It’s hard to believe we started the Take Action Burlington blog seven years ago as a place to highlight the City of Burlington’s environmental accomplishments, profile community initiatives and events, and promote tips for home, work and play to reduce our collective footprint. Since then, we have published 173 posts and over the past five years have welcomed an average of 5,800 visitors per year.
With the end of 2022 fast approaching, we thought it is a good time to provide you with a ‘year in review.’
2022 Milestones:
- Burlington was designated a Cites A List, one of 122 municipalities around the world and one of 13 in Canada for our climate reporting and actions through the Carbon Disclosure Project
- Burlington’s final plan on Electric and Sustainable Mobility was received by Council
- Burlington is leading by example to reduce our carbon footprint such as through our first net carbon neutral facility at City View Park Pavilion using all electric systems and no fossil fuels
- City Council approved our first climate adaptation plan called Climate Resilient Burlington: A Plan for Adapting to Our Warmer, Wetter and Wilder Weather
- Burlington continues to add more public charging stations. Did you know that we have more public charging stations per capita than any other city in the GTHA?
- Burlington was certified a Bird Friendly City in April
Thank you for providing your feedback on:
- Climate Resilient Burlington: A Plan for Adapting to Our Warmer, Wetter and Wilder Weather – draft plan and surveys and final draft plan
- Urban Forest Master Plan update
- Renewable Energy
- Electric Mobility Strategy – part 1 and part 2
Don’t forget our eco tips!
- Online guide to help navigate tree protection and tree permits in Burlington
- Relax, don’t rake – a post promoting reasons why it’s okay to be messy in the fall
- Eco-friendly tips for school
- Eco-friendly tips to maintain your pool, hot tub and spa – our annual reminder to minimize pollution in our waterways, erosion, and flooding on neighbouring properties
- Reduce your carbon, air pollution and noise related emissions by retiring gas-powered equipment (winter and summer) and moving to electric or manual equipment
- Turn your engines off while you wait
We love to promote our community:
- Halton Children’s Water Festival’s successful return after a two-year hiatus
- BurlingtonGreen’s local action for the planet event promoting electric vehicles, zero waste and a repair café
- Burlington Sustainable Development Committee’s webinar on the future of the reusable economy
- Action on Climate Earth Day Event promotion and thank you which included EV test drives, free tree giveaways and BurlingtonGreen spring eco-opportunities
- Healthy Neighboursheds events in the spring and fall along with rain barrel sales
- Home Energy Retrofit Orientation Program webinars
- Sustainability Leadership’s professional development offerings related to sustainable businesses
- Generation Green’s youth climate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Please stay in touch:
- Subscribe to the Take Action Burlington blog at TakeActionBurlington.ca
- Subscribe to the City’s community engagement page at GetInvolvedBurlington.ca
Take Action Burlington! As the year ends and a new one approaches, let’s all work together to reduce our carbon footprint and take action to prepare for our warmer, wetter and wilder weather. Collectively we can make a difference! We’re looking forward to sharing more stories with you in 2023.
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