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The Great Weekend Exodus

The Great Weekend Exodus

What’s keeping us from resurrecting the railway lines of Ontario circa 1899? They once criss-crossed the province out of necessity. They went out of vogue with the car, transport truck and cheap fossil fuels – but our need for lifestyle balance and greater transportation sustainability makes them a necessity again. Continue reading →

Gravity Isn’t Just a Good Idea

We’ve been living in an economic Take Make Waste Bubble. Straight-up, it’s not sustainable. Just as Peter Senge outlines in his book, The Necessary Revolution, “gravity isn’t just a good idea, it’s the law”, sustainability is the law of the natural world. The question, then, is not “When will the Industrial Age bubble burst?”, but “Will it slowly deflate or suddenly collapse?” Continue reading →