ReThink Red Deer

Sustainable Red Deer

Welcome to the Sustainable Red Deer website. This site is a central hub for sustainability information to keep you informed of how the citizens of central Alberta are creating a sustainable and vibrant community. Created thanks to the work of ReThink Red Deer volunteers and sponsors including the Red Deer River Naturalists, Grandview Consulting, and Focus Design Group, the site feature news, community events, discussion groups, a database of organizations dedicated to achieving sustainability, a newsletter, and even a link to the Sustainable Red Deer facebook group among lots of other cool stuff! 

More and more "sustainability" is a word we're hearing from the mouths and keyboards of citizens of Red Deer. What does this word really mean and how does "being sustainable" affect your day to day life? 

On Tuesday, September 22nd at the Red Deer College, organizers of ReThink Red Deer welcomed sustainability experts Lisa Fox of Sustainability Resources Inc. and the Pathways 2 Sustainability (P2S) Conference (www.pathways2sustainability.ca) to talk about how citizens can influence the Provincial Land Use Framework to plan for sustainable communities and cities in addition to the opportunity for citizens of Red Deer to host the P2S Conference in late 2010.

Also presenting was Nina Gales, Manager of Corporate Affairs from the Town of Olds, talking about their Municipal Sustainability Planning (MSP) successes and how citizens become engaged and influential in the process. With the municipal elections coming up in October 2010, sustainability will certainly be a hot debate topic so stay tuned for more info!

Posted in General Sustainability by: Rene Michalak 2009/09/14 0 Comments