First off, the city wants to set up a program called "Live Green Toronto" that will encourage individuals, residents' groups, and other neighbourhood organizations to take action in areas such as energy efficiency, renewable energy, local food production, water conservation, tree planting, green roofs, compact fluorescent, and the use of native plants. I like what I'm hearing! Let's just hope they can deliver the goods.

Other eye-opening details include: doubling the amount of trees (from 17% to 34%), mandating that taxis and limousines shift their entire fleets to hybrid or low-emission vehicles, establishing a program to promote roof gardens, and expanding the bike lane/trail network from 300 km to 1,000 km.