ICLEI’s (ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability) mission is to build, serve, and drive a movement of local governments to advance deep reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and achieve tangible improvements in local sustainability. ICLEI has 13 offices in 68 countries on 6 continents with over 1,200 members worldwide. There are over 600 members in the USA representing local governments (cities, towns, counties, villages, and boroughs) committed to climate protection (adaptation and mitigation) and sustainable development.
ICLEI provides technical, consulting, training, and information services to build capacity, share knowledge, and support local governments in the implementation of sustainable development at the local level. ICLEI’s basic premise is that locally designed initiatives can provide an effective and cost-efficient way to achieve local, national, and global sustainability objectives. Through its international campaigns and programs, ICLEI works with local governments to generate political awareness of key issues; establish plans of action toward defined, concrete, measurable targets; work toward meeting these targets through the implementation of projects; and evaluate local and cumulative progress towards sustainable development.
A fundamental component of ICLEI’s performance-based campaign model is the milestone process. Each campaign incorporates a five-milestone structure that participating local governments work through. For example, the Five Milestone for Climate Mitigation program includes: (1) establish a greenhouse gas emissions baseline; (2) set an emissions reduction target; (3) develop a local climate action plan; (4) implement the local climate action plan; and (5) measure results and reevaluate. The ICLEI 5 milestone process, programs, and resources for local governments can be found online at www.iclei-usa.org.
Fayetteville – West Virginia’s first ICLEI member
- Fayetteville joined ICLEI in June 2008 through encouragement and financial support from the Fayette County Green Advisory Team (GREAT) and West Virginia Sustainable Communities Project becoming the first ICLEI member in West Virginia.
- GREAT began milestone 1, establishing a baseline for calendar year 2007 by gathering data on energy consumption for town and county government, residents, and businesses within the 25840 zip code.
- As of December, 2009, the Greenhouse Gas emissions inventory is complete for the community (residents and businesses) and local government (city and county operations) within the 25840 zip code. The inventory was presented to Mayor Akers at the December GREAT meeting.
- ICLEI and GREAT suggested that to most efficiently and effectively accomplish milestones 2-5 the Mayor should form a Task Force comprised of local government and community leaders. The Mayor agreed and assisted with the formation of the Task Force.
Fayetteville’s ICLEI Task Force
JIM AKERS, MAYOR – Fayetteville, WV – 304-574-0101 townoffayetteville@suddenlinkmail.com
BILL LANHAM, TOWN SUPERINTENDENT – Fayetteville, WV – 304-574-0101 townoffayetteville@suddenlinkmail.com
BILLY STRASSER, PARK RANGER, NPS – Fayetteville, WV – 304-574-2115 Billy_Strasser@nps.gov
TOM RIST, ATTORNEY & GREAT BOARD MEMBER – Fayetteville, WV – 304-890-5792 tom@helpwv.com
HOLLY CLARK, CREATE FAYETTEVILLE - Fayetteville, WV 304-685-6433 holly.clark@cesd.wvu.edu
GARY DRIGGS, NEW RIVER GORGE PRESERVE, Fayetteville, WV – 304-574-1803
ALLAN BALLARD, BUILDING CODE OFFICIAL, Fayette County, WV – 304-574-4320
RICHARD (DICKY) SMITH, Courthouse Maintenance, Fayette County, WV – 304-574-4264
Facilitators
DOUG ARBOGAST, GREAT – Fayetteville, WV – 304-373-3669 doug@travelgreenappalachia.com
TOMOKO TAMAGAWA, WEST VIRGINIA SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES -
Clarksburg, WV – 304-566-7332 t.tamagawa@wvhub.org
LEVI ROSE, PAN – Fayetteville, WV
levidrose@gmail.com
The Task Force will:
- Meet on the last Monday off each month at 1:00 at Fayetteville Town Hall to determine goals and objectives for accomplishing milestones 2-5.
Next Steps:
- Adopt a Resolution to participate in the 5 milestone process.
- Set a greenhouse gas emissions reduction target.
- Identify and document existing measures that reduce greenhouse gas emissions (recycling, carpooling, efficient vehicles, compact fluorescent light bulbs, smart growth, etc.)
- Identify additional measures the local government and community can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Organize these measures into a climate action plan that provides guidance on how measures will be implemented and who will be responsible for implementation.
- Implement measures outlined in the action plan.
- Monitor and evaluate the progress, and develop contingency plans as required.
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