Capilano suspension bridge in North VancouverPast
Greenpeace was founded in Vancouver in 1971
Today
Residents of Vancouver have the smallest carbon footprint in North America
2020
Vancouver plans to be the greenest city in the world by 2020
(competing with Seattle, San Francisco, Stockholm, Toronto, Sydney, London, New York and others)
Some 2020 targets:
- Every person lives within a five-minute walk of a park, beach, greenway or other natural space
- Make more than 50% of trips on foot, bicycle and public transit
- 150.000 more trees
- Reduce per capita ecological footprint by 33%
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 33% from 2007 levels
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