Municipality of Shelburne Sustainability

Hi everyone...We're going to be discontinuing this page and putting all the Municipal Sustainability news on the new Municipality of the District of Shelburne main page. So visit us there!

Last chance for the ICSP Implementation Survey. Please let us know what you think of the projects we've been working on, and what we're planning! The survey will close on Friday.
(this is the same survey that was mailed with your tax bill)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RM9KK3S

Municipality of the District of Shelburne ICSP Implementation Survey 2012

Check out our booth at Founder's Days this weekend...we'll be there along with the Town of Shelburne the the Town of Lockeport to talk about Climate Change!

Help start a new veggie garden at the Shelburne Group Home!

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Gardening tips, seed & seedling exchange - see you tonight at the fire hall!

Shelburne Grows: Are you interested in growing your own food, or sharing what you know about growing food? Join us on Wednesday, March 14 at 6:30 pm at the Shelburne Community Centre (Ladies Room) for coffee and conversation!

The Tri County Local Food Network is sponsoring an information session on Farmworks Investment Co-operative Limited.

This is a way to invest in Farms and Food.

The Co-operative qualifies under the Community Economic Development Investment Fund (CEDIF).

If you are interested in NS, food, the local economy, farms, farmland, rural communities, environment, restaurants, tourism and other amenities of the Province, come to this information session.

Thursday February 23rd. 7:00- 9:00

Rudders ~ On the waterfront

Light refreshments will be available.

For more information contact the Women’s Centre 742-0085

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As part of the public review of the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act (EGSPA), the Minister’s Round Table on Environment and Sustainable Prosperity will be hosting consultation workshops to solicit feedback from the public, which you may be interested in attending.

Workshop dates:

January 30 Truro Fire Hall, 165 Victoria Street, Truro
February 1 Wolfville and District Lions Club, 36 Elm Avenue, Wolfville
February 6 Mariners Centre, Sobey’s Lounge, 31 Cottage Street, Yarmouth
February 8 Nova Scotia Community College Waterfront Campus, Center for Built Environment, Classroom 3736, 80 Mawiomi Place, Dartmouth
February 15 Grand Lake Road Fire Hall, Classroom 15, 866 Grand Lake Road, Sydney

All workshops will be held from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Let me know if anyone is interested in going to Bridgewater for this talk on Thursday!

Join us for a free webinar and discussion on Eco-Industrial Approaches and Sustainability - Shelburne Town Council Chambers, December 6 @ 2 pm

The Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act (EGSPA), which was established in 2007, is currently undergoing its five-year review by the Minister's Round Table on Environment and Sustainable Prosperity. Feedback on EGSPA is being requested from various stakeholders and the general public.

Submissions will be accepted until December 16, 2011.

To learn more about EGSPA or to provide your feedback into the review, please visit:

http://www.gov.ns.ca/nse/dept/egspa.review.asp