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Shades of Green: Environment Capital Conference
Saturday, 18 February: IT’S been an exciting week for PECT and all things green in Peterborough – we’ve been busy planning to plant 3,200 trees as part of the Forest for Peterborough project.
We’ve also been working with the council to organise the first ever Environment Capital Conference on Monday 27th February at Peterborough’s Kingsgate Conference Centre. This is a fantastic opportunity to look back at the environmental achievements we have made as a city over the past few years and renew our commitments to take this even further. It will focus on the sustainability targets that have been set by Peterborough City Council, and partner organisations Opportunity Peterborough and PECT, and look at how we can work together as a community to hit and exceed these ambitions.
Peterborough is becoming widely recognised as a leader for innovative environmental projects and sustainable best practice and this is an ideal time to present this to industry experts. It provides the perfect opportunity to showcase our projects and gain the recognition that the city deserves. It will definitely help us to continue our drive towards becoming the UK’s Environmental Capital.
Among the guest speakers will be the thought provoking and entertaining Professor Hugh Montgomery, the director of Health and Performance at the University College, London. Not only is he internationally recognised in the field of sustainability, he has also been awarded the title of London Leader by the London Sustainable Development Commission for his work in climate change and health. I am certain that this will be one of the biggest highlights and I am looking forward to hearing about what he thinks of Peterborough’s projects.
Looking at the schedule for the day it really does bring home just how much we do in the city – much of which is now taken for granted. And it’s not just the number of projects that is most impressive, but the depth and commitment across all sectors in Peterborough that is the most astonishing. We have charity projects such as Forest for Peterborough which aims to plant 170,000 trees across the city over 20 years, and the Eco Schools project which has over 90% of the schools in Peterborough engaged in eco activities, we have the Travelchoice public transport scheme, we have committed businesses such as Queensgate Shopping Centre, we have social housing landlords, such as Cross Keys Homes, who are fitting their houses with new, energy efficient technology, we have community projects, such as Transition Peterborough, which works within the community to tackle energy consumption, and we have a local authority that are challenging our city to go far beyond the expected targets. And the best thing is – this is just the beginning.
The 27th February also marks the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and we will be waiting in anticipation to see whether our Green Festival has been shortlisted for a national award.
n For more information about the conference, or if your organisation is interested in attending, then please contact karen.gilgan@peterborough.gov.uk. But be quick as there only a few spaces left.
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