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.

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…

The Work of Art in the Age of Mass Consumption

Dane-zaa First Nations artist, Brian Jungen, sees more than just the mundane everyday objects that…

Perceptions of our Planet

Image via news digest of the Canadian Association of Geographers

We Know Enough Now

This past Friday, the Federal Government released its 87 page long-term climate strategy with a…

Talk To Their Lawyer

“What we can do is stop thinking about property in exclusively human terms and extend the concept…

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Environmental advocates attending this year's COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco, issued a release…

If not for us, For them?

Two disturbing trends—this year will likely be the hottest year on record and “We have lost one…