Contra Costa CA: SMART Housing & Conservative City Climate Progress

City Climate Corner

English - May 10, 2022 18:25 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 28 ratings
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Though near the Bay Area, Contra Costa County has very different political dynamics when it comes to climate change. And yet a group of organizations are collaborating to get climate action language into cities' general plans and even getting climate emergency resolutions adopted. We interview Lynda Deschambault, President and Co-founder of Contra Costa County Climate Leaders and Zoe Siegel, Sr. Director of Climate Resilience at Greenbelt Alliance, about their approach and specifically how they're using Sustainable, Mixed-use, Affordable, Resilient, and Transportation-friendly (SMART) housing to make progress.

Resources

Contra Costa County Leaders website (LOTS of resources)Greenbelt Alliance website The Resilience Playbook - from GreenbeltContra Costa County Climate Emergency Resolution and Announcement