People living in vigorous cultures typically treasure those cultures and resist any threat to them. How and why can a people so totally discard a formerly vital culture that it becomes literally lost?
- Jane Jacobs, Dark Age Ahead, 2004
Toronto has been divided and conquered, its downtown core sold for $60, the cost of the vehicle registration tax, for the right of those in the subdivisions to drive downtown with impunity. Good bye road tolls and bicycle lanes.
In the hit movie Up in the Air, George Clooney plays a professional who travels around the U.S. to fire people on behalf of employers. Clooney's character logs thousands of air miles. In fact, he flies so often that one of his personal goals is to become a member of the exclusive ten-million-mile-club. I'm a fan of Clooney and appreciate a well-told story, but the question that kept nagging me during the movie was: "What do all those miles add up to in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?"
Public engagement, climate change and Canada’s oil sands
A jewel in Canada’s energy crown or an environmental threat?
‘Increasing social expectations are re-defining the terms of industry’s license to operate. Risk and reputation today are far less about financial performance though we must have this. Nor are they about technical performance though skills are vitally important. They are about the impact on people, the physical environment and communities.’ - Sir Geoffrey Chandler, C.B.E
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