Green Shores can be used by homeowners, municipalities, professionals, and organizations to create resilient and climate-adaptive shorelines. Folks from homeowners to landscape architects have benefited from Green Shores: Let’s take a look at what they have to say.
Green Shores for Professionals
Professionals working with the shoreline can enrol in Green Shores Training and become Approved Green Shores Professionals. Training adds new knowledge and nature-based techniques to your toolbox that will allow you to make a positive difference for both clients and the environment.
Photo Credit: Left -Stewardship Centre for BC, GSSD, New Brighton Beach Park; Center -Paul de Greef; Right -Stewardship Centre for BC, GSSD, Jericho Beach
“This project means so much to me. I have been working on acceptance of the ideas embodied in the Green Shores program all my working life as a Landscape Architect.” – Victoria Drakeford, Landscape Architect.
“Green Shores affords professionals a critical tool in helping draw awareness to the importance of shoreline stewardship in coastal communities. The program provides a pathway for managing and improving shorelines, especially in the face of accelerating threats from sea level rise. It is an invaluable tool for coastal professionals and coastal communities that are interested in preserving or restoring a wider range of shoreline values.” – Paul de Greeff, Landscape Architect: Green Shores Approved Professional.
Green Shores for Homeowners
The Green Shores for Homes (GSH) program empowers homeowners to make an environmental difference that they can see every day. By certifying your shoreline as a Green Shores project, you get to learn about and protect the shoreline’s local wildlife, water quality, and biodiversity.
Photo Credit: Left -Stewardship Centre for BC, GSH, Piper’s Lagoon; Center -GSH, Fisherman Bay, Washington State; Right -Stewardship Centre for BC, GSH, The Green Point Project
“Becoming involved, reading and learning about the benefits of Green Shores through this project has been enlightening….and fun. Thank you to the Green Shores team for sharing your knowledge and passion for the program. We look forward to enjoying the garden maturing and evolving with the hope of it being an inspiration for neighbouring waterfront owners. Best of all the birds love it!” – Darwin Mahlum, Green Shores for Homes Homeowner at Piper’s Lagoon, Vancouver Island.
“After living in an urban environment for over 20 years, we decided as a family to relocate and live close to nature. Upon moving from Vancouver, British Columbia to Vancouver Island, a chance visit to a historic and beautiful ecosystem in Cowichan Bay, inspired us to make this a live-work place that would eventually become The Green Point Project. “- Kenneth Chooi, Green Shores for Homes Homeowner at Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island.
Green Shores for Everyone
Anyone from non-profit organizations, universities, real estate developers, and municipalities can make a difference with the Green Shores for Shoreline Development (GSSD) program. Commercial, public, and non-residential shoreline properties such as waterfront development properties and parks are eligible for Green Shores certification through the GSSD program. This provides an opportunity for organizations, local governments, and companies to stand out as environmental leaders and to set a shining example of climate-adaptive environmental stewardship.
Photo Credit: Left -Stewardship Centre for BC, GSCD, Jericho Beach Park, Center -Stewardship Centre for BC, GSCD, Riverbend Business Park, Burnaby, BC.
“We are thrilled that we have been honoured—along with our partners—with this environmental stewardship recognition. The restoration of this beautiful place as an oasis of biodiversity in the urban environment is one of this board’s proudest achievements.” – Vancouver Park Board chair, Stuart Mackinnon.
