Quebec City’s green school yards protect vulnerable neighbourhoods
CLIMATE ADAPTATION
A network of four "sponge schools" in Quebec City will help students, teachers and parents adapt to climate change and prepare for its impacts by greening their school yards. The Conseil regional de l'environnement de la Capitale-Nationale received a $429,020 grant from LLCA to complete the installations, each of which is expected to capture and filter at least 10% to 12% of the stormwater at each school.
The project is converting 400 square metres of yard space in the Vanier, Limoilou, Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur districts, all neighbourhoods that are exposed to high levels of air pollution, urban heat islands, limited tree cover, and social inequality. By making creative use of established ecological management and bioretention practices like rain gardens and vegetated swales and turning the school sites into natural "sponges", the city is setting out to restore natural water cycles while making communities more pleasant, more liveable, and safer in a flood or severe storm.
The city set up local project teams and hosted information workshops in each school, successfully engaging students, teachers, parents, and administrators in every aspect of their local projects. LLCA's funding is enabling a hands-on opportunity for at least 120 students across the four sites to learn more about water management challenges and climate change.
Photo courtesy of the CRE – Capitale-Nationale
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