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Roy Brooke, Director of Sustainability, City of Victoria

ipolitics.ca - Wednesday, July 4, 2012
By Roy Brooke

A once-contaminated shoreline in Victoria, B.C.'s Inner Harbour now houses Dockside Green, a thriving community that broke eco-design records, remediated contaminated land and reintroduced streams, native plants and fauna. Dockside Green has a centralized plant that burns waste wood for heat, incorporates affordable housing and allows residents to grow hyper-local organic food in rooftop gardens.

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Posted in Sustainability, Media Articles on July 06, 2012| Tags Dockside Green, roy brooke, city of victoria, sustainability 2.0