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FOI reveals green grants about "thought experiments" and "symbolism"

10 Jul 2011

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Riots delay Mayor Gregor's plans to turn lawns into wheat fields

18 Jun 2011

Chaos on Vancouver's streets delayed approval of the "lawns to loaves" programWhat follows is a copy of my column published in 24 Hours Vancouver this week. Mayor Gregor had originally planned to debate his "lawn to loaves" initiative on Thursday,...

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A non-Canucks story about wheat fields, bees and backyard chickens

15 Jun 2011

It's going to be very difficult to get anyone's attention today unless you are talking about Vancouver Canucks playoff hockey. Whether its Twitter, Facebook or the blogs, Canucks talk is all the rage. That's why Mayor Gregor owes the...

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$210K in green grants being doled out at Vancouver City hall next week

9 Jun 2011

Vancouver will look a lot more pastoral if urban farming initiatives take root If your favourite colour is green and you happen to live in Vancouver, next week is going to feel a lot like Christmas. That's because city...

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The Two Towers: one gets Gregor's thumbs up, the other not

16 Mar 2011

Mayor Gregor broke the news last week that Telus will need a rezoningLast week the announcement that Telus was about to construct a couple of big towers in downtown Vancouver garnered a lot of headlines. It also attracted the attention...

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Why Manhattan is the Greenest City in North America

15 Mar 2011

New Yorker magazine staff writer David Owen give a free talk Thursday eve David Owen is one of those brave souls who doesn't think like the rest of us. He's challenging our notions of what "being green" means in a...

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Greenest City: U.S. Ca$h

28 Feb 2011

Gregor the Greenest: promoting Vancouver or Robertson himself? @FairQuestions Vivian Krause has made yet another fascinating discovery in her ongoing research of US charities pouring money into Canada for a variety of political causes. It turns out that one Seattle-based...

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Garbage gases getting in the way of Gregor's "greenest" goal

25 Feb 2011

"We have to be open and transparent on the issue of waste," says Lois Jackson to Vancouver If you believe the press releases coming out of Gregor Robertson's office, we're on the cusp of a bold new direction to...

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Vancouver city council set for crazy busy week

16 Jan 2011

City Hall wants these orange things to become your New Age friesAs the clock ticks ever closer to the November civic elections in BC, it's likely a number of Vision/COPE politicians are getting a tad nervous. That's because more than...

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Videos local civic politicos won't want to reminisce

1 Jan 2011

This is the kind of attention Cllr Reimer wasn't looking for as a civic politician It's been a little over two years since we launched this blog and we've chronicled much of what has transpired at Vancouver City Hall...

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Who is Vision's Six Million Dollar Man?

11 Dec 2010

Someone's loaning Gregor $6 million for his latest green scheme – may we ask 'who?' Vancouver Sun City Hall reporter Jeff Lee broke the news this week about Gregor Robertson's plan to fund home energy retrofits, and allowing citizens...

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Why Vancouverites hate tree cutters

3 Dec 2010

Public opinion regarding cutting down trees in Vancouver is pretty clear cutThere are plenty of sins that if you get caught will damage your personal reputation. But in Vancouver there is one deadly sin that will quickly garner you more...

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Small things can improve efficiency of single family homes

3 May 2010

Single family homes consume a lot of energy, but can be made more efficient A small but important part of the ‘Greenest City Action Plan’, The City of Vancouver hopes to tackle the resource efficiency of existing buildings through...

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