FLASHBACK TO 2006: Showcasing Green Infrastructure Innovation Series launched in Metro Vancouver

June 21, 2014 - Posted in articles for period 2013 thru 2020, Convening for Action in Lower Mainland, Uncategorised

 

Key Message: Sharing and Learning from Each Other

In May 2005, the Green Infrastructure Partnership conducted a Consultation Workshop in collaboration with the Regional Engineers Advisory Committee of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The “Celebrating Green Infrastructure Program” was a consultation outcome.

Build Regional Capacity

The goal of the Showcasing Innovation Series is to build regional capacity through sharing of green infrastructure approaches, experiences and lessons learned as an outcome of ‘designing with nature’. The series is a building block process — each time the objective is to raise the bar when celebrating successes in Greater Vancouver municipalities. Organization of the series has been made possible by seed funding provided by the Stormwater Interagency Liaison Group (SILG), a technical committee of the Greater Vancouver Regional District.

According to Paul Ham, then the Chair of the Green Infrastructure Partnership, “The Showcasing Innovation Series is a provincial pilot. When we talk to practitioners in local government, it doesn’t matter what the region, the message is the same…they tell us that they are too busy to communicate with their colleagues in neighbouring municipalities. Yet the irony is that there is much to learn by sharing information with each other. At the end of the day, it seems that it takes a third party to bring people together. Our intention is that the Greater Vancouver pilot will provide the inspiration for similar Showcasing Innovation Series on Vancouver Island and in the Interior.”

To Learn More:

For more information on program context and outcomes, click on the following  link and download Celebrating Green Infrastructure: Summary Report on 2006 Showcasing Innovation Series.

To access the homepage for 2006 Series, visit Showcasing of Green Infrastructure Innovation in British Columbia.

For historical context, click on Green Infrastructure Partnership organizes consultation workshops in Metro Vancouver to launch provincial initiative.