MATT DRISCOLL: SIZE THIRTEEN CARBON FOOTPRINT >>>

Like just about everyone except one batshit crazy “scientist” and maybe President Bush, the Tacoma City Council is concerned about carbon emissions and global warming. It’s a sign of the times, and hopefully a move in the right direction.

For this reason the Mayor’s Green Ribbon Climate Action Task Force was created. While it’s a mouthful to say, the Green Ribbon Climate Action Task Force is less concerned with their cumbersome name than they are about reducing Tacoma’s carbon footprint.

The Task Force has been racking their brains about ways to go about this, and during the course of four public meetings this month they’ll unveil their thoughts on the subject as well as take comments from the people of Tacoma. According to a press release which hit Weekly Volcano World Headquarters today, the schedule of meetings will be as follows:

- April 9, 6 - 7:30 p.m. â€" Landmark Convention Center (Temple Theater), 47 St. Helens Ave.
- April 10, 6 - 7:30 p.m. â€" UPS, Kilworth Lounge (in Kilworth Chapel) on North 18th Street
- April 16, 6 - 7:30 p.m. â€" Allen Russell Building, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
- April 17, 6 - 7:30 p.m. â€" South End Neighborhood Center, 7802 S. L St.
 

Expect Green Ribbon Climate Action Task Force co-chairs Joanne Buselmeier of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and Ryan Mello of the Cascade Land Conservancy to make recommendations for Tacoma at these meetings, including ways to reduce energy consumption, reduce miles driven by cars, promote green building, expand urban forests, and increase recycling.