sasha on the street

On March 17th Blue Mountain Resort is hosting it’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’ll be there with the My Sustainable Canada team hopefully enjoying another epic day [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Triple Bottom Line Accounting. The notion is that you account for the economic profits, the environmental impact, and the social costs and benefits; People, Planet, Profit.
This was borne out of the idea that we need to do a better job at protecting our natural environments; simply exploiting them for economic gain was going to mean [...]

It’s back to school. Some students are changing courses, adjusting schedules, even changing majors – and I fall into all of those categories.
My undergraduate engineering program was in structural (civil) engineering. I studied structures, concrete, steel, wood, wind … anything and everything to do with structural engineering. Although I never thought I would work as [...]

It’s that time of the year when students are scrambling to pick their courses for the year (myself included). What courses do they take that both inspire them and open up doors for their future working careers?
When looking at the courses available this morning I was required to request permission from the instructor to enter [...]

A day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.
Shouldn’t everyday be Earth day?
It is a day to remind us that we abuse its environment and we should have more respect for it. We’re on a slow learning curve but we’re getting there.
The History of Earth Day
Earth day began in the US in [...]

I had an interesting presentation tonight, delivered by Amir Shalaby of The Ontario Power Authority, it was all about energy and its future in Ontario. The presentation covered a breadth of topics from demand to supply, from current use to projected use, from non-renewable to renewable energy sources. What really stuck with me is the [...]

No I’m not talking about the existing 407ETR, I’m talking about the proposed extension from its easterly termination of Brock Road over to Highway 115/35. This new extension will be known as 407EAST. 
Why have GTA residents not really heard about it?
Minister Jim Bradley released his announcement the same day as the Federal Budget. With all the [...]

Today marks the inauguration of President Elect Barack Obama. Today also marks a day of change. With the recession trudging on, the world will be searching for change. Here are some of my predictions with respect to sustainable development, the environment and healthy living

Tax Cuts: for people who are using active transportation, public transportation, green [...]