At the end of the ceremony, after the
City Council posed with the Mayor and the agreement, Dave Paradise gave
Mayor Macias a certificate of appreciation on behalf of the Sierra
Club, Council of Churches, and an assortment of other community groups.
Part of the Mayors Climate Change
Agreement calls for putting together a city task force to investigate
ways to make Mountain View more sustainable. The informal council
session that followed the signing ceremony started with a discussion of
that. There was no problem, soon the City Clerk will be taking
applications to be on the task force.
On the way home I
noticed this display in the bookstore window. It was further proof that
people are thinking about climate change, and more and more are finding
ways to bring it up. I was at the corner of Evelyn & Castro when
the earthquake hit. That gave the event more of an earthshaking quality.
