What is the Fraser Basin Council?
The Fraser Basin Council is a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to advance sustainability in the Fraser Basin and across BC. Though its projects, the Council encourages social well-being by helping decision-makers, organizations and residents make responsible, collaborative decisions. The Council does not take a position on issues, but remains an advocate for sustainability in the Basin and BC. The Council often works as a facilitator and sustainability educator and is known for bringing together different interests to discuss and work on today's sustainability challenges.
The Fraser Basin Council carries out its mandate by working with the vision, principles, and goals outlined in the Charter for Sustainability. The Charter is a good faith agreement by residents and organizations of the Fraser Basin to work towards the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of the Basin.
What is the history of the Fraser Basin Council?
The Fraser Basin Council was established as a non-profit society in 1997. The Council's predecessor, the Fraser Basin Management Board, was created by the federal, provincial and local governments to address sustainability issues and develop a strategic plan for the sustainability of the Fraser Basin.
Is the FBC an environmental group?
The Fraser Basin Council does not focus solely on environmental issues, but rather on all three dimensions of sustainability — social, economic and environmental.
What does Fraser Basin Council do?
The Council helps bring people together from across different sectors and jurisdictions to make collaborative decisions and take steps for sustainability. While the Council's core focus is on the Fraser Basin, it also serve communities across BC. Current programs include those on smart planning for communities, climate change action and adaptation, air quality, green fleets, healthy watersheds and fisheries, sustainable purschasing, and sustainability reporting and education.
Who's on the Board of Directors?
The full complement of the Fraser Basin Council Board is 38 directors. Directors come from the four orders of government (Provincial, Federal, Local and First Nations), along with directors from business and civil society. See our current directors.
How is the Fraser Basin Council funded?
Most of the Fraser Basin Council's funding comes from sustainability programs and initiatives the Council delivers in partnership with others, in particular with the federal and provincial governments, and also from regional districts within the Fraser Basin.
How is the Fraser Basin Council managed?
The Council is managed by a 38-member Board of Directors, including appointees from federal, provincial and local governments and First Nations, and directors from the private and non-profit sectors. The Board is supported by an Executive Director and staff in the Basin's Vancouver and regional offices.
Where are your offices?
In addition to a main office in Vancouver, the Council has five regional offices across the Fraser Basin, an office on Vancouver Island and an office in the Kootenays. See Contact Us for information.
Can I attend the Board meetings?
Meetings of the Fraser Basin Council's Board of Directors are open to the public and occur three times a year in February, June, and October. Dates and locations can be obtained by contacting one of our offices.
How can I learn more about the Council?
Check this website regularly for key news and reports, and watch for rollout of a new and improved FBC website in 2012. Also, be sure to visit our project websites:
E3 Fleet program: www.e3fleet.com
Rethinking our Water Ways: www.rethinkingwater.ca
Smart Planning for Communities program: www.smartplanningbc.ca
ReTooling for Climate Change: www.retooling.ca
BuySmart Network: www.buysmartbc.com
