Sentences with phrase «green cities initiative»

Examples of what we have accomplished include our Green Cities initiative to encourage environmentalism across India, visiting local schools to engage youth, and tree plantings in both urban and rural areas.

Between late April and mid May, Earth Day Network India ran their green cities initiative to encourage environmentalism across India.

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The one day initiative fits with Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan and with environmental goals laid out in the city's recently - released Food StratCity Action Plan and with environmental goals laid out in the city's recently - released Food Stratcity's recently - released Food Strategy.

The initiative is being led by the Brazilian Vegetarian Society, in partnership with organisations that include São Paulo's Municipal Secretary of Green and Environment, Vegetarian Magazine, Greenpeace and others — a real breakthrough from a city in one of the world's biggest meat - exporting countries.

Hundreds of proud citizens wearing forest green, touring all the city «s parks on horseback and all - terrain vehicles, using police powers and good will as part of a giant public relations initiative for the Chicago Park District and its beleaguered chief executive, Jesse Madison.

She advocates for green initiatives within her city and son's school and works to develop a social network with other green moms on the San Francisco Peninsula.

Espaillat said the state recently allocated $ 80 million to refurbish Highbridge Park, with another $ 30 million coming from the city as part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's «Anchor Parks» initiative to make it greener, more accessible and family - friendly, he said.

Gennaro and Bloomberg have worked together on green initiatives in the city and on Earth Day this year, Gennaro joined Bloomberg to launch a six - point plan to make existing large buildings energy - efficient through retrofits.

NEW YORK — The federal stimulus package and the city's ambitious «green building» initiative should provide a jobs bonanza for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) specialists, city officials said yesterday.

Taylor at the city Department of Buildings called last week's announcement «an impressive legislative package» that complements existing provisions in the mayor's earlier PlaNYC initiatives, such as property tax abatements for green roofs.

«Greenest Cities to Visit in 2017» ranks 53 of the largest urban areas in the United States considering everything from their ecotourism programs, transportation, and energy initiatives.

Worked on the Febreze Fresh Havens initiative, which aimed to help London become a fresher and greener city before the Olympic Games in 2012.

Talking about a city recycling program or a new green building initiative can reassure children that adults are working to save the planet.

Beach cleaning and reforestation In other green news, Royal Resorts employees took part in beach cleaning campaigns during the year in Cancun, Puerto Morelos and the Riviera Maya; a clean up of the shores of the Nichupte Lagoon in Cancun and a City Hall initiative to eradicate casuarina pines in the Hotel Zone and plant mangrove seedlings in their place.

Its research and advocacy led to the creation of New York City's Industrial Business Zones, to the growth of a green manufacturing sector in New York, and the launch of numerous new initiatives to save and create jobs, and integrate economic and environmental policy.

Finkelpearl said that the initiative to green the city's arts institutions would cost $ 25 million, and that the effort to increase access for the disabled would cost around $ 10 million, with an additional $ 1 million being sent to CIG institutions that increase access for disenfranchised communities.

Galante is being honored for her work building energy - efficient, affordable homes for displaced New Orleanians as part of Global Green President Matt Petersen's vision and six - year initiative to rebuild New Orleans as a model green city post-KatGreen President Matt Petersen's vision and six - year initiative to rebuild New Orleans as a model green city post-Katgreen city post-Katrina.

NEW YORK — Today Mayor de Blasio announced a suite of new energy efficiency initiatives that will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions from New York City's over one million buildings — of all sizes, types, and uses — and put the City on a pathway to an 80 percent reduction in all emissions by 2050, while creating green jobs and generating energy savings for building owners and tenants.

As Chicago's environmental initiatives picked up steam behind the mayor's «greenest city» rallying cry, Daley and former DOE Commissioner, Bill Abolt (now in the City's Budget Director), hired William McDonough + Partners to help draft its new principcity» rallying cry, Daley and former DOE Commissioner, Bill Abolt (now in the City's Budget Director), hired William McDonough + Partners to help draft its new principCity's Budget Director), hired William McDonough + Partners to help draft its new principles.

Global Green's initiatives also include greening of affordable housing, schools, and cities, as well as reducing waste in NY, energy use in California, and water use in New Orleans.

By pledging to join the Coalition, you will be supporting the initiative to make D.C. the healthiest, greenest, and most livable city in the country!

In 2011, drawing on the city's long history of taking positive climate action, the Mayor of Vancouver set up the Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan (GCAP), a bold initiative that aims to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2city's long history of taking positive climate action, the Mayor of Vancouver set up the Vancouver's Greenest City Action Plan (GCAP), a bold initiative that aims to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world Greenest City Action Plan (GCAP), a bold initiative that aims to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world by 2City Action Plan (GCAP), a bold initiative that aims to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world greenest city in the world by 2city in the world by 2020.

Munich has already introduced many green initiatives over the past decades, but with this goal and clearly reachable targets the city is taking up a pioneering role in CO2 savings thanks to its ambitious production target of renewable electricity.

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LA Business Council Mary Leslie and Brad Cox accepting California Environmental Leadership This honor recognizes the extraordinary leadership of the Los Angeles Business Council to lead a campaign to establish a 600 MW solar feed in tariff for the City of LA, to aggressively oppose the Dirty Energy Prop 23 initiative; host an annual Sustainability Summit, create a report on multifamily rooftop solar and social equity in LA to create and retain jobs and reduce owner and tenant utility costs; and to lead business advocacy for instrumental support of the adoption of LA's green building program.

Toronto used to be known for its green initiatives under former Mayor David Miller; the new mayor, Rob Ford, appears intent on not only stopping the City's green progress, but actively rolling it back.

Coming from a City that has not managed to implement a big plan since 1909, cut off its waterfront and can't even control its own planning, while watching Chicago continue to launch green initiative after initiative, I am envious.

Musing about what it would take to get more people in other cities to hop on bikes, Notaras mentions some of the many initiatives in Japan to promote cycling, including the Green Pedal Map, which provides information in English and Japanese «on bike lanes, danger zones, rental locations, bike parks and so on,» as well as the leadership role that needs to be played by government and businesses.

Now, many cash - strapped cities are learning to stretch their budgets with similar «go - green» initiatives.

The «National Green Schools» initiative is aimed at raising general awareness of the benefits of green schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construcGreen Schools» initiative is aimed at raising general awareness of the benefits of green schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construcgreen schools and the critical need for building and modernizing all schools with healthy, high performance green classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construcgreen classrooms.Sign a petition for green schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construcgreen schools Global Green is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construcGreen is calling upon the public to sign a letter urging President Obama to push Congress to make green schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construcgreen schools a high priority in the 2009 legislative and to urge local school districts and city councils, mayors, governors, and state legislators to utilize green standards for school construcgreen standards for school construction.

This conference has highlighted just how much local leadership there is on the issue of climate change and how many innovative new projects are going on in cities around the country: Seattle's incentives for greening existing buildings, Los Angeles's million tree initiative, Miami's bus rapid transit program — and the list goes on.

He castigated the leading candidates for not making climate change a central component of their agenda.Discussing his green initiatives for the city, he again reiterated his call for a carbon tax and boasted of the efforts underway to convert the city's taxi fleet to hybrid vehicles and to plant 1 million trees.

«Jersey City, under Mayor Fulop's administration, has an established a reputation as a leader in «green» initiatives,» said Nadine Leslie, President of SUEZ Environmental Services.

Today, with diverse scientific and educational programs, environmental action, green job - building and sustainable river cities initiatives, Clearwater continues Pete Seeger's legacy as America's environmental flagship organization.

The Office of the Counsel to the Mayor provides legal advice to the Mayor and City Hall staff and manages legal and other policy initiatives on inequality at the direction of the Mayor, including universal broadband access, green jobs and Fire Department diversity.

Through the city's economic development strategy focused on expanding workforce skills and encouraging small and local business growth and green initiatives, Charlotte's executive candidates have more incentive to seek local job opportunities with growing firms.