écoHackMTL: An excellent launch
We had an excellent turnout for the écoHackMTL launch. A big thank-you to everyone who helped me put it together! If you missed the action you can see a few…
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écoHackMTL: An excellent launch
We had an excellent turnout for the écoHackMTL launch. A big had for everyone who helped me put it together! If you missed the action you can see a few…
Save the Environment, Live in a City
The IEEE Spectrum recently interview William Meyer who is the author of the book The Environmental Advantages of Cities: Countering Commonsense Antiurbanism. The book’s central thesis is that we need…
Child poverty rampant in Canadian cities
The story of child poverty in Canada is very much an urban story. One out of every 10 children living in urban areas was poor in 2010, compared to one…
Urban Agriculture is "Gangsta": Ron Finley on Growing Abundance in a Food Desert
Ron Finley, presenting @TED, has come up with possibly the best talk I've seen on urban agriculture. Taking urban agriculture seriously has been a favourite theme of mine here for…
Urban Agriculture is "Gangsta": Ron Finley on Growing Abundance in a Food Desert
Ron Finley, presenting @TED, has come up with possibly the best talk I’ve seen on urban agriculture. Taking urban agriculture seriously has been a favourite theme of mine here for…
Urban Agriculture is "Gangsta": Ron Finley on Growing Abundance in a Food Desert
Ron Finley, presenting @TED, has come up with possibly the best talk I’ve seen on urban agriculture. Taking urban agriculture seriously has been a favourite theme of mine here for…
The dubious case for casinos
I got way off my usual research agenda this morning for a business panel on CBC radio. The topic was the economics of casinos, the result of the City of…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Sustainable Urban Resilience: A Contradiction in Terms?
David Bello, Associate Editor over at Scientific American, has an interesting post up today looking at the supposed tensions between “resilience” and “sustainability”. His argument in a nutshell is that…
Seriously Cycling: Bikes Are Getting More Attention All Across Canada
Anyone who has been cycling in Canadian cities over the past fifteen years knows that things are changing. When I left Montreal for Vancouver in 2002 the city’s streets were…
Seriously Cycling: Bikes Are Getting More Attention All Across Canada
Anyone who has been cycling in Canadian cities over the past fifteen years knows that things are changing.When I left Montreal for Vancouver in 2002 the city's streets were still…
Seriously Cycling: Bikes Are Getting More Attention All Across Canada
Anyone who has been cycling in Canadian cities over the past fifteen years knows that things are changing. When I left Montreal for Vancouver in 2002 the city’s streets were…
Hack Your City: An Interview with David Eaves
Earlier this Summer I blogged about what providing open access to public data could do for urban sustainability. Since then New York held its first green hackathon, and Montreal is…
Biophilic Cities: This is Your City on Nature
Another summer city weekend is almost here. Chances are there is a park in your future: urban parks offer the ultimate escape from the noise and the heat. Great parks…
Re-Architecting the City by Changing the Timelines and Making it Disappear
A couple of weeks ago I was asked by one of the city’s near me to sit on an advisory board around the creation of their Digital Government strategy. For…