by Clara Blakelock | Jul 20, 2018 | News
Photo: Volunteers in Peterborough install a rain garden If you’re out for a walk in the Avenues neighbourhood of Peterborough, the Castlegreen housing cooperative in Thunder Bay, or the Kingscourt neighbourhood of Kingston, you might notice some new gardens sprouting...
by Clara Blakelock | Jun 8, 2018 | News
Photo: Fairford Parkette, City of Toronto Rights of way provide great opportunities for managing rain where it falls. These are publicly owned spaces that are regularly excavated for road reconstruction and other infrastructure repairs. Why not throw some green...
by Clara Blakelock | May 8, 2018 | News
By Clara Blakelock, Green Communities Canada Stormwater runoff is polluting our water unchecked, and threatening watershed health with increased runoff volumes and erosion. At the same time, aging and outdated stormwater infrastructure is facing more frequent and...
by Clara Blakelock | Mar 23, 2018 | News
Photo: Groundbreakers residential rain garden by Red Squirrel Conservation Services in Kingston Readers of the Umbrella Stormwater Bulletin are working every day to protect their communities’ water resources. On this World Water Day, let’s celebrate and congratulate...
by Clara Blakelock | Feb 22, 2018 | News
Photo: 2017 flooding in Montreal. By Fred via Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons 2.0 Thousands of families in Brantford are under an evacuation order, and a toddler in Orangeville is missing. Flooding season has begun, and its consequences are devastating. It is...
