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September 2011
Welcome to the newly revised GreenPolicy360.net
We are a green network as our updated .net domain name suggests. We are built on a MediaWiki platform. We are grassroots-powered and open to 'greens of all colors' who are working in good faith to create a better world. We are a meeting place for discovering best practices, that is, practical solutions for day-to-day problems. We are a "clearinghouse", a "database", a go-to-resource where you can find, share, upload/download information for your green community, your personal efforts, changes that will make a real difference.
Picture a website where a keyword can deliver multiple examples of proposals, resolutions, ordinances... real-world models for your town, village, city or state. Consider how immediate access to legislative language, government forms, applications and plans that have worked in the past can power up your dreams and activism, your petition to a city council for a green belt for example (based on an already successful model, say from Portland, OR) or a game plan for a community-wide tree planting effort designed to produce substantial, sustainable benefits for decades. With multiple points-of-action and on-message results, GreenPolicy360 can be utilized by any community around the globe.
Look for your green area of interest in our categories of action and/or keyword topics, notable cities and locations... Download the model practices and resources you find here, update them and make them apply to your local goals, then put them to good use... Employ them, recycle them, spread the word and “practice what you dream”, the ripple effects will be amazing and the world will shift a little toward a balance with nature and a sustainable, healthy environment.
We envision our new site to be your site. Do you have a green success story? Add your story in the form of your local government/community efforts and achievements to our Green wiki site.
GreenPolicy360.net, the place to find best practices to create a green world.
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- Steven Schmidt Co-founder/Siterunner
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Plant a Tree, a Simple Act in Your Neighborhood !
http://www.treepeople.org/how-plant-tree
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March 21, 2012 / Headlines -- National News/US
Help on the Way for Decimated Bee Populations "Bees pollinate about a third of US crops" -- http://huff.to/HP4fSq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide_toxicity_to_bees http://www.californiagrange.org/convention/resolutions_passed/agriculture/11-053.pdf http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/about/intheworks/clothianidin-registration-status.html http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/bees/index2.html
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December 20, 2011 / Plastic Bags Banned in Seattle http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Plastic-bags-banned-in-Seattle-2412950.php
http://council.seattle.gov/tag/obrien/
Seattle Bag Ordinance - language Council Bill Number: 117345 http://clerk.seattle.gov/~scripts/nph-brs.exe?s1=117345&Sect4=AND&l=MAX&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESON&Sect3=PLURON&Sect5=LEGI2&Sect6=HITOFF&d=LEGA&p=1&u=http://clerk.seattle.gov/~public/legisearch.htm&r=1&f=G
AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle's solid waste system, regulating the distribution of single-use plastic and biodegradable carryout bags and requiring retail establishments to collect a pass-through charge from customers requesting recyclable paper carryout bags, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapter 21.36.
Date passed by Full Council: December 19, 2011 Vote: 9-0 ____
- http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017051358_plasticbag20m.html - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/us/seattle-bans-plastic-bags-and-sets-a-5-cent-charge-for-paper.html - http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57345382/seattle-bans-single-use-plastic-bags/ - http://www.zerowasteseattle.org/Home/seattle-bag-ordinance-faqs - http://plasticbaglaws.org/useful-links/
http://plasticbaglaws.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/leg_WA_state-bill_SB5780.pdf
[Nov 21, 2011 - Plastic-bag maker calls Seattle's proposed ban 'simplistic' http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016821125_bagban22m.html] ___
http://www.seattlebagtax.org/bagordinance_8-14-2008.pdf Council Bill Number: 116251 Ordinance Number: 122752 AN ORDINANCE relating to the City of Seattle's solid waste system, establishing an advanced recovery fee (a green fee) for disposable shopping bags, providing a deduction for the green fee from the City's business license tax, creating two new positions, and amending Seattle Municipal Code Chapters 21.36, 21.40, and 5.45. Date introduced/referred: June 23, 2008 Date passed: July 28, 2008
City OKs 20-cent fee on plastic, paper bags http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/City-OKs-20-cent-fee-on-plastic-paper-bags-1280533.php
Seattle Rejects Its Plastic Bag Tax http://articles.businessinsider.com/2009-08-19/green_sheet/30030221_1_bag-fee-seattle-voters-20-cent-fee
Seattle Bag Tax group http://www.seattlebagtax.org/
Seattle Referendum 1 http://greenbagcampaign.org/ http://greenbagcampaign.org/faq/
What is Referendum 1? In 2008, the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance creating a 20 cent fee on all disposable shopping bags at grocery, drug, and convenience stores. The purpose of the green fee is to discourage the use of disposable paper and plastic bags and encourage the use of reusables. This fee, modeled after a similar law in Ireland is expected to reduce bag use by up to 90%. Referendum 1 is about getting Seattleites to bring their own bag to the store in order to reduce waste, greenhouses gases, and environmental impacts. To do this, in 2008, the Seattle City Council passed an ordinance creating a 20 cent fee on all disposable shopping bags at grocery, drug, and convenience stores. The purpose of the green fee is to discourage the use of disposable paper and plastic bags and encourage the use of reusables. This fee, modeled after a similar law in Ireland is expected to reduce bag use by up to 90%.
- Referendum 1 – Language and Ballot Presentation http://your.kingcounty.gov/elections/contests/measureinfo.aspx?cid=32891&eid=1230
What is going on in other US cities and states? San Francisco banned plastic bags in 2007 and was followed by other California cities such as Manhattan Beach, Palo Alto, and Malibu. Westport CT and thirty Alaskan villages have banned the bags. Edmonds, WA, is considering a bag ban this summer. Here is a partial list of other cities or states that are considering action on bags: Annapolis, MD , Austin, TX , Baltimore, MD , Berkeley, CA , Boston, MA , California, Chicago, IL , Connecticut, Encinitas, CA , Fairfax, CA , Hawaii County , Los Angeles County, CA, Madison, WI , Maine, Marshall County, IA , Maryland, Massachusetts, New Haven, CT, New York, NY, Oakland, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Plymouth, PA , San Jose, CA, Santa Cruz, CA , Santa Monica, CA , Texas, Virginia, and Washington D.C.
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Rainwater / Water Saving-Harvesting
California AB 275. The Rainwater Capture Act of 2011 makes it legal for all Californian's to capture rainwater, thus decreasing stormwater runoff, increasing groundwater infiltration...
More Info on AB 275: [To be rewritten and re-introduced]
Can rainwater capture help quench California's thirst?
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Our Purpose
GreenPolicy360 is an online database which lists local legislation that is congruent with Green values. Unlike numerous other web sites, we don't offer analysis and summaries of the legislation, but the wording of the legislation itself along with other pertinent information, including a link to the original source. In time, we hope to offer interesting background information for many of the entries listed in our database. There are literally hundreds of entries and the database is growing all the time!! See the Introduction Video.
GreenPolicy360 was developed for use in all communities, local, national, international. Whether you're a progressive elected official, an activist or a concerned citizen, GreenPolicy360 lets you know how other communities are dealing with many of the key public policy issues of yesterday, today and tomorrow. If you're working to craft similar legislation for your local community or you just want to get an idea of what might be possible, you can copy and paste the text from legislation from other locales and modify it to your own needs.
GreenPolicy360 is also an excellent reference source for students. Whether you're studying public policy administration, urban planning, or any of a wide array of topics, GreenPolicy360 will save you time and energy. Whatever country you are in, you can learn from best practices from your region, bioregion or similar regions. Rather than spend hours and hours trying to locate source material, you can find many models and examples of what you're looking for right here, right now.
How to Use this Site
Our team has worked very hard to make it easy for you to find what you're looking for! We've created a lot of different tools and avenues for you to choose from. These are outlined below.
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1) Browse our Master Index
- The Master Index is broken down into categories and lists every single entry in GreenPolicy360.
2) Google Maps
- Are you a visual person? Do you want to see what kinds of Green legislation and programs have been introduced and/or passed in your locale? You can search by Cities, Counties and Educational Institutions.
3) Browse/Search GreenPolicy360 through the use of a wide variety of categories
- Have you stopped by to see if you can find a specific piece of local legislation/ordinances/initiatives or are you merely interested in discovering what might be possible to introduce in your community?
- Use this link to view all the topics we presently cover (e.g., Peace, Housing, Youth, etc.)
- Use this link to search by location (e.g., U.S. States, etc.)
- Use this link to view by entity type (e.g., City Governments, School Districts, etc.)
- Use this link to view by type of legislation (e.g., ordinances, resolutions, etc.).
- Use this link to see all Notable Cities, and Notable Colleges
- Use this link to peruse all the categories in use on GreenPolicy360.
4) Searching the site on your own terms
- Simply enter your search words in the box to the left and click on Policy Search. You can enter subject words, place names, anything you want, and in any combination you want. Please be aware that searches must be at least three characters long. The database will not search for two-character search strings.
5) A Note about the "background info" tab
- As we continue to develop the various capabilities of GreenPolicy360, it is our intent to provide you with more background information in the form of summaries, analyses, news article, interviews and first person narratives.
- To know whether or not any given entry possesses background information, all you need to identify is the color of the tab. If the tab has blue lettering, then the entry does include background information. If the tab has red lettering, it means that it does NOT include background information...yet.
More help or ideas
Is there a category that you think should be included in our database that isn't? If so, send your category suggestions to [1].
Consult the User's Guide for information on using this wiki software.
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