by Claudia Foung | Mar 16, 2016 | News
Photo: LID on Forest Glen Road Like many lakes impacted by urbanization, Ontario’s Lake Simcoe ecosystem faces challenges. This has long been recognized, and governments have been taking steps to protect and restore this ecosystem with multiple solutions, including...
by Claudia Foung | Feb 17, 2016 | News
Photo credit: Seattle Public Utilities Rain falls on a city – but instead of running off into a storm drain, it flows into a curbside rain garden, off a roof into a cistern, or is absorbed into vegetation planted on roofs. What is this called? Storm drains and...
by Claudia Foung | Jan 20, 2016 | News
On 1 March, 2016, Green Communities Canada and Credit Valley Conservation are hosting a workshop Roads and Runoff: implementing green streets in the Greater Golden Horseshoe (Clarke Memorial Hall, 9-4pm. $40 entrance fee includes lunch and refreshments). See agenda...
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...
