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Thank God for the COP 21 Agreement
This agreement has never been more timely. The pictures in this article are a graphic warning that there is no time to waste in accelerating the adoption of renewable energy, a broad commitment to raise and diversify R&D spending on the rapid adoption of more sustainable transportation systems, and continuing innovation from business leaders on the take-up of hybrid and electric vehicles worldwide.
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Revitalizing the Social Sector - State of the Art
This word cloud captures the dominant ideas discussed in the State of the Art conversation (sized by number of references) exploring where we have come from and where we are goin
Picture of Energy in Canada
Energy is the fundamental driving force of virtually all aspects of community infrastructure, and it influences the ways we work, play and live. The manner in which we develop and operate our energy systems is a critical in achieving sustainable communities and lifestyles.
Changing the Conversation
Human beings are storytellers, we develop and define our meaning and purpose through our stories. However, the global dominance of one story (constant economic growth) has shrunk the space for civic dialogue and excludes many other perspectives. We need to re-enlarge existing civic space, and create a new way for sustained dialogue, and engaging diverse people in what is important for our communities. Some argue we have yet to begin the critical conversations, while others argue there have been ongoing discussions over many decades that have not been heard.
Community Successes and Critical Needs
One of our main objectives in developing case studies is to share and link community innovations. This requires looking at the successful aspects of a community innovation, plan or initiative and also the challenges, barriers or issues communities faced in attempting to implement plans or execute projects.
Test - Visualization
Canada is of the top three largest producers of hydroelectric energy (Earth Policy Institute, 2012), shown in the figure below. In the last half century, almost 40% of Canadian energy was produced through hydroelectricity. In the mid-1970s, Canada began exploring other renewable sources of energy, which grew to over 1% of the country’s production in the early 2000s. Leading examples of renewable energy innovation can be seen with the solar power project in T’Sou-ke and the District Energy Systems of Prince George and Revelstoke.