I was going to have a quick peek and then save it for future use in my classes but just watched the whole thing anyway. So inspiring for the #CircularEconomy in #WesternCanada!

Since we created this graphic for our 2015 Growth Within report, I’ve continued to use it in my classes and talks. Esp. our land use stats at the bottom bring home the point of system-wide waste that we’ve baked into our infrastructure and now find exceedingly hard to back out of. #CircularEconomy

Are you a parent that cares? You can still sign up if you want to learn how to turn your concerns into a roadmap for a sustainable school community. Tonight (Tue) at 4pm ET/ 5pm MT, join @forourkidscanada.bsky.social for actionable insights on Navigating School Leadership for Climate Impact.

Oil and gas companies are raking in record profit, but they are not paying up for the mess they made. The Alberta government is planning to let them walk away and leave us with the bill. We can still stop it. Join us on May 12 to find out how ➡️ albertatalks.ca/stopmas-calg...

@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org summarized the IEA global energy review 2026 for our convenience and erudition.

"Last night, City Council: -Made it harder to build homes -Added red tape -Removed a way for donut communities to grow the tax base -Encouraged sprawl -Told new arrivals to bring a car. Or 2. 3 maybe? -REPEALED a bylaw but REPLACED it with nothing, reneging on campaign promises. ONWARD!" #yyccc

#Makerspaces fulfil an important role in the #circulareconomy. They provide shared space, tools and equipment, and expertise. #mutualisation #EconomieCirculaire #Calgary @radiocanada.bsky.social (1/2)

#Calgary's city council needs to make the right decision. A lot of #HAF money is at risk here. 861 million in total at risk, more if you include not yet announced, but anticipated long term transit funding, say housing advocates.

“Modernizing Canada’s electricity system to meet the demands of our collective future must become a turning point for economic reconciliation,” write @kwatuuma.bsky.social and @blakeshaffer.bsky.social in the The Hill Times today.

Plenty of methane leaking here in Canada, too. We need to keep up the pressure on federal and provincial governments to hold industry accountable and help them address this waste of their own money and society’s wellbeing. #CanLeg #ABLeg

Are you keen on penetrating the wall of disinformation propped up by massive corporate and government PR budgets? Check out @forourkidscanada.bsky.social on 25 March and learn how to craft effective videos and reels. Your kids are worth it!

There’s so much interesting research and innovation in Europe around sustainable materials. But unfortunately since US and Canadian codes don’t reference (essentially, trust!) the Eurocodes or other international standards, everything has to be retested at great expense for the North American market

Lots to borrow from for my classes, in terms of both principles and format.

A HK woman was given a suspended jail sentence for sharing online posts calling for a boycott of December’s “patriots only” legislative elections. 🔗 buff.ly/Mwxgd0l

I’ll be interviewed tomorrow morning around 7:30am PST/8:30am MST by Sarah Crosbie on QR 770 Radio in Calgary, about my blunt post below. Should be interesting. Tune in, Calgary.

"The illegal shipments intercepted included materials such as e-waste, used batteries, waste oil, hazardous scrap metal, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), plastic waste, contaminated scrap paper, and other environmentally hazardous materials." Textiles, too! #BaselConvention #YouWasteItYouOwnIt

Neat opportunity to learn about #CircularTextiles at the #Calgary #CentralLibrary 3 weeks from now. The screening is free but registration is required. There will also be resources for a self-guided local circular textiles crawl. The future is #circular, also in Calgary 🤩! #RecyclingCouncilAlberta

Good on Waitrose. Lots of other fisheries are on the brink of disappearing and could use some tough loving by retailers and consumers.

Attacks on NEPA—often disguised as progressive 'Abundance' rhetoric—have quietly served fossil fuel companies, Big Tech, and others that profit from exploiting people and land. These assaults, which accelerated under Trump, have gutted the foundational environmental protections Americans depend on.

The resistance www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This artists talk at the Contemporary museum in Calgary (free admission!) looks so cool. I wish I could go but am reminding myself to take it easy, so if you can you should go! www.showpass.com/contemporary...

♻️ Circular materials are transforming forest & tree-based value chains. We are launching a Circular Materials Task Force & invite experts in sourcing, manufacturing, certification, or standards to join 👉 https://treee.es/CircMatTF 📅 Deadline: 18 March 2026 #CircularEconomy #PEFC #Sustainability

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Monday following his conviction on foreign collusion and sedition charges. Full story: buff.ly/6MkP1zn

Much needed

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

On #InternationalHolocaustRememberanceDay, such an important read. It is key that we illustrate and protect human values and principles, and the threats they face. This does not need to diminish the specifically Jewish experience nor tarnish the remembrance it deserves.

#CircularEconomy #Repair #SkillBuilding

Clear language on why the US Senate should ratify this landmark #HighSeasTreaty (hint: it serves US interests well). But then again, maybe they will just go in and grab what they want, come hell or high water (see what I did there) #BBNJ

"We need to ask ourselves, on both sides of the Atlantic, if we want to live in a world where democracy is recast as weakness, truth as opinion and justice as an option." — Alain Berset, secretary general of the Council of Europe (NYT 19 January 2026)

Scandalous situation* cleverly captured by @kjoules.org *the persistent poor safety record in the construction industry, not SCMP’s growing insignificance

Looking through their publications, it's a shame they're ignored. Seems like a goldmine for city planners.

I still remember Nikos Tsafos’ comments on a webinar 5 years ago that oil, for all its useful physical attributes, isn’t inherently reliable but rather that we put enormous resources into creating a system that creates the reliability.

Opportunity for young environmental engineers in #Lethbridge careers.lethbridge.ca/en/annonce/4...

“Even exceptionally old trees can rot in the middle, which is one of their features that makes them so important for wildlife, but could mean the tree is called defective by the logging industry. This could mean the tree is dismissed as waste wood. But a tree standing up in a forest is not waste.”

Well then. Everything hunky-dory! The #Alberta government must feel encouraged.

📢 Do you wish to know more about how a fully-fledged #EU circular economy model can foster resilience, competitiveness and innovation in the #European economy? ✅Join @pubaffairsbruxelles.eu's hybrid event on Dec 9! 👉Info & Registration: tinyurl.com/4arbjdy2 #CircularEconomy

If you could use some tales of resilience and hope among continued political mayhem, please read this beautiful thread. And I’m all for @crowshair.bsky.social suggestion for a collab with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social

"with the oil & gas industry alone setting up over 1100 documented meetings here in Ottawa (an average of 5 meetings every working day of the year)" 😳 But also: "If we didn’t have power to make change,these industries wouldn’t spend millions of dollars a year lobbying to try and suppress our voices"

#BeaverMoon , 2025’s biggest #supermoon , rising over #Calgary

Critical #wildfire research in the pipeline for @jedokaplan.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social “The project will support the acquisition of state-of-the-art infrastructure to develop a completely new way of characterizing wildfire fuels in Canadian forests, shrublands and grasslands.” #AI

Now we need one to respond to “eVs in condo buildings will make the building blow up and/or the parkade collapse under the excess weight.” Please?

Compelling @envdefensefund.bsky.social analysis of a #BuyCanadian opportunity for climate, wallets, and socio-econ. resilience. The @mark-carney.bsky.social govt must complete its #methane regulation: it is viable, private sector-financed, and hugely beneficial, incl. for the O&G industry itself.

This sad example from Germany illustrates why #CircularEconomy requires systems thinking, not only product redesign. The building’s design and execution were top notch but an ownership change resulted in demolition without capitalizing on any of its many reuse and vaporization features.

I hope Mark Carney is following this closely. Bessent’s comments re Canada gave off similar vibes (not the childish Blue Jays jab).

European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO.  This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting. 

Looks like the previous #Calgary #CityCouncil took many if not most of the right steps towards more #housing for Calgarians. Given that many newly elected councilors used big words around housing in their campaigns, may we trust them to continue the good work? Image from @strongtowns.org toolkit

Why doesn’t this headline read “after teacher strike is forcibly ended”? #ABPoli