The city of Oakland, California has a “Sustainability Director.” How cool is that?
Mayor Jerry Brown hired Randy Hayes, the founder of the Rainforest Action Network to a part-time, paid position to draft a plan to reduce the city’s impact on the environment.
Hayes envisions an Oakland that recycles all of its trash by 2020, is fully powered by alternative energy by 2030 and has drastically reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Here’s the original press release describing Hayes’ appointment.