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Web app helps identify idling hot spots

Mark Tovey

The city of Prince George BC seems to be one of the first Canadian cities to be using SeeClickFix, a free web application that allows citizens to geo-locate problems in their city. Based on IdleFreePhilly, the app is being used to locate places where people most idle their cars: idling hot spots.

Random Hacks of Kindness

Mark Tovey

An event currently underway in Mountain View, California, brings coders together with experts in disaster relief for a three day code-jam. The problem definitions, use-cases, and descriptions of proposed apps make for fascinating reading. This is a model worth watching that could be replicated in other domains.

Europe offers 95% by 2050

Mark Tovey

There's an exciting deal on the table leading up to Copenhagen. Europe has offered 95% GHG cuts by 2050, and 30% cuts by 2020 if other countries sign up for similar targets at Copenhagen.

Edmonton prepares urban forest plan

Mark Tovey

With inspiration from the one-tree-per-child model in Calgary (which now has half a million trees under its management), Edmonton is preparing an urban forest plan to manage its "green infrastructure", citing the many services trees provide.

Nicholas Stern's reason for Canada to take a leadership role in climate solutions

Mark Tovey

Nicholas Stern was interviewed recently on TVO's the Agenda. With all of Canada's advantages, he says, if we say we can't we can't do it, who's to fault other countries for saying it can't be done?

Environmental beliefs protected in UK

Mark Tovey

A judge in the UK just ruled that employees with green beliefs cannot be fired from their jobs because of them.

Worldchanging Canada enters its fourth year

Mark Tovey

That's right—three years of bright green innovation from a Canadian perspective. We've brought you stories of thinkers and doers, green hardware and social software. And we've got more up our sleeve, oh yes! Stay tuned!

Green Energy Act in Ontario

Hassan Masum

Details of Ontario's Green Energy Act have been released, including tariffs and local content rules.

First AIDS vaccine

Mark Tovey

A combination of two existing vaccines, ALVAC and AIDSVAX have been shown to reduce risk of HIV infection by 31%. Given the number of people who contract HIV, a vaccine like this has the potential to save many lives.

Citizen epidemiology

Mark Tovey

Tracking disease, as well as tracking species, just got a little easier. EpiCollect enables Android-equipped smartphones (iPhone app in beta) to send GPS-tagged field data from scientists and citizens.

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