The Canadian Press reports that in the area of urban sustainability, Vancouver, Toronto and Yellowknife are leaders in each of their respective categories: big cities with a population over 700,000, medium cities with a population over 250,000 and small cities with a population under 250,000.
Where do you look if you’re a city aspiring to go green? California feels you should take a trip, no, not to that sunny state, but to their Best Practices website and take a gander at advice from the pros. Green Cities California is an online storehouse of information compiled by 10 cities and counties that are considered leaders in groundbreaking environmental policy.
Today marks the second day of the inaugural three-day conference ‘CitiesAlive World Green Roof Infrastructure Congress’ being held at the Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto. Hosted by the City of Toronto in partnership with the World Green Roof Infrastructure Network, the event is the only one of its kind in North America with the purpose of gathering the world’s green infrastructure community together to collaborate and grow in their abilities to address issues facing green roofs.
Hear the words, Flint, Michigan, and what comes to mind? For years, Flint, the birthplace of General Motors, has been on the decline. In this latest recession, it’s ended up with the same fortunes as the faltering auto company.