The Town of Stephenville on Newfoundland's West Coast has been actively pursuing environmentally friendly approaches to municipal service delivery for many years. In this episode, Ted Gracie, Director of Municipal Services, describes Stephenville's journey and goals - from recovering from a catastrophic flood, to establishing a nature-based wastewater treatment system, to investing in community composting. He also provides some simple advice for other Town's looking to take their first climate action steps. 

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Walking The Walk is hosted and co-produced by Jess Puddister.
WTW is produced and edited by Luke Quinton of Electric Ocean. 
Ashley Smith is Managing Director of Fundamental Inc.

Our theme music is "Visions of This Earth Before Our Time" by Botany, courtesy Western Vinyl. 

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This project was made possible through a grant from the T2050 initiative, in partnership with the Newfoundland and Labrador Environmental Industry Association (now econext). The Transition 2050 initiative is offered through the Municipalities for Climate Innovation Program, which is delivered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and funded by the Government of Canada. This initiative contributes to the FCM-ICLEI Partners for Climate Protection program to help municipalities reduce greenhouse gas emissions and take action on climate change. PCP is a partnership between FCM and ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability.