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  1. Encourage urban food production

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    23 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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  2. City university

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    40 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Lighter Footprint  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    There is a Campus City Collaborative project in the early stages of planning, where all of the post-secondary institutions are working with the City and the VEDC to talk about movement toward the greenest city, with a focus on creation of green jobs.

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  3. Develop a Vancouver Food Action Plan

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    6 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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    Jessica Woolliams commented  · 

    One way to do this is to encourage buildings to be built to a Living Building standard : http://ilbi.org/ - which requires agriculture except at the highest densities.

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  4. Create a Green Enterprise Zone

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Create green jobs  ·  Admin →
    planned  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    This idea will be included in the draft Greenest City Action Plan. A Green Enterprize Zone team is establishing an area and some initial projects including two business incubators, specific infrastructure and demonstration projects.

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    Jessica Woolliams commented  · 

    I think this is a hugely important idea, and my main caveat is that green and enterprise are inclusive. Yoga is a green job, and so is nursing, as long as we can green our hospitals and their equipment. Please see my idea about encouraging diversity: http://vancouver.uservoice.com/forums/56390-gc-2020/suggestions/921637-encourage-diversity-in-the-green-economy-and-polic?ref=title

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  5. Create Green lane ways.

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    6 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    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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    Jessica Woolliams commented  · 

    I like this idea, and we do have some precedent in Vancouver - at Mole Hill and a few other places. Al lane ways could be green in the future, but a few pilot projects showcasing greywater reuse into a greenway and urban food would be great.

  6. Profile & demonstrate clean technologies in wastewater treatment & nutrient recovery

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    2 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Create green jobs  ·  Admin →
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  7. Encourage clothes lines through subsidized "kits" and installation assistance

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce greenhouse gas emissions  ·  Admin →
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  8. Biodegradable Shopping bags.

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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    Jessica Woolliams commented  · 

    I have heard that this can be extremely problematic. The US Cities that came together to ban plastic bags in their cities - Green Cities California - http://www.greencitiescalifornia.org/node/2715 - they examined this and the problem is that one biodegradable bag, if it goes into a pile of plastic bags to be recycled, will ruin the entire load of plastic bags being recycled, so it causes a lot more waste. I think folling the Californian's footstpes and banning plastic bags is the way to go. We can all just use cloth.

  9. Get organics from all sectors out of the waste stream - ASAP.

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  10. Cycling for Everyone: Develop a complete cycling network that feels safe and attractive to all

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    77 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    started  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    An ongoing process. Many of the City’s recent initiatives (e.g. downtown separated bike lane trial, additional traffic calming on existing routes) work towards this vision. The draft Greenest City action plan will support this idea, and include directions to help inform the upcoming transportation plan update and new active transportation plan.

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