Grand Rapids Climate Action

“You want to have unreasonable goals. Reasonable goals don’t get you anywhere.” —Paul Hawken, author of Drawdown

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The primary focus of GRCA at present is to achieve the following goal:

The Grand Rapids City Commission to pass a resolution declaring a climate emergency and committing to a plan for achieving community-wide carbon neutrality for Grand Rapids by 2030.

To achieve this, we have joined with, and continue to build, an inclusive community coalition—the Grand Rapids Climate Resolution Coalition—made up of groups, institutions, businesses, individuals, etc. Go to the Coalition website to sign your support for the Resolution, and to find out how your group can join.

Here are the members (so far) of the GR Climate Resolution Coalition:

1. Grand Rapids Climate Action

2. Michigan United

3. Latino Community Coalition

4. Grand Rapids Homes for All

5. Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids

6. LINC UP

7. Creston Neighborhood Association

8. Citizens’ Climate Lobby Grand Rapids

9. Climate Witness Project

10. Michigan Sierra Club

11. Wormies

12. Kaufman Interfaith Institute (GVSU)

13. Plymouth United Church of Christ

14. Blandford Nature Center

15. Green Projects Group

16. PROACTIVE

17. Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Grand Rapids

18. South East Market

19. Greater Grand Rapids NAACP

20. West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC)

21. Sunrise GR

22. Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action (MiCCA)

23. Board of Fulton Heights Neighborhood Association

24. St. Johns United Church of Christ

25. Center for Inquiry Michigan

26. Michigan League of Conservation Voters

27. Grand Rapids Food Co-op

28. Seeds of Promise

29. 4Point Solutions

30. Jump Ahead L3C

31. Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan

32. Parents for Healthy Homes

33. Congregation Ahavas Israel

34. East Congregational UCC

35. All Souls Community Church of West Michigan

36. ClearView Investments

37. C-SNIP

38. Business Connect

39. Urban Roots

40. West Michigan Growers Group

41. Grand Rapids Water Protectors

42. People First Economy

43. Church of the Servant

44. Michigan Solar Users Network (MI-SUN)

45. Reagan Marketing + Design

46. The Meanwhile Bar

47. The Pyramid Scheme Bar

48. Fountain Street Church

49. Books & Mortar

50. Grand Rapids A. Philip Randolph Institute

If you would like to join the Coalition, or if you have any questions, you can contact the GR Climate Resolution Coalition directly at:

info@grclimate.org

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ABOUT GRCA

Grand Rapids Climate Action began in May, 2019, when a group of residents of Grand Rapids and nearby communities met to discuss ways to address the global climate emergency on a local level. Recognizing that right now, all over the world, climate action is being taken by cities, counties, and other groups closer to residents than state and federal governments, we felt that “Think Globally, Act Locally” made a lot of sense. And so we pledged to get to work in our own city, Grand Rapids, and to demand the kinds of rapid and significant changes that must happen everywhere if we hope to mitigate and adapt to the terrible impact of a rapidly warming planet.

GRCA is a grassroots organization. We are all volunteers. We have no paid staff, no budget, no official designation as a non-profit organization. We are simply residents of Grand Rapids and the region. (Whatever happens in the city of GR affects the surrounding communities, so it makes sense to invite participation in our group to anyone in West Michigan.)

We want to work with the City (when we capitalize “City” we mean the Grand Rapids city government), with businesses, with environmental and social service organizations, with neighborhood associations, with places of worship, with colleges and universities, with labor unions—and ESPECIALLY with individuals. If you live in or around Grand Rapids, please come to a meeting, bring a friend, and help build strength in numbers!

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