From community well-being to mobility, winter sustainability in Nordic cities

By Laura Espiau Guarner|2024-12-18T12:03:28-05:0018 December 2024|Territoire|

Marie-Hélène Roch, an artist-researcher and founder of Hiver en Nous in Québec, highlights on Centdegres.ca the importance of cultivating a winter mindset, seeing it as a time for self-reflection and community bonding. Roch emphasizes the need to cultivate “seasonal resilience” not only within individuals but also across municipal institutions, community organizations, or schools.

Bayanihan: A Filipino tradition inspiring regenerative aid

By Laura Espiau Guarner|2024-12-11T15:09:51-05:0012 December 2024|Ecology|

In their report Innovation and Adaptation in the Climate Crisis: Technology for the New Normal, the World Economic Forum looks at six key technologies – like AI, drones or Earth observation- that can play a role in global climate adaptation. They certainly do, but not alone.

Climate-ready schoolyard in Ontario: it is not a sponge but acts as one

By Laura Espiau Guarner|2024-11-28T09:39:20-05:009 December 2024|Education|

When we think of urban landowners, our minds (or mine, anyway) may jump to picturing vulture real-estate investment funds and greedy businessmen in black profiting from gentrification. While the links between these private investments and the housing crisis have been long documented, we (or I) can’t forget that government entities own and control typically larger areas for public infrastructure, parks, and government buildings. And that land ownership determines much more than just real estate markets.

Climate budgets and Oslo’s case: a political tool for and from cities

By Laura Espiau Guarner|2024-11-28T10:00:17-05:002 December 2024|Cities|

Cities are in a curious position when it comes to climate change: they both drive it, and address it. Or at least they have a big potential to do the latter. Urban areas, responsible for over 70% of global carbon emissions due to their high concentration of population and economic activities, are also central to leading game-changing climate solutions. These require robust political commitment and governance structures that prioritize a (truly) sustainable urban development.

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