Residents urge Tiburon council to enroll together in Resilient Neighborhoods workshops

During the meeting's public comment period, Anna Thomas, cofounder of the Tiburon Climate Action Committee, asked the council to promote the Resilient Neighborhoods five-part workshop series and to consider enrolling together as a leadership team.

Thomas said the workshops are an effective way to educate residents about household-level steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and urged the council to invite the program's founder, Tamara Peters, to address the council and to consider participating in a workshop series that begins in January. "Nothing would send a stronger message to the community... than participation in a Resilient Neighborhoods workshop," Thomas said.

Pat Koss, joining by Zoom and introduced by the meeting moderator, said she and others took the workshop in a living-room setting and described it as interactive, beginning with an assessment of household energy and water use. "The workshop starts with an analysis of where you are in your own home and in your own environment," Koss said, urging the council to consider interactive community projects and youth-focused programming at the library.

Thomas noted that other elected officials in nearby jurisdictions have taken Resilient Neighborhoods workshops and said coordinated participation by the council would demonstrate leadership on local climate action. The speakers did not request any formal council action that night; their remarks were recorded as public comment and referred to the town's sustainability coordinator, who had previously asked the committee to assist with community engagement work.