Driven to Action – Stopping Sprawl in Your Community

Sprawl consumes large quantities of land, segregates houses from shops and workplaces, depends on cars, and has little regard for the natural environment. In some parts of
Canada sprawl is the largest driver of greenhouse gas emissions.
Of course, most Canadians do not personally build the houses, streets, schools, parks or water lines that [...]

To The City of London – On Behalf of the Council of Canadians | London Chapter | Environment & Climate Change Protection Committee

City of London,

Planning Committee

Dear Controller and Councillors,
June 17 2007

My name is Kevin Lomack and I would like to begin by stating how much
I appreciate this opportunity to address everyone on the Planning
Committee directly with my thoughts and those of the Council of
Canadians – London Chapter – Environment and Climate Change Committee,
on the topic of [...]

Love affair with cars is taking its toll

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We can call them toll highways or congestion charges or road pricing, or just another tax, but the era of the “freeway” is clearly passing its due date.
Charging tolls on highways and roads may be wildly unpopular among voters everywhere — and politically dangerous around the world — but in almost all [...]

Post Carbon London Supports a Moratorium

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Integrated Community Sustainability Planning Tool 2007

This is exceptional.
A community sustainability plan is about integrating social and economic imperatives into the quality of place (the ecological imperative). The integration of people, place and economy into a single plan over a long-term perspective is a critical process for achieving sustainable community development. In many ways an integrated sustainable community plan is a [...]

Leading the way to cleaner air

Leading the way to cleaner air

In the case of air pollution, the small thing may be a very small car. This is what defines the movement known as sustainability. Modern society pumps millions of tons of carbon emissions into the sky, and the problem of cleaning up the whole atmosphere can seem overwhelming. But sustainability [...]

Time to build a new relationship with the world

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Time to build a new relationship with the world
Walking home from the cinema the other night, we looked way up and saw a ‘moon dog’ or halo around the moon. It’s an optical phenomenon due to the refraction of light on ice [...]

Toward Sustainable Communities

Toward Sustainable Communities uses six case studies to illustrate innovative strategies in specific policy areas: air pollution control, water pollution control, land use, transportation, urban redevelopment, and regional ecosystem management.
Page 89 – Banning of drive-through facilities…
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Earth Inc. | Redefining Profit

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The Future of Fast Food

Is it possible that a progressive marketing strategy from a fast food chain will be announced? Is there any retailer with a drive-thru that will step up to the plate and close their drive-thru? Perhaps replace the drive-thrus with trees and a lush garden that would serve as an outdoor café. Is [...]