An Example: Evaluating a Local Government Official Community Plan Using Planetary Health Lenses

This chapter illustrates how the Planetary Health Framework was applied to evaluate an Official Community Plan (OCP) for Sooke, a small municipality in British Columbia, Canada. The project formed the basis of Kai Mountfort Master Thesis. We present a snapshot of this evaluation, illustrating how the Planetary Health Framework dimensions can be used to assess a public policy. The objective is to highlight the unique perspective that a planetary health lens can offer. We do not aim at presenting the full results of this evaluation project which are available online (Mountfort, 2025).