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9 stories exploring sustainability across the city.
In Brandon and surrounding Westman communities, farmers, volunteers, and students are building practical, locally rooted sustainability initiatives—from riparian restoration to community composting—redefining resilience as stewardship, knowledge exchange, and quiet everyday labor.
Rowan Sinclair transformed kitchen scraps into a community economy of soil—diverting tonnes from landfill, rebuilding urban gardens, and teaching a generation to value local ecosystems and labor.
In Westman, grassroots experiments—from regenerative fields to community energy projects—reveal practical strategies and stubborn barriers. This investigation traces people transforming policy, soil, and riverbanks, and what their efforts mean for the region's future resilience.
The rush-hour ferry now smells like salt air and basil; commuters check tide charts while misting seedlings that will be transplanted into waterfront planters each Friday.
Above the noise and chaos of city streets, a quiet revolution is growing—literally. Urban rooftop gardens are transforming how we think about food, community, and sustainable city living.