Agenda 21 links
What
is Agenda 21? The UNEP
website describes it as: "The United Nations Environment
Programme aims to to care for the environment by inspiring, informing,
and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without
compromising that of future generations."
The term Agenda 21 refers to a "dynamic programme.... to be carried out by the various actors according to the different situations, capacities and priorities of countries and in full respect of all the principles contained in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in 1992".
Harrogate
Borough Council is committed to sustainable development through
its Environmental Strategy Section in which the Council continuously improves
its services, policies and practices to contribute to a better quality
of life for everyone now, and for future generations.
Harrogate Borough
Council have these objectives:
Offering advice on the best ways to reduce energy use at home
Environmental awareness activities with schools throughout the district
Encouraging recycling and composting organic garden waste
Promoting farmers markets so locally grown food can be sold to local people.
Raising awareness about nature conservation
Encouraging transport which doesn’t harm the environment
Initiatives to encourage water conservation
Working with Harrogate Borough Council Departments to improve environmental
performance
Working in partnership with the Action for the Environment group and other
community organisations
Links:
The
2002 Churches Together in Harrogate Annual Assembly focused on
these issues. A report
is available.
Harrogate Christian Ecology Link webpage on this website
Harrogate Borough Council (use their alphabetical search for Agenda 21)
Grants::
Harrogate Borough Council Environmental Strategy Section are encouraging local grant applications to central government and other grant providers for renewable energy systems. More info from their website or tel: 556827.
The
Harrogate Action
for the Environment steering group website provides ideas to promote
enivironmental awareness and action.
Rt Rev John Packer (WYEC chair 2005) offered the My Footprint website as an aid to assessing personal impact on the environment.
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This page last updated
January 29, 2008
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