The OALA congratulates Leo DeSorcy as one of the 2021 Honorary Award recipients! Full award and recipient details can be found here: oala.ca/awards/award-d…

The OALA congratulates Jane welsh (Jane Welsh) as the 2021 recipient of the Public Practice Award ! Full award and recipient details can be found here:oala.ca/awards/award-d…

The OALA congratulates Helene (Helene Iardas) as the 2021 recipient of the Public Practice Award ! Full award and recipient details can be found here: oala.ca/awards/award-d…

Cornelia Oberlander, a Farseeing Landscape Architect, Dies at 99 The New York Times nyti.ms/3xapOxr An eloquent and beautifully written tribute to one of the titans in the field of landscape architecture

As a part of the Natural Infrastructure Fund, up to $20 million is available for the City of Toronto 🇨🇦’s Ravine Strategy, which will improve access to nature for residents, protect animals and species, and increase resilience to climate change. #BuildBackBetter🏗

Interim Dean Robert Wright reflects on the year as his term comes to a close on June 30. Read Dean Wright’s message to the Daniels community. And yes, he still does his own graphics! Sarah Wright #uoftdaniels daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2021/06/2…

In Toronto - and many other places - frequent extreme heat is now a fact of life. My column: 1/ theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto… #topoli #onpoli

Superb essay dismantling the “biological deserts fallacy”; the perception that cities are barren of wildlife/nature. I’ve spent years arguing against this idea. Tell me the wildlife of your city/town. Mine, Cambridge: peregrines, bee orchids, grass snakes…e360.yale.edu/features/urban…

So Gr8 to have John Tory and Brad Bradford✌️ supporting Save Small's Creek meeting 2nite with Metrolinx, to discuss how best to protect this rare #urban ecosystem as the 4th rail is build. #DesignMatters #SlowDesign #ClimateEmergency #greeninfrastructure #cities #advocacy #WaterIsLife

#COP26 is here, and this is #Orkney's renewable energy story... Read more ➡️ bit.ly/OrkneyCOP26 #ToCOPfromOrkney #EnergyOfOrkney

Mark your calendars, Toronto! On Tuesday April 12, join a virtual public meeting about the Environment and Climate Change and how it relates to our Official Plan. Register: toronto.ca/ourplan #OurPlanTO City of Toronto 🇨🇦 #CityofTO

Increase to DC refund another important step towards a sustainable, low carbon, and resilient City following new Environment and Climate Change policies adopted June 15 and V4 Toronto Green Standard in effect May 1. #OurPlanTO #TorontoGreenStandard

Wishing Lynda Macdonald well & thanking her for her 33 years of public service to the people of Toronto CityPlanTO

Ontario Environmental Registry submissions on amendments to the Greenbelt Area boundary regulations close Sunday December 4.23 - Toronto city staff submitted this afternoon

Great learning from Paris, Tokyo, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Freetown, Rio, and Montreal at #C40 Urban Nature workshop #COP15

Nature Based Solutions by Design! #CSLA at IUCN Pavillon COP15

Adopted by Council last week. New emission caps for Tier 2+ projects and all city-owned facilities! Thanks to all our partners on the excellent studies behind this.

Bird friendly treatment on all the new windows at Brick Works! This reflection illustrates how birds do not see glazing as a solid surface.

Toronto’s first net zero, mass timber Toronto Green Standard Tier 3 (version 3) building: Limberlost Place - the future home of George Brown College's schools of architectural studies and computer technology, as well as the Brookfield Sustainability Institute. canadianarchitect.com/ontarios-first…

George Brown College The building was designed by Acton Ostry Architects and Moriyama Teshima Architects Architects, with construction management overseen by PCLConstruction