After reading about Christina Kwan’s blog post regarding “Sustainability,” I decided to give my two cents perspective on this topic.

Having being raised in Toronto (14 years to be exact), I have never learned much about sustainability. Not saying that we as a city is not sustainable, but just the fact that you do not see a lot of it around the city up until recent years. Upon arriving in Vancouver for school, I realized an immediate difference between the two cities. There were A LOT more trees, the air felt cleaner, and everything was more sustainable looking. I have noticed that the walls of the Vancouver International Airport were made out of green walls. And the fact that there were hundreds of recycling bins around the area. Not to mention, the hybrid taxis that we took to get to our hotel.

While visiting the UBC campus, I was informed that many of the buildings were self sustaining and eco-friendly. Many classrooms contained lights that would flick off when there weren’t any people around, and were designed in special ways so that it would save more on energy.

Having realized how important sustainability was, I feel that Toronto should learn more from Vancouver and its methods for being a sustainable city. (Also the Maple Leafs should learn a thing or two from the Canucks…no lie…we kind of suck).

Christina’s Blog: https://blogs.ubc.ca/christinakwann/2012/11/13/sustainability/