Our Projects

  • Drain Forest

    Vancouver

    Drain Forest

    Drain Forest: a structure to decrease leaf clogging of Vancouver drains.

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    Smarter Parking

    Metro Vancouver

    Smarter Parking

    Using artificial intelligence to help Vancouver utilize its existing parking resources more efficiently.

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    It’s Inexcusable Be Reusable

    Vancouver

    It’s Inexcusable Be Reusable

    Shifting consumer preferences for bringing a reusable drink container and helping them in their push to reduce the number of single-use items consumed by the city on a day to day basis.

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    False Creek Herring

    False Creek

    False Creek Herring

    Formal data collection and best management practices for increasing herring spawning in False Creek.

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    EcoPouch

    Anywhere

    EcoPouch

    An environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional food storage products.

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    Raincity

    Vancouver

    Raincity

    Educating homeowners about disconnecting their downspout.

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    Textile Recycling

    Vancouver

    Textile Recycling

    Understanding the current opportunities and challenges faced by clothing providers in Vancouver.

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    Honey, Leaf + Bumble

    False Creek Flats

    Honey, Leaf + Bumble

    A bee awareness centre in Vancouver which provides workshops, tours, a restaurant, and retail space for public education on bees.

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    Branching Out

    Branching Out

    Citizen science program enlisting the help of grade three students to collect data on forest health indicators.

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    Rewild Vancouver

    Vancouver

    Rewild Vancouver

    A wilderness recovery strategy that aims to educate and empower Vancouver’s residents to help the built environment work more closely with the natural environment.

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    OURS Consignment Hub

    Mount Pleasant

    OURS Consignment Hub

    An inclusive consignment and upcycling community to help educate and divert textile waste from landfills.

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    Birds, Barks & Boats

    Kitsilano Shoreline

    Birds, Barks & Boats

    Spatial analysis of marine bird communities and recreational disturbances along the Kitsilano shoreline.

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    City Gone Wild

    Cambie Bridge

    City Gone Wild

    An educational installation to show the potential of underutilized urban spaces to enhance biodiversity.

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    Umbrella Taxi

    Imagination Zone

    Umbrella Taxi

    Modelling friendly citizen behaviour and engaging Vancouverites in whimsical conversation.

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    Urban Campfire

    Vancouver

    Urban Campfire

    Urban Campfire is a bid to hold communal campfires in public spaces throughout the city.

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    Colouring Cambie

    Cambie Bridge

    Colouring Cambie

    Colouring Cambie aims to create temporary chalk-painted pedestrian walkways that are interactive and engaging.

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    Deck the Dark

    MacLean Park (Strathcona)

    Deck the Dark

    Improving community safety and encouraging interactive play by illuminating Vancouver’s parks during the dark winter evenings.

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    Orphaned Spaces

    Grandview-Woodland

    Orphaned Spaces

    Research and mapping of unused public land in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood.

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    The Long Table

    1800 Spyglass Place

    The Long Table

    A project series connecting high-level, policy-based goals with real people by connecting around a Long Table.

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    The Stoop

    East Vancouver

    The Stoop

    Furniture design and research for Vancouver's deconstruction wood waste to meet the 2015 landfill ban.

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    Ugly Apples

    ​SFU Campus

    Ugly Apples

    Ugly Apples is a local, handmade and accessible solution to the problem of food waste.

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    ​Choy-On-The-Go

    ​Downtown East Side (DTES)

    ​Choy-On-The-Go

    Choy-On-The-Go provides fresh affordable produce to Chinese seniors in the DTES.

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  • Metro Vancouver
    Soundscape for a Renewable City
    A sound installation depicting sounds of a renewable city.
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    Charlson Bay Park
    Charleson Bay Island
    Restoring shoreline and promoting indigenous environmental education.
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    Vancouver
    Drain Forest
    Drain Forest: a structure to decrease leaf clogging of Vancouver drains.
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    Metro Vancouver
    Smarter Parking
    Using artificial intelligence to help Vancouver utilize its existing parking resources more efficiently.
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    Northeast False Creek
    Building for Biodiversity
    Enhancing Northeast False Creek’s intertidal biodiversity through shoreline design.
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    CycLLIST
    Reducing bike theft one cyclist at a time.
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    Vancouver Recreation Centres
    Family Townhall
    An engaging and inclusive method of participatory planning.
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    Metro Vancouver
    Addressing Food Waste at the Retail Level
    An exploratory study about consumer interactions with produce displays and its effect on food waste.
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    Global
    A Taste of Home
    How intergenerational practices of food and culture preservation reduces food waste.
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    Yaletown Roundhouse
    A Simple Practice, Skip the Plastic
    Research-based solutions for overcoming barriers to reusable bag usage.
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    Vancouver
    Creating a Zero Waste Vancouver
    Strategies for plastic bag reduction and waste diversion in community centres.
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    Killarney Community Centre
    Achieving Zero Waste: Testing the slogan ‘Choose to Reuse’
    Testing the effectiveness of the slogan “Choose to Reuse” at Killarney Community Centre.
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    Vancouver
    Project Turbocharged
    Electrifying youth to drive change
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    Vancouver
    It’s Inexcusable Be Reusable
    Shifting consumer preferences for bringing a reusable drink container and helping them in their push to reduce the number of single-use items consumed by the city on a day to day basis.
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    False Creek
    False Creek Herring
    Formal data collection and best management practices for increasing herring spawning in False Creek.
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    Vancouver
    Salvaged Materials Market
    Fostering a market for salvaged materials in Vancouver.
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    Anywhere
    EcoPouch
    An environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional food storage products.
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    Marpole
    Orphaned Spaces: Marpole
    Research and mapping of unused public spaces in the Marpole neighbourhood.
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    Burnaby Mountain
    Ugilicious: No Waste, Great Taste
    Raising awareness of food waste by using unsold produce to create nutritious meals.
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    Vancouver
    Raincity
    Educating homeowners about disconnecting their downspout.
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    Metro Vancouver
    Don’t Stop The Raindrop
    Encouraging homeowners to participate in green infrastructure by disconnecting their downspouts.
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    Anywhere
    EcoSmart App
    A CO2e diet calculator and community meal sharing app.
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    Vancouver
    Game of Shores
    The board game that teaches youth about Vancouver's shoreline health.
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    Vancouver
    Textile Recycling
    Understanding the current opportunities and challenges faced by clothing providers in Vancouver.
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    Vancouver
    Triple E’s
    Exploring the role of students in a Zero Waste Ambassador program.
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    Vancouver
    Choose to Reuse (Cool Cup Project)
    Barriers and opportunities to reducing single-use cold cups in restaurants.
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    Vancouver Bike Routes
    Seniors Safely Cycling
    Assessing bike routes for an assisted-cycling program.
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    Vancouver
    Zero Paper Cups
    A video promoting the use of reusable cups.
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    Harvest Community Foods
    Bike ‘n Business
    Helping to create bike-friendly businesses.
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    Vancouver
    Living Walls
    Conceptualizing the implementation of ‘Living Walls’ in Vancouver.
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    Vancouver
    Environmental Education at Community Centres
    Understanding environmental education and programming offered at each community centre.
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    False Creek Shoreline
    Rock’n Shorelines, Happy Seaweed
    Assessing rockweed in False Creek to help restore natural urban ecosystems.
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    Vancouver
    Communicating Ecological Footprint
    Communicating ecological footprint information to diverse audiences.
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    Vancouver Bike Routes
    Improving Urban Cycling
    Collecting user feedback on safety and comfort of Vancouver's bike routes.
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    False Creek Flats
    Honey, Leaf + Bumble
    A bee awareness centre in Vancouver which provides workshops, tours, a restaurant, and retail space for public education on bees.
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    Vancouver
    Rewild Vancouver
    A wilderness recovery strategy that aims to educate and empower Vancouver’s residents to help the built environment work more closely with the natural environment.
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    Tower Beach Trail
    Guided Mindfulness Walk
    Increasing awareness about the benefits of natural settings for mental well-being.
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    Mount Pleasant
    OURS Consignment Hub
    An inclusive consignment and upcycling community to help educate and divert textile waste from landfills.
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    Vancouver
    Paths to Sustainability in the Iranian Community
    An investigation of the challenges and possibilities for including the Iranian community in the city's sustainability efforts.
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    Community Centres
    Rewilding Vancouver
    Understanding and promoting environmental education programming through community centres.
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    Vancouver
    Put Waste in its Place
    An initiative to reduce single-use items by encouraging restaurant patrons to bring reusable containers.
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    Vancouver Bike Routes
    Motivation for Movement
    An investigation into barriers and facilitators to youth cycling in Vancouver.
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    Kitsilano Shoreline
    Birds, Barks & Boats
    Spatial analysis of marine bird communities and recreational disturbances along the Kitsilano shoreline.
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    Vancouver
    Mugshots for Sustainability
    A social media campaign raising awareness of the negative impacts of single-use cups.
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    Vancouver
    Do You Really Need That Steak?
    Determining which form of advertising provokes greater engagement around the consumption of red meat.
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    Cambie Bridge
    City Gone Wild
    An educational installation to show the potential of underutilized urban spaces to enhance biodiversity.
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    Imagination Zone
    Umbrella Taxi
    Modelling friendly citizen behaviour and engaging Vancouverites in whimsical conversation.
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    Imagination Zone
    Food Recovery Project
    Revealing Vancouver’s food recovery resources.
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    Grandview-Woodland
    Britannia Food Share
    Redirecting surplus food from local businesses to a youth meal program.
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    Everett Crowley Park
    Outdoor Learning Project 2
    Designing and building the infrastructure that supports outdoor learning in Everett Crowley Park.
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    Everett Crowley Park
    Outdoor Learning Project 1
    Encouraging and facilitating outdoor learning inspired by the Park Board's Rewilding Vancouver strategy.
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    Stanley Park
    Learning in the Leaves
    Pilot project bringing outdoor classrooms to the city.
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    Vancouver
    Urban Campfire
    Urban Campfire is a bid to hold communal campfires in public spaces throughout the city.
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    Kitsilano
    Local Foodsteps
    Signs in your community pointing you to local, sustainable food assets.
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    Cambie Bridge
    Colouring Cambie
    Colouring Cambie aims to create temporary chalk-painted pedestrian walkways that are interactive and engaging.
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    MacLean Park (Strathcona)
    Deck the Dark
    Improving community safety and encouraging interactive play by illuminating Vancouver’s parks during the dark winter evenings.
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    North False Creek
    iGo: Bike Network Wayfinding
    Repairing gaps in Vancouver’s bicycle network to improve accessibility for cyclists in the city.
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    Woodwards & Science World
    BikeLab: Bike Repair Stations
    Bringing bike repair stations to the streets of Vancouver.
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    McAuley Park
    Reimagine Your Park
    Engaging and activating orphaned greenspaces in Vancouver.
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    Vancouver
    Van BirdCity
    Research into a bird program for Vancouver.
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    Grandview-Woodland
    Orphaned Spaces
    Research and mapping of unused public land in the Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood.
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    1800 Spyglass Place
    The Long Table
    A project series connecting high-level, policy-based goals with real people by connecting around a Long Table.
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    Downtown Vancouver
    Compost Collective
    Food waste diversion pilot projects in Vancouver’s multi-family buildings.
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    East Vancouver
    The Stoop
    Furniture design and research for Vancouver's deconstruction wood waste to meet the 2015 landfill ban.
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    ​SFU Campus
    Ugly Apples
    Ugly Apples is a local, handmade and accessible solution to the problem of food waste.
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    ​Downtown East Side (DTES)
    ​Choy-On-The-Go
    Choy-On-The-Go provides fresh affordable produce to Chinese seniors in the DTES.
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    ​Renfrew Community Park
    Sam the Salmon’s Ravine Quest
    A fun, place-based, experiential learning resource in the form of a quest.
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    Arbutus Corridor​
    BIOPOLIS: The Card Game
    An exciting card game centered around biodiversity and fun!
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