Shall we collaborate? re: Invitation to Write the Introduction to Our Report
bkengland
Per our discussion about introduction text, I'd like to propose that
we submit one as a collaborative effort from our WG. Elements that we
might include are:
- Rationale for Mountain View taking a leadership role, which could
include
-- some historical context (city's background as agricultural, defense
industry, light industrial, high-tech business center at various
times) which indicates that our city has changed focus a number of
times successfully, so becoming a center for green jobs and businesses
within an environmentally sustainable infrastructure is something we
ought to be able to accomplish if we choose to do so.
-- because San Francisco, San Jose, Berkeley, Oakland, and Palo Alto
have, to various degrees, put sticks in the ground regarding becoming
green cities, Mountain View is at risk of being left behind if we
don't at least meet the goals established by neighbor cities. (hoping
that Mike M can add to this via his work with SSV)
-- because Mountain View is very much on the map as the "home of
Google," Google receives significant press attention as being a model
green company, our city should establish a leadership role
environmentally to the extent that our accomplishments are also worthy
of such press attention.
-- because Mountain View has established itself as a destination city
in our region, due to a high-quality restaurant district on Castro
Street along with the Performing Arts Center at the south end of that
district, and Shoreline Park with all amenities that it has to offer
at the north end of the city, we are already an excellent position to
spread the message that a Bay Area city can be environmentally
sustainable and still be a wonderful place to live, work in, visit,
and do business with.
I like this quotation, and shared it with Bruce K awhile back: "Even
if all the renewable energy technologies that we love do develop as we
want, the practical realities of deploying them and the urgency of
acting to stop and reverse global warming means that no one technology
can be a silver bullet--we've got silver buckshot at best." -
Nathanael Greene, Senior Policy Analyst, National Resources Defense
Council (NRDC)
I like this as it very concisely describes that we must combine a
variety of different solutions, even at the city level, if we hope to
address climate change effectively. And, of course, we believe that
our recommendations taken together are designed to lead Mountain View
in that direction.
So this is an initial brain dump, and I'd like to hear your comments
about working on this together and submitting through our WG.
Thanks!
Bruce
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Bruce Karney <bkar...@aol.com>
Date: Jul 23, 9:35 pm
Subject: Invitation to Write the Introduction to Our Report
To: General Discussion forum for the Mountain View Environmental
Sustainability Task Force
The team chartered with writing the Introduction/Summary of our report
met tonight and decided to solicit drafts from the Task Force
members. We felt that if we solicited introductions from anyone who
wanted to write one and then chose the best we would stand a better
chance of getting a great introduction than by any other approach.
Therefore, if you want to submit an introduction, please do so by 5 PM
Monday July 28. Late submissions will not be considered.
Submit a Microsoft Word (or similar) file of no more than 7 pages
(using 12 point Times New Roman and 1" margins all around).
Submissions exceeding this length will not be considered.
Do not include "the table of recommendations" -- that will be added
later.
Submit by posting to the "Files" area of this General Discussion
Group.
You may submit more than one entry.
Your entry can include charts, photos but not audio clips or video
clips (City Council usually reads reports offline, not online).
From 5 PM Monday to 5 PM Tuesday any member of this General Discussion
Group is welcome to comment on the submissions. Think of this as the
"American Idol" competition of our task force.
The team will meet at 7:30 PM Tuesday July 29 to review the entries
and comments and will select the best entry.
The winning author will then be requested to revise it and deliver a
semi-final draft by July 31 at 5 PM so that Steve can get it into the
packet for review at our Aug. 4 meeting.
At the Aug. 4 meeting we will provide feedback on the semi-final
draft, just as we have been doing with the Working Group chapters.
The final draft is due to be turned over to our editor by 9AM Monday
Aug. 11.
Please call me if you have questions. My cell is 650 450-0332.
Cheers,
Bruce Karney
Task Force Chair
LaBouff, Aileen
I'm happy to edit and comment, but I'm beyond being able to take a
constructive role.
Cheers,
Aileen
Aileen La Bouff, Realtor(r)
Dedicated to environmentally friendly business practices and green
housing
Santa Clara County Certified Green Business
Certified EcoBroker(r)
Acterra(r) member
650 917 4259
www.aileen4homes.com
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