Dr. Rob Newell and I will be presenting at a conference in the United Kingdom, November 30 to December 3, 2020. Rob is a former graduate of MEM, my former post-doc and Banting Fellow and is now the
Community planning is a complicated process that requires understanding the relationships between, and implications for, human and ecological systems. Systems models can support community planning
There are many development conflicts across the country and in many cases, the developers normally win, against the wishes of the community. The question I have is why don’t political decision-makers
Public dialogue and civic literacy are more important today than ever, yet our space for discussion is shrinking due to decreasing civility and violence over differing perspectives. I am reminded of
Restoring natural landscapes damaged by human exploitation can be one of the most effective and cheapest ways to combat the climate crisis while also boosting dwindling wildlife populations, a
Given the recent articles claiming large areas of the Amazon rainforest are now turning into savannas, this article offers a dire warning. It explains that most pandemics are in the emerging disease
The good society has leaders from all sectors committing to serious climate change emissions. The Climate Action 100+ group just put 161 fossil fuel, mining, transport and other big-emitting companies
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The Tyee, had an interesting article called ‘A Fast Moving Virus, a Slow Changing Climate’ (April 7, 2020), saying one is happening in real time, one in deep
What makes for a good society? One that values and measures the things that count. Edmonton has just incorporated a carbon budget limiting the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) it can emit, hopefully
There are critical tipping points that we will reach above a 1.5 C. degree warming, similar to a cascade of falling dominoes. Alarming signs are now occurring—the wildfires in California, growing