Answers on EECBG: Use our new Member Forum to discuss your stimulus funding questions and challenges with one another
Earth Day Strategy: How four ICLEI members are getting the most mileage from their April 22 events
Events and Trainings: ICLEI GHG training series part 3, EPA webinar, and Sustainability Breakfast

ICLEI's new Economic Recovery Member Forum is the place for ICLEI member local governments to share their questions, confusion, strategies, and plans related to recovery-funded programs.

Here is your opportunity to both help others and seek help from others, by posting your questions or passing along your insight and information.

Just log in to ICLEI USA Member Center with your username and password. Subscribe to the forum and you'll receive e-mail notification about the latest conversations.

>> Ask a Question or See What Others Have Posted

While you're on our site, check out recent posts from our new Local Action Blog related to EECBG program funding:

• Thinking Long-Term With EECBG Funds for an Energy Office
• DOE to Local Governments: Talk Amongst Yourselves
• Five Tips to Compete for Energy and Climate Funding 

ICLEI USA interviewed local governments taking part in the National Conversation on Climate Action and found that they're using Earth Day events strategically to further climate action goals. Read the Local Action Blog posts to learn the different ways they're doing Earth Day right.

• LA County Links Earth Day and Climate Policy
• Tucson Earth Day Spotlights Climate Adaptation
• Sumter, SC, Reaches Out to the Faithful on Earth Day
• Dissecting the Earth Day Agenda in Somers, NY

ICLEI/Climate Communities Friday Conference Call
April 17, 2 p.m. Eastern

Webinar: Creating Your Most Effective Sustainability Strategy
Cosponsored by Greener Applications and the Government Innovators Network; April 16, 1 p.m. Eastern 

Sustainability Breakfast Roundtable at Green Cities Conference
Sponsored by ICLEI and the City of Portland; April 20, 7:30 a.m. Pacific

EPA Webcast: Integrating Energy Efficiency Into Affordable Housing
April 21, 2 p.m. Eastern 

ICLEI Training: Wastewater Emissions and Data Collection
Part 3 of ICLEI's members only GHG Emissions Analysis Protocol Training Series.
April 23, 1 p.m. Eastern

Los Angeles Building Retrofit Designed to Boost Green Jobs

Green Flies High at San Jose International Airport

Cities cleaning, 'greening' urban alleys

Fort Worth, TX, streetcar system, Mansfield rail added to region's Mobility 2030 plan

NM renewable energy measure allows cities and counties to form financing districts

Sonoma County, CA, hosts workshop on energy loans

ICLEI USA has launched a blog to highlight you, the cities and counties on the front lines of climate, sustainability, and energy action.

Every day, the Local Action Blog will showcase local governments' challenges, accomplishments, and lessons learned, and spotlight the voices of people on the front lines of this movement: from mayors to city planners to sustainability coordinators.

The ICLEI Network welcomes the following new local governments:

• Arroyo Grande, CA
• Duarte, CA
• Princeton, NJ
• Pulaski County, AR
• Sierra Madre, CA
• Tulsa, OK
• Wilton, CT