NB-PEI Municipal Working Group

If you’re a mayor, councillor or administrator of a local government, you know that reducing your community’s energy consumption and emissions is a big challenge. Where do you begin, and perhaps more importantly, what powers and tools are available to help you achieve your aims?

In this webinar, presenter Carl Duivenvoorden will share:

• How NB’s Community Planning Act works, and how it can be used by local governments to achieve sustainability goals
• NB’s new Statement of Public Interest Regulation, and its role in guiding and backstopping local initiatives
• Land use planning and control opportunities within the legal authority of local governments (IE plans and by-laws)
• Additional policies, strategies and best practices available to local governments

You’ll go away with a clear understanding of how legal authority works, and what tools are available to help local governments achieve their sustainability goals.

About the Presenter

Speaker, writer and sustainability consultant, and 2024 Powered by Communities author, Carl Duivenvoorden (www.changeyourcorner.com) helps people and organizations learn how they can save money, energy and our environment. He’s presented to over 500 audiences, and his column Green Ideas ran for 10 years in New Brunswick dailies.

To join the New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island Municipal Working Group and attend the event please contact Norma Panetta at QUEST Canada.