while cooling centres offer a good short-term solution to intense urban heat, they also highlight the need for greater accessibility to green infrastructure (GI), especially in dense urban areas.
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After two months of lockdown, Ontarians are excited to get back outdoors — but are parks ready for us?
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Guest post by Simran Chattha, Coordinator Communications and Engagement, Ontario Climate Consortium When we hosted our first ever climate change symposium in May 2013, we wanted to bring together researchers and practitioners from the public...
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The Living City Report Card Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) just released The Living City Report Card for 2016. In collaboration with organizations across the Greater Toronto Area, the report card is a progress report on...
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Guest Post by Kara Orr, Marketing Coordinator, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities The green infrastructure industry in Ontario has reached an opportune moment, and one that needs to be seized. Both the Federal and Provincial governments are investing...
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Green infrastructure (including low impact development) is a cost effective way to create more resilient, liveable, and walkable cities. Inclusion of green infrastructure in rights of way is a strategy that can help cities in Ontario control rain...
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Large Scale Adoption of Green Infrastructure Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc. has released a report Assessing the Market Size for Large-Scale Adoption Of Green Infrastructure in the Great Lakes Basin. The report, funded by the Great...
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In our 2015 report Ontario’s Urban Forests: Call to Action, the development of a toolkit for those working to improve urban forest management across the province was identified as a priority action. GIO is now seeking input from urban forest...
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In November 2016, the Ontario government tabled Bill 68, Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Legislation Act. This bill, if passed, will introduce a series of reforms to the Municipal Act and the City of Toronto Act, which outline the legislative...
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In November, GIO and Clean Air Partnership hosted a Green Infrastructure Asset Management Workshop in Toronto, bringing together a variety of professionals from across southern Ontario to address the topic. The goals of the workshop were to share...
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In November 2016 the provincial government invited comments on the Ontario Cap and Trade Program: Offsets Credits Regulatory Proposal. GIO submitted comments expressing support for the Province’s proposed approach of legislating an offset market...
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The Sustain Our Great Lakes program is soliciting proposals to improve habitat and water quality in the Great Lakes basin. The program will award grants for: 1) stream habitat improvements; 2) coastal wetland habitat improvements; and 3) green...
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