To achieve true sustainability, the City of Kamloops recognizes that we need to move into the future with a solid plan that helps us create balance and long-term viability when it comes to our society, economy and environment. These are the three main components of sustainability. With too much or too little focus on any one, our community will not be sustainable over the long-term.
As a community, we have already developed a Social Plan and an Economic Development Strategy. However, our natural environment is a key factor in our overall sustainability. The City has already undertaken many initiatives that affect our natural environment in areas such as water quality and solid waste management.
Even with these initiatives, we see a significant opportunity to bolster Kamloops’ approach to sustainable planning and development. In its Strategic Plan, City Council recognized this by including a comprehensive environment plan as one of its objectives. That is a key initiative of the Sustainable Kamloops Plan – to focus on developing that environmental plan. Read more about the environmental areas the plan will cover.
