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 Good Society

When the small planning team in 1988 was creating the National Round Table on the Environment and…

Nature Needs Half

By Jaime Clifton-Ross, Research Curator

A New Plastics Economy

As discussed in a previous blog post, plastic has become a part of the ocean food chain.

Edging Forward

This article from the Toronto Star describes some of th

Divest Us!

The largest university in the UK is going fossil free by selling all

A call for innovation

A recent study estimates the amount of natural mercury stored in perennially…

Turning garbage into cars

General Motors of Canada (GM) is planning, by mid-2019, t

Flying with Hydropower

Despite being among the top ten largest crude and refined oil exporters and ranked as the 3rd…

Take A Moment

This stunning time-lapse photography makes time suspend for a moment. Let the gratefulness flow…

Edging Forward: Achieving Sustainable Community Development

In Buddhist myths, it is within the void that we find new fertility. And according…

Plastic Waste May Soon Be a Thing of the Past

In the ocean, plastic has become a part of the food chain. According to Plastic Oceans, over 8…

Sustainability is a Growing Business

I read a lot of newsletters and one I find most interesting is Fast Company.