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Transportation Recommendation #5: Limit Idling in School Loading Zones ............. .............................31 <br />Renewable Energy Measures ......................................................................................... .............................32 <br />Renewable Energy Recommendation #1: Pursue Community Solar Projects ........... .............................33 <br />Renewable Energy Recommendation #2: Pursue Downtown Geothermal Heating and Cooling ......... <br />34 <br />Renewable Energy Recommendation #3: Create Rental Property Task Force and Process ...................35 <br />Ecosystem Protection and Enhancement ...................................................................... .............................36 <br />Ecosystem Recommendation #1: Pursue Stormwater Utility .................................... .............................38 <br />Ecosystem Recommendation #2: Evaluate Extent to Which the Deer Population and Climate Change <br />affect Native Plant Ecosystems .................................................................................. .............................40 <br />Ecosystem Recommendation #3: Accelerate /Expand Organic Waste Collection /Composting .............42 <br />Ecosystem Recommendation #4: Create a Tree Coalition ......................................... .............................43 <br />Ecosystem Recommendation #5: Improve Regulations and Community Capacity to Discourage <br />Invasive Plants and Encourage Native Plants ............................................................ .............................44 <br />Implementation Recommendations .............................................................................. .............................47 <br />Appendix1 ..................................................................................................................... .............................49 <br />Boulder's Local Climate Action Plan and Climate Commitment ................................ .............................49 <br />Appendix2 ..................................................................................................................... .............................50 <br />How the Jones Household Goes Carbon Free in 10 Years ......................................... .............................50 <br />Appendix3 ..................................................................................................................... .............................53 <br />10 Things You Want to Know about Human Nature if you're Fighting Climate Change ........................53 <br />Appendix4 ................................................................................................................... ............................... <br />57 <br />Energy in the 21st Century: Excerpts from Post Carbon Institute's Energy Primer ... .............................57 <br />