Our Mission: To work with residents, businesses, and government agencies within the city, as well as regional (locally connected) environmental groups, to achieve environmental, social and economic sustainability in New Westminster through the identification of issues, education, public advocacy, the promotion of best practices, and the implementation of effective projects.
We believe New Westminster has an incredible opportunity, due to its size and geography, to become a leader in sustainability. By working together with residents, businesses and civic leaders we believe that potential can be realized.
Want to get involved? Please consider joining us — more info below.
Membership is open to all who live, work, or are connected to the City and who support our approach to work cooperatively, using a consensus-based decision-making process. The NWEP is non-partisan, and we support sustainability being embraced by all political parties, organizations and individuals.
2013 Activities
NWEP Organized
▪ Re-launch of GreenDrinks NewWest
▪ 2013 City Grant Received
▪ New Westminster Citizens’ Forum on Environmental Issues, live-streamed on NewWest.tv
▪ All Candidates Jane’s Walk, co-hosted with Tenth to the Fraser and NEXT NewWest, a walk-and-talk with local provincial candidates
▪ “Re-positioning Letter” in response to the proposed Fraser Surrey Docks Direct Transfer Coal Facility, sent to 4 levels of government
▪ GreenDrink NewWest: Special Showing of Do the Math: The Movie
▪ GreenDrink NewWest with guest speakers Norm Connolly, Community Energy Manager with the City of New Westminster and Nigel Protter, Executive Director and CEO of BC Sustainable Energy Association, live-streamed on NewWest.Tv
▪ Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, South Dyke Road River Front: An Activity of RiverFest
▪ New West Doc Fest at Landmark Cinemas 10 New Westminster
▪ NWEP AGM “Community Collaboration” with guests, organizers from Community and Coal
NWEP Supported
▪ Festival of Volunteers, table exhibitor
▪ Douglas College Women’s Day Sustainability Booth, table exhibitor
▪ Queensweep Earth Day, members participated in the neighbourhood clean up
▪ Town Hall Meeting: Proposed Fraser Surrey Docks Direct Transfer Coal Facility, Andrew Murray NWEP Coal Spokesperson presented, live-streamed on NewWest.tv
▪ Quayside Community Festival, table exhibitor
▪ Royal City Farmers Market, community table
▪ RiverFest, table exhibitor with Shoreline Cleanup display and presentation
▪ Royal City Farmers Market, community table
▪ Take Back Our Port, citizen’s rally on the direct transfer coal facility proposed for Fraser Surrey Docks
NWEP members were also on Advisory Committees for the City of New Westminster: Bicycle and Pedestrian, Environment, and Master Transportation Plan
Membership in the NWEP is only $5/year: Donations are also welcome as they help to support our activities and to sponsor memberships for some members of our community who need this support. As a NWEP member, you have the option of joining our Food, Energy, Transportation, and Zero Waste Committees, where issues are discussed more thoroughly and projects and activities developed.
HOW TO JOIN: You can sign up at any of our events or meetings, or you can mail in your membership or donation. Please send a message to [email protected].
NON-MEMBERS ARE ALSO WELCOME: You can join our Announce Email List to get notices about our upcoming events, such as GreenDrinks NewWest. Please send us a message letting us know your interest in this list.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO EMAIL US: [email protected]
2012 Activities
NWEP Organized
▪ group Tour of Kruger’s award-winning biomass gassification, low-emission, environmentally friendly power plant in New Westminster
▪ municipal and trustee candidate Meet-n-Greet co-hosted with NEXT and TTTF
▪ formed three-point Agreement with Surrey Citizens Transportation Initiative regarding Pattullo Bridge and regional transportation
▪ family friendly Rally to TransLink Open House in Sapperton co-organized
▪ Shoreline Cleanup, An Activity of RiverFest with the City of New Westminster and Fraser River Discovery Centre
▪ talk by Foam Only, the Styrofoam recycling plant that the City takes our recycling to, at Members’ Meeting
▪ New West Doc Fest with Green Ideas Network and Douglas College
▪ Applied for City Grant
▪ Annual General Meeting with guest speakers Mark Allison, Senior Policy Planner, and Ann Rowan, Manager of Sustainability, Policy, and Research with Metro Vancouver
NWEP Supported
▪ Fin Donnelly’s Enviro Leaders Roundtable Discussion
▪ Royal City Farmers Market, community table
▪ TransLink Open House Inn at the Quay
▪ City’s Master Transportation Plan (MTP) launch at City Hall
▪ Members spoke at several Resident’s Associations to encourage participation in MTP
▪ Master Transportation Plan Open Houses at Century House and the Justice Institute
▪ Queensweep Earth Day Exhibitor
▪ Community Forum on the Future of Pattullo Bridge with guest speakers Director Gordon Price from the SFU City Program, SFU Prof. Anthony Perl and Jerry Behl from the City of New Westminster
▪ Sapperton Day Exhibitor
▪ Envision 2032 hosted by City of New Westminster
