to increase public awareness and municipal participation in "green" efforts including energy conservation, renewable resources, recycling, and other environmentally friendly practices; to establish a leadership role in the community in promoting environmentally friendly practices in town; to explore ways to fund "green" initiatives, and to participate in the CT Clean Energy Fund's 20% x 2010 Clean Energy campaign and serve as the the Energy Task Force as required for participation in EPA’s (New England) Community Energy Challenge; to make recommendations to the Town Council and Board of Education for cost effective ways to reduce the Town’s reliance on traditional energy resources; to find ways to facilitate private initiatives.