BCIT and Ecocity Builders staff, researchers, and interns recently completed a successful inaugural “ECOCITY FOCUS LAB” that took place in Vancouver from November 7...
Category - Ecocity Insights
Discussions around the International Ecocity Framework and Standards indicators and other details of scientific evaluation of ecocities, from Dr. Jennie Moore, BCIT.
Eco Street Complete
A few weeks ago I was standing in what was once an unnamed alley on our campus, using paper fish to mock up a layout on the planters that line the alley. A student sitting on the...
Measuring Access by Proximity: Indicators of Car Free Living
The international Ecocity Standards (www.ecocitystandards.org) call for “Access by Proximity,” a design solution that enables people to meet their needs on a daily basis without...
What is a Sustainability Gap?
A sustainability gap is the difference between the resources a person or population consumes and the resources available to support them. If demand exceeds supply, the...
Wild Spaces and Urban Places: making the habitat conservation connection
The international Ecocity Standards call for “Healthy Biodiversity” (www.ecocitystandards.org). This means that the range of plants and animals living in local, bioregional and...
Reflecting on Responsible Materials and Sand
The Bio-Geophysical Conditions for Ecocity Standards (www.ecocitystandards.org) include “Responsible Resources/Materials.” This includes careful stewardship of scarce...
Connecting Lifestyle Archetypes to Ecocity Indicators
We often focus on the built environment as a solution space for reducing energy and materials demand; however, equally important is the consumption characteristics of the people...
Masdar: A Green City or Ecocity? Assessing its Biogeophysical Features
At the Ecocity World Summit 2015 in Abu Dhabi, I had an opportunity to participate in a tour of Masdar, an experiment in sustainable development at the neighbourhood scale. Here...
Remembering Ecocity Author and Activist Dr. Mike Carr (1942-2015)
Mike Carr obtained his PhD in the study of Bioregionalism and Civil Society from the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning in 1999. He studied...
Eco-Streets at BCIT
by Sarah Campbell Eco-Streets Project Coordinator and Administrative Assistant, School of Construction and the Environment British Columbia Institute of Technology The...