I’m a college student at Pacific University in Oregon, and I’m doing my best to fight global warming in my area. Most of my work over the past couple of years has focused on local governments; I started by persuading my hometown of Hillsboro to make the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement pledge, and to work with International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) to develop a plan for reducing greenhouse emissions. I’m now working on the county level of government – after reading about the US Cool Counties Initiative which was launched July, 2007, I decided to work on getting my own county of Washington County on board that movement. I’m keeping a blog where I report on my Cool Washington County Campaign, and other sustainability issues pertaining to local governments in Oregon. My blog address is http://members.greenpeace.org/gpblog/?blog=11165

In solidarity,
Nick