Draft of our Mission and Vision

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Mission and Vision

The Lincoln Coalition for the Environment & Earth Day (CEED) is made up of community stakeholders interested in cultivating Lincoln’s transition into an environmentally sustainable community. Our theme for Earth Day 2009, “A Time for Action”, envisions a Lincoln that devotes time and resources to:

• Providing opportunities for individuals and businesses to utilize conservation
• and renewable energy affordably;
• Promoting energy research and innovation;
• Creating transportation systems that are more sustainable;
• Recognizing the value of, and implementing environmental education;
• Exercising democracy through political engagement; and
• Fostering a culture of personal responsibility for a sustainable community.

The vision for this year's Earth Day celebration focuses on energy and action. As we near the close of the first decade of the 21st century, our energy future presents several challenges. The demand for energy is rising, the cost of energy is rising, and the carbon emitted from our most utilized energy resources (coal and oil) is extremely harmful to the environment.

These challenges present an opportunity to mobilize community-based solutions. We as citizens of Lincoln can come together and through education, political engagement and service find ways to reduce the amount of energy we consume in our daily lives, help people save money on their energy bills, and reduce our carbon footprint dramatically.

The Earth Day planning committee poses the question to the community: What can we do to transform these challenges into opportunities? We seek individuals, businesses and organizations in the community willing to contribute their time and resources to this mission. We are looking for people to volunteer for Lincoln Earth Day 2009 on the following committees.