'Tool kit' helps households understand their impacts
Building on the hugely successful Sustainability at Home tool
kit they created for Alberta, The Natural Step Canada, in
partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation and Light House
Sustainable Building Centre, has created a simple but powerful
version for B.C. households.
Friday, November 20, 2009 11:00:00 PM CST
Is it wise to trade residential density for community benefits?
Does it make for good community-building to sell residential
density in return for market rental housing? That's a question being
debated among politicians, planners, developers and neighbourhood
activists as the City of Vancouver wrestles with finding the right
tools to try to help fix the housing affordability problem and
address the shortage of market rental apartments.
Friday, November 20, 2009 11:00:00 PM CST
On this mountain a family can grow
Burke Mountain Heights -- Project location: Coquitlam
Friday, November 20, 2009 11:00:00 PM CST
House-tour fundraiser goes next weekend
Bianca Fusco Zanatta isn't thinking twice about opening up
her palatial Vancouver home to hundreds of strangers at the end of
the month: She approached Kids Help Phone to take part in its fifth
annual Homes for the Holidays fundraiser.
Friday, November 20, 2009 11:00:00 PM CST
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