by Claudia Foung | Aug 24, 2016 | News
Photo: green infrastructure on Cherry Ave., Tucson by Watershed Management Group. The summer of 2016 is shaping up to be one of the hottest and driest on record for many regions of Canada. While this has been great for beachgoers, it poses a challenge to the health...
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 | Sep 30, 2015 | News
Photo credit: Seattle Public Utilities When land is being torn up anyway, there are often opportunities for managing runoff with green infrastructure. Regulating new development and redevelopment projects to manage stormwater on site is becoming the norm in many...
by Claudia Foung | Sep 15, 2015 | News
There’s no question – urban trees provide value to cities. A report from TD economics quantified Toronto’s tree benefits at more than $81 million – with 66% of this value coming from trees’ role in managing stormwater. But each tree is different in its ability to...
by Claudia Foung | Aug 5, 2015 | News
Green infrastructure is a tool for managing rainfall. So what if there isn’t any? California’s drought has been in the news for months. Now Western Canada is getting hit (read more about droughts in B.C., Alberta, and Saskatchewan). Agriculture is suffering, wildfires...
