December 9, 2008      McMinnville City Council approves Policy Plan 180.50                  The City of McMinnville supports local sustainability andendorses the utilization of proven and innovative energy efficientdesign and construction technologies to reduce building heat-gain, lowerenergy consumption and lessen pollutant output.

There will be no Cool Mac meeting in December as we celebrate the holidays with friends and family, but we continue to work behind the scenes to help make Year 2009 a memorable one!  Cool Mac will continue to work with the city of McMinnville in collecting data for the city’s carbon footprint analysis. In followup to the Community Forum, we’ll be working with other groups to help plan events to continue building our community in a sustainable way.  Stay tuned!

  

Yamhill Valley Peacemakers Presents

the award-winning documentary film

“The Power of

Community”

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

FREE - All ages welcome

Saturday, Nov 15th — 1 p.m.

McMinnville Cooperative Ministries

in the Great Room

544 NE Second Street

followed by

A public forum on community solutions to global issues.

Topics will include food, housing, and transportation.

For more information

503-434-4462

Bring green ideas!

Co-Sponsored by

Cool Mac, Slow Food Yamhill County, Cozine Bicycle Club, Greenfield

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Climate Change and Green Jobs in the New Economy

Date: Wednesday, October 29th

Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm  

Location: McMinnville Community Center Room 103

Climate Change is big news and citizens, workers, unions, and businesses have a big stake in this important issue.  

How can communities work together to take advantage of the economic opportunities of a clean energy economy?

How can we assure a just transition with protections for workers in traditional manufacturing jobs?   

What steps can concerned citizens, workers, unions, and businesses take to create green jobs?

This will be a presentation by a panel of University of Oregon Labor Education Research Center trained union activists followed by a Q & A forum.

Speakers:

Kevin Card, National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 82

Jakob Juntunen, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 48

Agnes Lut, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees 3336

Grant Swanson, American Federation of State County, and Municipal Employees 88

Rosalyn Greene, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees 350

For more information, please call 503-472-0108 or email HYPERLINK “mailto:uswa8378@onlinemac.com”uswa8378@onlinemac.com 

Hosted by:

United Steelworkers Local 8378, McMinnville, Oregon

Sponsor:

University of Oregon Labor Education Research Center S.T.A.R. Fund

Hello, everyone, We are having a special meeting this month to brainstorm Cool Mac’s mission and vision. We will be cancelling our regular Saturday meeting this month (which would have been held on Sat, Oct 18th) and will be meeting on Thursday evening, Oct 23rd instead at the First Federal Board Room from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The First Federal Board Room is located across the street from the First Federal Bank brick building and right next to Key to Health. Please feel free to come and take part in this brain- storming that will help to set the compass for future Cool Mac activity in McMinnville! Everyone interested in participating is welcome.

Please feel free to call me at (503) 560-5189

or Linda 503-472-9213 if you have any questions- 

Wendy Stassens