Transition Denver is pondering a good-sized summit in the spring that could possibly bring together a lot of environmental/social justice groups to create that "unified voice." Stay tuned....or Brad, if you would like to help us, let me know!
Hey Brad,
Interesting comments about trying to energize Greenprint for a Climate Action Plan. Interneighborhood Cooperation is the overseer group for the individual neighborhood associations. To my knowledge, they don't have a "green team". Those are few and far between, usually as committee's of neighborhood organizations, but some are independent. Try www.denvergreenteams.ning.com. You may get some help there. The green teams have a voice with Michael Barney at Greenprint, however, the ciy seems to have a set agenda and not much flexibility. As I see it, the biggest problem is organizing us environmentalists into a collective voice. There is always greater power in numbers. You might try organizing in your neighborhood, start your own green team. That would give you a direct connection to Michael.
Or talk with Transition Denver's steering committee. See if you can set up a sub group to write a Climate Action Plan draft to present to the mayor, city council and Greenprint. Goodluck.
At 8:38am on November 13, 2009, Julie Schwab said…
Brad,
Interested in your comments about Greenprint...an organizations that is very bottom
up is Groundwork Denver, led by Wendy Hawthorne..we've worked with them in our
neighborhood--and they're great collaborators! Kathy Komarek
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Welcome Brad. Delighted to see you here. ...I am retired from the City and County of Denver Public Works and Finance Offices and still have many contacts there. I'd like to help push the Denver sustainability office to become really effective. Imagine solar panels on top of all the parking lots in downtown Denver!... -- How about adding DPW and Finance as a Group to our registry of local groups supporting Transition in Colorado. Gives visibility to such an important government office to all our members. Let me know when you have questions.
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Interesting comments about trying to energize Greenprint for a Climate Action Plan. Interneighborhood Cooperation is the overseer group for the individual neighborhood associations. To my knowledge, they don't have a "green team". Those are few and far between, usually as committee's of neighborhood organizations, but some are independent. Try www.denvergreenteams.ning.com. You may get some help there. The green teams have a voice with Michael Barney at Greenprint, however, the ciy seems to have a set agenda and not much flexibility. As I see it, the biggest problem is organizing us environmentalists into a collective voice. There is always greater power in numbers. You might try organizing in your neighborhood, start your own green team. That would give you a direct connection to Michael.
Or talk with Transition Denver's steering committee. See if you can set up a sub group to write a Climate Action Plan draft to present to the mayor, city council and Greenprint. Goodluck.
Interested in your comments about Greenprint...an organizations that is very bottom
up is Groundwork Denver, led by Wendy Hawthorne..we've worked with them in our
neighborhood--and they're great collaborators! Kathy Komarek
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