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Green infrastructure is associated with the management of water that runs off the land. Green infrastructure is also associated with how water is used.

The Convening for Action on Vancouver Island Partnership is collaborating with three regional districts and their member municipalities to present 'Showcasing Green Infrastructure Innovation on Vancouver Island: The 2007 Series'. The purpose of the Showcasing Innovation Series is to promote networking and sharing of on-the-ground experience. The series enables local governments to 'tell their stories' in a way that no other forum currently provides.

CAVI is the acronym for Convening for Action on Vancouver Island. CAVI is a regional pilot program that is being implemented under the umbrella of the “Water Sustainability Action Plan for British Columbia”. The purpose of CAVI is to provide research and education for practitioners (primarily local government administrators, engineers, planners and elected officials) so that they can plan for sustainable water resources in the context of burgeoning settlement activity.

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The Green Infrastructure Partnership has announced that Corino Salomi will represent Fisheries and Oceans Canda on the Green Infrastructure Partnership Steering Committee.

The Green Infrastructure Partnership and the BCWWA Water Sustainability Committee collaborated to organize a half-day session on Convening for Action in British Columbia at the Annual Conference of the BC Water & Waste Association (BCWWA) in Penticton in April 2007.

Held in December 2006, the workshop was attended by municipalities from throughout the Peace River region.

The Greater Vancouver Regional District launched the Sustainable Region Initiative (SRI) in 2001 to identify principles that should guide regional development.

The Celebrating Green Infrastructure Program was launched in May 2006 in the Greater Vancouver region as a provincial pilot.

“The Consultation Workshop held in conjunction with the Water in the City Conference provided a timely opportunity to test and validate an approach that can bridge the gap between talk (interest) and action (practice)in advancing a water-centric approach to community development,” stated Eric Bonham.

The issue of how to accommodate a doubling of the population in the high growth regions of British Columbia is the driver for implementing changes in the way we develop land and use water.