A new community development is tapping into the power of wastewater to achieve a carbon-neutral heating system. The Zibi development is located along the Ottawa River and will eventually provide homes
According to Bruce Mau, a Canadian-born designer and author, we live in an era of opportunities for redesign, massive change and profound societal transformation. As a co-founder of the Massive Change
An iconic building in the New York City skyline has undergone a remarkable regenerative transformation to reduce its carbon footprint. Despite being nearly 90 years old, the Empire State building's
Ever since the trucker occupation in Ottawa, I have been puzzling over the lack of civic literacy coupled with the rise of populism. And are there ways to overcome mis and dis-information, and
The climate crisis has catalyzed the mass movement and displacement of humans and wildlife alike. Increases in extreme weather, sea-level rise and water and food shortages have the potential to
The recent ‘truck’ convoy was very disturbing for many reasons, not the least of which was the ignorance around how the Canadian federal/provincial/municipal governments work. Although supposedly, in
Despite the growing urgency to curtail the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, environmentally harmful subsidies continue to undercut progress toward solving this global dilemma. According to a new
COVID-19 is the latest example of how viruses spill over from wildlife to humans, but there’s a long history of zoonotic viruses impacting human communities. As the human population continues to grow
The Canadian government, along with the Quebec, Alberta and B.C. provincial governments, are investing in renewable natural gas pilot projects as a climate change solution. Renewable natural gas (RNG)
A Swedish initiative has rolled out a novel pilot program in the City of Södertälje to rid the streets of cigarette butts. Corvid Cleaning is training New Caledonian crows to pick up the butts in