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What are your Board/Commission’s most important accomplishments? <br /> <br /> Planning the upcoming 2019 State of the Environment report and related event <br /> Prepared resolutions for BOCC consideration concerning: Anti-Idling Campaign, <br />Support for Carbon Fee and Dividend legislation, Request for NC to Divest from <br />Fossil Fuel Corporations, Roadside Wildflower Conservation (2018) <br /> Requested the BOCC consider joining the Global Covenant of Mayors and Chairs <br />organization concerned with global climate change (2018) <br /> Wrote a series of climate change articles (2017) <br /> Developed and posted a Facebook page (2017) <br /> Edited and recommended a renewable energy resolution to the BOCC (2017) <br /> Recruited UNC capstone students to assist with the 2019 State of the Environment <br />report (2017) <br /> Provided input on updates to the Lands Legacy Action Plan (2017) <br /> Made recommendations to BOCC on UDO amendment to flexible subdivisions <br />(2016) <br /> Initiated a series of newspaper articles on environmental issues featured <br />previously in the Orange County State of the Environment report (2015-16) <br /> Made recommendations to BOCC on 2016 bond package, the use of pesticides at <br />County facilities, and incentives for energy efficient construction (2015) <br /> Commented to Planning Bd. on proposed changes to impervious surface rules <br />(2015) <br /> Provided ideas for Public Services Announcements for County radio spots (2015) <br /> Collaborated with others on energy conservation and mgmt. projects (2015-16) <br /> Published the 2014 Orange County State of the Environment report <br />(reports were previously completed in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2009) <br /> Convened Orange County Environmental Summit (2005, 2009, 2014) <br /> Made recommendations to BOCC on food waste and solid waste tax district (2014) <br /> Worked with Orange County Schools to introduce local environmental indicators <br />into middle and high school science curricula (2004, 2009, 2014) <br /> Hosted a Solid Waste Forum with the Chapel Hill Sustainability Committee (2013) <br /> Co-sponsored The Nature of Orange photography contest (2012 - 2018) <br /> Advocated for ½ cent sales tax referendum for Triangle Region public transit <br />(2012) <br /> Compiled annotated bibliography of the effects of forestry on water quality (2012) <br /> Developed sustainable landscaping and forest management policies for the <br />administration of County-owned facilities (2010) <br /> <br />List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br /> <br /> DEAPR Photography Contest <br /> Liaisons to Intergovernmental Parks Work Group and Orange Unified Transp. <br />Board