The Richmond-Wayne County, Indiana Environmental Awareness Council is comprised of city employees and officials, business owners, educators, community leaders, and other local citizens. We regularly meets to discuss and plan issues and initiatives related to the quality of life in Richmond, particularly with regard to impact on the environment.

Some documents related to our recent work:

• RWEAC CLEAN Mission Statement [PDF]
• The U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement [PDF], signed by Mayor Sally Hutton in August 2007
• Comparison of U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement and City of Richmond Plans, Activities [PDF]
• Richmond, Indiana Quality of Life Plan [PDF]

RWEAC Meeting Minutes:

• March 2008 [PDF]
• February 2008 [PDF]
• January 2008 [PDF]

Related Links (mentioned on Environmentally Speaking):

• Energy Savings Calculator - One Billion Bulbs
• EnergyStar.gov
• Mercury in CFLs
• Blog Entry: CFLs do make a difference
• Fact Sheet on CFLs and Mercury [PDF]
• CFL FAQs on the GE site
• Info on Dimmable CFLs
• List of Dimmable CFLs
• NPR Story on CFLs

Please check back soon for more!