Meet the Worldchanging Canada Team.

A unique approach to nation-building

Peter ter Weeme, 22 Jun 08

On Saturday, I returned from Ottawa where I attended the last few days of the 2008 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference (GGCLC). Held every four years and hosted by the Governor General , the GGCLC, “brings together Canada's future leaders...

ZENN watching

Mark Tovey, 15 Jun 08

Ian Clifford, CEO of ZENN Motor Company, is always fun to listen to, and since ZENN-watching seems to be one of Canada's favourite sports, at least since Rick Mercer did his famous spot on the ZENN car on The Rick...

No time for the singularity

Karl Schroeder, 11 Jun 08

Scientists like to low-ball their estimates. The now-famous IPCC scenarios for the effects of climate change are already known to be woefully, unrealistically conservative (Freeman Dyson's recent comments notwithstanding). Arctic changes expected 20 years from now are happening now, and...

Local Futures Conference: Tom Karas

Mark Tovey, 31 May 08

I'm attending the International Conference in Peak Oil and Climate Change in Grand Rapids, MI this weekend. Tom Karas's session looked at coal generation for electricity. His argument, essentially, was that transportation and housing would more or less take care...

Loading the Green Gun

Jordy Gold, 27 May 08

About two months ago, the St. Lawrence Forum in downtown Toronto packed the house for a final debate in the Toronto Centre federal by-election campaign. During this debate, Bob Rae stood up, and provided a thorough explanation of tax shifting...

Stemming the tide of greenwashing

Peter ter Weeme

This past week, I was again struck at all of the attention the media is placing on all things “green”. Green really is the new black (though have you noticed that lots of companies are now touting blue as the...

Worldchanging Canada Interview with Mark Anielski

Hassan Masum

We recently had a chance to talk with Mark Anielski, Albertan and author of The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth. Mark has been working for many years on better ways of measuring progress, and this conversation delves into the...

A tale of two green consumer shows

Peter ter Weeme

With all of the attention on environmental issues these days, it was simply a matter of time before consumer shows dedicated to homes and gardens, cars and boats, and food and wine were joined by events focused on conscious consumption...

Moving House(s) By Pedal-Power

Mark Tovey

We recently showed you a chair bungie-corded to the back of a bicycle. Scaling up a little, how do you move an entire apartment by bicycle? The Human Powered Vehicles Operators of Ottawa (HPVOoO) show us how. They have been...

Worldchanging Paperback on Sale!

The Worldchanging Canada Team

The paperback of the first Worldchanging book, Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century, is now available for purchase on Amazon at a bargain price and at quality booksellers throughout North America. If you've been waiting for a...

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