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Grade 7 students at Valley Park Middle School in Toronto display their project based on re-imagining the old Coca Cola Headquarters in the Thorncliffe neighbourhood into a mixed-use community hub. 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The acceptance and publication of advertisement of products and services does not indicate endorsement of such products or services. The publishers cannot be held responsible for unsolicited manuscripts and photographs. PERSPECTIVE by ANDREW DAVIES, MRAIC Executive Director and Co-Founder of No.9 A ccording to a United Nations report entitled Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements 2011, 70 per cent of global carbon emissions come from cities. If we have any hope of meeting the targets announced last December at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference (COP21) we must build sustainable cities. Doing this will require governments, non-governmental organiza- tions and the private sector working together to implement policies and goals that will transform how we plan and build our urban cen- tres. What is important is a consensus among the general population to take action now with the understanding that, if we do not, there will be serious consequences. Climate change is a multigenerational issue. By the time we reach our emissions targets, those who are now in kindergarten will be in college. Most of those now in Grade 7 will be fully engaged in the workforce, hopefully providing the energy and creativity needed to make the shift toward sustainability. If our expectation is for the creative class of the next generation to drive the new green economy, then we must take on the respon- sibility of providing that generation with the necessary tools to do so. A creative labour force prepared to deal with the environmental challenges of the 21st century will only be realized through a trans- formation in the education of our youth. In 2011, the Toronto-based charitable arts organization, No.9, set about to create an education program that could address this responsibility. No.9 uses art and design to bring awareness to envi- ronmental concerns. One answer to the question of how to engage youth in design- ing our cities came from a brainstorming meeting around a kitchen table between three No.9 architects and designers: Andrew Davies, Elizabeth Lenell Davies and Barb Lilker. The result is Imagining My Sustainable City (IMSC), a four-day intensive program that brings ecological awareness into Grade 7 classrooms through an introduc- tion to sustainable urban planning and architecture. Students work with two architectural educators who introduce the process of sus- tainable urban design and architecture, and teach the students about the nine pillars that No.9 has identified as inherent to sustainable city building. These pillars are waste management, water management, open green space, public transportation, green building design, alternative energy, public art and design, urban agriculture, and civic engage- ment and leadership. The students are challenged to think of ways to make their city more sustainable using the nine pillars to design and build a scale model of their neighbourhood. They then present their ideas to their school, parents and city councillor. From 2011 to 2014, No.9, in partnership with the Toronto District School Board, delivered this program to 1,500 students, 50 teachers and five priority neighbourhoods throughout Toronto's 44 Wards. In the summer of 2013 and 2014, No.9 engaged 70 students through IMSC in Chicago, Illinois in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Foundation. In 2015, No.9 partnered with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB), bringing IMSC to 12 schools and over 350 stu- dents in Hamilton. The next step is to expand the IMSC program across Canada. To do this, No.9 hopes to train teachers and local volunteer architects to implement this program in their communities year after year. It is our hope that every Grade 7 student in Canada will have the opportunity to learn about their built world and the role that they can play in creating a sustainable city. A For more information visit no9.ca. For architects wishing to volunteer for this program, please e-mail to info@no9.ca From The Ground Up

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