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QuickStart ICSP Cohort II -- Call for Expressions of Interest

The Centre is pleased to announce that we are issuing a call for Expressions of Interest for our second cohort of communities to undertake the QuickStart ICSP. Thanks to the generous support of the Real Estate Foundation, a community will be able to participate in this cohort at a significantly reduced cost.

Click here to read the Call for Expressions of Interest, and for the EoI template and Council resolution template to be filled out. Responses must be submitted by Friday February 10, 2012.

For more information about the QuickStart ICSP, click here. To find out more, contact Mark Allison at 604 935 8127 or mallison[at]whistlercentre.ca or read our Call for Expressions E-Blast.

 

what we're up to

Pacific Business and Law Institute Green Development: Sustainable Buildings and Infrastructure Conference in Vancouver Feb 2-3 – Mark Allison to speak on Feb 3 at the The Shift to Carbon Neutral Municipal Operations session. 

FCM Sustainable Communities Conference in Ottawa Feb 8-10 – Cheeying Ho to speak on Feb 9 at the Sustainable Community Plans: Conditions for Success, Part 1 session.

Building Sustainable Communities in Kelowna Feb 27-March 1 – Mark Allison to speak on the Centre’s iShift business sustainability program at the LEARN GREEN. EARN GREEN! The Business Case for Sustainability session on February 28th and facilitate two sessions, SUSTAINABLE PLANNING 201: Connecting the Dots Between Frameworks and Plans on February 29th and SUSTAINABLE PLANNING 401: Celebrating Successful Implementation on March 1st .
 

 

what we're talking about

The Centre for Sustainability is moving the dial on sustainability in Whistler and other communities around BC and Canada. Working with local government, community organizations and businesses, the Centre is helping guide communities on their journeys toward sustainability. Read Pique Newsmagazine’s feature article on the Centre here.

And check out our December Newsletter for a sample of the work we undertook in 2011 as well as information on New initiatives for 2012. Also in this newsletter is information on the Green Municipal Fund Guidelines for 2012 and our Quick Start ICSP II - with only 2 spaces left in our second community cohort for small and medium size communities.