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- Thesis completed!
- The cost of urban intensification
- Conclusion
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- Urban intensification – a challenge and an opportunity
- After thinking and writing comes the talking – on the radio
- Statistically Speaking – different characteristics require different planning approaches
- Putting Downtown Guelph On the Map – optimistic, pragmatic, critical, collaborative and/or technocratic
- The Policy Drafting Process – when ideas morph
- Blueprint models: from suburbs to high-rises, but nothing in the middle
Tag Archives: Environment
Why is it important to understand the role of the City?
This is a classic “from space” view of the Earth, which begs the question: “Can humans influence the environment at a global scale?” A new ecological order, an urban biome, is being created on Earth and it is visible … Continue reading
Hot Docs
Documentaries are the hot stuff in Toronto these days, documentaries of interest needless to say. I’ll do my best to get down there at the weekend, and hopefully get a chance to see “H2Oil”. My geography exam last semester was … Continue reading
Posted in Interesting
Tagged Alberta Oil Sands, Black Wave, Documentaries, Environment, Exxon Valdez, H2Oil, Hot Docs, Norway, Toronto
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Environment Hamilton Takes on the Challenge
Environment Hamilton is a not-for-profit organisation aiming to protect and enhance the environment in the city of Hamilton. The other day I sat down with Lynda Lukasik, Executive Director of Environment Hamilton, when she came to the University of Guelph. … Continue reading
How to Boil a Frog
I came across this page on the web today, and it is simply too good to just add as another link on the right hand side. It is so interesting that I also have to show the address separate, instead … Continue reading
Biodiesel's seasonal cool
Outside temperatures drop closer and closer to the freezing point. This is a concern to anyone fuelling their car with a hundred percent pure biodiesel, made from soy and conola. With cold temperatures the fuel turns into gel, hindering the fuel circulation. Pure biodiesel … Continue reading
Posted in Aggie times
Tagged biodiesel, Canada, canola, climate change, diesel, Environment, everdale, everpure, food, fuel, global warming, hillsburg, jays automotive, Ontario, ontario soybean growers, pollution, soy, winter
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