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  1. Kitchen Compost Containers for the counter to store household compost easily before collection day.

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    6 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    It's easy to get your own container and put it under the sink with your garbage, and use newpaper to wrap scarps in. Get one with a lid and you won't have an odour problem. This requires re-thinking how your habits are at home (IE NOT the way you grew up). Demanding a product to be "made" for the "purpose" is just another sign of the disease of selfishness consumerism--that's what got us into this mess in the first place.

  2. Work with the Province and Feds to create more light rapid and mass transit to outlying GVRD areas.

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

    Outside City jurisdiction. TransLink is continually looking at ways to improve transit throughout the region, but additional funding is needed to make progress. A number of regional projects and plans are under way, including the Evergreen Line, and South of Fraser Rapid Transit Study.

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  3. Take the buses off Granville and turn it into a City square like europe with patios (and drinks)

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  4. Place More Blue Recycling Bins Around The City

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    21 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  5. University of Vancouver

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    16 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Off topic  ·  Admin →
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    Anonymous commented  · 

    I guess you missed Gordo's plan to make Vancouver an elite city only the rich can afford? Keep young an vibrant citizens downtown? Yeah right. We wish, we wish.

  6. Change the Building Code to require rainwater collection & water efficient irrigation systems

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    11 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
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  7. Ban disposable cups, plates and cutlery in all restaurants/cafes

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    31 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  8. Create more affordable family housing within easy walking/biking/transit radius of downtown.

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    17 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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  9. Drinking water fountains + bottled water ban

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    started  ·  26 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
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  10. Encourage urban food production

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    23 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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    haha! Mexico and Cuba are around the equator, that's why! Sorry but I try to produce as much food as I can in my Vancouver back yard...and it ain't much!!

  11. Support Urban Farming Entrepeneurship

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    7 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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    Not convinced that this would work without pollution being added to urban farming (setting up of greenhouses, inadequate crop rotation, pest control introducing invasive species). Not to mention the climate and realestate in Vancouver isn't exactly great for this kind of initiative.

  12. a street car named DESire (DES = District Energy System)

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    9 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce greenhouse gas emissions  ·  Admin →
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  13. Make composting, proper recycling and waste disposal procedures in restaurants/hotels mandatory.

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    2 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  14. Encourage vegan options for all!

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

    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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    Anonymous commented  · 

    I guess Carol is getting all her Vegan friends to vote for this, because there is little logic to substantiate why this is a great way to meet the VANCOUVER Greenest City targets. A plus for dillusions of saving the world, though! Sorry but it is a myth than world hunger can be ended by a Vegan diet alone because of greed and desire for instant gratification.

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    Anonymous commented  · 

    Climate change problems will still be here even if "vegan" farming practices are implemented. I personally think Vancouver has PLENTY of options for vegan food to buy....ie buying GROCERIES like lentils....if this person means more restaurant options I am confused as to why a) this would promote greener restaurant managament (ever worked in a restaurant Carol? Commercial recycling would have a much broader impact, without your dietary politik) b) persuade a non-vegetarian community to "try" new foods....especially ones that may not be seen as wholly nutritious. Vegan initiatives need to rely on education for balancing diets new ways, and more recipe exchanges. This does less for creating a green city right here, now, when there are higher-order problems, like the spewing of waste into the Straight. Sorry but diets are a personal, rather than public, secondary concern.

  15. 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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