Webinar—Peeling Back the Pavement: Reinventing Rainwater Management in Canada’s Communities

Date: October 26th, 2011

In this webinar, the guest speakers discuss the need for a new paradigm of rainwater management in Canada’s urban environments and outline positive policies and initiatives already underway in communities across the country and beyond. This webinar marked the launch of Peeling Back the Pavement: A Blueprint for Reinventing Rainwater Management in Canada’s Communities, a new publication from the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria—the fourth instalment in its water sustainability handbook series for local governments.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Susanne Porter-Bopp, Community Water Coordinator, POLIS Water Sustainability Project and Lead Author of Peeling Back the Pavement: A Blueprint for Reinventing Rainwater Management in Canada’s Communities
Patrick Lucey, Senior Aquatic Ecologist and President, Aqua-Tex Scientific Consulting Ltd.

Click the PDF link at the bottom of this page to download a detailed summary of the webinar that includes links to related reports and readings.

Peeling Back the Pavement Webinar Summary