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Low footprint food choices are not the same as vegan food choices in all cases, the analysis is more complex than this. Generally a low footprint diet is local, seasonal food, and limits consumption of red meat, dairy, and some grains. Low footprint food choices are included in the draft Greenest City Action Plan and will be discussed through community engagement activities.
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Man, this one's going to be a hard sell. Perhaps with a combination of urban agriculture, removal of meat/dairy industry subsidies, incentives to restaurants and other businesses to offer vegan options, inroads could be made. People are very sensitive about being told what (or what not to eat) and a proposal like this could jackknife the pro-sustainability movement here and elsewhere.
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The draft Greenest City Action Plan includes a variety of actions to support the availability of local food at the local level.
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City has already moved beyond the 2,010 (garden plots) by 2010 challenge. Three new gardens were created in the summer of 2010 and others are currently in the planning stage. This is an idea included in the Draft Greenest City Action Plan.
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Requires support from TransLink. The City will continue to support this idea, through measures including secured rights-of-way (e.g. the centre median on 1st Avenue near the Olympic Village). The recent Olympic Line streetcar demonstration was very successful and helps make the business case for this project.
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The draft Greenest City Action Plan will discuss this in a variety of ways.
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This is an evolutionary process. The City of Vancouver is already considered a North American leader in this regard. Current and future plans and projects (e.g. Cambie Corridor Planning Program) will continue to embrace this ideal.
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As a cyclist, I know that I must be a law-abiding rider who shares the road. Many cyclists seem to an agressive and entitled attitude that risks spoiling it for this great mode of transportation. If cyclists are not obeying the law, they need to be fined just as any user does.
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The City is supportive of building materials labeling however not in our jurisdiction to implement this.
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Included in the Draft Greenest City Action Plan.
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Let's do away with lawns entirely. Vancouver has the ability to feed itself if we use our lawns for gardens.
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We have looked at the ""green lanes" pilots and reported to Council in 2008 (summary — they’re 3-4 times more expensive than our now-standard strip pavement, there is a definite "price point’ of how much residents would be willing to pay for the treatment, and they will likely have higher maintenance costs and a shorter service life). We’re currently finalizing our test site for the lower-cost lane treatment option — a permeable lane pavement design.
Here is the full Council report, including the resident survey.
http://vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20081030/documents/pe4.pdf
Definitely an option for Council to increase the funding (reduce the property owner’s share) for these projects to promote more green lanes. More broadly speaking, the Greenest City team is supportive of the idea to make make laneways and alleys more pedestrian friendly environments, while maintaining essential functions (e.g. access for loading, parking and waste collection).
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