At the Region of Peel we've come to learn how difficult it can be for municipalities to start successful energy conservation and sustainability programs. Local governments face a …
I teach on-line courses covering innovation and systems thinking for sustainability. We often talk about social innovations and memetics (the evolution and propagation of ideas). …
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There are two things that I read about in the past 24 hours that I thought I would share with you. The climate change debate in Australia has been rea…
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For those of you planning on seeing Mel Gibson's film Apocalypto this weekend, I want to suggest an alternative source of information about the Mayan culture, namel…
The Fraser Basin Council recently made available "Communicating Sustainability," a thought-provoking presentation by James Hoggan on what Canadians think about sustainability, and…
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Myself and a couple of friends have just lobbied our municipal Lord Mayor for the establishment of a sustainability group (to determine goals, conduct SoEs, l…
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I'm trying to put together a list of common calculations that can be used by businesses to measure their impact on the environment. I was thinking of sticking to energy, tr…
I work for a community services organisation that offers free energy audits to low income customers as part of a partnership with an energy retailer in Australia. We are trying t…
Does anyone have any information or research on how public land and access to public land (national parks, forests and nature reserves) influence community health and well-being? …
Can anyone direct me to literature (academic and other) that addresses individual changes in knowledge, attitude and behavior resulting from a participatory planning effort, prefe…