PRESIDENT David Granger Sunday evening checked out the Green Conference and Expo at Parade Ground in Georgetown, where he interacted with those who had set up exhibits. The event commenced Friday and ends today. As part of its initiative to revive Georgetown as the “Garden City,” the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) hosted the event with the hope of spreading awareness about its efforts.
The conference also seeks to promote eco-friendly practices and various conservation methods, both domestic and commercial, and targets, among others the manufacturing sector, food and beverage distributors, electrical, construction and mechanical services, and the mining, health and waste-management industries.
The country is pursuing its developmental programmes within a green framework and environmentally friendly atmosphere, the council said.
This approach was further emphasised in the 2015 Budget entitled, “A fresh start to the good life in a green economy.”
In that light the M&CC, as the capital’s keeper, deems it essential to take the lead in promoting the advancement of an eco-friendly, sustainable city, and has put forward a number of ideas and programmes to boost this eco-challenge.
Georgetown’s aim is to become the most eco-friendly city within the Caribbean and South American Region; and to be a model city for those seeking to attain green development.
While the Council has commenced physical repair of the city, on the education front it is introducing the first of many such programmes such as the upcoming ‘Green Conference and Expo.’
The council has partnered with prominent branding and advertising company, Impressions, in the ongoing “Green City Campaign.” Impressions is a major force in the creative and branding sector, having been in the forefront of many expos such as GuyExpo, the Building Expo, CPL cricket and Festival Guyana, among others.
The conference started with a national discussion that raises awareness on the present state of Guyana’s green potential, to sensitise stakeholders on the M&CC’s green campaign and to establish partnerships in prompting and maintaining a “clean and green” environment.