by Mark Douglas Wessel | Jul 5, 2024 | Stories
Original source: Toronto Sun It’s not so much a bridge that is connecting Rotterdam’s north and south. Rather it’s initiatives such as the introduction of rooftop gardens, playgrounds and works of art Since the destruction of most of Rotterdam in the Netherlands...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Jul 5, 2024 | Stories
Original source: Toronto Sun When Switzerland-based technology company IQ Air released their 6th Annual World Air Quality Report in March, it was alarming enough to learn that only seven out of 134 countries monitored actually met the World Health Organization’s (WHO)...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Jul 5, 2024 | Stories
Original source: Toronto Sun Power outages have become increasingly common due to climate change which has contributed to everything from high winds to freezing rain to heatwaves to flooding to extreme cold. Certainly in our home we know about the latter. Just two...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Dec 11, 2019 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk (ICLEI) Turku, Finland, which is an active member of ICLEI’s Green Circular Cities Coalition was a leading player in sessions dedicated to circularity at COP25. And rightfully so. After committing to becoming carbon neutral by 2040 at the...
by Mark Douglas Wessel | Dec 7, 2019 | Stories
Original source: CityTalk (ICLEI) “The federal government is neglecting the Amazon Rainforest. They’re not committed to the forest. And they’re leaving people who live in the forest very vulnerable.” Those words didn’t come from a New York Times editorial, but rather...
