Author: Peri Dworatzek
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Mapping the Ecological Footprint of a new expressway in Ontario
– By Bart Hawkins Kreps and Bumika Srikanthalingam – The Ontario provincial government is planning a new expressway through primarily rural lands to the north of the existing Toronto urban area. The plan has been opposed by environmental and sustainable city advocates for its expected effects in reducing biodiversity, encouraging urban sprawl, and destroying farmlands, woodlands, and…
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Dr. Trevor Hancock: A Visionary in Population Health and Sustainability
– Written by Henry Challen – In just how bad a state are we leaving our planet for future generations? Is it true that we currently live in a “toxic soup” of industrial chemicals? How do we get Canadians to truly care about their ecological footprint? I’d been wrestling with these deeply troubling questions during the…
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Restoring the place of Land in economic modelling – the work of Andrew Reeves
– Profile written by Bart Hawkins Kreps – Roll the clock back almost two-hundred years, and pretend you are a far-sighted economist hearing about the new “Analytical Engine”. You immediately understand that this prototype computing machine might one day sort data far faster than any human brain could do, building elaborate skeins of calculations which can…
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Measuring bioproductivity in cityscapes: the research of Anne van Berkum
– Profile written by Bart Hawkins Kreps – Imagine you’re looking at a one-hectare parking lot surrounded by fertile farmland. And imagine that there are two rows of trees growing in narrow green strips built through this parking lot. How would you estimate the Biocapacity of this hectare? Since it was taken from farmland, would you…
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Growth, green growth, degrowth, and Ecological Footprint: Peter Victor in conversation with Richard Heinberg
– Excerpted from Growth, Degrowth, and Green Growth: A Conversation with Peter Victor, Posted with permission from © Post Carbon Institute 2024 – – Excerpt produced by Bart Hawkins Kreps – Recently Peter Victor spoke with Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, for their Deep Dive series Moving Beyond Growth. Below are excerpts from that discussion,…
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Les Kuzyk draws on detailed local data to document Calgary’s Ecological Footprint
— by Anna Stratton and Bart Hawkins Kreps — “We are killing ourselves and our planet and no one seems to want to face the truth,” says Calgary planning analyst Les Kuzyk. Yet he continues his work, making significant contributions to Ecological Footprint science while documenting what he says is Calgary’s “7 planet lifestyle.” Les…