by Claudia Foung | Apr 27, 2017 | News
Image credit: A Depave Paradise event at Brooklands School, Winnipeg (2016), hosted by Manitoba Eco-Network Depave Paradise events are so popular that we have a waitlist of groups across Canada who want to do them. Imagine a dilapidated tennis court. A lonely paved...
by Claudia Foung | Mar 23, 2017 | News
Image source: Capital Regional District, BC, Canada. Image URL For green infrastructure enthusiasts, infiltration is a good thing – rain water soaking back into the ground where it belongs instead of flowing over dirty city streets and into local waterbodies. But for...
by Claudia Foung | Feb 16, 2017 | News
Local governments across Canada are starting to look at rainwater through a new lens – as a resource that can be managed and harvested on site as opposed to a waste product that must be removed. It is becoming clear that combining green infrastructure with existing...
by Claudia Foung | Jan 23, 2017 | News
Urban flooding has enormous and growing impacts on our economy, health, and environment. It is a complex problem with no easy solutions that requires a collaborative multi-sectoral response. Over the past six months, Green Communities Canada in partnership with Credit...
by Claudia Foung | Nov 18, 2016 | News
Photo: Bioretention planters along the road rights-of-way at Elm Drive, Mississauga, ON, by Credit Valley Conservation. During an impending snowstorm last March people piled into Clarke Memorial Hall in Port Credit, Ontario. They were attending a sold-out event to...
by Claudia Foung | Oct 19, 2016 | News
Photo: A mature rain garden in North Bay, Ontario (Source: http://www.raingardentour.ca/ontario.html) Rain gardens are inexpensive and simple to build. They are an environmentally sound method of managing urban stormwater runoff with the added benefit of beautifying...
