Just in time for Rio+20, we’re happy to announce that Ecocity Builders has launched the EcoCitizens World Map project in conjunction with nonprofit tech company Ushahidi. This map, based on the Ecocity Framework, offers a place and a pathway for people everywhere to add their vo

by Jennie Moore, Director of Sustainable Development, British Columbia Institute of Technology-School of Construction and the Environment Update on Vancouver’s Second IEFS Workshop The City of Vancouver is an early partner city to the development of the International Ecocity Fra

by Richard Register, President, Ecocity Builders It’s closer than you think to the UN Rio + 20 Conference! (June 2012) We in Ecocity Builders see this as a time of immense importance. A time to rekindle and uplift spirits of the possible, desirable and creatable. That of course depend

by Sven Eberlein The following is an excerpt from a series of workshops discussing the IEFS with a range of stakeholders and expert advisers in Vancouver, Canada, from February 9-14. The original series was published on Daily Kos and can be found in its full length at the following li

by Sven Eberlein The following is an excerpt from a series of workshops discussing the IEFS with a range of stakeholders and expert advisers in Vancouver, Canada, from February 9-14. The original series was published on Daily Kos and can be found in its full length at the following li

by Richard Register At the Ecocity 9 international conference in Montreal, Kirstin Miller organized a panel of short presentations by members of our international team drafting the IEFS. She described the history of the project and progress that has brought us to a point where we now