{"id":15040,"date":"2012-11-21T11:00:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=15040"},"modified":"2012-11-21T11:16:58","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T19:16:58","slug":"the-co-operative-city-conference-friday-november-23rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/11\/21\/the-co-operative-city-conference-friday-november-23rd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Co-operative CIty Conference: Friday, November 23rd"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Host:<\/strong>\u00a0British Columbia Co-operative Association<\/a>
\nDate:<\/strong>\u00a0Friday, November 23, 2012
\nTime:<\/strong>\u00a09:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PST)
\nLocation:<\/strong>\u00a0SFU Woodwards,\u00a0149 West Hastings Street (map<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Conference registration:<\/strong>\u00a0$75 (students $50)\u00a0Register online<\/a><\/p>\n

The City of Vancouver is engaged in an unprecedented effort to make sustainability the driving force that will define what the city aspires to and how the city operates. This vision has prompted the City to rise to the front rank of cities promoting sustainability and to declare that by the year 2020, Vancouver will be recognized as the world\u2019s Greenest City. It is a bold and inspiring vision and one that rests, in large part, on the means by which the City engages its citizenry in realizing this ambitious goal.<\/p>\n

A key element in making this vision a reality is the adoption of social technologies that both embody and advance the social values and relationships that are implicit in the City\u2019s sustainability goals.\u00a0Co-operation is chief among these.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the Co-operative City conference is to showcase the ways in which co-operatives can make sustainability the basis for strengthening key sectors and essential services and also for improving the quality of life for citizens. The objective of the conference is to generate strategic partnerships between the co-op sector and the City to advance sustainability goals in such areas as:<\/p>\n