SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change

Why the war on plastics can do more harm than good

patilpos — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 22:30:00 +0000

by Calvin Lakhan Recently, I had the pleasure of giving a guest lecture to a group of Fleming College students enrolled in the waste management program. It's always so exciting to see how many young and curious minds are entering the space - the future of waste management research is a bright one. As part […]

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EUC and SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production

paultran — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 19:00:57 +0000

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns. To ensure the future wellbeing of the Earth we must be more conscious of what we consume and what we throw away. SDG 12 calls for more sustainable consumption and production patterns. EUC researchers are working collaboratively across diverse sectors to ensure practical consumption, production and waste solutions for […]

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The utility headquarters as a symbol of eco-modernism

patilpos — Tue, 15 Nov 2022 21:33:40 +0000

by Zachary Dark As part of my broader research into the contemporary politics of hydroelectricity in Canada, I am interested in how hydroelectric infrastructure both physically and symbolically remakes environments. In 2009, Manitoba Hydro (a provincially-owned electricity utility in Manitoba, Canada) opened its new headquarters on the edge of downtown Winnipeg. The award-winning headquarters building, […]

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Bringing youth from the inner city and from First Nations to build Climate Solutions Parks

patilpos — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:41:49 +0000

The work to build Canada’s first Climate Solutions Parks (CSP) has received an important boost, thanks to new funding from the Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL Canada). The CSPs that are being built will focus on skills development in key areas such as community-focused agriculture, renewable energy, electric mobility, First Nations knowledge, sustainable […]

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Ontario's deepening hydro mess

patilpos — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:51:00 +0000

by Mark Winfield Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives went into the 2018 Ontario election campaign promising, among other things, to fix the province’s ‘hydro mess.’   In practice fixing the hydro 'mess' turned out to be a lot more complicated than it sounded. In the end, the first Ford government did little other than double down on […]

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4REAL experiential learning opportunity to focus on local climate solutions

paultran — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:42:39 +0000

The Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning Canada (CEWIL Canada) is supporting 91��ɫ’s 4REAL (4th Renewable Energy & Agricultural Learning) project. CEWIL partners with post-secondary institutions, community members, employers, government and students to champion work-integrated learning. The 4REAL experiential learning opportunity will focus on local climate change solutions through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically […]

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Researcher aims to prevent food fights by promoting national food policy

paultran — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:25:11 +0000

Although food is a public resource, there is no effective and joined-up national policy to guide it, says Roderick MacRae, which is an issue that should be addressed. By Elaine Smith MacRae, an associate professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, says it’s a large and complex issue that deserves a comprehensive solution, and […]

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Sand and stone materials mining in the Jeneberang River in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

patilpos — Tue, 10 May 2022 20:04:07 +0000

Wendy Alejandra Medina de Loera My dissertation explores the extractive industry of river sand and stone materials[1] by drawing on empirical research in the Jeneberang river in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. In recent years real estate capital has been key to reinvigorate the global economy, especially in Asia. This has aroused the commercial interest in […]

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Inclusion and exclusion in global production networks: The case of Myanmar migrant seafood processing workers in Thailand

patilpos — Tue, 10 May 2022 16:10:58 +0000

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the vulnerability of global production networks (GPNs). Throughout the pandemic, GPNs have experienced disruptions as manufacturing facilities have closed and consumers have been placed under lockdown. The impacts of such disruption have led to the reduction in wages and unemployment of millions of factory workers across South and Southeast Asia, […]

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What is clean electricity?

paultran — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 22:05:36 +0000

Ontario’s nuclear plan raises questions about what is “clean” energy and the need for open, evidence-based decision-making around net-zero pathways. by Mark Winfield, Colleen Kaiser In December, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced it will work with GE Hitachi to develop a new 300MW nuclear power reactor at the provincially owned utility’s Darlington site. The news was presented as […]

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