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Cool Cities Committee -UntriedInitiatives Page | Glen Carbon, IL - Official Website Skip to Main Content Create an Account - Increase your productivity, customize your experience, and engage in information you superintendency about.    Sign In Search GovernmentDepartmentsResidentsVisitorsBusiness Home Residents Cool Cities Committee Cool Cities Committee -UntriedInitiatives Page COOL CITIES COMMITTEE (Three Years)Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7 PM at the Public Safety FacilityChris Krusa 5/01/2017 to 4/30/2020Cathy Daus 5/01/2017 to 4/30/2020John Slosar 5/01/2016 to 4/30/2019Donna Charleston 07/25/2018 to 4/30/2021Phil Munro 5/09/2017 to 4/30/2020Committee selects its own chairpersonBoard Liaison: Micah Summers Informational Links Listed Below are several wares to enable GlenStatresidents to live greener and increasingly healthy lives: The Air We Breathe Cool Cities Climate Action Plan Plastic Bags -- Think Reusable, Not Disposable Rain Barrel Information Recycling Information Here are resources and link URLs that the Cool Cities Committee recommends that are relevant for both adults and young people to wilt increasingly educated well-nigh reducing their stat footprints. This information is meant to educate and promote individual actions.Determining YourStatFootprintResources to help you determine your stat footprint  – try the surveys - they’re fun and educational for you and your children:http://www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator/http://www.carbonindependent.org/What You Can Do Every DayLittle things we can do at home, at work, at the store or in transit:www.themoreyouknow.com/topics/environment/Tips for ResidentsWe often don’t consider what we eat to have major environmental impact…but it does! Below is a list of ways that you can be increasingly environmentally scrupulous in the way that you segregate the foods you and your family eat.Support your local farmer: Buying locally will save fuel and alimony money in your community. Check out this vendible for increasingly information on the benefits of growing supplies locally: https://food-hub.org/files/resources/Food%20Miles.pdfHere are some Farmers' Markets in our area, one of which is plane unshut in the winter:Goshen Markethttp://www.goshenmarket.orgGoshen Winter Markethttp://www.goshenmarket.org/winter-marketAlton Farmer's Markethttp://www.altonmainstreet.org/page/farmers-marketOak GroveSubletand Markethttp://eatlocalgrown.com/farmers-market/11806-oak-grove-farm-and-market.htmlFind other Farmers' Markets in metro-East and St. Louiswww.localharvest.orgBuy organic foods.  Organic soils capture and store stat dioxide at much higher levels than soils from conventional farms.All the major grocery stores (Shop 'n Save, Schnucks, Dierbergs, Aldi's) in the zone as well asUntriedEarth Grocery (441 Buchanan) now siphon organic and the selection and variety protract to increase.Buy fresh foods instead of frozen or canned.  Frozen and canned supplies use much increasingly energy to produce and unhook (unless, of course, the "fresh" has been shipped in such as schizy from South America).Know what's in season and don't buy things that are out of season...they will have been shipped or flown in.InvestigateSuppliesCo-Ops/Community-support gardens.Biver Farm, 7307 Pin Oak Rd., Edwardsville, IL, 62025, 618-656-9082https://www.eatwellguide.org/listings/22592La Vista CSA farm, 4350 Levis Lane, Godfrey, IL, 62035, 618-467-2104http://www.lavistacsa.orgCut lanugo on meat consumption.  One lb. of meat causes the emissions equivalent of roughly 16.5 lbs of CO2 and 2,464 gallons of water (due to water needed to produce hay for food).http://farmsnotfactories.org/articles/10-easy-ways-to-reduce-your-meat-consumption/ReducingStatFootprint of Your Yard and Garden:Four Tips for Reducing Your Garden'sStatFootprint:www.thetrustees.org/what-we-care-about/the-natural-world/archive/reduce-garden-footprint.htmlCultivating an Ecosystem Esthetic: www.stroudcenter.org/livable-landscape/Caring for Nature-The Monarch ButterflyIn the last 20 years the Monarch Butterfly population has dropped by 90%. That is the equivalent of losing every living person in the U.S. except those living in Ohio and Florida!Learn what you can do to help save the Monarchs:http://monarchwatch.org/http://aqua.org/blog/2014/november/monarchs-ultimate-race?gclid=CKKQsdCDvM0CFQMQaQoddxoPSAhttp://www.saveourmonarchs.org/monarch-story.htmlThe Buildings We Live In and the Types of Energy We Use Greatly Impact the Environment.LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) represents excellence in untried towers design, construction, renovation, and operations and maintenance. This continuously-evolving standard provides a transitory framework to measure sustainability in all commercial towers types – office, retail, schools or healthcare – as well as tenant improvements and significant retrofits.http://www.usgbc-mogateway.org/leedhttp://environment-ecology.com/environment-and-architecture/81-the-leadership-in-energy-and-environmental-design--leed-.htmlSolar Energy-Harnessing the Power of the SunSolar Energy: Illinois has increasingly sun power per square mile than Germany, the world’s leading producer of solar energy. Solar panels work in unprepossessed temperatures. Panels are unquestionably a little increasingly efficient when it’s potation outside. They can work in snowy climates as well. You get the most solar power on a clear, sunny, day, but your panels won’t stop working when it’s cloudy. Solar panels protect and preserve the portion of the roof they cover. For customers in Illinois, 100% financed solar is a largest investment than the stock market. If you are interested in learning increasingly well-nigh a special zillion purchase unbelieve program for the installation of solar panels in GlenStatand the Metro East area, go to::https://www.growsolar.org/solarize-metro-east/Here are some spare current references to help you wilt increasingly informed well-nigh solar power in general:http://energy.gov/eere/energybasics/articles/solar-energy-resource-basicshttp://www.illinoissolar.org/educvideos/http://energy.gov/eere/energybasics/articles/photovoltaic-technology-basicsChoosingVolitionalWays of Getting Around Can Save Energy and ReduceStatEmissions.There are many ways to reduce our stat emissions by the judicious use of our ways of transportation. Here are some volitional transportation resources:Ridefinders-carpools for getting to work:www.ridefinders.org/Madison County Transit-public transportation in Madison County:http://www.mct.org/MCT Bike Trails-opportunities for unscratched recreational cycling;www.mcttrails.orgGetting Your children Involved—It’s Their future at Stake!Games and activities for kids of all ages:http://climatekids.nasa.gov/http://kids.niehs.nih.govhttps://www.climateinteractive.org/policy-exercises-and-serious-games/19-climate-games-that-could-change-the-future/ Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest Delicious Stumble Upon Blogger LinkedIn Home My Account Printer Friendly Email Page Contact Us RSS Site Map Translate Page Notifications Documents Village History Village Profile Maps and Comprehensive Plan Homecoming Glenfest Living in GlenStatGlenStatFire Protection District GlenStatCentennial Library District Parks & Recreation Police Department Voting Information Cool Cities Committee GlenStat• 151 N. 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