When I entered university, I held a typical business-school attitude towards my future. You know the type: Climb the corporate ladder, make millions, capitalize on capitalism; but life had drastically different plans. During my first year of university,…
In the span of one meeting, I watched six months of work go down the drain. The experience was a wake-up call and helped turn me into a better entrepreneur. The beginning When The Growcer started, my co-founder…
I never thought I would be an entrepreneur. I enjoyed working with numbers and thought my career path would be to get an accounting degree and go work for one of the big four Canadian firms. Ha. Make…
COVID-19 has proven the importance of response planning and prevention for minimizing human and economic loss – the dire consequences of our poor relationship with nature. We need to reset and revive the economy with an entirely new…
Activists like me don’t claim to be the solution to climate change, but we are the fire alarm that allows for the rest of the climate justice ecosystem to intervene. Aliénor Rougeot, 2021 In September 2019, millions worldwide…
In response to the climate crisis, some companies saw opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by integrating strategies from the circular economy model into their business, and by ‘closing the loop’ on organic resources to become leaders in…
Our current version of economics has separated profits from purpose. This cannot sustain humanity. It is a wicked problem that has been strengthened over time, and no one entity can solve for it. Government decisions and regulations, investors making values-aligned decisions,…
Ivey Foundation Vice President Andrea Moffat says “it’s time to move from discussion to implementation” A net-zero economy requires a net-zero financial system seems like an obvious statement – of course the economy and finance need to be aligned…
When Susan Ancel reflects on the value of her leadership in flood protection planning with EPCOR —Edmonton’s water and wastewater utility provider— she says it’s really about helping people. That mindset has evolved throughout Ancel’s 30-plus year career…
The challenges we face require a differentiated approach based on regional needs and resources, says Phil De Luna Canada’s reliance on inexpensive sources of energy has rapidly grown since the Industrial Revolution. This cheap energy has fueled our…
