Vancouver’s Green Streets Program encourages streetscape enhancement
Citizens are encouraged to beautify their neighbourhoods by adopting and maintaining street gardens in traffic circles and corner bulges. The program began in 1994 as a pilot project in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. The success of the project inspired other neighbourhoods to get involved and liven up their streets.
Convening for Action to Change the Way We Develop Land: “Designing with Nature” explained
When we convene in forums such as Showcasing Innovation, it is not just to listen. We want to use what we have learned so that we can take action and make a difference in our professional lives. That difference is to change the way we develop land.
Showcasing Green Infrastructure Innovation in the Town of View Royal: “It was worth the day”
Emmet McCusker (120p)
When the Town of View Royal hosted the first in the 2008 Showcasing Green Infrastructure Innovation Series, the day was built around an interactive group exercise using case study examples.
Green Communities and Resources from Waste in British Columbia
Intregrated Resource Recovery – guide cover (240p)
The Ministry of Community & Rural Development maintains an inventory of resource recovery projects in British Columbia. The inventory is a living document, and will be updated with new examples as they become available.
The Province of British Columbia’s Expectations and Programs for Green Communities
“The Ministry is fostering partnerships, collaboration, innovation and integration through the Green Communities Initiative. Ultimately it is grant programs that provide the incentives that influence behaviour; and reward those who meet program objectives for doing business differently on-the-ground,” states Glen Brown.
Green Infrastructure on Vancouver Island: City of Langford turns the sustainability corner
The first Westhill subdivision in the City of Langford is known as Parkdale Creek and is being developed in three phases. While green may be the colour of the day, affordability is key to any development since the stock market meltdown of 2008.
Small Communities in British Columbia Working to Create Vibrant Downtowns
“Having already successfully completed projects in Maple Ridge, Squamish, and Oliver, Smart Growth was looking for a fourth candidate. Prince George was an excellent candidate,” reports Christine McLaren in The Tyee, a daily online magazine.
Resilient Cities Conference in October 2009 will focus on ‘urban strategies for transition times’
The sixth in the series of Gaining Ground Summits will be held in Vancouver in October 2009, and will be a three-organization conference to demonstrate how to achieve settlement in balance with ecology.
Vancouver Convention Centre Features Canada’s Largest Green Roof
The Vancouver Convention Centre's most visual feature is the massive, six-acre green roof. It's Canada's largest and the biggest non-industrial living roof in North America.
East Clayton Sustainable Community: Lessons Learned On-the-Ground in Surrey, British Columbia
The three objectives or learning outcomes in featuring East Clayton were: provide the sustainability context; review the implementation experience for private and public rainfall capture systems; and reflect on lessons learned.