by Claudia Foung | Dec 16, 2015 | News
Photo credit: Alison Gillespie There are many myths about green infrastructure – and many good counterarguments. One of the most persistent myths is that Canada’s winter weather makes green infrastructure impractical. We hear it all the time: “This might work in...
by Claudia Foung | Nov 25, 2015 | News
Walk by a busy commercial intersection in Peterborough, a schoolyard in Ottawa, a kids play area in Kingston, and a residential alleyway in Montreal, and you might notice some big changes. All of these sites are part of the 2015 Depave Paradise program, in which...
by Claudia Foung | Nov 11, 2015 | News
Long promoted as a tool for water conservation, rain barrels are emerging as a simple low-cost method of on-site stormwater management. Collecting roof runoff is valuable whether the goal is to save water or manage rain where it falls. But if the goal is runoff volume...
by Claudia Foung | Oct 28, 2015 | News
Faced with the combined impacts of urbanization and climate change, how can municipalities take action across the landscape to reduce flood risk, erosion, and pollution? A free workshop, being held Wednesday 2 December in Toronto, will outline tools for...
by Claudia Foung | Oct 14, 2015 | News
After years of chronic underfunding of stormwater infrastructure, many Canadian cities are looking to a new model of charging dedicated lot-level stormwater management fees. This approach, often known as the stormwater utility model, has multiple advantages: reliable...
