DOWNLOAD A COPY OF: “Living Water Smart in British Columbia: Balancing Act – H2O and Healthy Streams” – released by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in April 2024
Note to Reader:
Published by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia, Waterbucket eNews celebrates the leadership of individuals and organizations who are guided by the Living Water Smart vision. The edition published on April 23, 2024 featured North Vancouver’s Richard Boase, an environmental champion in word and deed. His 30-year career history in local government is defined by the partnerships he forged with academia through collaboration with UBC’s Hans Schreier. This form of collaboration is an essential ingredient in the intergenerational baton strategy.
💧 Balancing Act: H2O and Healthy Streams
At the BC Land Summit on May 9 in Nanaimo, Richard Boase will tag-team with Paul Chapman to lead a session about Blue Ecology, a compass for a water-first approach. The session theme is caring for the land.
Blue Ecology is a framework for interweaving Western Science and Indigenous Knowledge. Water reconciliation is the goal. “We are telling the same story but just speaking two different languages,” observes Paul Chapman, Chair of the Watershed Moments Team.
The team produced a 90-minute video about Blue Ecology moderated by Richard Boase, released on World Rivers Day 2023, and broadcast multiple times throughout BC by Shaw Spotlight on their community channels.
A passion for applied research in pursuit of solutions
Richard Boase is an environmental champion in word and deed. His 30-year career history in local government is defined by the partnerships he forged with academia through collaboration with UBC’s Hans Schreier.
Richard Boase has the courage of his convictions. He leads by example to demonstrate how to apply “science-based understanding”. His vision is to protect, restore and enhance stream systems in the built environment.
With Richard Boase as the internal champion, the Partnership for Water Sustainability could always count on the District of North Vancouver to be a proving ground for innovative tools and approaches.
The session that changed everything for Richard Boase
“In the 1990s, the UBC research team led by Hans Schreier and Ken Hall dated all these sediment cores from Burnaby Lake and extracted sediments from certain years. They identified, for example, when lead stopped being used in gasoline,” states Richard Boase.
“They also showed how pollutants in road runoff work their way through the drainage networks and into streams where they deposit. It was an inspiring moment for me. I saw a path forward for making a difference.”
To Learn More:
To read the complete story, download a copy of Living Water Smart in British Columbia: Balancing Act – H2O and Healthy Streams. The downloadable version includes a bonus feature in an appendix which is the complete interview with Richard Boase. The preview is extracted from the Chronicle of the Metro Vancouver region’s Green Infrastructure Journey (1997-2023) which will be published later in 2024.
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