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It's only Wastewater if we Waste It
Jimmy Cook of Snaw’Naw’As (Nanoose) First Nation tells how his community’s new sewage treatment plant helped
improved the local oceanfront and allowed shellfish harvesting to resume. The facility was one of several profiled on a recent Smart Planning tour to show how Vancouver Island communities are greening up residential septic systems. Read More… |
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Colwood one of several BC communities profiled on GHG reductions
The Goldstream Gazette recently featured the efforts of Colwood, a community in Greater Victoria, to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Colwood is one of several BC communities being profiled by Smart Planning for Communities to show different models for lowering emissions. A series of profiles will begin soon on the BC Climate Action Toolkit website. Read More… |
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Common Ground Workshop
In March the Common Ground workshop brought together economic development officers, administrators and planners from local government and First Nations government, health professionals and parks and recreation staff to discuss common goals and challenges to planning for sustainability and economic development in their communities – Okanagan, Thompson, Cariboo and the Kootenays. Read more… |
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Sustainable Similkameen Strategy
The community planning process in Similkameen communities to produce a socio-cultural, economic and environmental sustainability strategy is now complete. Read more… |
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Assessing Impact: Select 2009-10 Community Profiles
A new report on the Smart Planning program offers insights and community profiles. Read more...
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LIRN BC – Community Sustainability Workshop
(Vanderhoof)
The BC Rural Network newsletter describes a unique learning event at the Saik’uz Potlatch House on beautiful Nulki Lake. Joan Chess, one of the presenters, outlined the fundamentals of developing a Community Sustainability plan. Read more… |
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Angela Evans: “The Devil is in the Details"
(Victoria)
Focus magazine interviews Smart Planning for Communities facilitator Angela Evans about street-side book exchanges, hand-buildable solar aquatic systems and the path to a sustainable city. Read more… |
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T’Sou-ke Nation Community is a BC Hot Spot for Solar Power
(T’Sou-ke)
Smart Planning for Communities province-wide energy expert Peter Ostergaard witnessed the T’Sou-ke First Nation community become an BC hot-spot for solar power. Read more … |
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Smart Planning for Communities Hosts Affordable Housing Forums in West and East Kootenays
(Cranbrook)
Columbia Basin Trust, with the Fraser Basin Council, recently hosted two Regional Housing Forums aimed at sharing information and exploring solutions on affordable housing with local governments, First Nations and partners. Read more… |
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Sustaining Traditional Places
(North Vancouver)
Smart Planning facilitators Susanne Theurer and Donnella Sellars attended the 2009 Comprehensive Community Plan Orientation, jointly hosted by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and held at the Nation’s Community Centre. Read more… |
