Travis to outline city's environmental strategy

Travis Turner will talk about Greater Shepparton’s environmental sustainability strategy at the February gathering Beneath the Wisteria.

A discussion paper compiled under the direction Mr Turner, the city’s Sustainability and Environment Officer, was released for public comment this week.

Mr Turner has agreed to attend Saturday’s gathering and outline the near 150 page document.

Those who meet monthly Beneath the Wisteria in Shepparton’s Maude St Mall to consider a personal response to climate change, while thinking about how the public could answer the difficulty, should welcome the chance to hear directly from paper’s author.

The paper’s foreword, written by the city’s mayor, Cr Jenny Houlihan, says: “Greater Shepparton City Council is very excited to be in the process of developing an Environmental Sustainability Strategy.

“The strategy”, she says, “will help council identify and prioritise environmental sustainability activities across council strategies and plans and will increase the capacity and understanding of environmental and sustainability issues across council and the community.”

Comment on the strategy paper is encouraged and can be done online via the council’s website or through a more traditional sense using a form supplied with the strategy that can be returned to the council in a postage paid envelope.

The Saturday, February 3, gathering Beneath the Wisteria will not be in it usual place at the northern end of the mall, rather it will be the Queen’s Gardens immediately opposite the Shepparton Art Museum in Welsford St.

The change in venue is necessary because of the city’s annual Summer Market.

Discussions will start at 11:30am and those intending to attend are advised to bring a folding chair.