It’s believed to be the first of its kind display on #VancouverIsland and is combining mental and physical #wellbeing with #EnvironmentalProtection.
Representatives from #RotaryClub of #Nanaimo, #Snuneymuxw #FirstNation and #GreenCommunities #Canada recently installed a mini #forest at a newly-opened #TransitionalHousing complex on the First Nation territory.
#GoodNews #VanIsle #Indigenous #HealingCommunity #PacificNorthwest #PNW
Urban designer and #InsincerelyYoursEarth Episode No. 4 guest Peter Calthorpe has a plan for strip malls that dot the suburban landscape: Convert the malls into housing that would be part of green communities where people could be closer to their jobs and get out of their cars.
Read more: https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-ailing-strip-malls-could-be-a-green-fix-for-u.s.-housing-crisis
Urban designer Peter Calthorpe has a plan for the shuttered and financially troubled strip malls that dot the suburban landscape: Convert the malls into housing that would be part of green communities where people could be closer to their jobs and get out of their cars.
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Insincerely Yours, Earth