Mark Holland talks about his Resilient Cities Manifesto

Mark Holland is a highly-regarded sustainability planner and thinker with a practice in Vancouver and Nanaimo. Mark and his colleagues have contributed significantly to the practice of sustainability in communities throughout BC, Canada, and internationally. He was invited to give a summary address to the October 2009 Gaining Ground summit on "Resilient Cities."

Mark talks to CITinfoResource editor hanspetermeyer about the Resilient Cities Manifesto (click to download a pdf) and its significance several months after GGRC09.

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Dr. John Church talks about Cattle Industry Sustainability in BC's Interior

Dr. John Church is the Regional Innovation Chair (RIC) in Cattle Industry Sustainability at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC. In 2005 the Real Estate Foundation of BC made an endowment grant towards the establishment of this RIC, one of a number that the Foundation has supported throughout the province.

In 2009 CITinfoResource editor hanspetermeyer interviewed TRU's Vice President of Research, Nancy Vanwagoner about the Cattle Industry Sustainability initiative. In this interview, Dr. John Church talks about the challenges facing the industry and the grasslands, and how TRU is helping to make a difference.

Other RICs are featured in previous CITinfoResource posts are George Penfold (RIC in Community Economic Development at Selkirk College) is a regular contributor, and Nicole Vaugeois (RIC in Sustainable Tourism at Vancouver Island University)

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