Go Green Skokie sent the following questions about climate change, Environmental Sustainability Plan, and their own priorities and vision of Skokie to all mayoral and trustee candidates who run for election in 2025.
- Where does climate change mitigation fit into your list of priorities for the Village?
- If you had a magic wand that could immediately implement 5 action items from the Environmental Sustainability Plan for free, which 5 would you choose and why?
- What sustainability measures have you implemented in your household in the last 5 years?
- How will you promote environmental education and awareness among residents, especially the younger generation, to foster a culture of sustainability?
- Describe what you would like Skokie to look like in 2040 (15 years from now) in terms of the following categories:
- Building arrangement and efficiency
- Community
- Transportation
- Commerce
- Walkability
- Green spaces
- Waste management
- Food
- What do you see as the Village Board’s role in realizing this vision of Skokie? How does that fit with the 2022 Environmental Sustainability Plan and its current implementation process?
- Given that a certain amount of additional warming is inevitable now, what measures would you like to see to make Skokie more resilient to extreme weather events?
View their answers online in Canva by clicking on the picture below or download and print the PDF. Both copies, online in Canva and in PDF format, are to inform the public about the candidates’ answers, not to endorse the candidate. Six of the 15 candidates did not return their answers.
Don’t forget to vote in the General Election on April 1, 2025!
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