Vancouver, Canada

Surrounded by incredible mountains, beaches and forests, and home to residents deeply committed to protecting nature, Vancouver is fast becoming the poster-child of sustainable destinations. 95% of its electricity already comes from renewable energy, and the city has set itself the ambitious goal of becoming zero waste by 2040. Experience Vancouver’s green heart on its 321-kilometre land bicycle network, or on an electric water bicycle! Feel spoilt for choice of low-waste kitchens, urban parks and low carbon outdoor adventures. Seek indigenous culinary and cultural traditions on what is the traditional land of three First Nations.

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Vancouver’s green heart

By Claudia Laroye Framed by the spectacular backdrop of temperate rainforests, coastal mountains and the Salish Sea, Vancouver, British…