress in order to determine results
MILE MARKER 10:
CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
Resources
Sierra Club Cool Cities:
http://coolcities.us/
Clean Air, Cool Planet Toolkit:
www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/toolkit/
Colleges and Universities:
http://rs.acupcc.org/cap/235/?id=235
EPA Climate Action Plan:
http://epa.gov/statelocalclimate/state/stat
e-examples/action-plans.html
Reporting
Remember that different forms of
movement are worth specific steps.
Walk = 50 steps
Run = 100 steps
Sprint = 150 steps
Hydration Stations = 25 steps
In order to receive credit for the 10,000
steps all activities must be documented.
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