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Posted By:  CWBloggers
Posted On:  Aug 6, 2008

  Canada in Transition
The CBC recently did a piece on Rob Hopkins and the Transition movement. It focused on Transition Town Totnes in England, as this is where the concept has been most thoroughly embraced and implemented. It also talks to people who are working towards starting similar initiatives in some...... [view]
Posted By:  CWBloggers
Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008

  Cities are the new power centres
Much of the blogging on this site has focused on environmental issues, world issues and discussions of diversity, all obviously related to globalization. My job is to bring cities into the discussion, and it turns out this is easy to do. It’s not well enough understood that globalization...... [view]
Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008

  Cities are the new power centres
Much of the blogging on this site has focused on environmental issues, world issues and discussions of diversity, all obviously related to globalization. My job is to bring cities into the discussion, and it turns out this is easy to do. It’s not well enough understood that globalization...... [view]
Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  Jul 1, 2008

  Living with our Legacies
Humanity has long been preoccupied with leaving behind a legacy for future generations.  Some money for our kids.  A new arena for the community to enjoy.  A monument to extol past glories.  People work hard to ensure that their generation is remembered by the generations still to come. ...... [view]
Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  Jun 23, 2008

  Making it to Third Place
Ray Oldenburg coined the term “ Third Places ” in 1989 to distinguish between one’s home (first places) and work (second places).  Third places are those public locales that make you feel safe, comfortable and happy.  Where you are likely to bump into someone you know. ...... [view]
Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  Jun 18, 2008

  ZENN Car Finally Approved… in Quebec
First BC , and now Quebec has approved the use of low-speed electric ZENN cars (as well as Quebec-made Nemo trucks) on public streets with speed limits of 50km/h and under. They still need those orange ‘horse-cart’ triangles on the back and they’re required to stick to...... [view]
Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  Jun 16, 2008

  Be Private and Perish
In examining Canada’s place in the new global realities opening up around us, I like to think about the key message of Jared Diamond’s book “Collapse” : “Perhaps the crux of success or failure as a society is to know which core values to hold on to, and which...... [view]
Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  Jun 5, 2008

  DO YOU WANT SOME CANADIAN CITIES TO LOOK LIKE THIS?
Photo by Camilo Jose Vergara. Source: Invincible Cities web site. Cities can be sources of economic power, a point that’s emphasized in the Canada’s World Discussion Guide and in my previous post . But they can also be economic liabilities, and bellwethers of...... [view]
Posted By:  ReillyY
Posted On:  May 22, 2008

  Are Cities Really That Important?
I’m asked to blog about the power of cities, one of the topics listed in the Canada’s World discussion guide . Let’s start with a basic question. Much of the argument for the power of cities rests on their position in a global economy, in other words their economic importance. ...... [view]
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