Eugenie SageThe new West Coast Conservation Board - handpicked by Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage - is walking the talk with the green agenda with a move to vegetarian lunches, composting food waste and plant trees to offset carbon every time they have to travel.Ms Sage put in place a new, greener board a few months ago. "As a board we wish to show leadership in climate change action and support the transition to a low carbon economy," the board said in a statement via member Suzanne Hills. The Department of Conservation manages a raft of concessions, including aircrafts at the glaciers, and the board has these on its radar and whether the carbon should be offset. In contrast to the conservation board, Buller-based member of the West Coast Regional Council has previously used his helicopter to fly to meetings in Greymouth. One of those, Allan Birchfield, said today that if re-elected to the regional council he would not be moving to vegetarian lunches.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 04, 2019 16:07 UTC