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Issue Position: Environment

Issue Position

Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Issues: Environment

In the past, Marjorie has worked with the city and its residents committed to climate protection, in order to engage Cambridge youth in monitoring the city's progress on its own climate protection goals.Currently, Marjorie is working with the city and residents, committed to climate protection, to engage Cambridge youth in monitoring the city's progress on its own climate protection goals. As chair of the Civic Unity Committee, Marjorie held a hearing to explore and brainstorm the possibilities to empowering and educating Cambridge youth to become agents of change in the climate protection/energy conservation movement. As a result, Marjorie is now working with the Cambridge youth centers, city staff, Cambridge residents and youth to develop an educational program that will enable Cambridge youth to monitor and report back to the city with updates on our progress to becoming a greener city, along with recommendations to further our progress.

Like most Cantabrigians, Marjorie is concerned about global climate change and the environment. As such, she has used her position on the Council to bring forth several environmental initiatives and council orders. The Council Orders have specifically focused on keeping the City on track regarding the Cambridge Climate Protection Plan goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the city, as well as getting the City and the Council to acknowledge the current environmental "state of emergency" that we are currently in.

As chair of the Civic Unity Committee, Marjorie held a hearing to explore the possibilities on how to empower and educate Cambridge youth to become agents of change in the climate protection/energy conservation movement. As a result Marjorie is now working with the Cambridge youth centers, city staff and Cambridge residents and youth to develop an educational program that will enable Cambridge youth to monitor and report back to the city with updates on our progress to becoming a greener city along with recommendations to further our progress.


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