GreenLearning offers free environmental education programs to empower youth to make a positive change in their communities. They are currently accepting applications from schools for their 2021-2022 Flood:Ed Challenge. Flood:Ed gives…
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"Extreme weather, a changing climate, and impervious streets and roads have combined to create an urban disaster." -Laurie Winkless, Forbes.com Winkless' piece explores innovative infrastructure, including natural infrastructure, in the…
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Our Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Depaving webinar has been rescheduled to Tuesday, September 28th at 7:00pm ET. Register here!
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No matter what else we have to deal with, rain will keep coming. You can support our movement to reduce the impact of flooding in Ontario through nature and make…
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Congratulations to Karen from Toronto who submitted the winning entry for our I Spy NI contest! Her picture of Natural Infrastructure features permeable pavement on a local driveway. We hope…
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Unflood Ontario will be hosting Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Depaving with experts from GreenUP and Green Venture! Our co-hosts will share a short presentation and then be…
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Canada is finally investing in natural infrastructure. The April federal budget released introduced The Natural Infrastructure Fund – at $200 million over three years. Some $120 million of the budget…
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Rain Gardens United is excited to share a very successful natural infrastructure project! In 2020 they co-signed a winning PollinateTO application with the Greenwood Park Pollinators and the results were…
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BurlingtonGreen has a great natural infrastructure project to share! Their project “Green Up” is part of an annual flagship opportunity for the Burlington community to participate in restoring and improving…
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Now that it's summertime people are out and about exploring their communities. We want to encourage our followers to notice natural infrastructure at work around them, so we're hosting an…
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If more Canadians commit to green roofs, we could collectively reduce the harm caused by catastrophic flooding. (via The Weather Network)
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For the March/April 2021 issue of Water Canada, Natalia Moudrak, the director of climate resilience at the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, writes about Spring Flooding and why Canadians everywhere…
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This paper examines how parking lots contribute to the flooding problems facing Torontonians and how City Hall policies allow parking lot owners to pay almost nothing for using the city’s…
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This paper is about the tools that imitate nature and reduce the amount of water that flows into our stormwater system. It’s called “natural” infrastructure. Essentially, natural infrastructure uses nature…
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This paper is written for concerned Ontarians who want to better understand flooding and the role the Province plays in responding to and minimizing the damage done by flooding. We…
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This paper looks at three cities – Milwaukee, Buffalo and Thunder Bay – that have made natural infrastructure an important tool in their stormwater management toolbox. Their efforts – think…
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In this report, we outline the new reality of flooding in Oshawa. We summarize the work done to model flood threats by the Conservation Authority and make recommendations on how…
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