I see the shit going on in Europe and I can't help but want to move there. Basically the only things keeping me here are the rainforest, my family and a decent paying job otherwise I would flee...
It's hard to really have much pride in a city that seems to erect a new building every other week and doesn't take the opportunity to enforce strict eco-friendly practices. Sure there was the Vancouver Olympic Village.. I've read all about it's "green features" half of which are frivolous items that I accept as the norm in Metro Vancouver (Seaside greenway and bikeway, Urban agriculture, etc.) The only things of value were the Neighbourhood Energy Utility and a water management system that reduced water consumption by 50% through havesting and re-use of rainwater. I guess that's something in a land where they refuse to accept that one day the oil will run out.
In Europe however it is quite different. Check out these photos
A new Stadium in Switzerland: 1 2 (I wonder if this is what they have planned for BC Place)
I know we in Vancouver like to suck eachother's dicks, discussing what a progressive and forward thinking city we are when it comes to our attitude towards the environment. But when you have an area like Yaletown that was built in the last 20 years, and there is nothing much different about the buildings other than style, you have to accept that it's just not true. It doesn't matter how many bike lanes you put on the Burrard Street Bridge it can't compare to what they're doing in Europe.
and in Europe, their grocery stores aren't filled with genetically modified foods.
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