COOL CITIES CAMPAIGN - SIERRA CLUB

SIERRA CLUB COOL CITIES CAMPAIGN
Solving Global Warming One City at a Time Activist Toolkit
April 2006
SIERRA CLUB’S GLOBAL WARMING & ENERGY CAMPAIGN

sierraclub.org/coolcities (202) 547-1411 global.warming@sierraclub.org

COOL CITIES CAMPAIGN BACKGROUND
The Sierra Club’s national campaign— Cool Cities: Solving Global Warming One City at a Time — was developed to provide Club members, volunteers and staff with concrete ways to work for positive, visionary solutions in their communities. The purpose of this “Cool Cities Activist Toolkit” is to provide the resources that citizens need to engage their mayors and get their cities to take real action to reduce energy waste and heat-trapping global warming pollution in their communities.

At a time when the federal government is failing to take action to solve global warming, Cool Cities offers an opportunity and a road map by which to work toward realizing our shared vision of a safe and clean energy future in the cities where we live.
This toolkit is designed to help people around the country make a difference in the fight to curb global warming by mobilizing their community. Initially, it may seem daunting to get your city committed to fighting global warming and taking steps to cut heat-trapping emissions, but once you get started accomplishing the ten steps in this toolkit, we hope that you will find yourself feeling confident that you and your neighbors can really make a difference. If at any time you need help in moving your local Cool Cities effort forward, please feel free to contact any of the Sierra Club Cool Cities campaign staff:

• Brendan Bell Washington, DC Brendan.bell@sierraclub.org 202-547-1141
• Jill Miller St. Louis, MO Jill.miller@sierraclub.org 314-645-2032
• Glen Brand Portland, ME Glen.brand@sierraclub.org 207-761-5616
• Colleen Sarna Chicago, IL Colleen.sarna@sierraclub.org 312-236-0059

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