Climate Parents of Prince George’s County
Category: News
We had a great meeting this week with Director Shorter of Food and Nutrition Services, Pamela Boozer-Strother: Board Member PGCPS District 3, the William Schmidt Center, and several clubs at Eleanor Roosevelt High to discuss ways to have healthier, climate-friendly food in the schools and reduce food waste. There are no easy answers but PGCPS is taking this seriously.
Oh and EHRS has a great student led composting project going too! Go Raiders!
It was a beautiful day to be talking about the PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan at the Prince George’s County DOE Green Summit. We had a great time talking to residents and other organizations about the Climate Change Action Plan. It was exciting to spread the word and success.
We collaborated with the Climate Justice Wing to take the lead on submitting comments to the IAC on their Proposed 14.39.07 Public School Facilities Educational Sufficiency Standards (September 9, 2022).
On July 14, 2022 we testified to the Interagency Commission on School Construction (IAC) on the need for the IAC to update their rules and guidance to require school construction decisions to be made in light of full Life Cycle Cost Analyses (LCCAs) and the need to include Maryland’s statutory climate goal of net zero emissions by 2045 in its (LCCAs).
Watch the Testimony:
Read the Written Testimony Here.
CR-032-2022 – 2022-07-12 – Testimony – Climate Parents of Prince George’s
We submitted two sets of comments to the full Prince George’s County Council urging them to adopt the County Climate Action Plan. This plan is important for our work since the PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan was developed with this plan as a complement to the one developed by the County Council. You can read our comments here.
And the good news is that on July 12th the County Council passed the resolution adopting the Climate Action Plan in response to all of the positive comments submitted by the public.
In the June issue, the Hyattsville Life and Times ran a story on the Climate Change Action Plan and the efforts we undertook to collaborate on the plan and advocate for its adoption.
You can read the story here.
The Washington Post published a story on the adoption of the PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan. You can read the full story here.
Maryland Sierra Club distributed a press release alerting of the successful adoption of the PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan
On the night of April 28, 2022 the Prince George’s County Board of Education adopted the Climate Change Action Plan that we have been advocating for. It has eight priority recommendations that cover everything we won in the original March 1, 2021 Board of Education Resolution.
We are thrilled with the success of the campaign, especially given the urgent need to act on climate change and reduce the threat to future generations. We could not have done it with out all of of our supporters, especially all of the student advocates that joined us along the way.
Thank You!
