The Town of Goderich's Environmental Action Committee submitted its annual report to council last week.
Committee Chair, Erinn Lawrie says the pandemic forced them to shift focus more towards policy and away from public meetings.
But Lawrie says one of the highlights in the past year was joining the Partners for Climate Protection program, which is a network of over 400 municipalities across Canada.
"We were provided with resources to do a base line green house gas inventory for the town and then, now that we have this base line, we can actually analyze that data and then build a climate action plan for the town and set some emission reduction targets."
Lawrie adds, having that base line gives them something to measure progress against as they move forward.
Additionally, Lawrie says they've also been working with the Goderich Port Management Corporation on their Green Marine certification.
"The Goderich Port has a Green Marine certification and that means they basically look at a few different factors, like spill prevention, storm water management, underwater noise, green house gas emissions, waste management, all of that."
Also, Lawrie says they're very excited about an event coming up this spring for Bingham Park, or Butterfly Park, as some people call it.
"We are working with town staff to design a pollinator garden, a butterfly garden that's all native plant species and we've got the plants together for that and we're hoping to do an Earth Day planting next year in April."
Lawrie adds, they're hoping they can get some local students to come out and help them with the planting.
