Eco-munity - Defining

Defining an Eco-munity

• It is a community representative structure that advocates and campaigns on Environmental Issues to create an enabled environment for supporting business / tourism initiatives for 2010 and beyond.
• Ward based
• It is non-political
• Guided by a constitution

The process to forming an Eco-munity

• Getting in touch with the ward Councillors
• Convening a public meeting with the key stakeholders available
• Set up a presentation on Environmental Education Awareness
• Select a steering committee
• Draft the terms of reference
• Capacity building
• Implementation of a a standard constitution
• Launch of the Eco-munity
• Projects and Programme implementation

Scope of work for the Eco-munity

• Cleaning up the Environment
• Caring for the Environment
• Beautifying the Environment
• Further developing the Environment

Challenges faced by the Eco-munity

• Lack of funding
• Inconsistency of leadership
• Politics
• Lack of skills