Tag: Manitoba

Green Cities: Breathe deeply and walk freely

Hazel Borys
Hazel Borys Twitter Facebook LinkedInApril 4, 2016
As much as I love my winter city, when spring rolls around life brightens up. The onslaught of studies from Friday’s Earth Day imply that our feel-good response to the fresh lime green of spring does much more than pump endorphins. How we green our cities may be a life and death issue. People with greenery close to home... Continue Reading
Category Environment | Sustainability, Resilience
Tags climate change, environment, environmental performance, Hazel Borys, health, Manitoba, nature, tree planting, tree preservation, Victoria Beach, Winnipeg
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Cottage Simplicity: Keeping it easy, making it attainable

Hazel Borys
Hazel Borys Twitter Facebook LinkedInJuly 7, 2013
We talk often here on PlaceShakers about cottage living, as well as drilling down into how to make that happen at home, with conversations like Small Y’all: A Cottage Solution to the Housing Problem and “Pocket Neighborhoods”: Scale Matters. This weekend, strolling through Victoria Beach -- an insightful cottage... Continue Reading
Category Architecture, Community Development, Experience, Planning and Design, Theory and Practice
Tags affordable housing, Canadian urbanism, cottage living, cottages, Hazel Borys, lessons from livable places, Manitoba, Resilience, Victoria Beach
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