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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We’re very excited to announce a new report, our new “Economic Impact Assessment of the Green Infrastructure Sector in Ontario”—a first-ever assessment of the full scope of the green infrastructure sector, commissioned by the Green Infrastructure...
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Ontario Parks Association (OPA) and Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition (GIO) are pleased to launch the “Advancing Municipal Action on Green Infrastructure” project with funding support from the Greenbelt Foundation. To support and build...
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Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure Integrating urban forests into cities and urban development provides many environmental and social benefits. Researchers in Berlin looked at how...
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The Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), City of Toronto, Park People and LEAF are working to enhance TCHC properties with the planting and stewardship of native trees. Members of the communities will be engaged to help plant new trees...
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Canada Toronto, ON – urban farming is cropping up all over the GTA. With an increasing desire for people to be involved in something with a positive impact on the environment, they’re turning to backyard farms. Zawadi Farms is a 2,500 square foot...
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Urban greening and sustainability initiatives need to include urban tree canopy (UTC) goals to ensure communities have access to healthy urban forests. A new report from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) examines methods for...
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The United States National Recreation and Park Associations has created an online framework and toolkit to act as a guide to help evaluate green infrastructure projects with a comprehensive collection of tools, research-informed analysis, and...
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Biodiversity loss is occurring at an alarming rate and areas in Canada with high levels of urban development and intensive agriculture are home to many species at risk. A recent report from the Adaption to Climate Change Team (ACT) is phase 2 of...
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Canada-Ontario Agreement on Great Lakes Water Quality and Ecosystem Health: The Great Lakes are essential for life in Ontario and the surrounding region– 98% of Ontarians live within the Great Lakes Basin. GIO submitted comments to a public...
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The Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition, with funding support from the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, is engaging with Delphi Consulting to produce a credible and compelling report on the economic contributions of the green...
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