How do you kick-start hiring, rapidly build an industry that can help transition Canada to a low-carbon economy, reduce GHGs, save ratepayers money, and recover from an epidemic induced recession all at once, and do so incredibly efficiently?…
StatsCan tells us there are already 262,000 Canadians employed in the “clean transportation” industry – a number that is already bigger than the number employed in the traditional automobile industry, and in the oil extraction industry. And studies…
A CleanReset isn’t just about government spending – it’s also about government policy, and regulations, and critical for Canadian organizations looking for capital from international investors, building a financial regulatory system that keeps pace with international standards –…
An expert panel discusses the need for a post-Covid clean reset – and the need and opportunities for Canada’s governments to simultaneously reboot the economy and build a low-carbon future for Canada,
From the stone age to bronze to iron, we are now in the age of plastics. While there are plenty of good uses for these flexible, light-weight, cheap, and varied materials, there is a massive problem from their overuse.
Each year, the average menstruating person uses and disposes of 300-425 disposable pads and/or tampons and one silicone DivaCup can replace a year’s worth of disposable products per person.
‘Business as usual’ is about to die. It may die violently, or it may evolve peacefully, but one way or another, it’s on its way out. The question for us all is, what are we going to do about it?
Last Thursday, on October 3rd, 120 business, academic, and environmental leaders from across Canada, gathered in Toronto for the 9th annual Clean50 Summit, discussing a wide range of climate solutions. Climate Policy Discussions: About 20% of the Clean50…
It seems almost fantastical that there is a thing we know must be done in order to save the planet and we’re worried about it being a bit pricey, but that’s how things are. In recent year climate…
There is an old joke that goes “What happens when you put 10 economists in a room?” And the punchline, such as it is, is that “You’ll get 11 opinions.” The problem with the joke is that those…
