Funding, Tools & Resources
Make this your first stop for online sustainability planning resources - we are committed to helping you find the resources you need for your sustainability planning initiative.
- Funding
- Planning Samples eBinder
- Tools & Resources
- Sustainability Facilitator Presentations
- BC Communities with Sustainability Plans
Funding
Extensive funding directories for BC local and First Nations government intiatives can be found at:
Planning Samples eBinder
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See our Planning Samples eBinder (library of resources) for:
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Tools and Resources
- Active Communities Initiative: BC Recreation and Parks Association (BCRPA), in partnership with 2010 Legacies Now, leads the Active Communities initiative. The grants program is designed to support development of active community plans, program implementation, maintenance of trailway / walkway / bikeway, assessment of active transportation needs and organizing special active events.
www.activecommunities.bc.ca
- Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities: a Guide
www.seniorsincommunities.ca/upload/dcd172_AFRRC_en.pdf
- Benefits of Investing in Active Transportation
http://physicalactivitystrategy.ca/pdfs/BEAT_Publication.pdf
- BEAT Neighbourhood Assessment
www.physicalactivitystrategy.ca/pdfs/B.E.A.T.Neighbourhood_Assessment.pdf
- BC Climate Action Toolkit: provides the latest news, best practices and practical advice to help BC local governments successfully reduce greenhouse gas emissions
www.toolkit.bc.ca
- Community Assessment Template (developed by BC Ministry of Community Services, 2007)
- Community Energy Association Funding Guide (in partnership with Smart Planning for Communities)
www.communityenergy.bc.ca/news/funding-your-community-energy-and-climate-change-initiatives
- Community Futures Aboriginal Engagement Toolkit
www.communityfutures.ca/provincial/bc/programs/economic-development/aboriginal-initiatives.php
Community Planning Funding Sources, Case Studies & Best Practices: A Resource List for BC’s First Nations Governments
http://smartplanning.pcna.ca/files/Community%20Planning%20Resources%20for%20First%20Nations%20Governments
- CCP Handbook: Comprehensive Community Planning for First Nations in BC
www.ainc-inac.gc.ca/ai/scr/bc/proser/fna/ccp/index-eng.asp
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Tools and Resources for Capacity Building in Sustainable Community Planning
www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/Capacity_Building/Sustainable_Community_Planning/default.asp
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) searchable database of approved projects in sustainable planning
www.sustainablecommunities.ca/Search/Search/Search.aspx?lang=e
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) examples of Sustainable Community Plans in Canada
www.sustainablecommunities.fcm.ca/GMF/Examples-of-Sustainable-Community-Plans.asp
- A Guide to Aboriginal Organisations and Services in British Columbia - a provincial resource listing of 800 community-based services and organisations, most of which are Aboriginal controlled and operated.
www.gov.bc.ca/arr/services/down/guidetoservices_2009.pdf
- Green Bylaws Toolkit
A guide to land use regulatory tools to promote the conservation of sensitive ecosystems and green infrastructure. It includes a compendium of proven planning tools to assist planners and decisions makers in planning for sustainable communities.
www.greenbylaws.ca
- Playbook for Green Buildings and Neighbourhoods
www.greenplaybook.org
- Smart Planning for Communities: 2009 "Moving Sustainability Forward" workshop presentations
http://smartplanning.pcna.ca/files/Moving Sustainability Foward Nov. 3-4/
- SPARC BC
The Community Development Education Program is a series of free or low-cost workshops available to rural and Northern BC communities, delivered in the
community by a trained and knowledgeable facilitator.
www.sparc.bc.ca
- Waterbucket: Sustainable Approaches to Water Resources
www.waterbucket.ca
Sustainability Facilitator Presentations
Smart Planning for Communities will create a presentation on sustainability customized for your community. If you are a member of a BC local or First Nations government and are interested in bringing us to your community please contact:
Maureen LeBourdais, Manager Smart Planning for Communities
Fraser Basin Council
T: (250) 392-1400
E: mlebourdais[at]fraserbasin.bc.ca
BC Communities with Sustainability Plans
Dawson Creek
www.planningforpeople.ca/index.asp
District of Maple Ridge
www.mapleridge.org/EN/sustainability/index.html
City of Rossland
cfdcmall.com/cms/index.php?id=338
District of Ucluelet
www.ucluelet.ca/district/planning.php
City of North Vancouver (in progress)
www.cnv.org/server.aspx?c=3&i=541
City of Wiliams Lake
www.imagineourfuture.ca
Whistler
www.whistler2020.ca
