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...
by Clara Blakelock | Oct 2, 2017 | News
Photo: Rain garden in Ajax. Credit: Stephen Ruddy, Town of Ajax. In anticipation of new rules in Ontario that will require runoff volume control, some forward-thinking municipalities are proactively beginning to incorporate green infrastructure into municipal...
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 | 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...
