Nature-based resilience programs in South America

Nature-based resilience programs in South America

The “greening” initiatives described here are the inverse of “greenwashing. They seek an alliance with Nature to improve life in the city.  This “complicity with Nature” starts from the realisation, core to many cultures – and...
Procurement with purpose

Procurement with purpose

↑  Global businesses are committing to key sustainability objectives such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, eliminating slave labor, avoiding plastics, conserving water used in production, tapping into renewable energy sources and more.  GETTY This...
Incentives for sharing rides

Incentives for sharing rides

The conclusion is that ride sharing does not generate spontaneously. The assumption being that a car-owner shares a regular trip with someone else. Overall the incentives to do this are weak. Is it that the trip to work and back is in fact one of the few moments of...
Sidewalk Labs’ smart city master plan

Sidewalk Labs’ smart city master plan

Here’s yet another account of the development of Toronto’s waterfront by Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs business. This article describes the content and the initial reception of “Toronto Tomorrow: A New Approach for Inclusive Growth” the...