Co-chairs:
Christopher Hart - chris {at} hartofthe6thward(.)com
Larry Marks - lmarks18 {at} yahoo(.)com

If you want to become an active member of this Task Group or would like more info about the projects, please contact the co-chairs.

There are 758 tax exempt, non-profit organizations within the City of Evanston that, collectively, have over $14 billion dollars in total assets. Our non-profit communities represent a significant untapped resource in the fight to manage the changing effects of our global climate. In Evanston, our non-profits have the deepest reach into the passions and energy of our citizens…as membership organizations, employers, and service providers.

Over the course of the next year, we will be asking Evanston’s non-profit community to formally join our efforts to reduce Evanston’s carbon footprint.

Our task will be to extend the invitation and help our non-profits evolve their thinking and practices.

Working closely with the Connecting Business task force, our challenge will be to create tools that help all organizations to join the cause.

Co-chairs:
Ron Fleckman - ronf2300 {at} aol(.)com
Tom McMahon - thomas.mcmahon {at} comcast(.)net
Bill McDowell - wmcdowell {at} concepta(.)us
Jim Ossyra - jossyra {at} foley(.)com

If you want to become an active member of this Task Force or would like more info about the projects, please contact any of the co-chairs.

Did you know that Evanston is home to thousands of businesses?  They are neighbors. 

Our job is to raise the awareness of Evanston businesses to the global warming situation and to actions they can most easily take to begin to address the situation.  Every business can take relatively simple actions to save energy and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“Save energy. Save money. Save the planet.”

We believe the most effective path to encourage green business practices is to develop and promote “products” that assist businesses in using energy more efficiently, combined with person-to-person contact to help implement the products. 

The “products” we will offer will include a set of options that: (1) are likely bottom-line positive (or at least neutral); (2) result in a reduction in energy consumption (carbon footprint); and 3) are not administratively burdensome.

We are actively reaching out to business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and neighborhood business associations.

We are working closely with the Not-for-Profit Task Force because there is often very little difference between these two segments of the broader “business” world.

Please email any of us with comments or recommendations.

Co-chairs:
Michael Drennan - michael.b.drennan {at} att(.)net
Jeff Smith - jeffp.smith {at} mindspring(.)com

Residents Outreach operates to introduce the Evanston community to CGE, and involve them with the climate action plan through changes to their homes, travel habits and lifestyle.  If you would like to help condominium associations, cooperatives and home owners learn their own environmental impact and start them on the road to sustainability, please join us.  We meet the first Wednesday of every month at the Civic Center, 2200 Ridge, rm 2402 at 7pm.  Should you have further questions feel free to contact the co-chairs above.

Co-chairs:
Anne Berkeley - berkeley8 {at} aol(.)com
Jim Laukes - laukesy {at} yahoo(.)com

For more information or to join this group contact the co-chairs.

CGE’s Arts and Culture Task Force will serve, inform and catalyze the Evanston arts and culture communities in support of the goals of a greener Evanston. Our definition of arts and culture broadly includes all forms of visual and performance arts, electronic and interactive arts, writing and poetry.

We welcome inquiries, new members and participation in these activities.
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Co-chair:
Steve Perkins - steve {at} cnt(.)org

If you want to become an active member of this Task Force or would like more info about the projects, please contact the co-chair.