Our community and the environment
Inglewood crowned Canada’s greatest neighbourhood
Inner-city Calgary community Inglewood has earned the title of Canada’s greatest neighbourhood in a competition put on by the country’s city planners. The Canadian Institute of Planners announced the winners in its Great Places in Canada contest on Friday.
The community of Inglewood is in an environmentally sensitive area located at the confluence of the Elbow and the Bow rivers and is home to several nature preserves. These include the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, the Bow Habitat Station, Inglewood Wildlands Park and the Sam Livingston Fish Hatchery. The community has a rich history as one of Calgary’s environmental leaders.
Inglewood House is aware of the immense environmental challenges facing the world, including climate change, the degradation of the ozone layer and the loss of biodiversity, and is actively taking steps to shrink our environmental footprint. Through our Enviro Action Group initiative, we encourage our residents to research environmental issues and take on important advocacy roles in environmental sustainability. The Enviro Action Group shall conduct waste audits, have green cleaning programs, offer bike-sharing programs, use solar-powered cars and develop sustainable projects that save money through energy conservation, and assist and lead the Inglewood House recycling and composting program.
Inglewood House’s pledge to our residents and community is:
“to assist in finding solutions to the challenges of environmental sustainability; to share knowledge about sustainability and climate change; and to incorporate, wherever possible, principles of sustainability into our daily operations.”
We encourage our residents to develop best practices in environmental sustainability in areas such as leadership and engagement, operations, facilities management and community engagement.