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Evergreen Cooperative Initiative (ECI): Businesses and community groups in Cleveland, Ohio, determined that they needed to solve the problem of joblessness in low-income areas by creating living-wage jobs and then training eligible residents to fill them. They developed a new, cooperative-based economic model, based on green jobs that can inspire other cities with similar economic woes. The ECI is a community undertaking in which anchor institutions like the Cleveland Foundation, University Hospitals and the municipal government leverage their purchasing power to help create green-focused, employee-owned local businesses, which to date include a green laundromat, the hydroponic greenhouse Green City Growers, and Ohio Cooperative Solar, which provides weatherization and installs and maintains solar panels. The solar cooperative will more than double Ohio’s solar generating capacity from 2011 levels by the end of 2012 (see EvergreenCooperatives.com). CALGreen: Updated building codes may not generate much excitement until we consider that U.S. buildings account for a lion’s share of carbon dioxide emissions (39 percent), and consume 70 percent of the electricity we generate. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) reports, “If half of new commercial buildings were built to use 50 percent less energy, it would save over 6 million metric tons of CO 2 annually for the life of the buildings— the equivalent of taking more than 1 million cars off the road every year.” The California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), which took effect in January 2011, sets the highest green bar for new buildings in the country. It requires that new buildings achieve a 20 percent reduction in potable water use, divert 50 percent of their construction waste from landfills, use paints and materials with low volatile organic compound content and provide parking for clean-air vehicles. Multiple key stakeholders have been involved throughout the process, including the California Energy Commission and the Sierra Club. “We really tried to bring together an entire spectrum of people and groups with different perspectives and Sustainable development includes fighting poverty, increasing social inclusion (including advancing the status of women) and protecting the environment. expertise to build a consensus,” says David Walls, executive director of the California Building Standards Commission. “If we were going to put something in the code, we wanted to make sure it was right.” (See Tinyurl.com/ CALGreen-Home.) Renewable Portfolio Standard: Texas leads the country in electricity gener- COMPELLING INTERNATIONAL ECO-INITIATIVES Aruba is working with Sir Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room program to transition to 100 percent renewable energy. Germany has committed to drawing 80 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2050. India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency signed an agreement with the European Union to reduce its carbon emissions by 77,000 tons in the next 3.5 years. Norway has pledged $140 million to boost sustainable energy in rural Kenya, including replacing kerosene lamps with solar alternatives. Source: CloudOfCommitments.org 24 Rhode Island Edition RINaturalAwakenings.com ated from wind power. One complex, in Roscoe, features 627 turbines on 100,000 acres that cost $1 billion to build. Much of the rapid growth of the state’s wind industry can be credited to Texas’ Renewable Portfolio Standard, legislation passed in 1999 that mandated construction of renewable energy, including solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass and landfill gas, in addition to wind. It further mandated that utilities generate 2,000 megawatts of additional renewable energy by 2009, then 5,880 MW by 2015 and 10,000 MW by 2025. The 10-year goal was met in six years, and Texas has added many green jobs, increased tax revenues and provided security against blackouts, which is critical in the event of extreme heat or drought (see Tinyurl. com/TexasStandard). Edison Innovation Green Growth Fund: Clean technology is booming despite the economic recession and attracting serious investment funds. According to a report by Clean Edge, Inc., venture capital investments in clean technologies increased 30 percent between 2010 and 2011, from $5.1 billion to $6.6 billion. New Jersey entrepreneurs are upping their state’s potential in this arena with the Edison Innovation Green Growth Fund. The program proffers loans of up to $2 million for companies, research facilities and nonprofits engaged in producing clean energy technologies, ranging from energy efficiency products such as LED lighting to solar, wind, tidal, biomass and methane capture. A condition of the loan is that a project must employ 75 percent of its workforce from New Jersey, or commit to growing 10 high-paying jobs (minimum $75,000 annually) over two years (see Tinyurl.com/NewJersey-EDA). Grassroots Leadership Elinor Ostrom, the political economist who won a Nobel Prize in economics but passed on just before the start of the Rio conference, dedicated her last blog post to considering the event’s impact. Titled “Green from the Grassroots,” the post stressed the priority of a multifaceted approach to curbing emissions. “Decades of research demonstrate
that a variety of overlapping policies at city, subnational, national and international levels is more likely to succeed than single, overarching, binding agreements,” Ostrom remarked. “Such an evolutionary approach to policy provides essential safety nets should one or more policies fail. The good news is that evolutionary policymaking is already happening organically. In the absence of effective national and international legislation to curb greenhouse gases, a growing number of city leaders are acting to protect their citizens and economies.” She reported that even in the absence of federally mandated emissions targets, 30 U.S. states have passed their own climate plans and more than 900 mayors signed a climate protection agreement essentially agreeing to reach the Kyoto Protocol goals the federal government refused to sanction. Rio+20 built upon such bottom-up commitments and pushed states and businesses to go further than they’d ever imagined. “There was an incredible amount of energized activity,” concludes Scherr. “Many people came away feeling empowered and encouraged, because they saw that the sustainability movement is truly worldwide. That’s going to be the legacy of Rio.” Brita Belli, the editor of E-The Environmental Magazine, reports for Natural Awakenings. A Collaborative of Holistic Healers Aromatherapy, Crystal Therapy, Channeling, Dr. Hauschka Facials, Ear Coning, Magnified Healing ® , Psychic Readings, Reflexology, Reiki, Tarot and Therapeutic Massage 133 Old Tower Hill Road, Wakefield, RI By appointment 401-742-2354 www.path2harmony.net THRIVE NATURAL HEALTH SOLUTIONS GAY BEN TRE D.Ac., M.A.O.M., R.N. Acupuncture * Herbs * EFT * Energy Medicine * NLP * Hypnosis Even if you’ve been told you can’t get pregnant… Unburden Your Broken Heart! Heal Your Body! Learn how to call in the Soul of your unborn Child. *Dr. Gay’s 7 Step Fertility Solution* Call Now for Your Complimentary Strategy Session! 159 Gibbs Avenue, Newport 1 Richmond Square, Providence 401.207.4670 gay@drgaybentre.com www.drgaybentre.com OCTOBER SPECIAL Enjoy a one hour massage at full price and purchase a gift certifi cate for any service at 50% Off for you or a friend! Andrea Carreira LCMT 401-475-5286 ´ 155 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI 02905 SPIRIT of AGAPE find peace in your heart Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Treatments, Reiki, Refl exology, Ear Coning, Chakra Balancing, Integrated Energy Healing, Alternative Nutritional Counseling You Can Find Our October Classes in the Calendar Section Cheryl Greathouse Please visit us at our location at 155 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI LCMT, CH 401-480-1934 WavesofWellness.net REIKI n PERSONAL GUIDANCE READINGS n THETA HEALING Offering Holistic Therapies that Integrate the Heart, Mind, Body and Spirit Shari Bitsis • 401-465-4249 • shasongs@aol.com Call or e-mail for appointment or more info Located in Seekonk, MA ANGEL LIGHT MESSENGER n HEALING THE EARTH CLASSES n TONG REN natural awakenings October 2012 25
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