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All are invited to join us for a public lunch and learn on April 13th in Common Council Chambers, "Lessons for Ithaca from Freiburg: Germany’s Greenest City." See below and attached for details. Please help spread the word by sharing this email, the event flyer (available at: http://tinyurl.com/jofzdlv), and the facebook event ( https://www.facebook.com/events/1662535710677329/). *Lessons for Ithaca from Freiburg: Germany’s Greenest City* Wednesday April 13, 2016, 12 pm to 1 pm City Hall, Common Council Chambers 108 East Green Street, Third floor OPEN TO THE PUBLIC This is a lunch and learn event - feel free to bring your own! Internationally known as the "Green City," Freiburg im Breisgau has received numerous awards as Germany’s most sustainable city. From passive house building standards to car-free streets, socially-conscious citizens to cutting-edge sustainability policy, learn what has made this German city a shining model of sustainability. Former Town of Caroline Councilmember Dominic Frongillo will present on the energy transition and sustainability initiatives of Freiburg, where he has lived and worked for two and a half years. Dominic Frongillo is a former Town of Caroline Councilmember and Deputy Supervisor. A five-time delegate to the United Nations, Frongillo served on New York's Climate Action Plan advisory panel under Governor Paterson and in 2012 co-founded Elected Officials to Protect New York, a bipartisan initiative of over 850 elected officials across the state that contributed to the historic statewide ban on fracking. We hope to see you there! Thank you, Nick Nick Goldsmith Sustainability Coordinator City of Ithaca, NY Town of Ithaca, NY City Office: 607-274-6562 Town Office: 607-273-1721 x136 Cell: 917-270-1683 www.cityofithaca.org/421/Sustainable-Ithaca www.town.ithaca.ny.us/sustainability *PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS GMAIL ADDRESS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE. INSTEAD USE [email protected] <[email protected]>. THANK YOU.* “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” *Maya Angelou (Poet, author, civil rights activist, 1928-2014)* For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ If you have questions about this list please contact the list manager, Tom Shelley, at [email protected].
