Enlisting architects, animators and more importantly residents, an NFB film titled One Millionth Tower, provides ideas for revitalizing Toronto's aging highrises. Some of the ideas include eliminating first floor apartments to make room for cafes and businesses, creating a marketspace, and networks and paths linking to the towers to parks and community gardens.
A new video from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) on the cost of poverty in BC. It turns out it costs more to allow poverty to continue than it does to implement solutions. Read the CCPA's full report, "The Cost of Poverty in BC" here.
Here's the transcript of Bill's fiery speech at Power Shift 2011, the 10,000 person climate conference and training in Washington, DC. Watch it here.
Listen to newly elected Calgary Mayor, Naheed Nenshion, talk to Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC radio's The Current, about pluralism, community diversity, and about his mayoral campaign that reached out to young voters, used social media and worked hard to engage citizens on civic issues.
Watch this video to learn what steps Copenhagen took to become one of the most livable cities in the world, and how it went from a "traffic infested city to a people oriented city". Hint - lower speed limits!
In an effort to boost cycling as a mode of transportation from 3.7% to 10%, the city of Vancouver is allocating $25 million dollars towards a two year plan aiming for a reduction in road space for cars. The city has already converted a lane of traffic from the both the Burrard Street Bridge and the Georgia Viaduct to cycling lanes, with very little fuss. Learn about what a road diet is here.
Youth environmentalist and filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker spoke out at the Anti-Prorogation Rally at Parliament Hill in Ottawa on January 23rd. Watch the her speak on YouTube.
George Heyman, Executive Director of Sierra Club BC, ends the "Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament" rally with a stirring speech on what our democracy really means. Over 1000 people gathered at the Vancouver Art Gallery January 23 for the rally. Watch the speech on YouTube.
Author and journalist Naomi Klein spoke at the Copenhagen Klima Forum on ecological debt. Watch the video segment or read the transcript at Democracy Now!.
