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The City of Edmonton needs to start preparing now for future shocks that could harm our critical systems, says resiliency expert Craig Applegath. The effects of threats like climate change, oil shortages or skyrocketing oil prices, and extreme weather can be reduced in the future by planning in the present. This past Friday at noon, [...]
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We’ve all been told idling cars is bad for the environment. There is even a Be Idle Free Video Contest for youth ages 7 to 18 in the Edmonton Capital region. The contest challenges youth to make a video about why people shouldn’t idle their cars. Interestingly enough, this contest sparked the interest of an [...]
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I like the dark. I mean real dark, not the ambient glow of the city. When it’s dark I’ve seen bats, owls, and flying squirrels, meteor showers, the Northern Lights, and the constellations. I used to lead nighttime hikes in the river valley and the hardest thing was to convince people they didn’t need their [...]
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Recently, I had the opportunity to attend a lecture at City Hall by Richard Heinberg, an award-winning author and educator. Heinberg, who hails from the Post Carbon Institute in Santa Rosa California, is a futurist and leading international commentator on Peak Oil. He is the first speaker in the City of Edmonton’s Distinguisher Speaker Series [...]
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