Author Archives: Cheryl Bradbee

Navigating the Planetary Crisis Through the Arts:

The Sustainability Thinking Exhibition features work from University of Toronto students across the tri-campus. The exhibition is an exploration of sustainability topics and environmental issues through the arts, including visual and installation art, digital media, music, and other forms of creative communication. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on February 12, 2026

Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified

Exposing the Climate Disinfo Illusions Big Tech Creates For Big Carbon Today the Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition publishes Deny, Deceive, Delay: Demystified How Big Carbon uses disinformation to sabotage climate action, and how we stop them. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on December 14, 2025

QUEST Canada | Accelerating Net-Zero Communities

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Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on July 10, 2025

The urban miners unearthing treasure in Belgium’s homes and garages

As the historic town of Leuven strives to become carbon neutral, it is transforming how its building are made – and demolished. Are there lessons for the rest of the world? Kelly Sempels’ dad was a builder, most of her five brothers are builders, and, until leaving her last job, she too was a builder. […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on March 20, 2025

Confronting the Climate Crisis

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Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on December 11, 2024

Dutch suburb where residents must grow food on at least half of their property

In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulation. When Marco de Kat starts planning his meals, he doesn’t need to travel far for fresh food. Right outside his house is an 800 square metre plot with all sorts of produce […]

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on December 2, 2024

Why Are Some Cities ATTRACTING Storms While Others REPEL Them?

Absolutely essential thing for planners and engineers to know about cities and extremes. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on November 15, 2024

How climate change is ‘supercharging’ extreme weather trends

“These billion-dollar disasters used to happen once every three months back in the 1980s. Over the last decade they’ve happened closer to every three weeks,” says Adam Smith, an applied climatologist at NOAA. “Climate change is certainly supercharging many of these trends.” Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on October 10, 2024