Vancouver has consise plans to become the World’s greenest city, stating that the time to act is now. Image source: Shutterstock (#130173344)
At the International Green Building Conference in Singapore last week, Andrea Reimer of the Vancouver City Council said that what Vancouver needs to become the world’s greenest city is leadership, a plan, commitment to that plan, and a willing public.
Among the 54 targets they have set for the city are boosting the green economy, eliminating waste, reducing car use, and producing more locally grown food. For some of these targets, the public, she argued, cannot be consulted.
“The atmosphere doesn’t care what we feel about it, and water doesn’t care what you think,” Reimer explained. “It was important to us to consult experts—not the public—when coming up with these targets.”
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