Jun 04, 2019
Victoria is the metropolitan area on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada with a population of approximately 400,000. It’s a beautiful island paradise with a high quality of life and easy access to nature. Because of the lifestyle attributes, strong and diverse economy and very low unemployment rate, the population of…
Jun 04, 2019
Global economic crisis, gentrification, redistribution of wealth, urbanization, migration and global warming are only a few factors affecting the housing market around the globe. Taking into account that safe, affordable and lasting housing solutions are without a doubt one of the basic preconditions for a healthy society. It is clear that housing crisis has to…
Jun 03, 2019
Lire la version anglaise Il existe divers événements liés à la pratique du vélo (Semaine européenne de la mobilité, mois du vélo, etc.), mais en 2018, les Nations Unies ont choisi de mettre en avant le vélo encore d’avantage en décrétant le 3 Juin Journée Mondiale du Vélo. Pour célébrer cette nouvelle Journée Mondiale, la…
Jun 03, 2019
Read the french version From Bike Month to Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day to Bike to Work Day, there are already a lot of reasons to celebrate cycling. In 2018, the United Nations General Assembly took things to the next level by declaring June 3 World Bicycle Day. Celebrating the new day, the UN…
May 21, 2019
“The Lighthouse” is a sustainable livelihood program for the urban disadvantaged youth. By fostering agency, workplace competencies and skills in youth, the Lighthouse unleashes social and economic transformation in the communities that the youth come from. As a program which places the wellbeing of youth and the city at the centre of its design, it…
Mar 22, 2019
Business is a numbers game. A glance at a glossary of business terminology, full of words like accounts, markets, margins, and profits indicate numbers are the language of business (and in general, the bigger the numbers, the better you’re doing). But what sort of human behaviors and attitudes underlie the numbers which dictate whether a…
Mar 19, 2019
Climate change is in large part due to the rapid growth of our urban environments. It is affecting the way we work, play, move, produce, and consume – for better or for worse. According to a 2011 UN-HABITAT study, 70 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from cities. Smart action to mitigate the…
Mar 19, 2019
The following article was originally published on Forbes on 11 January 2019 and is one of a series about climate change-focused investing opportunities. The only way to build and maintain inter-generational wealth in the 21st Century will be by investing in a new paradigm. Imagine vacuuming CO2 out of the thin air and transforming…
Mar 19, 2019
C40’s Inclusive Climate Action (ICA) programme provides cities with a clear roadmap and support to plan, build consensus and deliver bold climate action that is equitable and beneficial for all. Inspired and shaped by leading mayors and cutting-edge practices in C40 member cities, this progressive programme aims to help cities worldwide maximise reductions in greenhouse…
Mar 19, 2019
Name a few smart cities. Barcelona, Singapore. How about a few green cities? Perhaps Copenhagen or Vancouver. But can you name a city that’s taking a consumption-based approach to carbon management? With over half of the world’s population living in cities, the concentration of human and economic capital allows citizens to lead a powerful shift…
Mar 19, 2019
It may well be true that spring brings new beginnings, but the last days of March are also when I typically admit to having abandoned all of my carefully crafted and well-intentioned New Year’s resolutions. Admittedly, this is not a great tragedy, and the lone victim is most likely my sense of adventure. But what…
Dec 05, 2018
Five and a half years ago my co-founder and I started planning a new city development in Zambia. After a year and a half, we started marketing the new town development and got busy doing the actual work of development. Four years in, we’ve done quite a lot, but there’s still a lot for us…
