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		<title>It&#8217;s time we all started taking our turn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week my good friend Dave sent me this amazing and hilarious video about a new road sign. In the video the trade-off between safety and efficiency (carbon footprint) is discussed. Although it seems a little far fetched, I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll see something like it in the future.


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		<title>Green Beer: Eco-Friendly meets St Paddy&#8217;s Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 17th Blue Mountain Resort is hosting it&#8217;s Keep Winter Cool Campaign. Keep Winter Cool aims to raise awareness about the potential effects of climate change and encourage skiers and snowboarders to start taking steps to reduce their own environmental impact.
I&#8217;ll be there with the My Sustainable Canada team hopefully enjoying another epic day [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/03/07/green-beer-eco-friendly-meets-st-patties-day/</link>
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		<title>How Climate will Change Transportation: Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To continue from the other day, our warming climate will drastically change how we design highway infrastructure. Cindy Burbank then took over the presentation. Her presentation highlighted 5 main topics

Climate change science, sources and trends
The importance of climate change to the state DOTs
Strategies to reduce GHG emissions from transportation
Climate adaptation for Transportation Agencies
Climate legislation and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/03/04/how-climate-will-change-transportation-part-2/</link>
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		<title>How Climate will Change Transportation: Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I sat in on a webinar jointly hosted by AASHTO/FHWA/FTA on climate change and transportation; Climate Change 101: An Overview of Climate Change for State DOTS &#8211; An overview of climate change science, linkages to energy security, greenhouse gases (GHG) reduction strategies for Surface Transportation and risk-based adaptation to climate change. This presentation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/03/01/how-climate-will-change-transportation-part-1/</link>
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		<title>Does the Built Environment Influence Physical Activity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“We are a society that drives to the gym to run on the treadmill”
Yesterday a friend of mine at work ran a session on how the built environment influences our physical activity regimes, based on a Transportation Research Board Report from 2005. The premise of his presentation is that the world is becoming less active, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/02/24/does-the-built-environment-influence-physical-activity/</link>
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		<title>Where will the buildings of the Future LEED us?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Build a house, a commercial, any space with an environmental conscious. Think of the life cycle costs (LCC), the benefit-cost ratio. Balance the economic costs with the social and environmental costs. All of this embodies what a LEED certified building is supposed to be.
Recently friends of mine considered having their home designated as LEED certified. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/02/22/where-will-the-buildings-of-the-future-leed-us/</link>
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		<title>The Future of Ontario&#8217;s Health Care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Build them smaller? Build them greener? Build them with the future in mind. I had the opportunity to attend the Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy’s (OCEPP) lecture on Engineers and the Future of Ontario’s Healthcsare System. The presentation was delivered by Dr. Kimberly Woodhouse, a chemical engineer, Dean of the Queen’s University Engineering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/02/16/the-future-of-ontarios-health-care/</link>
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		<title>Pedestrian Perils: An Unfortunate January in Toronto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I almost became one of Toronto’s next pedestrian victim’s. At the intersection I was crossing there was an advanced green for the oncoming traffic. I waited until the advanced green ended, looked to see the walk signal, looked to see if there were any more cars coming and then proceeded forward. I looked down [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/02/10/pedestrian-perils-an-unfortunate-january-in-toronto/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s To Come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on a bit of a hiatus since the seasonal holidays and then getting pretty sick (get your wisdom teeth out before they make you sick!). Lots has been happening in and around the engineering, sustainable development and renewable energy front. My plan this week is to take a look at the things that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sashaonthestreet.com/2010/02/01/whats-to-come/</link>
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		<title>A Good Old Fashioned Walk to School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night while watching the news I was drawn in by a story about the Burlington Elementary school district. It was a walk to school program, encouraging parents and children to walk to school instead of driving.

Like many of the surrounding suburbs of Toronto, Burlington has  larger homes on bigger properties and streets that [...]]]></description>
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