Vancouver City Councillor Adriane Carr on Climate Action

Adriane Carr has been a leader in British Columbia’s environmental movement since 1983, and has served as a Vancouver City Councillor since 2011. Having led the BC Green Party, served as Deputy Leader of the Green Party of Canada, and won three City Council elections as a Green candidate, Carr has advocated for environmental issues at every level of Canadian government. We brought Councillor Carr in to talk about Vancouver’s declaration of a climate emergency, the state of the environmental movement, and what Vancouver is doing to become the world’s “Greenest City”.

Find in this episode:
·        The state of the climate emergency
·        How food production is a crucial element of sustainable planning
·        Waste management in Vancouver
·        Vancouver’s plans for advancing electric infrastructure
·        The downside of Uber and Lyft
·        Vancouver’s fight against AirBnB

The best way to tackle a massive epidemic like climate change is to think globally and act locally. Have ideas? Familiarize yourself with the city’s climate action plan and contact your local representatives.