[Sosfbay-discuss] Mayor Chuck Reed's bold vision for a green San Jose.

[Drew Johnson]

Many thanks to Iliad Rodriguez for having raised the issue of Reed's Green
San Jose initiative for the East Valley Greens last night!  And for Rob to
have already acted to leverage this initiative to spur his own city of
Milpitas on to a Greener future. And for Kaisha, Rob, Jim Doyle and
Cameron for having launched a proposal for a media release response from
the GP of Santa Clara Co.  I anticipate you'll be seeing more about this
in the next few days here on our discussion list.


Green is Essence!
Drew


On Thu, October 11, 2007 11:51, Rob Means wrote:
> I just sent the following letter to editor of the Milpitas Post:
>
> "As of today, 691 Mayors have signed the Climate Agreement."  Thus reads
> the link on the he U.S. Conference of Mayors website (
> http://usmayors.org/uscm/home.asp ).  These mayors have promised to
> advance the goals of the Kyoto Protocol.  The list of signatories
> includes eight cities in Santa Clara County alone!  Milpitas is not one
> of them.  San Jose is.
>
> Recent news reports touted San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed's bold vision for a
> green San Jose.  Over the next 20 years his 10-point "green vision"
> calls for 25,000 new clean-tech jobs, the planting of 100,000 new trees,
> creating 60 more miles of new trails, dramatic reductions in energy use,
> and a host of other initiatives.
>
> It reminds me of President Kennedy's bold proposal to land a man on the
> moon within 10 years - difficult but doable.  And it's worth doing for
> both climate and pocketbook reasons.  According to Mayor Reed, "San Jose
> will show the world that environmental responsibility makes financial
> sense."  Of course, the fact that the fastest-growing segment in the VC
> industry is clean tech, which happens to be in his (and our) back yard
> doesn't hurt his political fortunes either.  Carl Guardino, president of
> the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, has already praised the vision.
>
> Mayor Reed envisions San Jose serving as a demonstration site for new
> technologies.  Once proven, the technologies could be sold to other
> cities seeking to go green.  Here's where Milpitas might be able to help
> out.  If we demonstrated a successful Personal Rapid Transit system here
> in Milpitas, our neighbor to the south could employ the technology in
> achieving their lofty goals.
>
> The plan will be presented to the San Jose city council Oct. 30.  I hope
> my City Council members will take notice.  Our future depends on it.
>
>
> Rob Means, Electro Ride Bikes and Scooters
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