Ahu Nur Şahin is an environmental engineer, corporate trainer, and representative of the Chamber of Environmental Engineers, and Board member of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality (Türkiye) in the Gov4GreenMed project. She has taken the role of Ambassador for the pilot in Finike in Türkiye.
1. Could you tell us about your role in Gov4GreenMed?
Being an ambassador for Gov4GreenMed, for me means helping to connect the project with professionals, institutions, and local communities, and to make its goals more visible and meaningful at the local level.
2. Why did you decide to become a Gov4GreenMed Ambassador?
I believe that environmental transformation is not only about policies and technologies, it is also about people, communication, and collaboration.
I wanted to be part of a project that brings different stakeholders together and turns the idea of a greener and more sustainable Mediterranean into practical action.
For me, being an Ambassador means not only representing the project, but also being a bridge between knowledge, institutions, and society.
3. As an ambassador, how do you think you can contribute to the project and its goals?
Through communication, training, and networking.
As an environmental engineer and a trainer, I have the opportunity to translate technical environmental issues into language that people can understand, relate to, and act upon.
I can also help strengthen connections between professional organizations, public institutions, local stakeholders, and communities. My aim is to make the project’s messages more accessible and to encourage people to see sustainability not as an abstract concept, but as something that can be part of everyday life and local decision-making.
4. What positive change would you like Gov4GreenMed to bring to your community or territory?
I would like Gov4GreenMed to help create a stronger culture of environmental responsibility in my community, particularly by connecting local action with broader Mediterranean cooperation.
I would also like to see sustainability become more than a policy objective but something that is reflected in the way we manage resources, reduce waste, protect our natural environment, and make decisions about our cities.
And perhaps most importantly, I would like the project to inspire people to feel that they are not simply facing environmental challenges, but that they can actually be part of the solution.
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