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Three Midwest ICLEI Members Selected as Spotlight Conversations for Earth Day 2009
By Don Knapp, ICLEI Communications Officer
Oct. 20, 2008
Hennepin County, Minn., Lexington, Ky. (Fayette County), and Milwaukee, Wis., were selected to be “Spotlight Conversations” as part of the 2009 National Conversation on Climate Action. The three ICLEI members join seven other Spotlight Conversation communities across the United States.
The National Conversation is a partnership between ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, and AmericaSpeaks. The national event, held on Earth Day 2009, will feature potentially hundreds of local-level community engagement events taking place nationwide. The 10 Spotlight Conversation communities are part of an elite group that will be highlighted nationally and receive extensive support in event planning and promotion.
Hennepin County, Lexington, and Milwaukee will work closely with the event partners in the coming months to plan and promote events that focus on civic engagement, solutions-oriented dialogue, and local climate action.
“As a Spotlight Conversation, these communities will have an opportunity to advance their local climate protection goals and feed into a crucial national dialogue on the imperative of local climate action,” says Amy Malick, ICLEI’s Midwest Regional Director.
To learn more about the National Conversation – including a list of the 10 Spotlight Conversation communities -- read ICLEI’s press release, or visit the National Conversation website.
