Telephone: (925) 631-0597.
Email: info@cccclimateleaders.org.
Since 1990, Generation Green (a 501c3) has sought to inform and encourage environmental action in CCC. The mission of Generation Green is to educate and inspire local residents and stakeholders in Contra Costa County to Reduce Our Impact on the Earth, to Reuse Our Materials, to Respect Our Planet and to empower citizens to implement sustainable actions to reduce our carbon footprint.
In 2007, Generation Green launched the Contra Costa County Climate Leaders Program. 4CL’s first action was a collaboration with ICLEI, to get cities to sign the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement and take up the ICLEI five step process to reduce GHGs.
Acting as executive director, former Moraga Mayor Lynda Deschambault provides project oversight. Funding is provided from corporate donations and grants.
The mission of the Contra Costa County Climate Leaders Program (4CL) is to help cities take action and reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in Contra Costa County (CCC). To facilitate regional action, we monitor activities, provide free resources and tools and a multimedia communications strategy that ensures best practices are shared and implemented. Joined by elected officials, paid staff, volunteer advocates and grassroots organizations, we are ALL climate leaders in CCC.
The 19 cities in CCC are some of the fastest growing areas in the Bay Area. It is critical that CCC utilize smart growth opportunities and cities share best practices for many reasons:
The County’s emission rate in tons/person is the highest of all the Bay Area counties.With the passage of AB32 and SB375 these numbers become significant, and our organization becomes even more important in achieving regional goals.
There are no dues or fees or to use the tools and resources provided. We are all volunteers working for the same cause: to reduce GHG emissions in our cities. We provide the following:
To sign up, please email info@cccclimateleaders.org.
A founding member of Generation Green, Lynda holds a dual degree in Chemistry/Soil Science, and an M.B.A. in Management/Marketing. She has more than 17 years in the environmental laboratory business, and 4 years as a private business consultant. Lynda then went to work as an Environmental Chemist for the US Environmental Protection Agency, where she performed inspections for five years, and settled enforcement cases under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Programs. Lynda often focused her efforts on working with schools, tribes and environmental justice communities. As a USEPA representative, she participated in two overseas activities in African third world countries with the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP). Lynda established EPA Region 9’s first Green Cities Program in 2007, providing outreach tools and assistance to local government decision makers to address climate change. For the past five years, Lynda has provided project management oversight for the USEPA Superfund Program, and she also served 4 years as an elected official to the Town of Moraga and served as Mayor in 2008. In her spare time, she likes to garden, study herbology, scuba dive and walk her Siberian huskies!
Co-Founder of Generation Green, R.C. (also known as the Dumpster Diva) is the artist of the group and the materials coordinator for our Dumpster Diversion Project! She is the creator of many craft items, and gathers the materials for our workshops, often diverting any extra materials to various other re-use organizations. The Dumpster Diva, won the 1999 Earth Day award from Region IX's USEPA for her contributions as an environmental educator. RC worked for the Contra Costa Library for 25 years as a Library Assistant and has provided numerous reuse activities for all ages at various library events. Beginning in 2003, R.C. has enjoyed being the Recycling Assistant for the City of Antioch in Contra Costa County. She is responsible for implementing recycling programs in schools and at large public events. R.C. has participated (and won awards) at East Bay's annual "Trash to Treasures” contest, assisted in the design of a population display for the lobby of Walnut Creek's Center for the arts, co-organized an environmental leadership weekend retreat for teenagers, worked on the Contra Costa Earth Day steering committee, and helped to pull off "Jammin' for the Planet", a fundraiser featuring all high school bands. RC's latest project was to design a fabulous line of trashy fashion show outfits, made from reused materials!
Sheila Hill is a Founding Member of Sustainable Contra Costa (SCOCO) and a true Bay Area native, having lived, worked and played here her whole life. She is the Development Manager at the Gardens at Heather Farm in Walnut Creek, whose mission is to educate the community about sustainable gardening practices, and a Contra Costa County Master Gardener. Her passion is inspiring environmental stewardship in children by nurturing their natural curiosity about the world around them and their place in it. She is also a board member of the Mt. Diablo Parent Action Coalition for Education, and enjoys helping local schools develop and maintain recycle programs and habitat gardens.
To contact Generation Green Board members, please email info@generationgreen.com or call (925) 631-0597.