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Author of Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle, Teaching sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan university, Substacking at https://t.co/b9tBwk1CiZ
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https://lloydalter.substack.com 05-07-2007 16:32:56
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I keep teaching sustainable design at Toronto Metropolitan University Interior Design at The Creative School because I think I learn more from the students than they do from me. This year's final exam question asked them 'how to fix the world,' and their answers could fill a book. lloydalter.substack.com/p/my-tmu-susta…
I was a guest on Cross Country Checkup talking climate and consumption and expected cranks and deniers. I was surprised at the consensus that personal consumption matters. Here's stuff I prepared for the show and never got to use lloydalter.substack.com/p/has-anything…
It's Small Business Saturday, which is more than an Amex promotion. It's about rethinking how we build and maintain healthier, low-carbon, 15-minute cities. It's about creating jobs for our kids in our communities. It is about a much bigger picture. lloydalter.substack.com/p/get-out-toda…
Yesterday, I saw two versions of the energy transition: A Canadian vision of abatement, carbon capture, hydrogen and small nuclear reactors, and OXFAM vision of taxing the rich out of their planes and yachts. Quotes from Piketty and Kevin Anderson lloydalter.substack.com/p/tax-the-rich…
I don't get this Marcus Gee article, Toronto mayors have built terrific housing, some of the best in the city, that is well-maintained and managed as co-ops. It needs financing, just like private development. Then people pay this thing called rent.
I made a little speech at the National Trust for Canada convention: 'We are no longer just trying to save the past; we’re trying to save the future. We are part of a larger movement because preservation is climate action.' lloydalter.substack.com/p/preservation…