Background Location: International Date: 2006 Partners: World Urban Forum, IBM, UN HABITAT Key Issues: Turning Ideas into Action - Urban Sustainability, Water, Conservation, Sustainable Transportation, Alternative Energy Funders:Government of Canada, GLOBE Foundation Project Description In preparation for the World Urban Forum (WUF) , Canada, IBM and UN HABITAT sponsored a unique web based consultation. The three-day event involved over 39,000 participants from all over the world, of whom over 70% were youth, grassroots women and slum dwellers.... more

Background Location: Moratuwa, Badulla, Matale, Sri Lanka Dates: 2004-2006 Partners: Sevantha Urban Resources Centre, Clean Development Mechanism Study Centre - University of Perideniya, Thailand Environmental Institute, Municipal councils of Moratuwa, Matale and Badulla Key Issues: Urban Greening, Capacity Building, Governance, Sustainable Livelihoods Description Community initiatives in urban greening were introduced as a strategy to reduce poverty and enhance the environment in three cities in Sri Lanka. The Greening Package involved capacit... more

Now in its second three-year phase, the Sustainable Cities International Network African Cities project has three priorities: promoting good governance, advancing environmental sustainability, and accelerating the transfer of knowledge among and beyond the three African cities Durban/eThekwini (South Africa), Dakar (Senegal), and Dar es Salaam (Tanzania). The project funder is CIDA, with financial and in-kind contributions from local NGOs and municipalities. Applying a Plan, Do, Share approach, the project aims to produce demonstrable results w... more

This award-winning CIDA-partnership project brought together - in a farmer-to-farmer framework - the expertise and animal husbandry skills of Canadian dairy farmers with the ingenuity of Cubas intensive pasture management methods to amplify and document a sustainable, pasture-based dairy production system that could serve as a model for Latin America. Results have included doubling of milk production while decreasing dependency on feed imports. This project won the AMEC Award for Sustainable Development of Natural Resources or Environmental Pro... more