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ONE PLANET SAANICH
Join this 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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CELEBRATING ONE PLANET SAANICH’S
FIRST YEAR! On June 6th participants of One Planet Saanich shared highlights of our first year at the beautiful gardens at the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific. Twelve Saanich-based organizations have now created their One Planet Action Plans or One Planet ‘Scans’. See highlights of the first year here See media release here |
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Photo Credit: Jenna Tremblay
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SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ON BOARD
Check out who has already joined One Planet Saanich!
The District of Saanich
Reynolds Secondary School Claremont Secondary School (Institute for Global Solutions) Mount Douglas Secondary School Artemis Place Society Creatively United for the Planet Camosun College Uptown Shopping Centre Haliburton Farm BEESPOT Neighbourhoods Vancity Credit Union (Tolmie Branch) Bumblebee Electric First Unitarian Church of Victoria |
Are you a local business, school or community group?
Join us - create your own action plan and become a One Planet Saanich stakeholder!
This is an opportunity to profile your sustainability work, or your first step on your sustainability journey. You can join a growing number of organizations that are using the One Planet Living Framework to create their own One Planet Action Plan, in Saanich and around the world. You can get started on your One Planet Action Planet on the online platform at oneplanet.com. You can find out more by contacting Cora Hallsworth.
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About the Project
One Earth is partnering with the District of Saanich and Bioregional the 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. One Planet Saanich has also received funding support from Vancity Credit Union.
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 and deliver a One Planet Sustainability Scan for Saanich
The first year of the pilot project is now complete. Here is a project timeline:
The first year of the pilot project is now complete. Here is a project timeline:
- May - August 2018 - recruit integrators and stakeholders; prepare 'Sustainability Scan' of Saanich using the One Planet Principles
- June 2018 - integrator training and stakeholder workshop; and public event
- September 2018 - integrator and stakeholder workshop on building a plan
- September 2018 - June 2019- Stakeholders prepare their One Planet Action Plans and begin reporting on progress (see published plans here)
- June 2019 - Celebration event!
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Image sources: District of Saanich, Bioregional
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