Green Bloc Neighbourhoods Toolkit
A how-to guide to create neighbourhood enhancing projects and reduce your environmental footprint No matter your level of experience with organizing, or environmental action, the resources in this toolkit can help you and your neighbours plan and build community projects to […]
Project Green Bloc video
Project Green Bloc pilot report
From 2013-2015, a group of neighbours in Vancouver’s Riley Park neighbourhood came together for Project Green Bloc, the first neighbourhood-level Lighter Footprint project in Vancouver, and the inspiration for Green Bloc Neighbourhoods.
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods
The Building Resilient Neighbourhoods Project is about working together to increase the capacity of citizens to find new paths for taking collective action on shared priorities. Building community resilience is about addressing social, environmental and economic issues that challenge human […]
Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP)
The Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP) is an innovative pilot program led by Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) in collaboration with many municipal and community partners including residents, businesses, local groups and institutions. The project seeks to develop action plans […]
Cool Neighbourhoods
Cool Neighbourhoods is a community-based program launched by North Shore (North Vancouver and West Vancouver) residents and organized by the Cool North Shore Society. The Program fosters community engagement to support homeowners in reducing and conserving energy in their homes, […]
Strong Neighbourhoods: This is my neighbourhood
This citizen-centric, resident-led approach to strengthening neighbourhoods encourages residents to take the “I love my neighbourhood” pledge and actively seek ways to work with the City of Calgary to make the kind of neighbourhood everyone wants to move to. Participating […]