May 13, 2012 | Action Planning, Alignment, Community Planning, Engagement, Healthy Communities, local government
I recently saw some stats showing that over 400 communities in Canada have launched long term planning initiatives. No doubt, many of the plans articulate a place in the future with a thriving successful community where the once apparent trade-off between community...
Dec 6, 2011 | BC, Collaboration, Events, Healthy Communities, Tourism, Whistler
The United Nations has designated December 11 as International Mountain Day and to mark the occasion, the Whistler Centre for Sustainability, in partnership with the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Tourism Whistler, is hosting a live videoconferencing event on...
Mar 7, 2011 | Community Planning, Healthy Communities, ICSP, Implementation, local government, Monitoring, Sustainability
Imagine yourself entering new territory without a map to guide you, without any idea how to read the signs around you for direction. Pretty uncomfortable isn’t it? Sustainability planning can feel like that in the beginning. Not to worry, there is a solution. In this...
Oct 6, 2010 | BC, Community Planning, Engagement, Healthy Communities, Sustainability, Whistler, Whistler 2020
Being called a monkey can, in many cases, incite a negative reaction. According to Wikipedia: The hundredth monkey effect is a supposed phenomenon in which a learned behavior spreads instantaneously from one group of monkeys to all related monkeys once a critical...
Sep 13, 2010 | BC, Collaboration, Community Planning, Healthy Communities, Natural Step, OCP, Sustainability, Whistler, Whistler 2020
The first chapter in Whistler’s use of the Natural Step began in 2000 with our adoption of the TNS framework, which was then embedded into the community’s highest level policy, Whistler2020, in 2005. Whistler2020 is the first integrated community sustainability plan...