Views from the Edge

Conversations from the Edge

Welcome to the CRC blog, where we discuss bleeding edge issues around sustainable community development. The term ‘bleeding edge’ connotes the idea of our failure to somehow or other convince the publics about the urgency of responding to climate change now, and that we need to better communicate the principles and practises of sustainable development to the wider publics. So, yes it takes courage to be 'at the edge', and sometimes one 'bleeds' a lot, but let's start the conversation now.

The Evidence is Clear

A 2013 study (following a 2004 study), quantifying the consensus on the link between anthropogenic…

A Victory for Conservation in Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just announced the creation of a new marine conservation area in the…

Youth Are Leading the Way

Penpon Project, a youth-led nature restoration project in Wales, is tackling ecological decline in…

The Adaptive Capacity of Northern Communities

We often hear about how people living in coastal areas are more exposed to the threat of rising sea…

Acting on Climate Change

Teenage climate-activist, Greta Thunberg, has joined forces with British indie-pop-rock band, the…

Are insurance companies willing to risk it all?

Divestment is not a new concept. For over 4 years, investors and large companies (including some of…

Net Zero target has reached a sixth of the global economy

If we want to keep climate change within acceptable limits, we need to

Let’s Just Refuse

Plastics continue to pollute the earth and its oceans. As well, there are social justice issues…

Hope is Contagious

As you know by now, Greta Thunberg is one of my heroes, her courage, her leadership and her…

If only we could beam them up

This article by Andrew Nikiforuk in the Tyee outlines the crisis now facing the right whale.…

Deep Time

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History just reopened their newly renovated 31,000…