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Convening for Action in British Columbia

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May 21, 2023 - Posted in

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PUBLICATIONS & DOWNLOADS
Water Sustainability Action Plan for BC
Action Plan Program Initiatives
Water Sustainability Workshop Series
Convening for Action in British Columbia
Convening for Action in Lower Mainland
Convening for Action in the Okanagan
Convening for Action on Vancouver Island
Convening for Action in the Columbia Basin
Convening for Action in Thompson Region
Convening for Action in Northern BC
Convening for Action in the Central Interior

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Beyond The Guidebook Series
Beyond the Guidebook 2007
Beyond the Guidebook 2010
Beyond the Guidebook 2015
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Newspaper Articles
2012 – Forests not just for tree huggers in Vancouver (Globe & Mail)
2012 – Sustaining the flow of water ethics (Vancouver Sun)
2015 – Market gardens won’t solve BC’s food challenges (Vancouver Sun)
2015 – Warm climate spells future drought trouble for Metro Vancouver (Vancouver Province)
2016 – Victoria’s stormwater utility looks to the future (Op-Ed, Victoria Times-Colonist)
2016 – We must protect watershed systems (Op-Ed, Vancouver Sun)
2017 – Indigenous and Western science work together to make waterfirst decisions (Op-Ed, Vancouver Sun)
2017 – More irrigation is key to food security in B.C. (Op-Ed, Vancouver Sun)
2018 – Celebrating a decade of living water smart in B.C., but where to from here? (Vancouver Sun)
Provincial Initiatives
A Water Conservation Strategy for BC
Living Water Smart – BC’s Water Plan
Green Communities
Water Sustainability Action Plan for BC
Water Sustainability Action Plan: Downloadable Documents
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“Design with Nature” philosophy guides Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia (2010 publication)
Water Sustainability Action Plan: Published Articles
2004 – Sustainable Community Design: A New Approach to Rainwater Management (Innovation Magazine)
2007 – Water Sustainability: from awareness to action in British Columbia (Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine)
2012 – Connecting Water, Land….and People (BC Hydro Conservation of Community Practice Newsletter)
2012 – Leadership in Water Sustainability: “Vancouver Island Vision” is Mission Possible (Douglas Magazine)
2012 Vancouver Island Economic Summit: Springboard to Inter-Regional Educational Initiative on ‘Sustainable Service Delivery’ (Asset Management BC Newsletter, 2012)
2013 – A Growing Alternative: Green Roofs in Nanaimo (Construction Business Magazine)
2014 – “Vancouver Island 2065: Moving Towards Sustainable Service Delivery” (Asset Management BC Newsletter)
2015 – Asset Management for Sustainable Service Delivery: Supporting the Vision for Integration of Natural Systems Thinking into “The BC Framework” (Watermark Magazine)
2015 – Feast AND Famine: Moving Towards “Sustainable Watershed Systems, through Asset Management” (Asset Management BC Newsletter)
2015 – Sustainable Watershed Systems (Construction Business Magazine)
2015 – Watershed Health, Resilient Rainwater Management, and Sustainable Service Delivery: How they are Connected (Asset Management BC Newsletter)
2016 – Feast AND Famine, Flood AND Drought: Solutions and tools for building water-resilient communities (Watermark Magazine)
2016 – Getting the Most from Infrastructure Assets: The idea of ecological accounting (Asset Management BC Newsletter)
2016 – OP-ED: On Sharing a Vision for “Sustainable Watershed Systems, through Asset Management” (Asset Management BC Newsletter)
2016 – Water Balance Pathway to a Water-Resilient Future (Sitelines Magazine – feature issue)