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Getting Used to the Mess

By Eli Malinski Recently, we hosted an intimate discussion with Fast Company co-founder Alan Webber. The conversation was wide ranging, attending to different facets of "Innovative Leadership". One thing that Alan mentioned was the need to begin to develop more...

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From Extraction To Consumption: Oil, An Exhibition By Edward Burtynsky

Below is a piece from The Guardian about Edward Burtynsky's most recent photography show, Oil. It mentions two exhibits currently running in the States. There are also three upcoming exhibits of Oil in Canada:In 2010, Oil will appear at The...

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Density, Suite Density

by Roger Valdez Vancouver allows more density in multiunit buildings. There are many reasons to love Vancouver, BC. It is a great international city with tremendous cultural diversity. Some of us truly see Vancouver as a bold leader in...

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Inequality and Societal Problems: a review of the Spirit Level

The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better by well known public health researchers Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett is reviewed by political scientist David Runciman in the London Review of Books article How messy it...

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Food, Music, Friends and Essential Information: Our Town Hall Event

Vancouver readers take note... In less than two weeks, Alex Steffen will be at Town Hall Seattle presenting Worldchanging's latest thoughts about the planetary challenges we face and his cutting edge ideas about bright green solutions, sustainability and urban innovation...

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Vancouver Bridge Bike Lane a Success

by Alex Aylett If you build it... they will bike. The success of Vancouver's Burrard bridge bike lane is front page news here today. The six lane Burrard Bridge is one of Vancouver's most highly used, and connects the downtown...

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Out of Water Project Aims to Highlight Solutions to Water Issues

By Kirstin Butler Access to clean drinking water is already a major issue for millions. Studies predict that falling water levels will become a primary trigger for climate-related conflict within the next 50 years. (In fact, climate warfare already transcends...

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Four Degrees Warmer: An Interactive Map

by Alex Aylett Unless we act now, our children will live in a significantly warmer world. To get an idea of what the cost of inaction means for future generations, the climate research team at the United Kingdom's Met Office...


Can Science Save the World?

The Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is celebrating their tenth anniversary with an eleven day science festival called Quantum2Cosmos: Ideas for the Future. Speakers from around the world will be converging on Waterloo, Canada to talk about string theory...

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Vancouver Makes a Bright Green Future its Official Goal

Vancouver just released its new city strategy, titled Vancouver 2020: A Bright Green Future (PDF), and it's a bold step forward (as well as a flattering adoption of our bright green frame): We envision a bright green future that...


A One-Time Chance to Hear Alex Steffen Live in Seattle: 11/11, 11/12

Here's an opportunity especially for our Vancouver readers! This November presents a rare opportunity to see Worldchanging.com Executive Editor Alex Steffen in person locally at Town Hall Seattle. On Nov. 11 and 12, Alex will share Worldchanging's latest thoughts...

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The Half Billion Dollar Ecological Gift that Keeps on Giving

There's a little-known, but highly successful federal program in Canada that encourages Canadians to gift ecologically sensitive lands to eligible environmental charities that promise to take care of them in perpetuity. It is called The Ecological Gifts Program. The...

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Ontario city aims to retrofit all streetlights with LEDs

Welland has an ambitious goal: to retrofit all of its streetlights so that they use LED's. With XLamp LED's by CREE, and light engines by Welland's CRS Electronics, Welland has already installed a pilot project of 50 LED streetlamps on...


Stiglitz and Sen's Manifesto on Measuring Economic Performance and Social Progress

A recent report commissioned by the French government (mentioned previously on WorldChanging) foreshadows why and how GDP should be supplemented as the de facto measure of progress. The authors are world-class - Joseph Stiglitz was the chair, advised by...

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Tweeting plants

By EJ Hurst. Finally, a truly useful tweet! I use Twitter as part of my marketing responsibilities but I must say, I have been slow to warm to this use of technology. A recent discovery has re-inspired me. Sadly, the...

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Environmental beliefs protected in UK

A judge in the UK just ruled that employees with green beliefs cannot be fired from their jobs because of them.

Worldchanging Canada enters its fourth year

That's right—three years of bright green innovation from a Canadian perspective. We've brought you stories of thinkers and doers, green hardware and social software. And we've got more up our sleeve, oh yes! Stay tuned!

Green Energy Act in Ontario

Details of Ontario's Green Energy Act have been released, including tariffs and local content rules.

First AIDS vaccine

A combination of two existing vaccines, ALVAC and AIDSVAX have been shown to reduce risk of HIV infection by 31%. Given the number of people who contract HIV, a vaccine like this has the potential to save many lives.

Citizen epidemiology

Tracking disease, as well as tracking species, just got a little easier. EpiCollect enables Android-equipped smartphones (iPhone app in beta) to send GPS-tagged field data from scientists and citizens.

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