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Earth Day Q&A: Happiness in a finite world
Over the last ten years, Canada’s per capita footprint has declined, but so has Canadians’ life satisfaction.
How place-based investing could help finance cities’ climate plan: the LC3 network case
Climate-mitigation funding is drying up like the lakes and rivers it's trying to save. So how can Canada’s cities and municipalities pay for their plans when funding gaps prevent them? Social finance reporter Diane Berard explores the LC3 network in the case study below.
Protecting rural housing: Saltbox Fund founder on the power of lending circles
KJ Conyers-Steede is piloting a peer-to-peer community financing model that can be scaled and replicated across rural Canada.
How governments can help Indigenous communities disproportionately impacted by wildfires
Why wildfire evacuations keep failing Indigenous communities — and what governments can fix now
Lessons learned after Victoriaville backs off on its canopy charge for residents
The Quebec community had proposed a tax on trees being cut down - which stuck - but residents didn’t like a tax on yards with little tree cover.
How countries in the Americas can act to protect the environment without the United States
As the U.S. retreats from environmental oversight, countries across the Americas have a chance to build a stronger, more independent accountability system.
Draining wetlands produces substantial emissions in the Canadian Prairies: new study
Draining Prairie wetlands is driving millions of tonnes of hidden emissions, new research shows.
Q&A: What the U.S. decision to stop considering the health cost of air pollution means for Canada
A discussion with Dave Sawyer of the Canadian Climate Institute to understand the health implications for Canadians
Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready
Permafrost thaw is destabilizing Northern Canada’s foundations — and adaptation can’t wait.
Earth Day Q&A: Happiness in a finite world
Over the last ten years, Canada’s per capita footprint has declined, but so has Canadians’ life satisfaction.
How place-based investing could help finance cities’ climate plan: the LC3 network case
Climate-mitigation funding is drying up like the lakes and rivers it's trying to save. So how can Canada’s cities and municipalities pay for their plans when funding gaps prevent them? Social finance reporter Diane Berard explores the LC3 network in the case study below.
Protecting rural housing: Saltbox Fund founder on the power of lending circles
KJ Conyers-Steede is piloting a peer-to-peer community financing model that can be scaled and replicated across rural Canada.
How governments can help Indigenous communities disproportionately impacted by wildfires
Why wildfire evacuations keep failing Indigenous communities — and what governments can fix now
Lessons learned after Victoriaville backs off on its canopy charge for residents
The Quebec community had proposed a tax on trees being cut down - which stuck - but residents didn’t like a tax on yards with little tree cover.
How countries in the Americas can act to protect the environment without the United States
As the U.S. retreats from environmental oversight, countries across the Americas have a chance to build a stronger, more independent accountability system.
Draining wetlands produces substantial emissions in the Canadian Prairies: new study
Draining Prairie wetlands is driving millions of tonnes of hidden emissions, new research shows.
Q&A: What the U.S. decision to stop considering the health cost of air pollution means for Canada
A discussion with Dave Sawyer of the Canadian Climate Institute to understand the health implications for Canadians
Canada’s North is warming from the ground up, and our infrastructure isn’t ready
Permafrost thaw is destabilizing Northern Canada’s foundations — and adaptation can’t wait.
