Mayors Climate Protection Center: Big Cities and 'Going Green'

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SCUP–44's opening plenary speaker, Susan Anderson, was formerly the director of Portland's Office of Sustainable Development. Her new role combines responsibility for both sustainability and planning for the city. How interesting. Be sure to be there in Portland, July 18–22 for Values and Vision Create the Future.

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The Mayors Climate Protection Center was launched in early 2007 to

provide mayors with the guidance and assistance they need to lead their cities’ efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are linked to climate change. Throughout the nation there is clear evidence that mayoral leadership is producing business and community support for policies that reduce emissions. While progress is already being made in many cities, our goal must be to increase the number of cities involved in the effort, and to equip all cities with the knowledge and tools that ultimately will have the greatest impact on undo the causes of global warming.

The website includes what you would normally expect, but also has sections titled "Reports and Surveys" as well as "Best Practices." We took a look in detail at one of the PDFs shared in "Best Practices" titled Climate Protection: Featuring 2008 Mayors' CLimate Protection Award Winning Enties, (PDF), which is a 27-page document with brief case studies of some city-initiated projects, nearly all of which could have been done by a campus or in collaboration with one.