Goal 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Targets (which will be focused on in this website) and Article Content:
targets from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdg9:
9.4 “By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities”
Principles for Improving Public Health Given Environmental Challenges
According to the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA), we must add to how we view public health to account for the link between humans and the natural environment. This linkage […]
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Food Waste Diversion – Lets Share Food
Food Loss and Waste (FLW) is a major problem in Canada. Second Harvest – Canada’s largest food rescue charitable organization – recently released a report entitled “The Avoidable Crisis of […]
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GDP Versus GPI
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a metric used around the world to measure a country’s well-being but it misses its mark substantially. GDP is a measure of market throughput and […]
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Let’s Choose Repair Instead of Replace
Technology products are thrown away and replaced often instead of repaired because manufacturers want to maximize their profits. They make it hard to repair by forcing consumers to go to […]
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Why We Need Digital Product Passports
Every product on our shopping shelves has important data (eg. environmental footprint, safety, health impacts, authenticity, etc.) tied to its existence. A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a single point […]
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Construction, Renovation and Demolition Waste in Canada – The Problem and What We Can Do
Canada produces about 4 million tonnes of Construction, Renovation, and Demolition (CRD) waste every year. Examples of CRD waste materials include concrete, wood, metals, glass, and plastic. About 20% of […]
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The Importance of a Sharing Economy
The overconsumption of resources by humans needs to be addressed if we are to solve environmental challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss. We currently have about 8 billion […]
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A Just Transition for Workers Due to Canada’s Energy Sector Transition
According to a recent report from TD Bank, between 312,000 and 450,000 workers directly or indirectly employed by Canada’s oil & gas sector are at risk of job loss due […]
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Reducing Harm from Chemicals and Bill S-5
Chemicals that cause diseases are in many products and yet many of us are not aware of the associated risks. Synthetic chemicals can be found in food, plastics, furniture, food […]
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The Aviation Emissions Problem
If the aviation sector were a country, it would place sixth in greenhouse gas emissions, between Japan and Germany. Global air travel demand was expected to triple between 2020 and […]
