-
Recent Posts
What We’re Talking About
advocacy carbon emissions climate communication communications community consultation contamination corporations design energy environmental assessment environmental justice ethnoracial food security government green implementation internet management marketing media minorities municipality nuclear peer review planning policy politics population project management public engagement resiliency risk management social media stakeholders sustainability technology Toronto transportation urban planning waste waste management water well-beingFollow Us on Twitter
- How to Effectively Use QR Codes for Your Business wp.me/p1rZ7A-bZ 1 week ago
- Fact: We're working on three of Canada's Top 100 infrastructure projects right now! #weloveourwork 3 weeks ago
- Our new intern, Sean, wrote his first blog post! // Why #Municipalities Need Social Media wp.me/p1rZ7A-bO via @HardyStevenson 4 weeks ago
- Why Municipalities Need Social Media wp.me/p1rZ7A-bO 4 weeks ago
- Congrats to King Township! We're excited to be part of this work. //King Township’s #Sustainability Plan moves forward j.mp/HKxfM3 4 weeks ago
Monthly Archives: January 2012
What is a Professional Peer Review?
This is part one in a series. What exactly is a professional peer review? A professional peer review focuses on the performance of professionals, with a view to improving quality, upholding standards, or providing certification. A professional peer review should … Continue reading
Posted in Consultation
Tagged consultation, municipality, nuclear, peer review, politics
Leave a comment
Are we really building a ‘sustainable’ Toronto?
As a recent transplant to Toronto, I’m often asked by those from my home town where in the city I moved to. When I give them the neighbourhood’s name, their brows furrow quizzically, so I usually have to supplement my … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged advocacy, community, ethnoracial, minorities, sustainability, Toronto, urban planning
Leave a comment
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich’s takes on Saul Alinsky
Last weekend’s results of the South Carolina Republican primary are now in and I almost fell off my chair when I heard Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, include in his 22 minute victory speech a reference to Saul … Continue reading
Portlands Energy Centre: Call for Members
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged carbon emissions, climate, community, energy, green, public engagement
Leave a comment
Port Hope and Port Granby Projects Press Release – January 13, 2012
The Port Hope Area Initiative Management Office (PHAI MO) today received confirmation of funding from the Government of Canada, which will allow the Port Hope and Port Granby Projects to move forward into Phase 2. The Honourable Joe Oliver, Minister … Continue reading
Posted in Consultation
Tagged environmental assessment, government, municipality, nuclear, peer review, politics, waste, waste management
Leave a comment
The Forgotten Third Pillar of Sustainability
Urban planning policies commonly define sustainable development based on the oft cited definition contained in the Bruntland Report: ‘development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’. Furthermore, planning … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged advocacy, communication, community, planning, policy, politics, public engagement, sustainability, urban planning
3 Comments
Community Well-Being and Sustainability
The sustainable development movement paved the way for how we view community well-being today. The notion of environmental well-being arose from the Brundtland Commission’s development of the concept of sustainable development in the ‘Our Common Future’ report in 1987. Like … Continue reading
Book Review: Last Harvest by Witold Rybczynski
Last Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America From George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Century, and Why We Live in Houses Anyway In this book, Witold Rybczynski, a professor at the University … Continue reading
Posted in Planning
Tagged book, community, consultation, design, government, planning, policy, public engagement, review, urban planning
Leave a comment
Resource Management – Co-Management
Adaptive co-management is an evolving approach for the governance of social-ecological systems. The concept of adaptive co-management comes from combining the on-going learning element of adaptive management and the relationship component of collaborative management in which rights and responsibilities are … Continue reading
Posted in Management
Tagged consultation, government, management, project management, resiliency, sustainability
Leave a comment
“The Machine that Would Predict the Future?”
Isaac Asimov’s ‘Hari Seldon’ is a role model for the social scientists and urban planners whose profession it is to predict the future from 50 to 500 years and longer. We are able to predict with a high degree of … Continue reading
