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Cities and sustainability
March 26, 2014, 1 Comment

UN Habitat 6 Freeway Removals That Changed Their Cities Forever (Gizmodo) It seems counterintuitive, right? Rip out eigh ...

Canada: Liberal Party and Justin Trudeau 2013
December 31, 2013, 1 Comment

See also Liberal Party of Canada: Leadership race and Canada – (Liberal) aftermath of 2011 elections and Canada: 2013 ...

Climate change and uncertainty 2012 -2013
December 23, 2013, 2 Comments

The science of ice storms: Why the freeze was so fierce Although no single weather event can be attributed to climate ch ...

Natural Disasters 2010-2013
December 23, 2013, 1 Comment

Megastorm Aftermath The Passionate Eye In October 2012, Megastorm Sandy cut a path of devastation across the Caribbean a ...

Montreal 2013 – a tumultuous year
December 17, 2013, 2 Comments

See also Montreal Seeks a Mayor Céline Cooper: Our city faces a greater challenge Like large municipalities all over th ...

Africa and water
December 17, 2013, Comments Off on Africa and water

International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’ 2005-2015 – Africa Water’s crucial role in acco ...

Canada: Government & governance 2013
December 16, 2013, 1 Comment

Ethan Cox: How to save Canada Post (National Post) It’s worth recalling that in 2011 mail delivery was a service so es ...

November 22 1963 – fifty years later
November 22, 2013, Comments Off on November 22 1963 – fifty years later

American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr wrote of the assassination: “I never knew how his brief and brilliant leadership ...

Greece, EU and world economy 2011-2013
October 12, 2013, 15 Comments

A bit of black humor: Clarke and Dawe: Lending merry-go-round How can broke economies lend money to other broke economie ...

China, energy, economy & environment 2004-2013
October 12, 2013, 4 Comments

Desperate measures — Rivers are disappearing in China. Building canals is not the solution (The Economist) Eight o ...