Get involved and help make a difference

There are a number of ways you can contribute to our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect and enhance ecosystem health and biodiversity, and improve our resilience to climate change.

Learn about the ways you can make a difference, from getting involved in the local community, to making small changes at hone.

Make a difference in the community

Sustainability Grants Program

The Sustainability Grants Program provides funds to support small-scale, community-based environment and sustainability projects that can help reach our climate action and ecosystem health goals. Each successful project will receive approximately $1,000 to $5,000.

Learn more about the program and apply

Climate Action Advisory Committee

The Climate Action Advisory Committee provides advice, community perspective, and support towards advancing policies and actions to achieve our climate action targets, protect and enhance biodiversity and ecosystem health, and ensure the District is resilient to future climate change impacts.

See the committee's work

What you can do at home

Switch to a heat pump

We're working with the other North Shore municipalities and the province’s CleanBC program to help homeowners make the switch to energy efficient, low-carbon heat pumps for home heating and cooling.

Jump on a heat pump

Help expand the urban forest canopy

We're providing free trees to homeowners to help us expand the urban forest canopy. An expanded urban forest can capture and store carbon, filter air pollutants, stabilize soils, and more.

Learn more and request your trees

 

Reaching our climate action and environmental health goals

We're taking action in six key areas to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, protect and enhance ecosystem health and biodiversity, and improve our resilience to climate change.

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