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Breaking Ground: Greening the Urban and Regional Landscape Each year, the School of Planning at Dalhousie University, together with many private and public sector supporters holds a public forum on some issue of importance to the community. In partnership with Evergreen and the Ecology Action Centre this year's event scheduled for March 20th-22nd, 2002 is Breaking Ground: Greening the Urban and Regional Landscape (schedule below). While the focus of this symposium will be greenspace, our goal is to approach it in an integrated fashion by addressing "greening" at regional, urban and neighbourhood scales. We take the position that ecological principles can guide us in decisions related to the way in which our region will grow, the way in which we design our communities, what we choose to do with "pocket wilderness" in our neighbourhods backyards, what we choose to grow in our gardens... Lucien Kroll, a Belgian architect, will be the keynote speaker at this year's symposium. Mr. Kroll's work reaches back over a period of several decades and his interests range from designing ecological communities to cultural development, and involving the public in the design process as a vehicle for wider change. This is a free event and is open to the public. Please distribute this information widely! As part of the event, we invite children, youth and adults in the Halifax Regional Municipality to submit poems, short stories, artwork, and photography to communicate experiences of “green” and “grey” spaces in our region. The submissions will be displayed during the three-day event, and included in the conference publication. Each of the following categories can apply: Children (up to 12 years old), Youth (13-19) and Adults (20 +). Prizes will be awarded in each category. Guidelines: Artwork and Photography: colour or black and white; 5" x 7" or 8" x 10" or slides. Short Stories and Poetry: typed and submitted electronically on disc or by e-mail; maximum length for short story 1,000 words. All work must be titled and labelled with the author's name and contact information Deadline: Submissions should be delivered or mailed to the address below by Friday, March 15th, 2002. Date: March 20-22, 2002 Venue: Pier 21 - 1055 Marginal Road - Kenneth C. Rowe Heritage Hall Contact: Kasia Tota / Jen Meurer (co-ordinators) School of Planning 5410 Spring Garden Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 1E7 phone: (902) 494-2774 fax: (902) 423-6672 e-mail: jenmeu@hotmail.com or kasia_tota@hotmail.com web site: http://www.dal.ca/planning; http://www.evergreen.ca/ please check periodically for updates. DRAFT CONFERENCE PROGRAM (subject to minor changes) Wednesday March 20th, 2002 Location: Pier 21 - 1055 Marginal Road - Kenneth C. Rowe Heritage Hall 7:00 pm Welcome Keynote Address - Lucien Kroll Reception Thursday March 21st, 2002 Location: Pier 21 - 1055 Marginal Road Kenneth C. Rowe Heritage Hall (morning); Theatre (afternoon). Theme: Greening at the Regional and Urban Scale 9:00 am Welcome - Frank Palermo, Dalhousie School of Planning 9:10 am Introduction - Integrated regional planning; the experience from Vancouver; Ann McAfee, Co-Director of Planning, City of Vancouver 9:40 am Panel Discussion - Integrated protection and restoration of green space at the three scales; challenges and opportunities Panelists: Audrey Manzer, Dartmouth Lakes Advisory Board; Carol Macomber, Capital District Task Force; Anne Muecke, HRM. 10:45 am Coffee Break 11:00 am Concurrent Workshops Workshop 1: Green and Smart - What are our choices? Presenter: Melanie Hare, Urban Strategies; Panelists: Ion Startup, Neighbourhood Developments; Patrick Moan, Dalhousie School of Planning. Workshop 2: Trails and Trains Presenter: Marcus Garnet Panelists: Therese Delorme, HRM; Mark Poirier, Halifax Urban Greenway Association. 12:30 pm Lunch (Buffet Style) - Pier 21 Exhibit Open to Participants 1:30 pm Panel Discussion - Planning the regional ecology; lessons from the Atlantic region and beyond. Panelists: Neil Dawe, St. John's Grand Concourse Authority; Jim Baird, City of Saint John; Don Poole, City of Charlottetown, John Charles, HRM; Melanie Hare, Urban Strategies. 3:00 pm Coffee Break 3:15 pm Concurrent Workshops Workshop 3: The Tyranny of Standards - an obstacle to green development? Presenters: Peter Klynstra and Cary Vollick, Workshop 4: Coming to our Senses: Urban Walk with Naturalist Chris Brackley 4:30 - 7:00 pm Dinner Break (on your own) Thursday March 21st, 2002 Location: Exhibition Hall, Dalhousie School of Architecture - 5410 Spring Garden Rd. Theme: Design Workshop (location subject to change in case of faculty strike) 7:00 - 9:00 pm Planting the Town Green. Design workshop and public discussion led by Dalhousie School of Planning Students. Susan Guppy Friday March 22nd, 2002 Location: Kenneth C. Rowe Heritage Hall, Pier 21 - 1055 Marginal Road Theme: Greening at the Community and Neighbourhood Scale 9:00 am Welcome and Introduction - Greening at the Community and Neighbourhood Scale - Susanna Fuller, EAC 9:15 am Concurrent Workshops Workshop 5: From Lean and Mean to Green and Clean; Transforming Brownfield Parks. Presenters: Colin Morrell, Phase Remediation and Steve Armstrong, Dalhousie Dept of Biology; Ann McAfee, City of Vancouver Workshop 6: Urban Agriculture - local food production and distribution Presenters: Marjorie Willison, Urban Farm Museum Geordie Ochterloney, Home Grown Organics Moderator: Susan Guppy Workshop 7: Building Partnerships for Urban/Suburban Green Space Neil Dawe, St. John's Grand Concourse Authority; 10:45 am Coffee Break 11:00 am Concurrent Workshops Workshop 8: Our School, Our Yard. Presenters: Denise Phillipe, Evergreen; Rhea Dawn Mahar, Tree Canada. Workshop 9: More Green Space (Technically Speaking) - Solar Aquatics in Your Neighbourhood. Presenters: Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon, Dalhousie Biological Engineering, Delaine Clyne - Dalhousie School of Planning. Workshop 10: Pocket Wilderness - experiencing nature in the neighbourhood backyard. Presenter: Patricia Manuel, Dalhousie School of Planning 12:30 pm Lunch and Local Success Stories Coastal Water Trail - Sue Browne, Sheena Mason Minesville Trails - Grant Macdonald Others 2:00 pm Workshop 11: Colour It Green Art Workshop Facilitator: Lucy Trull 3:00 pm Coffee Break 3:15 pm Breaking Ground - Defining the Way Ahead. Workshop delegates present key directives from workshop sessions. 4:15 pm Concluding Remarks and Presentation of Awards to Art Contest Participants - Frank Palermo Supported by: Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations, API, The Millennium Bureau, Suncor Energy Foundation, The Globe and Mail, HGTV, Canadian Gardening. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Brought to you by Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) SUST-MAR TIP: to post to the whole list, send to sust-mar@chebucto.ca
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