Zero waste cities
A recent study by Deloitte for Environment and Climate Change Canada shows only 9 per cent of the 3.2 million tonnes of plastic waste generated each year in Canada is…
Dispel the negative image of smart cities
It would seem that technology being designed to enhance our lives is receiving constant criticism and demonisation. This should not be the case – connecting the unconnected beyond a country’s…
Rural Canadian Valley certified world’s first “Smart and Sustainable Rural Region.”
The Gold Certification by the World Council on City Data puts the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia in the top ranks of smart cities around the globe – only the…
Resource towns to smart cities
Read our Toronto Star article about emerging BC #smartcities. Remove layers of bureaucracy, transform the old industry and get speedy innovation. This will set precedence for all resource towns in…
From competitive cities to cooperative cities
Cities need to move from conventional ways of managing from a focus on immediate fixes to smart and intelligent approaches that look at solving root causes. Aside from revenue distribution,…
It takes a village to build a city
'We are poised to fundamentally change cities for the better. To make them cheaper and more environmentally friendly. To give people time back in their day as well as a…
Smart Cities are People First
Smart Cities are about designing the advancements of a community's experience that include elements of culture, music, art and language alongside technology. Smart Cities are designed around the principles and…
Rural Movement Technology
Although Smart Cities technology for large urban centres is the most hyped in media these days, this blog is focused on Smart Village or under 100K in population. We live…
We have a single mission: Climate Action
Canada is warming at twice the rate of the rest of the world and Northern Canada is warming even more quickly, nearly three times the global rate. Human behaviour MUST…
