CityHive is proud to present the Envirolab, an innovation lab that acts as a bridge between youth and solutions, policy & decision-making spaces that are tackling the climate crisis.

The theme of the first lab is 'lighter footprint'. A lighter footprint represents the practice and process of limiting one’s overall environmental impacts that result from day-to-day behaviour.

We brought together 30 young change-makers across Metro Vancouver to work collaboratively on this topic. Through ideation, problem-solving, innovation and mentorship, the cohort has been busy preparing their projects for the final pitch event on December 4th. This evening is all about hearing youth-led and innovative solutions for tackling lighter footprints at the civic level—we'll be doing that by coming together over food, hearing project pitches from our Envirolab cohort members, and having roundtable discussions on collaborative ways to advance these initiatives in Metro Vancouver.

The schedule for the night is as follows:

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Doors

7:00PM - 7:30 PM: Welcome/Introduction to CityHive & Envirolab

7:30 PM - 8:45 PM: Envirolab Cohort Pitches

8:45 PM - 9:05 PM: Judge's & audience voting time

9:05 PM - 9:20 PM: Winners announced & closing

9:20PM onwards: Mingling & networking

In the spirit of environmental and intergenerational collaboration, CityHive is proud to have compiled a Steering Committee* of various organizations working tirelessly to enhance lighter footprint in Metro Vancouver. The three judges we have at the final pitch event are all representatives from our Steering Committee organizations, they are:

- Dagmar Timmer from One Earth

- Emily Pearson from Vancity

- Amanda Mitchell from the City of Vancouver

Tickets are free, but please register to secure your spot. The Centre for Dialogue's first floor is wheelchair accessible and has a washroom. Please email michaela@cityhive.ca if you have further accessibility requests.

CityHive acknowledges that this event takes place on the unceded, ancestral territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Decolonization and reconciliation are crucial to any/all discussions on sustainability, stewardship, and environment, in what we now know as Vancouver, and we encourage thoughtful questions or ideas on this subjects throughout the evening.

*With generous support from the Lawson Foundation and our Envirolab Steering Committee (Vancity, Vancouver Economic Commission, One Earth, Metro Vancouver, Share Reuse Repair Initiative, Evergreen, Burnaby Board of Trade, and the City of Vancouver)—CityHive is running Envirolab, a social innovation lab that acts as a bridge between youth and solutions, policy & decision-making spaces that are tackling the climate crisis for youth 18-30 in Metro Vancouver. This inaugural cohort was focused on the theme of lighter footprint.