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.

Texas a US Leader in Wind Energy

The frames the media put on any issue determines our agency--that is, the will or intent to act.

Indigenous Leadership

A new national survey shows nearly one fifth of the country's power is provided by…

Six trends shaping city life

70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050, what the former premier of British…

Gibbons Park Montessori School Food Forest Project

Blog by Joanna Chin, Doctoral Student, York University-Environmental Studies

Changing the Frame

Continuing the conversation, this is a very enlightening short video about a National Geographic…

Language and Framing

Our research shows again and again how important framing an issue is, and even more importantly, it…

Coding Endangered Species

As digital literacy becomes a key skill of the 21st century, more and more classrooms are…

Eliminate Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Moving towards a carbon neutral economy requires a first major step to open up space for even more…

The Beauty of Trees

Last summer, University of Utah biologist Nalini Nadkarni fell out of a tree. One of the world’s…

Nature Needs Half

I try to blog most of the time on the amazing innovations and ideas that are happening on the…

Expanding the Political Imagination

This blog by Alex Himelfarb, a former clerk of the Privy Council, is a thoughtful analysis of the…

Hedonistic Sustainability

In this fascinating article, Danish architect Bjarke Ingels talks about his vision on the future of…