


We are happy to announce that the German translation of the WorldChanging book is due out in September 2008 with the title Worldchanging: Das Handbuch der Ideen für eine bessere Zukunft. We hope our German-speaking readers (and we know...

By Kathryn Cooper Whether at the local, national or global level, the plan for a switch to renewable energy involves two crucial pieces: policy and technology. As I discussed in my previous post, many of the discussions at last...

By Kathryn Cooper The "winds of change" were blowing last month among 600 renewable energy leaders from 46 countries at the 7th World Wind Energy Conference in Kingston, Ontario. A global tipping point toward renewable energy is emerging, propelled...

Can we imagine a day when, having sorted out our recyclables and compost-ables, then responsibly earmarked our "still perfectly good" stuff for reuse, we'll have no trash left to drag to the curb? What are the solutions that will take...

Ottawa has introduced "a new GPS fleet tracking system on OC Transpo buses to improve service". Even with such a system, there may be significant challenges to running buses precisely on time with variable traffic. Once buses are GPS...

On July 14th, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Ontario will set aside 55 million acres of Northern Boreal Forest for permanent protection from development. The area, one of the world's largest intact forest and wetland ecosystems, is roughly the...

by David Delaney This valuable long (21 pages) paper on the prospects for democracy and "greenery" reviews and synthesizes many ideas about democracy in support of its thesis. Wilson is Professor of Politics at Oberlin college. He argues persuasively that...

Milton did it. Ottawa won't do it. Halifax does it in the summer. Calgary does it all the time, at least downtown. Hamilton keeps flirting with it. More and more cities in Canada are getting the free transit itch, and...

Here we are: it’s already halfway through July and I’m still trying to check off the list of things I was going to do this summer. You know, lose a few pounds, read a stack of books, get the garden...

This is one of those times when Canadians need to vote for a policy rather than voting for a party. It may not matter if the Liberals get into power this fall or whether they actually implement a carbon tax...
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