Who We Are

The Elmhurst Cool Cities Coalition is a volunteer coalition of local institutions, organizations, business leaders and citizens working to achieve the goals of the Sierra Club Cool Cities campaign and the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement

The Sierra Club Cool Cities campaign empowers city residents and local leaders to join and encourage their cities to implement smart energy solutions to save money and build a cleaner, safer future.

The City of Elmhurst, along with more than 900 other cities around the country, has made a commitment to stopping global warming. Elmhurst Mayor Thomas Marcucci signed the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement in October of 2007.

Initiated and led by Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels, the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement (USCPA) is a pledge by mayors to reduce global warming pollution in their cities by 7% below 1990 levels by the year 2012.

In Elmhurst, the League of Women Voters has been instrumental in forming and leading the coalition, along with local Sierra Club members. See accompanying article about how the Elmhurst Coalition got started in 2007.

Global warming requires solutions at every level. Cool Cities not only brings real solutions at local levels, it also showcases solutions for others to model and builds leadership to ensure solutions are implemented at state levels and nation-wide. Hybrid cars, energy efficient buildings, and renewable energy are just a few of the many ways to make this real.

Interested in Getting Involved?

We welcome new organizations, business leaders and citizens to join the coalition. Come to share your ideas, or come to learn more about how you can help make the Elmhurst community a more environmentally friendly and sustainable place to live. Monthly meetings are held on Tuesdays at the Elmhurst Public Libraryunless otherwise indicated.

Upcoming meeting schedule for 2012:

March 6th

April 3rd

May 1st

July 3rd

Aug. 7th

All meetings start at 7:00pm

For more information about the Elmhurst Cool Cities Coalition, please email:

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