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Shades of Green: Exploring Biodiversity, Human Values and Urban Planning

8 March 2007

ONTARIO, CANADA

Please join us for this unique opportunity to explore the inter-relationships between the protection of natural areas, urban planning, rural/urban issues and human values; the complex, exciting and vital issues behind such developments as the Ontario Greenbelt and the growth and sustainability of urban communities and the creation of livable cities.

Don't miss our three exciting speakers at the cutting edge of research in innovation, sustainability and urban design:

Green Infrastructure for Cities: the Spatial Dimension

John Ahern, Professor and Department Head, Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ecology, Sustainability and Innovation

Dawn Bazely, Director of York University's Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability

Landscapes of Human Evolution 

William Sullivan, Director, Environmental Council, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Master of Ceremonies will be Rob MacIsaac, Nominated Head of the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority, former Mayor of Burlington.

Venue

Royal Botanical Gardens Centre
680 Plains Road W.
Burlington, Ontario
Free Parking, please car-pool

Registration Fee

Public: $25 (plus gst)
Students, Members of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Friends of the Arboretum at the University of Guelph: $10 (plus gst)
 
Visit our Web Site for more information and to register on-line.
Email: greenspace@rbg.ca

 

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