Visiting Speaker: Leon de Vreede, MCIP, LPP
19 January 2018
Visiting Speaker: Leon de Vreede, MCIP, LPP
Sustainability Planner, Town of Bridgewater
Title: How to Become a Low Carbon Community...While Making Money: the Energize Bridgewater Story
Location: Huggins Science Hall, Room 336, 12:30 p.m.
Talk Description:
Over the past 9 years, the Town of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, has developed a reputation for demonstrating how municipalities can maximize local sustainability efforts. The forward-thinking town has now set its sights on an ambitious, game-changing goal: a transformation toward a nearly fossil fuel free future. The key to "fueling" the change: framing the transition not as a cost and a burden, but as an unparalleled opportunity for renewed investment in the local economy. The initiative’s name says it all: “Energize Bridgewater”. But how can one even begin leading the community in such a visionary and far-reaching project? The initiative’s ground-breaking energy and economic analysis, combined with its extensive engagement and education program, are its foundations and the key to its success. Learn what it takes to mobilize an entire community, and how innovative energy transition approaches are being employed right here in Nova Scotia.