Slums are one of the fastest growing forms of human settlement in the world. They as well have one of the youngest demographics. We cannot move forward sustainably as a planet without engaging the people of these communities. They are our hope, and, if ignored, our despair. Here are a series of aerial shots of…
Category Archives: Environment
Engaging Youth to create Sustainable Cities
I am very proud to be a Senior Associate with Sustainable Cities, an international development agency based out of Vancouver, Canada. Last year we were able to do some outstanding work with UN-HABITAT in advancing the issue of youth and cities through the publication of the World Urban Forum Dialogue Series: Youth in Cities, and…
The Soul of the Earth Summit, 1992 – 2012
20 years is a long time since the Environmental Youth Alliance (EYA) - and many other community members worked with Severn Suzuki and the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO) in their preparations for Rio. Severn got her start keynoting many of the EYA conferences – conferences which we ran from 1989 – 93 and regularly brought…
Twitter Weekly Updates for Pradical.org 2010-10-24
You be thinking that social media is a fad? Watch this .. http://ow.ly/2TJIe # Is the mobile phone the greatest technological advancement in 20 years? Some states: more than 80% of the earth has mobile phone coverage. # Pradically All the Time is out – read this Twitter newspaper on http://bit.ly/cb0ShI (358 contributions today) #…
Giving Thanks for the Salmon
My sons, mother and brother-in-law and nephew got up on a cold and misty morning-after our Thanksgiving turkey dinner, and drove from Merritt to Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park just north of Chase, British Columbia, on the banks of the Adams River. We knew we were getting close when we began to see signs announcing the…
Usahidi – Mapping the world one SMS at a time
I have been struggling to get my head around Usahidi, the Swahili for “witness” or “testimony.” I knew it was created during the post-election violence in Kenya in early 2008. I had many friends who went through that terrible time, and felt equally horrified and powerless. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
The low down on the loo
Though it isn’t sexy, toilets and sanitation are key to the physical and mental health of a community. This has been driven home to me countless times. When I was working on the HABITATJam, a 2-day online preparatory forum sponsored by UN-HABITAT and IBM leading up to the World Urban Forum in Vancouver in 2006,…
Humor in Dark and Digital Times – A Video Mashup
Dark or black humor has always been fascinating to me – finding something funny in dismal times clearly shows how resilient humanity can be. My introduction to black humor was Monty Python, and more specifically the movie the Holy Grail. Two of my favorites are Black Knight and Bring out Your Dead. [wpvideo 2WnVJSd6] —…
Tragedy in Pictures
and who other than God can solve this … Sorry Mr. Obama, not this time. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Addiction leads to decades long hangover …
I am getting quite nauseous knowing our addiction to the black liquor is destroying the environment and economy of the gulf coast states. What makes it worse is that I feel I am watching the disaster in slow motion, with oil slowly and inexorably making its way onshore, while we watch grainy low definition movies…