Sustainable Cities

The Future of the Environmental Sector
Innovation-Entrepreneurship
Mike Harcourt
The Protected Areas Strategy
Accomplishments in B.C.
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More than 500 new protected areas since 1992
New and existing areas (over 29.2 million acres/12.4% of B.C.)
Exceeded the goal of protecting 12% of B.C. by 2001
B.C. is among world leaders in dedicating a significant portion of it’s
land to protected areas
Choices and
Consequences
How Decisions
Have Shaped A City
Sylvia Hotel 1956
1956
Sylvia Hotel 1967
1967
Sylvia Hotel 1972
1972
Proposed Vancouver Freeway
Sprawl
QUEST 6 principles
QUEST MIXED-USE HIGHER DENSITY COMMUNITY IS THE
FOUNDATION FOR AN INTEGRATED ENERGY SYSTEM
City of Guelph, Ontario
CEP prioritized strategies 2007-2031
MOVING AHEAD-ENERGY GROWTH 1990-2020
VANCOUVER’S GREENEST CITY TEAM - GOALS
1. GREEN ECONOMY – 2020 TARGET:CREATE 12,000 NEW GREEN JOBS
2. CLIMATE LEADERSHIP – ELIMINATE VANCOUVER’S DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL
FUELS
3. GREEN BUILDINGS – LEAD THE WORLD IN GREEN BUILDING DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION
4. GREEN MOBILITY –MAKE WALKING, CYCLING, PUBLIC TRANSIT PREFERRED
OPTIONS
5. ZERO WASTE: CREATE ZERO WASTE, NO GARBAGE DUMP
6. EASY ACCESS TO NATURE
7. LIGHTER FOOTPRINT – ACHIEVE A ONE-PLANET ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
8. CLEAN WATER
9. CLEAN AIR
10. LOCAL FOOD – BECOME A GLOBAL LEADER IN URBAN FOOD SYSTEMS
OPPORTUNITIES WITH A NEW
APPROACH - TRILLIONS
• 95% of Canada’s natural and environmental
resources are located in rural areas, providing
an economic key to Canada’s future prosperity
• The prosperity of Canadian places reflect their
long-term competitiveness and is affected by
macroeconomic and sectoral policies as well as
those directed at particular places
In the End, Our Society will Be Defined Not Only by
What We Create, but by What We Refuse to Destroy.
-John C. Sawhill (1936-2000)
President
The Nature Conservancy, 1990-2000