Why isn’t Canada spearheading the movement to build more sustainable homes?

Source: Canadian Geographic, June 2012
Department: Feature stories
Contributors: Monte Paulsen , Grant Harder

Tags: Environment, Green building, Passive House, Sustainability, Sustainable cities, Sustainable energy

Article ID#: 3298

Green builders want to cut energy use. Heritage advocates want to save old buildings. And both camps are concerned about the future.

Source: Canadian Geographic, October 2009
Department: Feature stories
Contributors: James Glave , Marina Dodis

Tags: Conservation, Green building

Article ID#: 215

Vancouver has the fastest-growing downtown core in North America and is becoming a showcase for the greatest urban experiment since the 1950s

Source: Canadian Geographic, May/June 2006
Department: Feature stories
Contributors: Charles Montgomery

Tags: Architecture, British Columbia, Green building, Sustainable cities, Urban planning, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouverism

Article ID#: 718

Toronto hosts North Amercia's Natural City Conference, an international effort to move our metropolises into the future

Source: Canadian Geographic, May/June 2006
Department: Online exclusive
Contributors: Jen Hardy , Melanie Sharpe , Katie Wallace , Rathiha Egbert , Kathryn Carlson , Devon Babin

Tags: Green building, Green roofs, Sustainable cities, Urban planning

Article ID#: 719

When a group of committed families set out to create an environmentally respectful housing development, they expected opposition. But not from the neighbours.

Source: Canadian Geographic, January/February 2003
Department: Feature stories
Contributors: Bruce McDougall , Bob Herger

Tags: Communities, Green building, Housing

Article ID#: 1574