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Community Stories

Storytelling is a powerful tool for change. Our Community Stories inspire and educate, illustrating successful nature-based solutions partnerships within local communities. We are currently collaborating to create in-depth stories for communities across the country. We use videos and StoryMaps (small, interactive websites that feature maps, text, photos, and other media). Explore the diverse stories below!

Join us!

Does your community need a StoryMap to tell a story of restoration or resilience? We want to help communities across the country tell their stories of Nature-Based Solutions. Check out our StoryMap toolkit, and an additional StoryMap tutorial created by the University of Victoria Map Shop, both focused on creating an impactful StoryMap. Contact us using the email at the bottom of this page to get assistance in telling your community organization’s story:

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Nature-based Solutions in Europe–Stories from the Field

#suburban #urban #various landscapes
#heat island effect #stormwater management #urban agriculture
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Slide on over: repeat photography as research method

#various landscapes
#mapping & visualization
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Bilston Watershed Habitat Protection

#stream #watershed #wetland
#stream restoration
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Friends of Bowker Creek

#estuary #stream #suburban #urban
#rain garden #stream restoration
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WSÁNEĆ Peninsula Environmental Organizations

#parkland #stream
#community organization
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Colquitz River Restoration

#stream #urban #watershed
#stream restoration
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A quiet moment: sound landscapes in the CRD

#various landscapes
#mapping & visualization #noise mitigation #urban greening
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Shoreline Restoration: Songhees Walkway Pocket Beach

#estuary #marine #shoreline #urban
#ecological design #shoreline resilience #shoreline restoration #urban greening
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Connectivity on the Saanich Peninsula

#forest #meadow #parkland
#ecosystem connectivity #Indigenous knowledge
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Thermal Storage in the Yukon

#various landscapes
#renewable energy
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Colquitz River Restoration

#stream
#ecological design #ecosystem connectivity #stream restoration
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Bowker Creek Watershed

#estuary #stream #urban
#stream restoration
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Salish Sea Nearshore Habitat Recovery, Chapter 2

#marine #shoreline
#shoreline restoration
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Hard and Soft Shorelines

#shoreline
#shoreline resilience #shoreline restoration
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Bilston Watershed Groundwater and Surface Flow

#estuary #stream #suburban #watershed #wetland
#stormwater management #stream restoration #water filtration
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Salish Sea Nearshore Habitat Recovery, Chapter 1

#marine #shoreline
#shoreline restoration
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Invasive Species in the Clayoquot and Barkley Sound Region

#shoreline #stream #wetland
#invasive species removal #shoreline restoration
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The RUSH Initiative

#suburban #urban
#biomimicry #centralizing information #community organization #pollinator gardens
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Sandown Centre for Regenerative Agriculture

#stream #wetland
#regenerative agriculture
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Bird Surveys in Barkley Sound

#estuary #marine #shoreline
#biodiversity conservation #centralizing information
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Rain Gardens, an Urban Nature-Based Solution

#urban
#rain garden #stormwater management
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Ecological Design in Practice

#various landscapes
#composting #ecological design #green roofs #rain garden #renewable energy
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Art Attack: place-based art interventions

#various landscapes
#mapping & visualization