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.

Come On Get Scrappy

The clothing industry is second only to oil when it comes to pollution and negative impacts on the…

Little Kids and their Big Dogs

Russian photographer, Andy Seliverstoff, has captured the heartwarming connection and companionship…

Super Cool Visual

A new supercomputer visualization from NASA provides an astounding 3D view of carbon dioxide…

Local Climate Leadership

In spite of the incoming administration’s views on climate change, American states and city mayors…

Three Steps Forward?

And a high profile task force, chaired by Michael Bloomberg, has just recommended that the global…

Semiotics of Space

This is a new column exploring different concepts that we use when we talk and write about…

Give the PM a Break

Prime Minister Trudeau just negotiated an agreement for a pan-Canadian framework on clean growth…

We Must Bridge these Divides

This article and this other one typify the divides we have in our country about climate change. In…

The Weight of the World

What if art had the power to regenerate life? One artist has found a way to help save damaged or…

Semiotics of Space

This is a new column exploring different concepts that we use when we talk and write about…

Aquariums of the Future

It’s pretty exciting seeing animals up close, but at what cost? Just last week, two beluga whales…

Two Steps Forward

At the latest United Nations COP 21 Climate Summit, issues around water provided a…