Ray Morgan - Local Sustainability on a Budget: Lessons from the City of Woking, UK
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to a brown bag lunch presentation by Ray Morgan, CEO for the city of Woking, UK. Light refreshments will be provided.
| When |
Mar 28, 2011 from 12:30 pm to 02:00 pm |
|---|---|
| Where | Gross Chemistry Building, Room 100C, Duke University |
| Contact Name | Amy Morsch |
| Contact Phone | 919-613-3772 |
Dramatic cutbacks in national and local budgets have created new challenges to achieving sustainable development targets. Woking, UK has an impressive track record in implementing effective carbon cutting measures. Woking’s Chief Executive, Ray Morgan, will visit Duke to share his experience advancing sustainability in a constrained budgetary environment this month. An open dialogue focusing on today’s most promising, innovative, and budget-friendly strategies to reduce energy use and carbon emissions will follow his talk. Please bring your lunch and join us for this frank conversation about financing and implementing local government and university sustainability practices during times of economic austerity.
About Ray:
Ray has had a more than 30-year career in the public sector and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. He joined Woking Council as Director of Finance in 1989 and since that time has been instrumental in the development of many of the authority’s key strategies, namely asset management, equalities and diversity, implementation of electronic government, partnership development, and waste management and the council’s climate change strategy. Ray is also Director of the Thameswey Group of Companies producing both energy and housing projects. He was appointed Chief Executive in April 2006 and was dubbed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to local government in 2007.
About Woking:
Woking is believed to be the first UK authority to adopt a comprehensive climate change strategy on a scale likely to meet The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution targets of 60% reductions of CO2 equivalent emissions by 2050 and 80% by 2100. It is also the first locality to have a combined heat and power station and a fuel cell powered park. Woking Council is also the only local authority to receive the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, recognizing its approach to sustainability.
