Bedford Global Warming Action Coalition

Bedford, Massachusetts

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Our Table at Whole Foods event to celebrate their transition from plastic bags to reusable paper bags, on Leap Day, February 29, 2008

Julie Turner captured coalition member Don Marshall manning the table. Don and Roger Shamel spent the day encouraging Whole Foods patrons to sign up for the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative initiative in support of wind technology. Communities who enroll residents in the program are eligible to receive a solar panel for every 150 participants."

Clean Energy Choice

Selectmen's Meeting, January 7, 2008

I am happy to announce that the Selectmen agreed last night to form an Energy Task Force. My take is that they had already decided beforehand that this was the right thing to do. So, it was really the pre-meeting conversations and actions that made this possible. Our discussions with the Petitioners Committee, Cathy Cordes, Rick Reed,our TM artilce, the signatures we obtained and the turn out of support at the meeting last night demonstrated a seriousness that had a positive impact on the final result. Next steps: 1)The Selectmen want us to make a presentation at TM so that people know what's going on and are told how they can apply to become a Task Force member. The group will start forming before that date, however. The Volunteer Committee will include the TF in its list of committee opportunities and there will be an article (written by Patrick Bell, the reporter, and other forms of notification in the Minuteman. In terms of the composition of the TF, I have promoted the idea of diverse skill sets as being most advantageous: those working on or knowledgeable in the alternative energy field; grant writers; social marketers; publicists; those with politically savvy. If you know of anyone who would be interested in joining the TF, please let them know about it. They can call me and I will be glad to get back to them with process info as soon as I understand it fully myself. 2) Cathy Cordes and I will be working on a Task Force mission statement and chain-of-command diagram so that everyone is clear on the what and the how. All the best, Kim

Bedford Day, September 15, 2007

The Bedford GWAC booth had a wide variety of information ...

along with interesting visual displays.

Bedford's Relay for Life

This photograph, taken Spring '07 by Paula Stott Verrier after Bedford's Relay for life, represent the recycling efforts of a collaboration between Bedford GWAC co-founder Kim Siebert, the American Cancer Society (sponsor of Relay for Life) and volunteers for POMS (Patrons of Music Students of the Bedford Schools.)

Bedford Global Warming Action Coalition was formed in the Summer of 2007.

Founding members:

Kim Siebert