Christine wrote:Congratulations Targol, and thank you for "associating" us a little with your projects.
The first question that comes to me is whether the rest of the majority also have an ecological sensitivity?
Thank you for the congratulations.
In terms of associating you, (note that I don't put quotes in it), it seems normal to me to seek skills and experience where it is located
Regarding my running mates, I was clear from the start: "I come to take care of the environment". The answer was just as clear "that's why we came to get you" ...
So, I should have some possibilities even if not all my running mate have knowledge and culture of the environment.
elephant wrote:Hello, the chosen one?
elephant wrote:Good luck because managing the budget of a small French commune is not easy: you just have to calculate the number of km of roads per inhabitant, among others.
Houlaaa, there is a flavor there.
Me, it's the environment. For the budget, there are a few retirees on my list who will have more time and skills than that for me !!!
elephant wrote:I repeat your words:
* Eradication of pesticides from the town,
OK for the works department, but for the rest what is the legal framework: as long as there is none you will not be able to do much.
Indeed, you do well to specify it, it is indeed a question of removing the pesticides used by the employees of the municipality by replacing them either by boiling water treatments, or by portable "flares".
As for individuals, I am not sure that a municipality has the right to prohibit them.
In addition, there are lots of winegrowers in my town (many of whom use pesticides).
If we tried to ban them, we would quickly take a shot.
The goal, for individuals and growers is more to encourage them but that is my wife's job who is coordinator of the collective of alternatives to pesticides in Gironde
we attack each one by a different way, but the goal is the same !!!
elephant wrote: * Incentives for ecological construction either in the form of bonuses (if the budget allows it) or by refusing building permits that do not comply with certain rules (rainwater harvesting, solar water heaters, ...),
There is not already state aid? In Belgium, some municipalities are ticklish about the
preliminary impact study to many projects.
There are state aids on a certain number of these items of equipment, but that does not prevent adding a little more.
elephant wrote:* Pantonisation or HVBtisation of municipal vehicles,
Not won in advance ...
Often in the communes, money is thrown out of the window heating issue: regulation, programming, remote control, modification of the installations, insulation, installation of thermostatic valves, of push valves
There I fully agree:
- On the modification of vehicles, it will be necessary to overcome the potential resistance of municipal employees and be sure of the reliability (because as soon as there is a breakdown, it risks being attributed to the modifications).
- on the various waste and waste of municipal services, there too, we will have to do an "audit" to see what can be done. In my opinion, there is a way to save a lot.
elephant wrote:* Distribution of composters,
In my town, Charleroi, we push people to buy composters (why would the town not offer a group purchase) but we train "compost advisers" in the neighborhoods, often very sympathetic pensioners, whom the inhabitants can consult free "as a neighbor"
* ....
There too, I follow you completely, purchase, partial reimbursement, training, everything is to be studied.
elephant wrote:I think the key to success is COMMUNICATION
And yes, the first step towards the environment is knowledge. Explaining our choices in a didactic way is the only solution to successfully gain the support of the population.