Executive Director of Resilient Neighborhood
Jul 19, 2017
Tamara Peters
Executive Director of Resilient Neighborhood
Calling on Marin Households to Take Climate Action

 

Small actions that people take can make a big difference. Most of us don't realize the far-reaching impacts that our thousands of daily decisions have on our community and our planet. We honestly want to do the right thing but don’t know what to do. Resilient Neighborhoods gives people the information to make positive choices, and supports them in learning new habits and responsible stewardship. Working together, Marin citizens are showing that we are willing and able to take the action needed to avert run-away climate change and to prepare ourselves for the changes already taking place from a warming planet. 

 

Resilient Neighborhoods works in partnership with Marin’s cities and towns to help Marin meet it CO2 reduction goals. Citizen action is critical in Marin because 65% of the carbon pollution here comes from the residents. The Resilient Neighborhoods program is free, fun and done by teams of people. Learn about the program and how your family can go on a ‘low carbon’ diet to lose 5,000 lbs. of CO2 in 60 days. Already 320 families have reduced 3.7 million lbs. of carbon pollution. That’s enough to keep an acre of Arctic Sea ice from melting every year or removing 1,728 Marin homes off the grid permanently!   http://www.resilientneighborhoods.org/
 
Tamra Peters founded and has been Executive Director of the program for 6 years. Since shortly after the first Earth Day in 1970, she has been working to protect the earth.  She was on the staff of The Nature Conservancy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Rainforest Action Network and other organizations.  Tamra has served on the boards of both national Earth Share and Earth Share California and was president and a trustee for 18 years of the Strong Foundation for Environmental Values. Most recently, she served for seven years on Sustainable Marin’s board.  In 2017, Tamra received the Co-Citizen of the Year Award from the City of San Rafael and the Green Award for Environmental Leadership from the Marin Conservation League. She also received Certificates of Special Recognition for her work from U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman, State Senator Mike McGuire and State Assemblyman Mark Levine.