by Clara Blakelock | May 13, 2019 | News
Spring floods are affecting many communities right now, but flooding worries won’t be over when water levels go down. Many communities, including Toronto, Windsor, Burlington, Brantford, Markham, and Thunder Bay have been impacted in recent years by a different kind...
by Clara Blakelock | Mar 15, 2019 | News
Photo: a 2014 depaving project by Ecology Ottawa at Kitchissippi United Church turned a paved courtyard into a thriving pollinator garden Depave Paradise is an exciting project in which volunteers tear up areas of unused pavement by hand and replace them with green...
by Clara Blakelock | Feb 1, 2019 | News
Engineers are some of green infrastructure’s biggest champions – but they also include some of its critics. On January 30th, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers hosted a roundtable to bring together members of the engineering profession (and some outside it)...
by Clara Blakelock | Nov 2, 2018 | News
In a recent article in the Financial Post, Terrance Corcoran claims that discussion of increased flood risk is part of a hoax perpetuated by the insurance industry to line their pockets. He argues that, together with NGOs, insurers are nefariously promoting green...
by Clara Blakelock | Sep 14, 2018 | News
NEWS Calling all Ontarians! Have you ever been flooded? If you were flooded today, what would you lose? Have you done anything to stop water getting in your basement? What does your community need to do to reduce flood risk? The Ontario Urban Flooding Collaborative,...
