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Leaps Tall Buildings in a Single Bound.

by Rebecca Ephraim

photo by Jaime Kowal

That was our headline 16 months ago when we called Gregor Robertson a “sustainability superman” and asked, “Do we need a former organic farmer in city hall?”

There was a resounding “yes” to that question last month as Gregor handily won the Vancouver mayoral race by almost 20,000 votes. It wasn’t exactly the fact that he had been an organic farmer that political pundits said put him over the top. But his formative years in that occupation suggest that city hall is likely to be much “closer to the Earth” in the years ahead. What I mean is that we can expect Vancouver to once again take on its historical role as a pioneering urban centre of environmental sustainability.

Of course, there are many other important aspects to Gregor’s platform, but why he wants to make Vancouver the greenest city in the world is framed by our cover story in August 2007 when we broke the news of his possible mayoral run. Check it out in our web archives at shared-vision.com (put “Gregor Robertson” in the “search” field and look for the story: “Sustainability’s Superman”). It’s an intriguing side of our new mayor that recounts when he received his political wake-up call.

The Wild Side of Intellect

We also want to welcome the new and returning city councillors and extend a special congratulatory note to our September cover girl, Andrea Reimer. Andrea, who had announced her bid for the Vision Vancouver slate when we did the story, was fearless in sharing the gritty details of her early life, scraped raw with adversity. Her story, which she agreed to share with us in complete candor in order to inspire others to their highest good and service, is a fascinating study in resilience, inner strength, and grace. You can read this story by visiting our homepage and scrolling down to: “The Wild Side of Intellect”).

The new council will be sworn in the first week of December. It should be a riveting journey as we head into 2010 when thousands will be descending upon our backyard with the eyes of the world focused squarely upon us.

Happy holidays to you and yours—and to all the winners in the civic elections that took place last month across the Lower Mainland.

It’s all good. It’s all a SharedVISION.
In gratitude,