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Green Government, Local Government, Technology

By Alice Kok | 11 August 2008

Green initiatives are being given a push from the bottom upwards in Arizona. Don Stapley Supervisor of Maricopa County says, “We want counties to be a catalyst for the change in the mindset of Americans.

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It will be a huge shift in the paradigm of how we do business.” Maricopa County’s goal is to have its every element constantly looking at ways to save resources in the office. To kick off, the county plans to increase the amount of recycled and remanufactured products by an average of five per cent each year.

Staff will attend out-of-town meetings electronically to reduce travel carbon footprint. By 2012, the Environmental Services and the Department of Health will have purchased hybrid cars. 2011 will see at least five per cent of fulltime county employees telecommuting each day.

Greenest of all, July 2010 will have three quarters of all new county-owned and managed facilities possessing a renewable source of energy—solar, wind, or hydrogen-fueled cell.

Maricopa County will work with Arizona State University’s sustainability institute to calculate and track the county’s carbon usage and measure the effectiveness of green programmes.

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