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@LeiaMinaker @envwaterloo @WrayAJ Sounds like a great conversation we need to have!

Digital geospatial health surveillance? Sounds like @envwaterloo Alum @WrayAJ needs to come chat with us #FutureCities folks about data for sustainable future cities! Maybe a guest lecture in our Master of Future Cities program? @kerrsmithdesign

Thrilled to announce the launch of the Master of Future Cities program @UWaterloo - come join us to build systems and futures thinking capacity in Canada! uwaterloo.ca/environment/mfc @kerrsmithdesign @envwaterloo #Foresight #Futures #Cities

The city that pioneered Europe’s car-free future politico.eu/article/pontev…

In Galápagos, we are transforming fish waste into a natural fertilizer and food for animals in local farms. Learn how “fish silage” reduces landfill waste and promotes a circular economy in the islands. @WorldBank @CI_Ecuador @TheGEF @ukinecuador

Climate endgame: risk of human extinction ‘dangerously underexplored’ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Architecture "lagging behind all other sectors" in climate change fight says IPCC report author dezeen.com/2022/04/06/ipc… via @dezeen

What it takes to move one thousand people. #climate #Sustainability

So apparently, quite a few of you see a cat in this satellite image. Does it mean it should have been named Cat Breton instead of Cape Breton? Help us sort out this confusion please. Credit and full description of this image: asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites…

@CanadaPaintings @freeupgood ...and more snow on the horizon

This graphic by Jan Konietzko seems to say it all when it comes to our approach to dealing with a complex environmental crisis through traditional reductionist approaches by reducing it down to climate change and climate to carbon emissions.

In an Electrical Grid Based on Renewables, Consumers Are Key undark.org/2021/10/12/in-… via @undarkmag

How to think about hurricane recovery, according to 3 experts vox.com/2021/9/2/22652… via @voxdotcom

Airbnb for storage? A Pandemic Space Race: Self-Storage Roars Back nytimes.com/2021/09/21/bus…

The school that created a city for the blind bbc.com/future/article… via @BBC_Future

designboom.com/technology/wat… via @designboom watch these super-realistic robots

Is city noise making us sick? vox.com/22550899/noise… via @voxdotcom

MaaS (mobility as a service) platform to roll out in 27 cities across Spain smartcitiesworld.net/news/maas-plat…

Made a visit to Cologne/Köln, Germany. Here are my thoughts. In short: if this is how a leading city plans for bicycles in the EU's largest economy, then we are in big trouble. More in detail, below.

MapLab: Putting Slums on the Map bloomberg.com/news/newslette… via @citylab

60 Architects Address Discrimination in the Built Environment smodemagazine.com/60-architects-…