When we incorporate nature into urban communities and infrastructure, we increase biodiversity, making neighborhoods greener, healthier, and safer.

Braaap, braaap, zing ding ding ding. Oh, no. There’s the sound of another tree coming down. Birds circle the area, literally in a flap because their home is being destroyed. The tree is a large Western red cedar, perhaps over 100 years old. I cry for the birds, the tree and me.

We need many, many more rain gardens and a plan to integrate them with our traditional municipal stormwater management systems.

If you are driving, they are one-less-car in-front of you.

The City of North Vancouver is looking at ways to promote green roofs in new and existing housing,

We are responsible for pioneering new and better ways to live, work, and play that are lighter on the land