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Lynn Kriwoken

    GEORGIA BASIN INTER-REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE: “In a meeting with Assistant Deputy Minister Jim Mattison in 2005, Premier Gordon Campbell gave the team our marching orders. So began the creation of Living Water Smart. Leading up to 2008, we were on a fast track,” recalled Lynn Kriwoken, former Executive Director in the Ministry of Environment


    “After their re-election in 2005, the Gordon Campbell government created a Water Stewardship Division in the Ministry of Environment. That had never been done before. It was a single division with headquarters staff in Victoria and regional staff throughout BC. This brought water together organizationally and operationally. The premier appointed John Slater as Parliamentary Secretary for Water Supply and Allocation. The premier said to us…we want a water plan that shows we are leading the world in water management, bar none,” stated Lynn Kriwoken.

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    GEORGIA BASIN INTER-REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE: “In 2025, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of waterbucket.ca, storytelling platform for showcasing and sharing success stories about an ecosystem-based approach to land and water use in southwest BC,” stated Mike Tanner, founding chair of the intergovernmental waterbucket.ca partnership


    The vision for an ecosystem-based approach to land use originated with the Georgia Basin Initiative, a call to action in 1994 to achieve settlement, economy and ecology in balance. This was the context when Mike Tanner brought together a consortium of provincial and regional organizations and federal agencies to form a partnership to fund development of waterbucket.ca as the communication platform for the Water Sustainability Action Plan. “We profile those who do good work in the spirit of Living Water Smart.This validates what they do,” says Mike Tanner.

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    CHRONICLE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION: “The Georgia Basin region is at both a cross-roads and a tipping point for regional growth management and livability. The region was at a similar crossroads three decades ago,” stated Kim Stephens when the Partnership for Water Sustainability released Part A titled Georgia Basin Context


    “The issues today in the Georgia Basin region are no different than they were 30 years ago. They are just more complex and more urgent. Will historical precedent provide communities and decision makers with inspiration in 2025? Writing the ‘Chronicle of Green Infrastructure Innovation’ is my way of giving back. It brings to life an exciting period in local government ‘convening for action’ history. Part A is a sweeping narrative. It introduces defining milestones and key players that shaped a movement in Metro Vancouver and on Vancouver Island,” stated Kim Stephens.

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