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Implementation Four Levels of Action Strategic change expert Will Grant explains that there are four levels of action related to social change: Level ] Level 2 Lewel 3 Level 4 Individual Friends Carruuunity Organicatious The Economy Action and Family Loral Instrhihnns and NlicyChanrle Workplaces Grant asserts that the environmental movement's message has been focused on Level 1 and Level 4: "Change individual actions or sign this petition, lobby this person. But I think our greatest impact is actually at Levels 2 and 3, and especially Level 3. Level 3 is institutions and groups where I'm still known as a person ... where I can get in touch with a person who's in charge within about a week and get a meeting." Grant gives the example of getting a local school to install solar panels. "I can figure out the economics of the project. I can organize and create a coalition to get it done. The conversation I generate at the school — with the principal, the students, the PTA — is a big piece of the change. It's as useful as the change itself. If I change a local institution or something that I'm involved in, I'm not just impacting my life, I'm impacting the lives of hundreds or maybe thousands of people. When the solar panels go up, other schools in the neighborhood wonder'Why don't we have solar panels?' Then other institutions can take the model for that change .1160 Workforce Development To meet our climate action goals, the workforce needs to be ready to implement projects that will result in less energy consumption, fewer vehicle miles traveled, less solid waste, and reduced municipal emissions. It's estimated that an increase of 64,000 to 100,000 local workers will be required to electrify California's building stock .61 Training workers to deliver the services required by this CAP is a critical step in the process. Organizations like BayREN and PG&E have already been training local contractors, designers, and architects in energy efficiency for over a decade through contractor ti :llr:w trainings and specific workforce development programs. Local plumbing and electrical unions also provide extensive trainings for their members. Grid Alternatives has been offering training programs for solar installations in California and the rest of the United States by utilizing grant funds to install solar panels on low-income housing, and training workers on site in a style similar to the Habitat for Humanity model. Rising Sun Center for Opportunity runs Climate Careers, a summer youth employment and residential water and energy efficiency program in the Bay Area. It provides youth with opportunities for training and meaningful employment in the clean economy, educates about eco -literacy issues such as climate change, and offers continued professional development opportunities after employment. City of Redwood City Climate Action Plan 68