November 24, 2020 / For immediate release

Municipality of the District of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg is seeking members at large for our Sustainability Committee.

The primary purpose of the Sustainability Committee is to guide the development of projects and initiatives in an environmentally, sustainable manner and to provide a venue for the Committee to educate, promote and provide feedback on issues related to sustainability, advocacy and stewardship within the Municipality. The committee will play a pivotal role in helping the municipality develop the Community Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction plan as part of the municipality’s Local Climate Change Action Plan.

We are looking for four members from the community to serve on this committee with one member from the business community as well as one member under the age of 25 in order to represent youth.

Members at large will be selected based on either a professional expertise or a general background in one or more of the following subjects: Watershed, Forestry, Parks/Recreation, Sustainability, Planning/Development, Utilities, Wildlife, Solid Waste and Recycling, Air Quality, Climate Change, Environmental Economics, or Green Practices. This knowledge could have been acquired through many avenues including professional practice. community involvement activities or academic study.

Applications are available at https://engage.modl.ca/local-climate-change-action-plan The deadline for applications is December 18, 2020.

“We need community members to step up and play a part in the work we’re doing on climate change,” says Mayor Carolyn Bolivar-Getson. “We have achieved Milestone 1 for both the community and corporate sectors of the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) Program and need resident help in achieving further milestones.”

In October 2019, the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg declared a climate emergency and made a public commitment to taking action on climate change by joining the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program. PCP is a network of Canadian municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and protecting our climate.
Residents wishing to stay informed about this project should visit https://engage.modl.ca/local-climate-change-action-plan to learn more or sign up for email updates.

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Contact:

Sarah Kucharski
Communications Officer
(902) 541-1328
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