Time to get Wild in Scotland
We keep kicking wildlife out of their homes, and it’s time to reverse that process. We need to invite wild animals back into the places they used o live, this…
Adam Clare
Green Roofs: The Bigger the Better
Every post this week has been about roofs, we looked at white, blue, and soy roofs. Let’s not forget about the classic green roof. The classic green roof is tried…
Can’t Get a Green, Blue, or White Roof? Get a Soy Roof Instead
Many of the eco-friendly roof options require upgrades to structures to support the extra weight. Building an blue, green, or even a white roof isn’t a solution for every existing…
A Blue Roof is a Happy Roof
For a good future we need to respect water at its source and in our built environments. You have heard of a green roof, a white roof, and now we…
I See Your Red Roof and I Want to Paint it White
On solution to avoid catastrophic climate change is as easy as painting buildings. It’s known that white pain has benefits for cooling cities and on individual buildings it can reduce…
We’ve Improved Urban Life During the Pandemic, Let’s Keep it up!
During the the last century urban planners in North America built cities for cars instead of people. The 21st century is literally paying the costs of their misjudgement. Efforts to…
Canada’s New Budget Support Climate Friendly Farming
This week the Canadian government announced the new budget and in it are some climate-friendly moves. Farmers in Canada who practice sustainable farming practices are going to get a little…
A Meta-Analysis of Well Being Reveals how to Help Your Mental Health
Many people are feeling worn out, down, and stressed after living through a year of the COVID-19 pandemic. People in nations which reacted swiftly and took scientific approaches to containing…
Your Carbon Footprint is Fine, it’s the Wealthy that Need to Change
There’s no doubt that we can all reduce our carbon footprint, but there’s one segment of the population who drastically need to cut their carbon output: the rich. Recent headlines…
BIKEPOC Wants You on a Bicycle
Bicycles are the best form of urban transportation and more people should be out there riding on two wheels. In Toronto, like many North American cities, cyclists in the city…
You Don’t Have to Love Your Job
Too many people are told to follow their passion and find their dream job above all else. This is bad advice. Instead, go get a job that you can do,…
France Banning Short Flights to Reduce Carbon Output
Flying isn’t so popular right now due to the pandemic and many airlines are financially hurting, and in France they are helping the Air France. Due to ineffectiveness in the…
A Net-Zero Economy will Save $30 Trillion a Year
Economist argue that efficiency produces profits, which is why we see mass layoffs and (bizarrely) large payouts for executives. 20th century economists ignored a lot of opportunities for more efficient…
Want to be Successful? Spend Time with Your Friends
Are you worried you aren’t successful? Don’t be! The greatest success one can have is found in their social network, and size doesn’t matter. According to a 75-year long study…
People Share What They Changed Their Attitude to Unions
In America anti-union sentiment is strong due to the marketing efforts of large business owners that don’t like paying workers. Amazon’s anti-union efforts are a great example of this. In…
Let’s Live in Mushrooms – It’ll be Fungi
Our current selection of building materials tend to be carbon intensive and can have long lasting unhealthy impacts on humans. This issue (and others) have led some to look into…
Stop Mowing Your Lawn to Save the Planet and Your Time
Lawns are unnatural and require a lot of maintenance, so why do we have them? As a non-lawn person I just don’t get the appeal of a lawn when there…
UN: After the Pandemic Sustainable Cities will Succeed
Like the rest of the world, the United Nations is looking forward to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic and they’re projecting what our future may hold. The UN sees…
Carbon Pricing in Canada is Constitutional
A few years ago the federal government in Canada started charging for carbon wastage by people and companies. The 2018 Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act was passed to ensure that…
How PayUp Got Fashion Companies to Payout $22 Billion
Capitalism works when companies pay for good and services, when companies make deals and don’t pay for what they ordered then things fall apart. This is exactly what happened last…