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Gideon Forman

Transportation

This Ontario farmer is leading a movement to stop a highway

by Gideon Forman

Max Hansgen is one of the key figures in the struggle to halt development of Highway 413 in Ontario's Greenbelt

Greenbelt, development, Ontario
Natural Capital

Greenbelt report reveals Ontario’s sad view of nature  

by Gideon Forman

For Queen’s Park, the Greenbelt is a commodity no different than tin or pork belly. For me, the Greenbelt is a gift.  

Jonathan Westeinde environmentalist developer
Leadership

Meet the land developer trying to stop a highway through Ontario’s greenbelt

by Gideon Forman

Jonathan Westeinde could make much more money if he compromised his principles. He won’t.

Jerry Dias-GM Oshawa plant
Winter 2021

Jerry on the job

by Gideon Forman

How the president of Canada’s largest union, Jerry Dias, is driving the country’s electric vehicle push

Leadership/Transportation/Winter 2020

The man of wind, water and sun

by Gideon Forman

An activist and environmentalist, Toronto lawyer Brian Iler has been the creative legal mind behind a host of cutting-edge renewable energy projects,

Cleantech

Industry and nature make peace at former home of North America's largest coal plant

by Gideon Forman

Touring the grounds of the now mothballed Nanticoke Generating Station in southwestern Ontario, I didn't expect to see wildlife. The site once

Energy/Leadership/Summer 2019

Canadian solar inventor says solar panels 'almost cheaper than plywood'

by Gideon Forman

John Paul Morgan is showing me around his solar panel factory in Toronto’s Stockyards District, once famous for its slaughterhouses. Meat-packers still

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