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Importance of RESILIENCE for young generations

The homegrown outdoor exhibition held on the Toronto Islands will fill the islands’ natural spaces with thought-provoking sculpture and installations. ROGUE WAVE 2018 challenges artists to create pieces that respond to our changing relationships with water and land. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 12, 2018

Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change

Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5oC approved by governments Limiting global warming to 1.5oC would require rapid, far- reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, the IPCC said in a new assessment. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on October 8, 2018

Sidewalk Toronto – Small Grants Program

We’re commissioning exciting new research about cities. Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk Labs in partnership with the Toronto Foundation are providing small research grants to support and enrich the creation of their Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP) for Sidewalk Toronto. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on September 19, 2018

SISU – this is what we need

SISU is an untranslatable Finnish term that blends RESILIENCE, tenacity, persistence, determination, perseverance and sustained, rather than momentary, courage: the psychological strength to ensure that regardless of the cost or the consequences, what has to be done will be done. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on July 31, 2018

7. European Congress on use, management and conservation of buildings of historical value

Born in the past, used today, preserved for the future. 14-15 November 2018, Hofburg Wien, Ostereich Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on July 29, 2018

Google announces it will build Toronto’s neighbourhood of the future!

This will mark the biggest project tackled by Sidewalk Labs to date, according to Reuters, and the citizens of Toronto are here for it. Sidewalk Labs describes itself as a company that “imagines, designs, tests, and builds urban innovations to help cities meet their biggest challenges.” Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on June 24, 2018

International Network of Cities Where Living is Good

The Slow Cities movement promotes the use of technology oriented to improving the quality of the environment and of the urban fabric, and in addition the safe-guarding of the production of unique foods and wine that contribute to the character of the region. Spread the word

Posted by Aleksandar Janicijevic on June 17, 2018

Hitting toughest climate target will save world $30tn in damages, analysis shows

Almost all nations would benefit economically from keeping global warming to 1.5C, a new study indicates. Achieving the toughest climate change target set in the global Paris agreement will save the world about $30tn in damages, far more than the costs of cutting carbon emissions, according to a new economic analysis. Spread the word

Posted by Cheryl Bradbee on May 24, 2018