by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Shareable It’s not just about planting trees. At least that’s how sustainability expert Peter Vos sees it, when talking about nature-based solutions. And he should know. Currently, Vos is helping to oversee the remarkable transformation of the...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 10, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Toronto Sun She got more than she bargained for, and still delivered beyond expectations. When Andrea Reimer was first elected as a member of Vancouver City Council in 2008, she made a point of asking Mayor Gregor Robertson not to assign her any...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Ottawa Citizen If there is one reality that hit home at the recently concluded COP26 conference in Glasgow, it’s that unless we finally begin to take ambitious steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, global warming will continue to get worse. So,...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: On The Bay Magazine Our wetlands are getting wetter – and in some cases, downright disappearing – as we pave over paradise. We can’t afford to ignore “nature’s sponge” a moment longer. We have a global water crisis and it’s getting worse. That’s the...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Mar 9, 2023 | Stories
Original source: Landscape Trades Green spaces play key role in mitigating the urban heat island effect A blistering heat wave killed hundreds of people across the Pacific Northwest in British Columbia, Oregon and Washington state in the summer of 2021. In B.C.,...
