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An error occurred while saving the comment @ Kyle, the City of Vancouver just implemented a food scraps recycling system for residential food waste. If you live in a single family home and the city picks up your yard trimmings, you can now add uncooked fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and filters, teabags, and eggshells into your yard trimmings cart. For more info see here:
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An error occurred while saving the comment FYI there is another idea on the forum to ban plastic bags completely. See here: http://vancouver.uservoice.com/forums/56390-gc-2020/suggestions/926155-ban-plastic-bags?ref=title
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This falls under TransLink, not City, jurisdiction.
An error occurred while saving the comment @Viviane there were two ideas that were the same, so i merged them to keep the votes and comments in one spot. A limitation about the platform is that the description for one of the ideas disappears. Don't worry, your votes are still there!
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An exciting idea!
An error occurred while saving the comment @ Juvarya, what a great image!
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This is addressed by the planned green renovation strategy which will require upgrades to all buildings during the time of renovation, and also by the building labeling program which will require mandatory disclosure of energy performance and eventually mandatory performance standards.
An error occurred while saving the comment @ Corey, what type of infrastructure did you have in mind?
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9 votes
Included in the Draft Greenest City Action Plan.
An error occurred while saving the comment @Michael James, do you know how they measure the stormwater coming off their property?
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82 votes
City of Vancouver to assist Metro Vancouver in their Non-Road Diesel Engine Initiatives & consider application to City of Vancouver equipment. This idea is considered in the draft Greenest City Action Plan
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This idea is captured in all our green building policy work, particularly our emphasis on passive design.
An error occurred while saving the comment @Trevor Murdock, can you please expand on this? Do you have examples of green buildings that are considering future climate conditions?
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4 votes
The City only has property taxation authority which isn’t an easy link to encouraging this kind of behaviour, although some form of incentive can be explored in the review of City policies and regulations.
An error occurred while saving the comment On the topic of educational videos, metro has "The Sustainable Region TV Program" and all their videos are online: http://www.metrovancouver.org/region/tsr_tv/Pages/default.aspx
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An error occurred while saving the comment @ Vandretti This is a really interesting idea! It is also one that crosses a lot of our categories - from reduce greenhouse gases to travel predominately by foot, bike or transit. I placed this idea in the the Access to Nature category as that working group has staff from the Parks Board who administer Stanley Park.
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Vancouver has a One Day campaign and other on-line tools, as do many other organisations in the community. That said new tools will also be developed to support the Greenest City process: http://vancouver.ca/oneday/
An error occurred while saving the comment @anonymous, another good online tool is Metro Vancouver's Zero Waste Challenge. It includes helpful videos, resources and information on how to reduce waste.
Have a look:
http://www.metrovancouver.org/services/solidwaste/zerowaste/pages/default.aspxAn error occurred while saving the comment @anonymous What kind of tools were developed? And how do you recommend rolling out a program like that for a particular issue - for example Vancouver's new food scraps program? http://vancouver.ca/projects/foodWaste/index.htm
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8 votes
An error occurred while saving the comment @jason.hall.music You may also want to add that idea to the comment section of this bike parking idea. http://vancouver.uservoice.com/forums/56390-gc-2020/suggestions/837455-provide-abundant-secure-bicycle-parking-at-trans?ref=title
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47 votes
The Rediscover Granville program was a big success in 2009, and the City will be looking to continue and build upon this work in future years. More broadly, the draft Greenest City plan will include directions to explore pedestrian-only and pedestrian-priority streets in the downtown core. Potential locations will be identified at a later date (e.g. as part of the transportation plan update).
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/currentplanning/granvilleredesign/rediscover/
An error occurred while saving the comment @MZan, starting this Saturday, Granville Street will be converted into a pedestrian zone for the summer. From July 3 – September 6, Granville will be closed to traffic between Smithe and Hastings. Instead of traffic, Granville will be a community space filled with public seating and extended business patios. Free weekend programming will animate the space with everything from salsa dancing to street hockey. Check it out and let us know what you think.
Learn more about Rediscover Granville 2.010 and the schedule of events here:
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/currentplanning/granvilleredesign/rediscover/index.htmAn error occurred while saving the comment @MZan, the forum is equipped with an automatic profanity filter that converts certain words to stars. Strange that it blocked your word - whatever it was. Regardless, thanks for your idea!
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51 votes
Exploring ways to facilitate and remove barriers to achieving our green & density goals
An error occurred while saving the comment @Michael Lyons, we agree. Laneway homes are a great way to add additional housing units within an existing neighbourhood without changing the feel of the area. That is why on July 28, 2009 City Council approved laneway housing in RS-1 and RS-5 single family areas on lots 33’ wide or wider. The first home built under this regulation was recently completed and many more are being built.
Read more here: http://www.vancouver-ecodensity.ca/content.php?id=47
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21 votes
An error occurred while saving the comment @ G.Johnson, we couldn’t agree more.
Seeking out advice and ideas from local experts, including academia, advocacy groups and service providers is a step that has been embedded within the Greenest City 2020 process. In fact, it shaped the process.
The Greenest City Action Team was established in February 2009 and challenged to come up with a visionary plan that would see Vancouver become the greenest city in the world by 2020. Consisting of some of the best and brightest local minds – including Dr. David Suzuki – the Greenest City Action team put together the Vancouver 2020: A Bright Green Future Report. The ten long term goals outlined in this report have been adopted by council, and now the City is developing an implementation plan to achieve the 2020 Targets associated with each goal. The Talk Green to Us dialogue is part of that process. (http://vancouver.ca/greenestcity/PDF/Vancouver2020-ABrightGreenFuture.pdf)
To create the plan, each long term goal has an associated interdepartmental working group who are tasked with creating an implementation plan to reach the 2020 targets. To provide guidance, each working group has an external advisory committee, made up of local experts and major players for that category. The advisory committee will be offering advice and ideas to the working group to consider.
Was there a particular group you think should be contacted?
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5 votes
An error occurred while saving the comment @N.Liu can you expand on the "Kei-Car" system? Any links?
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27 votes
An error occurred while saving the comment @Tamara Shulman, thanks for this comment. You are right, it is important to get organics out of the waste stream from a material recovery standpoint and also from a greenhouse gas emissions perspective. To start along that pathway, the City recently launched its residential food scraps program. Residents who have a lawn trimmings collection service can now add uncooked fruit and vegetable scraps, coffee grounds and filters, teabags, and eggshells into their cart for composting. http://vancouver.ca/projects/foodWaste/index.htm
You may also be interested in this idea, recommending the conversion of organic matter into biogas. http://vancouver.uservoice.com/forums/56390-gc-2020/suggestions/854797-separate-organic-matter-out-of-the-waste-stream-an?ref=title
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8 votes
An error occurred while saving the comment @Jimmy, do you have a suggestion for a similar incentive for people who rent?
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15 votes
Sprinkling regulation enforcement is
part of Draft Greenest City Action Plan.An error occurred while saving the comment @Elle Zed, this idea is pretty similar to another proposed. What are your thoughts on issuing fines to people who are watering their lawn during sprinkling restrictions?
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20 votes
This is a laudable idea, but one that is challenging for the city to undertake. It may be more appropriately handled at a provincial or federal level. The cost of bikes pales in comparison to the cost of cars, so other solutions that increase opportunities for affordable housing nearer people’s places of work will make it easier for residents to give up at least one family car and invest those significant savings in other modes of transportation.
An error occurred while saving the comment @anonymous, great idea. How would you envision a system like this working? i.e. who would administer and do you have suggestions for funding?