LINCOLN ENVIROTOWN TRUST Information

Lincoln Envirotown Trust: Taking responsibility for a sustainable future. Lincoln Envirotown Trust is a charitable trust dedicated to fostering a community-owned process for sustainability in Lincoln. We started out as a sub-committee of the Lincoln Community Committee. We work with the community, for the community, in partnership with Selwyn District Council, Lincoln University, Landcare Research, Waihora Ellesmere Trust, Environment Canterbury, Plant&Food Research, local schools, businesses and other organisations to find solutions to projected growth and associated environmental issues. We have a community sustainability action plan. Objectives: To promote the long term environmental sustainability of Lincoln Township with the understanding that this is also the basis for social, cultural and economic sustainability in the future. To educate about and raise awareness of environmental sustainability issues and to provide information about how to achieve environmental sustainability. To provide appropriate opportunities for personal and community decision making to ensure that the environmental, social, cultural and economic sustainability of the Lincoln Township is promoted. To act as a role model for other communities wanting to progress towards environmental sustainability.