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    HOW TO DANCE WITH A TIGER AND LEAD CHANGE: “Transformation is often fraught with danger for both the change agents themselves and their organizations. It is like dancing with a tiger – with the outcome frequently uncertain,” wrote Brian Nattrass and Mary Altomare, authors of ‘Dancing with the Tiger: Learning Sustainability Step by Natural Step’, published in 2002


    The third installment of the Chronicle of Green Infrastructure Innovation in Metro Vancouver covers the period 1997 through 2005. This sweeping narrative weaves quotable quote to tell the story of what led up to publication of BC’s Stormwater Planning Guidebook in 2002, and the impact of what followed in the wake of publication. “Transformation is often fraught with danger. How does one dance with the tiger? You do it carefully, skillfully, courageously, in tune to the same music, advancing step by natural step,” wrote Mary Altomare.

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    AN EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY: “The extraordinary legacy of Erik Karlsen continues to ripple through time. On the 5th anniversary of his death, the Partnership for Water Sustainability remembers his impact as champion for the green infrastructure movement,” stated Kim Stephens, Executive Director


    For a generation of elected representatives, Erik Karlsen was a familiar face in the local government setting. His influence was profound and far-reaching. He touched many lives over the course of his unique career in public service. Erik Karlsen had a remarkable impact on the shape of BC communities. He was always where the action was – where creative and innovative energies were flowing. His ability to gravitate to that action – and to ‘morph’ into whatever current political form it was taking – was a real feature of Erik’s career.

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    LIVABILITY OF SOUTHWEST BRITISH COLUMBIA AT A CROSSROADS, AGAIN: The issues today are no different than they were 30 years ago. They are just more complex and more urgent.


    In “Views of the Salish Sea”, Howard Macdonald Stewart documents that, too often in his career as an advisor to the United Nations, he experienced a vital paradise that had become an environmental desert due to ‘business as usual’ decisions. He wrote the book to help readers better understand past decisions and their consequences. “The pressure on this ecologically vulnerable area will only intensify. Will we continue with Business as Usual or implement Wise Use in the Salish Sea? The first step is to understand the complex story of the region,” stated Macdonald.

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    REGIONAL GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: “Each time we face an environmental challenge, we are once again looking at how we do business. A changing context causes us to ask important questions about how we might do things better,” stated Dale Wall, former Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs


    “The provincial government had taken on an interest in climate action after the 2003 Kelowna fires. And we were looking in a new way at infrastructure innovation and the consequences of how we went about developing regions and urban spaces. It became clear that if one did not have a way of building confidence amongst practitioners, the rate of innovation would be slow. And we needed quite a lot of innovation in order to achieve some of the things that we hoped to achieve through regional growth strategies,” stated Dale Wall.

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