Views from the Edge

Conversations from the Edge

Welcome to the CRC blog, where we discuss bleeding edge issues around sustainable community development. The term ‘bleeding edge’ connotes the idea of our failure to somehow or other convince the publics about the urgency of responding to climate change now, and that we need to better communicate the principles and practises of sustainable development to the wider publics. So, yes it takes courage to be 'at the edge', and sometimes one 'bleeds' a lot, but let's start the conversation now.

In Memory of Bravery

My father, Milton Clarence James Dale, was a celebrated second world war hero, Distinguished Flying…

In Memory of Bravery

My father, Milton Clarence James Dale, was a celebrated second world war hero, Distinguished Flying…

Pathway to Paris

“Art, I believe, has great potential for changing the way we discuss an issue as important as…

Visualizing Sustainability

 "Real engagement often starts with an interesting and fantastic experience in nature or…

Texas a US Leader in Wind Energy

The frames the media put on any issue determines our agency--that is, the will or intent to act.

Indigenous Leadership

A new national survey shows nearly one fifth of the country's power is provided by…

Six trends shaping city life

70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2050, what the former premier of British…

Gibbons Park Montessori School Food Forest Project

Blog by Joanna Chin, Doctoral Student, York University-Environmental Studies