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March 1, 2023 | Climate Action News
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Montgomery County has released the second-quarter update of its Fiscal Year 2023 Climate Work Plan, highlighting ongoing work on the County’s Climate Action Plan. In the second quarter of FY23, the County made progress on more than 50 actions to help reach the goals of the plan. The Climate Action Plan (CAP), unveiled in 2021, is a strategic plan to reduce community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 percent by 2027 and 100 percent by 2035. The quarterly progress report summarizes the efforts undertaken by County departments and agencies to implement the CAP through innovative and collaborative projects in clean energy, building, transportation, carbon sequestration, climate adaptation, climate governance, public engagement, and zero waste. Read the report here.
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The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Latino Health Initiative (LHI) hosted the “Climate Stories Film Festival: Our Grain of Sand” at the AFI Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring on February 23. The event, presented in English and Spanish, highlighted the Climate Stories Ambassadors Initiative in which County Climate Stories Ambassadors developed, recorded and shared stories of climate change. Locally, the initiative has resulted in the collection of more than 100 stories that capture residents’ voices, their emotional responses to the changing climate and their commitment to building a more positive future. The County hopes to build on the ambassadors’ leadership and momentum to drive broad-based climate action and tap into residents’ experiences and concerns to co-create climate solutions. Read more about the Climate Stories Ambassadors project here
Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) has announced the launch of a new Hospitality Tech Accelerator program, designed to discover and foster companies developing innovative technologies and solutions to improve the customer experience. The inaugural cohort will be held in the Spring of 2023 in partnership with Bethesda Green’s Innovation Lab and will focus on some of the hospitality industry’s top sustainability challenges, such as energy, water, and waste reduction and management. Selected companies will participate in a series of workshops and pitch practice sessions coordinated by Bethesda Green before participating in an end-of-program pitch event in front of industry leaders. Learn more here.
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Registration for the 2023 Montgomery County Energy Summit is open through March 22. Now in its tenth year, the annual Montgomery County Energy Summit has offered cutting-edge education focused on the latest trends in green building, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and related commercial, multifamily, and residential topics. This year’s Summit will focus on preparing the commercial building community for compliance with energy benchmarking, building energy performance standards, and emerging building codes. Register here!
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The results are in from the County’s August 2022 community heat-mapping project! The campaign, in partnership with NOAA and CAPA, brought together local organizations and volunteers to produce heat maps and generate creative and collaborative solutions for extreme heat in our area. Montgomery County received the data from this campaign in the Fall of 2022 and has been hard at work creating an interactive StoryMap that explains the methodology, shows results from the heat mapping, and highlights solutions and next steps the County is taking against extreme heat. The StoryMap is now available here.
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Navigating Climate Change with Grief, Hope, & Humor
March 7@ 6 – 7:30 PM | Washington, DC
Recycling Volunteer Program Service Activity
March 8 @ 6-7 PM | Wheaton, MD
Taking Nature Black Conference
March 8-11 | Hyrbid; Silver Spring, MD
Changing Work in a Changing Climate Film Festival
March 22 @ 6 – 8 PM | Washington, DC
Race, History, and Rock Creek: Women Who’ve Made a Difference in Rock Creek
March 23 @ 5:30 – 7 PM | Virtual
Montgomery County Energy Summit
March 28-29 | Silver Spring Civic Building
Evaluating Stormwater Solutions for Home Landscapes
March 30 @ 6:30 – 8:30 PM | Virtual
Montgomery County GreenFest
April 22-23 | Wheaton, MD
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