What can you do to create a sustainable, just, and carbon-free city? Hear what’s next in the closure of the fossil-fuel powered Martin Drake Power Plant in Colorado Springs, and learn about three local campaigns on which you can take action. This is audio from a live webinar held on February 19, 2021 – organized by a group of Colorado College students. It was described as speed-dating for climate action.
This event includes a brief update on Drake from David Padgett, General Manager of Environmental Services at Colorado Springs Utilities.
Campaigns Discussed:
Gas-Free Buildings
Jenny Wilford, Clean Energy Advocate, Sierra Club
Zoning Ordinances
Max Kronstadt, Co-Founder of The COS Pro-Housing Partnership
Protecting Public Lands
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
Chandra Rosenthal, Rocky Mountain Office Director and Kevin Bell, Staff Counsel
PDF of Event Slides
https://studio809podcasts.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Drake-panel.pdf
Thanks to CC Student and Sierra Club Student Campaign Organizer Filip Carnogusky for playing a lead organizing role, and to the following:
Organizing Groups:
Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal (Carbon) Campaign
https://coal.sierraclub.org/campaign
350 Colorado Springs
https://350colorado.org
Co-Sponsors:
Sierra Club
https://coloradosierraclub.org
The Colorado Springs Pro-Housing Partnership (PHP)
https://coloradospringsprohousingpartnership.com
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
https://www.peer.org
Southeastern Colorado Renewable Energy Society (SECRES)
https://www.cres-energy.org/southeastern-colorado-secres.html
Sunrise (Colorado Springs chapter)
https://www.sunrisemovement.org/?ms=SunriseMovement
Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future (PASF)
http://www.peakalliance.org
Pikes Peak Environmental Forum
https://www.facebook.com/PikesPeakEnvironmentalForum/
Pikes Peak Permaculture
https://www.pikespeakpermaculture.org
Chinook Center
https://www.chinookcenter.org
Studio 809 Podcasts
https://studio809podcasts.com
Shout Out to:
Students for Environmental Awareness and Sustainability at UCCS
https://seas.uccs.edu
Food to Power
https://foodtopowerco.org/
Conscious Living Shop
https://www.consciouslivingshop.com
Eclectic CO
https://shopeclecticco.com/
The following environment/sustainability organizations in the Pikes Peak region collaborate to produce the Peak Environment podcast about environmental stewardship, sustainable living and enlightened public policy in the Pikes Peak Region.
Colorado Springs Office of Innovation & Sustainability
Peak Alliance for a Sustainable Future
Pikes Peak Environmental Forum
Pikes Peak Group of Sierra Club
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