I , along with fellow Town Council members Phyllis Wittner and Nancy Seligson and Supervisor Valerie O'Keeffe and Town Administrator Steve Altieri attended a Sustainability Forum at the New Rochelle City Hall on Wednesday evening Sept. 9th. The forum was sponsored by the Municipal Committee of The County Climate Change Advisory Council.

Nancy and Steve both made excellent, very "understandable" presentations and I think everyone in attendance left with some useful reminders about how we (individuals as well as governments) can conserve energy, minimize waste, help lighten and better manage the storm water crunch as well as address transportation issues.

The more of these "County Wide" events I attend, the better appreciation I have of how far ahead our Town is as compared to everyone else. Thanks mostly to Nancy and Phyllis's "nudging" and educating us over the past several years. There are always new ideas to pick up as well as contacts to be made to help us do an even more effective job.

A useful website was shared with us by a team of the presenters that offers many ideas we should and will be considering in the future. www.howgreenismytown.org It would be, in my opinion anyway, really good if some of our Town Residents picked up the challenge presented by the website and helped us form a local Town wide Greening Committee. Given some interested volunteers, I feel certain we can put something useful together.