The ecological corridor of Darlington
This Canadian project aims to design an ecological corridor as well as an urban farm in order to deal with climate change and raise public awareness on biodiversity issues.
Overview of the project
The Corridor Darlington project in a brilliant collaborative initiative between the University of Montreal and the Côte-des-Neiges/Nôtre-Dame-de-Grâce quarter.
This project aims to develop an ecological track between the mountain-based campus of University of Montreal and the new MIL Campus, it will also join up to the eco-area of the Bertrand stream. The initiative has an impact of different aspects of our contemporain reality :
- Public Health
- Economic and communitarian development
- Citizen participation
- Civic commons
- Biodiversity and urban farming
- Diversity
- Active transport
- Adaptation to climate change
To design an ecological corridor as well as an urban farm in order to deal with climate change and raise public awareness on biodiversity issues.
implementation
- Bee homes
- Increase in road security
- Local food production
- Beautification of th neighbourhood
- The breaking down of people’s isolation
Philanthropy, the neighbourhood, University of Montreal, Volunteers
organisation
The Université de Montréal, with its affiliated schools, HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal, is the leading hub of higher education and research in Quebec.
