Des Moines Mayor has signed on to "cool cities" To learn what Des Moines or other cities in Iowa need to do to become :cool cities"attend the following workshop in St Louis. Sierra Club Midwest "Cool Cities" Workshop > > Saturday, August 5, 2006 > > 11am - 3pm > > St. Louis, MO > > Free * Food and beverages provided > > > > Want to take action locally to stop global warming? > Then the Cool Cities > workshop is for you! > > > > We'll teach you how to make your city "cool" . The > first step is developing > a strategy to get your mayor to sign onto the U.S. > Mayors Climate Protection > Agreement. More than 270 mayors nationwide are > already on board-yours should > be, too! > > > > Next, we'll discuss how to work with your city > leaders and other citizens to > implement practical solutions that reduce > heat-trapping global warming > pollution, cut our energy dependence, and save > taxpayer dollars. Making > public buildings and lighting more energy-efficient, > improving the gas > mileage of city fleets, and investing in renewable > energy instead of dirty > fossil fuels are just some of the steps that leading > cities have already > taken, with impressive results. > > > > RSVP: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > [log in to unmask], > 314-645-2032 > > > > Location: > > Wild Oats Market > > 8823 Ladue Rd. > > St. Louis, MO 63124 > > (Located 1 block east of I-170 on the north side of > the street) > > > > http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?email=1&mapdat > > > > Trainers: > > Jill Miller, St. Louis, and Colleen Sarna, Chicago, > are Conservation > Organizers with the Sierra Club's national Global > Warming and Energy > Program. Between them they have more than 7 years > experience generating > community action on global warming and energy > conservation issues. > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, > see: > http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp