Posts with the tag buildings

Inland Empire Green Vision Statement

Jonathan Abraham — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:11:50 EST

RESULTS OF ECONOMIC POLICY ROUNDTABLE 01/25/2009
SAN BERNARDINO

Vision Plan for Inland Empire Green Economy

Prepared by Jonathan Abraham

On January 25th 2009, Organizing for America hosted a round table discussion on the future of the Inland Empire. The area under consideration was the Inland Southern California metropolitan statistical area. The goal of this exercise was to articulate the desires that the people of the Inland Empire have for the future of the area under the administration of President Barack Obama. This document is the product of that meeting, and represents the collective vision and ideas of all residents. This is an evolving vision document that will articulate the position of “Organizing for America” in the Inland Empire as pertains to economic development policy, education and the green economy.

Architecture 2030 has details--huge energy reduction can happen

DJ — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:18:12 EDT

"Although difficult, the economic and global warming crises are the motivation we need as a nation to retool our thinking. If we're smart enough to jump on this opportunity, we will not only solve global warming, we will set the US up for unprecedented economic success."
-Edward Mazria, on Architecture2030.org

Solving Climate Change Saves Billions
The 2030 Blueprint Study

A groundbreaking study released by Architecture 2030 this week shows that an investment of just $21.6 billion towards building energy efficiency would replace 22.3 conventional coal-fired plants, reduce CO2 emissions by 86.7 MMT, save 204 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 10.7 million barrels of oil, save consumers $8.46 billion in energy bills and create 216,000 new jobs.

Letter from the Future & BYOBlue

David — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:43:49 EDT

I wanted to share a note from a fellow Obama supporter working with the group Architecture 2030 to combat Global Warming. It's something we all can do.

Hello David,

I want to thank you for bringing attention to the 2030 Challenge at Senator Obama's site last December. Architecture 2030 continues to address Global Warming not only on the demand side (with the 2030 Challenge) but also on the supply side by calling for a moratorium on coal. Towards the latter, we have just unveiled a new initiative that I want to bring to your attention: BYOBlue.

Architecture 2030 is rallying the nation to participate in the BYOBlue campaign by calling on everyone to wear BLUE during Earth Day 2008 to signify a vote for NO COAL.

BYOBlue is a nationwide collaborative between Architecture 2030, Earth Day Network and numerous other groups calling for an immediate moratorium on the construction of any new coal plants. In 2007, Fifty-nine coal plants were canceled - over a third of the 151 planned. That was before millions of people joined together to say No Coal by participating in BYOBlue.

Please, help us to get the word out about this historic event. Earth Day 2008 takes place April 19-22. A complete description of BYOBlue with additional ideas and information is below. More details can be found at www.byoblue.org and in Ed Mazria's article posted at Grist (http://gristmill.grist.org/...).

Thank you very much for your consideration - and for your continued attention to Architecture 2030 projects and initiatives. If you have any questions at all, or would like additional information, please do not hesitate to be in touch.

Best regards, Peter

Peter Chapman, Marketing Coordinator, 2030, Inc. / Architecture 2030, 505-988-5309 x17

chapman@architecture2030.org

BYOBlue / Earth Day 2008, April 19-22

Want to stop global warming? Wear BLUE for Earth Day 2008!

Join millions of people around the world who will be wearing BLUE to signify their vote for NO COAL.

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Earth Day 2008 is going to be historic! Architecture 2030, along with numerous other groups around the nation, is calling on everyone to wear BLUE during Earth Day 2008 to signify their vote for No Coal. Events will be happening around the world from April 19th through April 22nd, so…

If you're attending the Earth Day event on the National Mall in Washington, DC on April 20th, wear BLUE.

If you're attending another Earth Day event, wear BLUE. No matter what you're doing for Earth Day 2008, wear BLUE. A BLUE shirt, top, sweater or jacket…whatever. Just wear BLUE.

Then, on April 22, as a culminating action, pick up the phone, call Congress at 202-224-3121 and ask for an immediate 'Moratorium on Coal' - a halt to the construction of any new coal-fired power plants. Through this Call for Climate event, Earth Day hopes to generate over a million phone calls to Congress. Visit Earth Day's website to learn more about this critical event.

Your BLUE vote will count. Fifty-nine coal plants were canceled in 2007. That's over a third of the 151 planned. That happened before millions of people joined together to say No Coal.

BYOBlue for Earth Day 2008. Be the vote that tips the balance.