Sustainability

Sustainability in South Burlington
Welcome!
South Burlington, for many years, has been making strides towards long term sustainability. That work has taken – and continues to take – many forms. Some have applied the label of sustainability, others have focused on the project or the product itself.

Climate Action Plan
The City Council adopted the community's first-ever Climate Action Plan on October 3, 2022. The Plan was prepared over the course of 10 months with the support of a volunteer Climate Action Plan Task Force appointed by the Council. Visit the project website for full details!

Energy Action
South Burlington Energy Committee is committed to promoting energy efficiency for our community through education and engagement.  Visit the Energy Action page
We support the city's Climate Action Plan. You can follow our FaceBook page.
For more information about the Energy Committee visit this page - https://www.southburlingtonvt.gov/government/city_committees_boards/energy_committee.php

The City's Open Space / Conservation Fund
The Voters, in 2000, established an Open Space / Conservation Fund, levying $0.01 on the tax rate for the conservation / acquisition of open spaces. In subsequent years, voters approved widening the scope of the fund to include acquisition of lands for recreation and for maintenance and enhancement of our Nature Parks. Learn more about the Open Space / Conservation Fund, how it has been used, and its current and past financials.

Champlain Valley Conservation Partnership (CVCP)
On July of 2019, five municipal partners came together and committed to working collaboratively to conserve and manage land at a regional scale.  These partners included: South Burlington, Williston, Shelburne, Hinesburg, and St. George.  The partners began meeting in the spring of 2019 and immediately recognized that natural resources cross municipal boundaries and their conservation and management should be looked at similarly.  The partnership meets monthly, with the first project being to create a standardized set of language that is used to define conservation parcels throughout the region, and then create a map of regionally conserved land that can help the partnership identify opportunities for conservation.  Read the full press release here.  Click on the following link for more information about the CVCP and their current projects.

Stay tuned for more!