Social Movement to Address Climate Change: Local Steps for Global ...

Chapter Interlude

Speech by Mayor Bernero
of Lansing, Michigan

Transcribed by Micheal Vickery

Jessica Pociask, Step It Up (SIU) Organizer: All right, well, I'm going to introduce Virg Bernero. This is the mayor of Lansing. He's going to come out today and talk about his Go Green, Go Lansing initiative.

One of the things that he's doing right now is he actually has just signed the Mayor Climate Protection Act. This is a component of the Kyoto treaty. This is very, very important because we have this gentleman, who is in an automotive-ruled state capital, he is shaking things up. He is taking the initiative. And I think he is a leader that is stepping up and outside the normal bounds of what we can expect, but he is setting an example for many people to follow. So I just want to give him a round of applause when he comes up here to speak.

virg Bernero, Mayor of Lansing, Michigan : Thank you, thank you, and you're too kind. What I really want to say is congratulations to