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Built Environment/Guest Comment/Health & Lifestyle/Transportation

Dead end

by John Rennie Short

Officials in Washington, D.C. said last week they may have to shut down portions of the Metro subway system for months because its

Built Environment/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Connected Planet/Energy/Health & Lifestyle/Spring 2016/Voices

Taking the temperature

by Tyler Hamilton

Stuart Lombard had no obvious reason to leave his job as a venture capitalist in 2007. Times were good. As managing partner

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Health & Lifestyle/Leadership/Spring 2016/Transportation/Workplace

Intensification nation

by John Lorinc

Vancouver these days has become a city fixated by the curbside view of its gold-plated residential real estate. As the city obsesses

Built Environment/Spring 2016

Towering secrecy

by CK Staff

The U.S. Treasury Department is setting its sights on transparency in the booming high-end real estate market amid concerns that it may

Built Environment/Guest Comment/Health & Lifestyle/Water

Piping as poison

by Chris Sellers

As the crisis over the water in Flint, Michigan, rolls on, we’re learning more and more about the irresponsibility and callousness of

Built Environment/Energy/Food/Leadership/Voices/Winter 2016

Cows, coal and cars

by Toby A.A. Heaps

Cows, coal and cars. Together they account for roughly half of all human-caused greenhouse gases. To solve global warming, the world need

Built Environment/Guest Comment/Water

Buried water

by Caroline Lou

For many Toronto residents, the July 2013 floods remain a vivid memory. A storm unleashed 126 millimetres of rain on Toronto over the course of two hours. Assessments in the

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Energy

Windy waters

by CK Staff

Putting wind turbines in the ocean remains more expensive than onshore development, but this hasn’t slowed growth of the offshore wind market

Built Environment/Guest Comment/Natural Capital/Water

Cities are finally treating water as a resource, not a nuisance

by Erica Gies

Originally published on Ensia. Memorial Day barbecues and parades were thwarted this year in Houston when a massive storm dumped more than

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Energy/Fall 2015/Transportation/Water

Big green projects to help the climate

by CK Staff

What makes a “green” or “climate-friendly” infrastructure project? It’s easy to get into a heated debate over the specifics. If your goal

Built Environment/Connected Planet/Fall 2015/Leadership/Social Enterprise/Voices

Hotels, Airbnb battle for green cred

by Tyler Hamilton

Shipping container, recycled concrete pipe, or treetop – take your pick. Yes, this is an article about sustainable hospitality, and yes, the

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Fall 2015/Water

Sea level rise could be faster, worse than expected: studies

by CK Staff

More water you don’t want, less water that’s desperately needed – welcome to the whacky, unsettling world of human-caused climate change. As

Built Environment/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Transportation

Are self-driving vehicles good for the environment?

by Ucilia Wang

This article was originally published by Ensia. Can autonomous cars be a boon for the environment? The transportation sector is the second

Built Environment/Fall 2015/Health & Lifestyle/Natural Capital

Trees make city dwellers a whole lot happier: study

by CK Staff

Research continues to emerge showing how social wellbeing can be significantly improved when people have greater access and exposure to green space.

Built Environment/Health & Lifestyle/Workplace

The other reason for building greener workplaces

by CK Staff

Evidence is mounting that green buildings have a positive effect on health outcomes for tenants, but more research is needed.

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Built Environment/Connected Planet

The future of cities: from social sciences to data standards

by Stephen Lacey

The “city of tomorrow” has been an object of fascination throughout history for artists, futurists and architects. As the centre of rapid

Built Environment/Guest Comment/Water

The lawn con

by Kenneth I. Helphand

This article was originally published on The Conversation. As geographer David Lowenthal writes, “Landscapes are formed by landscape tastes.” The lawn –

Built Environment

Suburbia goes global

by Andrew Stokols

Red tile roofs, a backyard barbecue, a clubhouse in the style of a French chateau. Welcome to Orange County. No, not Orange

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Leadership/Summer 2015

Greenest chief executive in Canada 2015

by Brenda Bouw

When a person sees a lawn dotted with dandelions, one of two thoughts likely comes to mind: the gardener is lazy or

Built Environment/Connected Planet/Leadership/Summer 2015

Raising the standard on sustainable cities

by Tyler Hamilton

Corporate Knights has ranked cities based on their sustainability performance for several years, but each time it has been a challenge finding

2015 Resilient Cities/Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Leadership/Summer 2015

What makes a resilient city?

by Daniel Hoornweg

In the heat and stink of the summer of 1854, London was held captive by a virulent cholera outbreak. Hundreds were dying

2015 Resilient Cities/Built Environment/Leadership/Summer 2015

Canada’s greenest mayor

by Jeremy Runnalls

October 2008 was a dark time for the environmental movement in British Columbia and throughout Canada. The economic downturn had focused the

Built Environment/Health & Lifestyle/Natural Capital

Washington, Toronto were N.A. green roof leaders in 2014: Report

by Tyler Hamilton

Toronto installed the highest square footage of green rooftops last year than any other Canadian city, and was second in North America

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Summer 2015

Building efficiency efforts in Canada get funding boost

by CK Staff

Toronto Atmospheric Fund, an arms-length municipal agency and endowment created to help reduce air pollution and GHG emissions in Toronto, has spun

Built Environment/Climate Crisis/Leadership/Summer 2015/Waste/Water

The changing face of Los Angeles

by CK Staff

Los Angeles, the city of angels, is aiming within the next 10 years to become the first big city in America to

Built Environment/Clean Tech/Energy/Transportation/Water

Oregon stands out with first road charging program

by Tyler Hamilton

Oregon has proven itself as one of the greenest U.S. states, but the Beaver State isn’t resting on its laurels. This July,

A Kenyan farmer at work in the Mount Kenya region. Photo by CIAT.
Built Environment/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Education/Energy/Leadership

A plan for the planet

by Ashley Renders

The leader of the World Bank Group has the worthy challenge of protecting the world’s most vulnerable populations from the chaos created

Built Environment/Clean Tech/Energy/Leadership/Spring 2015

Tech savvy: eRespond

by Stephen Lacey

Utilities in North America are facing an aging problem on two fronts: aging infrastructure and an aging workforce. Can a new generation of entrepreneurs and

Built Environment/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Leadership

Is nuclear refurbishment Ontario’s best option?

by Tyler Hamilton

Chances are slim that shiny new nuclear plants will be built in Ontario. High upfront costs and a history of delays and

Built Environment/Clean Tech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Guest Comment/Perspectives

10 predictions for clean energy in 2015

by Michael Liebreich

This article originally appeared on Bloomberg New Energy Finance. For the last two years, I have drawn on Russian imagery to illustrate the

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