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ONE PLANET SAANICHJoin this year-long project that brings together municipalities, organisations, businesses, schools and community groups in Canada (Saanich), Denmark (Elsinore), South Africa (Durban), Tarusa (Russia) and the UK (Oxfordshire) to make our cities better places to live! |
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SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ON BOARD
Check out who has already joined One Planet Saanich!
Secondary schools: Reynolds, Claremont and Mount Douglas
The District of Saanich Camosun College Uptown shopping centre Haliburton Farm BEESPOT Neighbourhoods Vancity Credit Union Bumblebee Electric GardenWorks |
APPLY TO JOIN US:
Are you a local business, school or community group? Write your own action plan as a One Planet Saanich stakeholder - apply soon; spaces limited
We are recruiting a cohort of businesses, community groups, and schools who want to join the initiative. They each write their own One Planet Action Plan, building on existing commitments they might have and with support from the project team. They will also engage with the District and other stakeholders around their vision for sustainability in Saanich – with the potential to influence action here and in the other participating cities. Let us know if you would like to join - or have a recommendation - by reaching out to Cora Hallsworth. Find out more about being a stakeholder in this handout and get the application link from Cora. Applicants will be considered until all spaces are filled.
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About the Project
One Earth is partnering with the District of Saanich and Bioregional on a new global ‘One Planet Cities’ project, funded by the KR Foundation, focused on four cities - Saanich (Canada), Elsinore (Denmark), Oxfordshire (UK), and Durban (South Africa). Saanich resident Cora Hallsworth, Senior Associate at One Earth and Principal of Cora Hallsworth Consulting, is the local lead on the project.
Bioregional’s One Planet Living framework is being used to structure the project. The ten simple principles – from health and happiness and sustainable food to zero carbon energy – provide a common language to talk about sustainability and to drive change. Action plans will be assessed against Bioregional’s One Planet Goals and Guidance for Cities and Regions, as well as carbon and ecological footprints, to show cities and stakeholders how well they respond to the challenge of One Planet Living, and how they could collaborate to achieve more. This project will also help inform the development of Saanich's updated Climate Plan: 100% Renewable and Resilient Saanich.
Indicative timelines for the project are as follows:
Indicative timelines for the project are as follows:
- May - August 2018 - recruit integrators and stakeholders; prepare overview report of Saanich's commitments against the One Planet Principles
- June - integrator and stakeholder workshop #1 (19 June 2018); additional One Planet Saanich events (public event - 20 June at 7pm)
- September - integrator and stakeholder workshop #2 (full day on Monday 24 September with orientation evening for new stakeholder representatives from 4-8pm on Thursday 20 September); review draft District-wide report
- July-December - prepare stakeholder One Planet Action Plans; start reporting on progress
- Jan-April 2019 - report on early progress; finalize draft report; celebration event
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Image sources: District of Saanich, Bioregional