A Living Wage For My Community
Sam Magavern, a volunteer attorney for the City of Buffalo Living Wage Commission will be joining Hamilton Wentworth school board Trustee Alex Johnstone and Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction Director…
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In German Suburb, Life Goes on Without Cars
…suburbanites and cars will drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help combat global warming. Planners in California are currently looking to develop a car-reduced community on the outskirts of Oakland.…
Distict Council concerned CETA may be trading Canada’s water
Concerns arising over talk to commodify Canadian water during negotiations of the Canada-European Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) have prompted Lillooet City Council and Mayor Dennis Bontron to prepare…
Traditional playgrounds are not the cure for declining activity amongst children
…“open-ended play elements like wood posts.” Although childhood obesity rates are climbing and although positive links between green space and learning have been found, playgrounds remain low on the priority…
Newly elected leaders must demand consultation on CETA
…municipality to procure goods and services locally. It also opens up our water treatment industries to multinational corporations. Despite the potential for “serious, unanticipated consequences for municipalities,” local leaders have…
10:10 and the politics of climate change
On September 1, Franny Armstrong launched a new climate change campaign in the U.K. called “10:10”, which aims at committing individuals, organizations and businesses to a 10% reduction in carbon…
Canadian Labour Congress, Anti-Poverty Activists and Economists Call for Infrastructure Investments
The Canadian Labour Congress believes now is the time to invest at least $10 billion in infrastructure projects from public transit to affordable housing. In an open letter 80 prominenet…
This Green House II in PICS News
PICSnews-Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, Winter 2016 A new PICS supported report from the Columbia Institute details the minor legislative changes needed to open doors for scaling up residential energy…
New Westminster, BC Implementing Density Bonuses
…affordable housing, child care, civic lands and buildings, parks and open spaces, public art and specific types of transportation infrastructure were appropriate. The City has assurred residents that bonuses will…
Safe injection site proven to save lives
…has contributed to a 35% reduction in overdose deaths in the area near the site, compared with a 9% drop elsewhere in the city. The study looked at fatal overdoses…
Beyond Copenhagen: what kind of bottom-up climate activism do we need?
…climate change. The poor nations, who are the true victims of climate change, should propose the international framework necessary to target this global problem. Read the full story in OpenDemocracy….
Food for Thought Forum Videos
…of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, a policy based collective impact initiative of food system leaders. Pecha Kucha Style Presentations: Hilary Henegar – Sharing Economies Tiffany Muller Myrdahl…