Green Industry News Winter 2018 Vol. 27 Issue 4
What’s inside:
• AAFC announces funding for ornamental sector research initiatives • New LCC Chair • Updates to Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers from Service Canada • Program year end highlights • New biometric requirements from IRCC • Vineland Research and Innovation Centre announces CEO departure
CNLA ATTENDS ELCA 2018 TOURS IN ITALY T
he professional excursion of the European Landscape Contractors Association (ELCA) headed to Milan from October 5th to 6th 2018. An attractive program for landscape professionals was prepared by ELCA’s Italian member association, ASSO.IMPRE.DI.A. (National Association of Companies for the environmental Protection) for their visit to Milan. Urban parks and modern city projects were visited on the first day, and the wonderful historical garden and the old city of Turin were on the agenda for day two. The journey through Milan and Turin was a marvellous one, showcasing gigantic parks, buildings,
residences and great environmental plans. ELCA president Emmanuel Mony (France) and Henrik Bos (Finland), chairman of the ELCA Committee of Firms, welcomed many good friends from European countries as well from Japan and Canada. One of the highlights of the tour was a visit to the famous Bosco Verticale. It is a model for a sustainable residential building, with metropolitan reforestation contributing to the regeneration of the environment and urban biodiversity without the implication of expanding the city’s overall footprint. It is a model of vertical densification of nature within
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