City Councilor John R. Connolly unveiled an aggressive green agenda Wednesday, Jan. 28, including a proposed Environmental Science Academy (ESA) within Boston Public Schools, a program to teach individuals how to reduce their carbon footprint, a carbon-neutral neighborhood pilot program, and a shared bike program.

“My goal is to see Boston be the greenest city in the world,” said Connolly, the chair of the environment and health council.

The ESA would be an innovative public school, open to all Boston students, with a rigorous math, science, and trades curriculum designed to prepare students to compete in a green economy. The school would serve as a model for how other schools around the country should run.

“The green job market is rapidly growing and the clean and green economy is key to Boston and the nation emerging from the recession,” said Connolly. “Now is the time to train Boston’s youth to be competitive in this growing job market and to create a more responsible citizen who is environmentally literate and practices sustainability in their communities. Boston simply needs to lead the way in the green economy.”

Along with the environment-focused curriculum, Connolly proposed powering the school by alternative energy with wind turbines, which the students would learn to operate. With such grand pans, Connolly acknowledged his vision would require stimulus money and cannot happen overnight.

Connolly also hopes to reduce carbon emissions on both the individual and neighborhood level by holding summits to promote ways Bostonians can reduce their carbon footprint and by creating a carbon-neutral neighborhood pilot program.

“You don’t have to spend a lot of money or completely change your life to make a difference,” said Connolly, who suggested individuals only run dishwashers at maximum capacity and use florescent light bulbs.

The pilot program would help whole neighborhoods reduce their carbon emission through a collective effort, similar to the way Washington Main Streets helps businesses with their storefronts and networking. In his proposal, the city would help businesses to create a net-zero carbon emission.

The final aspect of Connolly’s agenda is a shared bike program, in which kiosks would be set up around the city, allowing people to rent bikes the way Zipcar allows people to rent cars. The program would be a “third generation” bicycle sharing program, meaning technology would be integrated into the program, allowing kiosks to track their bikes around the city.

“Shared bike programs operate successfully in various cities around the world, and I’d like to see the benefits of those programs happen here in Boston,” said Connolly.