Shire notes with councillor James Burns

Updated July 26 2018 - 2:01pm, first published 1:59pm
Sustainability a cheaper option
Sustainability a cheaper option

Since this term of Council was sworn in the direction has had a sustainable change placed over it. From the solar panels in the car park of the main administration building to the way we create our tenders, the environment is a consideration in all decisions we make. I have long been a fan of the saying that the Farmer is the greatest environmentalist for two reasons; the first being that it is true and the second is that a farmer knows that if he/she looks after an environment with an eye on future and a knowledge of the past he/she will reap the benefits. This, Ladies and Gentlemen, is called sustainability and the Farmers of the Upper Hunter have been practicing it for a lot longer than the terms ‘climate change’ or ‘greenhouse gas’ or even ‘global warming’ have been around.

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