Carlson noted the League is hoping to stage a forum on global warming in April. Being environmentally friendly and smart can be accomplished by “very simple things,” a subject Carlson said would also be addressed at the forum.Vice Mayor Jim Tovias asked if presentations would also be made to area school districts, and Carlson replied that various League members have assumed responsibilities for each facet of public outreach.“Children can get pretty excited about this, and we feel it is something that can be done.” Carlson noted that, although first depressed by the data she gathered, “If we act fast on it” a significant impact can be made to reverse global warming.The full Council agreed that the city would co-sponsor the forum.
City Council to co-sponsor League of Women Voters global warming forum
January 07, 2009
Santa Paula City Council
With concerns growing about the overtaxed environment, the City Council agreed to co-sponsor a League of Women Voters Ventura County Community Forum on Global Warming.
By Peggy KellySanta Paula TimesWith concerns growing about the overtaxed environment, the City Council agreed to co-sponsor a League of Women Voters Ventura County Community Forum on Global Warming. The Council agreed to co-sponsor the event - which has the objective to educate and better inform the community about the problem of global warming and offer solutions - at the December 15 meeting.League representative Joyce Carlson of Santa Paula told the Council the effort for a local forum stemmed from her attendance at an April conference staged by the county Public Health Agency. Conference topics included the affect global warming is having on vector born infectious diseases now on the move, as well as the northern migration of West Nile Virus. Extreme weather changes and possible sea level rises were also addressed, topics Carlson said “motivated” her to learn more about global warming.Information Carlson shared with the Council touched on the fact that the 5 percent share the U.S. has of world population emits a whopping 25 percent of international green house gases; and the flow of glaciers into the sea is accelerating, with widespread snow melt - the size of California - on the interior of the world’s largest ice sheet. “That’s the bad news,” but Carlson said the good news is “We can do something about this crisis.”
