CCIHC is an all volunteer group of Howard County citizens who are working to reduce Howard County's carbon footprint. But we can't do it alone. We need your help. Explore our website to learn ways you can get involved, through discussion circles, advocacy, local events, and more. Download our recently updated brochure here! Current Events at CCIHCCCIHC was a partner in ForwardOnClimate, the largest climate rally ever, in DC, noon to 4 Sunday February 17.
 Within Maryland - CCIHC advocated for several years for CLEAN offshore wind energy, which will provide pollution-free electricity and THOUSANDS of green jobs in MARYLAND. We have victory in 2013! The Maryland Offshore Wind Bill Passed!
Beginning in 2011 we have been advocating for Fracking Moratoriums and Bans - Many of us just saw The Promised Land with Matt Damon. Join us at the movies! And check out anti-fracking campaigns at www.chesapeakeclimate.org and www.americansagainstfracking.org/
See the Howard County and MD/DC Events pages for details on all of our upcoming events include all of our advocacy events.
What Can You Do? Subscribe to CCIHC eNews HERE - about 2x a month. Fill out mail form here or email us at: hococlimatechange@gmail.com There are many other ways to get involved. See events and calendar here. You can join the the Transition Howard County initiative. You can reduce your carbon footprint by 8.5 METRIC TONS per year in less than 15 minutes, by signing up for clean wind energy now. Click here for a flier.
Check out energy savings from your utility - BGE here or Allegheny Energy/Potomac Edison (now part of FirstEnergyCorp) here.
We are currently forming discussion circles that meet to read articles on climate change and discuss the information. These discussion circles are an excellent way to meet other people in the community who are interested in climate change.
We also need volunteers to help with numerous activities including
· Starting new discussion groups · Facilitating discussion groups · Updating the CCIHC web site · Writing/editing announcements · Writing articles for the web site and blogs · Advocating for climate change solutions
Climate change is happening faster than we all anticipated.
The time to act is now. |
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