Councillor Andrea ReimerHeath Care 2.0 Social Media Camp – March 7, 2012

35,000 People In the Room Lessons from the Greenest City

Mayor Gregor Robertson“Why green? Because in the highly competitive, highly mobile modern world, the elements that make a community healthy also make it wealthy. Functionally, a compact, efficient city with a light environmental footprint is cheaper to run and easier to maintain.”

Greenest City Action TeamDavid Boyd Dr. David Suzuki Mike Harcourt Linda Coady Gordon Price Tamara Vrooman Moura Quayle

Lindsay Cole Rob Safrata Karen Cooling Mark Holland Cheeying Ho Alex Lau Linda Nowlan

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Green Economy, Green JobsGreen Economy, Green Jobs

1. JOBS 12,000 new green jobs

2. CLIMATE Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 %

3. BUILDINGS All new construction carbon neutral; improve efficiency of existing buildings by 20%

Green CommunitiesGreen Communities

4. MOBILITY Majority of trips on foot, bicycle, & transit

5. WASTE Reduce waste to landfill or incinerator by 50%

6. ACCESS TO NATURE Every person lives within a five-minute walk of a park, beach, greenway, or other natural space; plant 150,000 additional trees in the city

7. FOOTPRINT Reduce per capita footprint by 33%

Human HealthHuman Health

8. WATER Meet or beat the most stringent of BC, Canadian and international drinking water standards and guidelines; Reduce per capita water consumption by 33% over 2006 levels.

9. AIR Meet or beat the most stringent of BC, Canadian, and international air quality standards and guidelines.

10. FOOD Increase food assets by 50%

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

GREENEST CITY ACTIONS COMPLETED BY JULY 2011

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We’re changing the buildings we work, live and play in.

This house creates as much energy as it consumes

Preparing for the next big thing

Vancouver is the first Canadian city to require all new houses and developments to provide charging points for electric vehicles

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GC2020 Steering

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Can you say Pecha Kucha?2,000 + residents come out to kick off of talkgreentous.ca

A meaningful,

effective Action Plan for the next

10 years adopted by

Council

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www.vancouver.ca/greenestcitydata.vancouver.ca

How will you get 35,000 people in the room?