The design and development of communities has a significant impact on the health of the region's natural systems. Development patterns also influence decisions citizens make on how to travel around a city. The combined impacts of individual citizens can have implications for air quality, water quality and human health. The design of the city also affects energy use including residential, commercial and industrial building needs and transportation requirements.

What can you do?

• Get around using active transportation: cycle or walk
• Support neighbourhood gardens, food forests and garden plots
• Ride Transit even one trip a week 

Check out our progress towards achieving our goal of a well-connected, sustainable community in the links below.