TalkGreenToUs.ca - Goal #7

A vision this bold cannot be realized alone. That's why the city is inviting you to talk green to them.

Share your ideas for making Vancouver the greenest city in the world. Help them make the critical choices. Help them prioritize between blue-sky visions and immediate opportunities. This is your city – make it better. Between now and October 7, add your voice to this life-changing conversation. Share your ideas or vote on the ones you like.

The City of Vancouver has ten greenest city goals. Learn about all ten, and tell them how you think they can best be achieved at www.talkgreentous.ca.

Imagine 2020. In just ten years, Vancouver will be the greenest city in the world.

GOAL #7: Lighter Footprint

More consideration is needed in order to determine a measurable target

If everyone on earth lived as Vancouverites do now, we'd need four planets to sustain us. Despite a number of achievements, we still have an excessive ecological footprint. This goal encompasses all areas we are tackling through the Greenest City initiative.

If we succeed in reducing our waste and fossil fuel use, make our buildings better, eat local food, and build a green economy, our footprint will shrink.

CHALLENGES:

Cities control only about 40 per cent of the factors that affect their ecological footprint. As Canadian citizens we all share the impact from broad services such as health care, the national transportation network, and our education system. Ultimately, one of the biggest drivers of our collective footprint is our individual decisions about what and how we consume; our buying and eating habits.

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