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From carsharing to rivers, Québec’s social utility trusts cover them all
Environmental law and Indigenous peoples’ relationship with the world sometimes – fortunately – have more in common than one might expect. “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children,” says a proverb that reflects well the worldview of many Indigenous traditions, where cooperation and trust between generations and within ecosystems are key to their preservation.
For sustainable cities, think of birds
Les villes sont souvent représentées en vue aérienne — à vol d’oiseau — sur les cartes, mais à quoi ressemblerait en fait l'urbanisme vu par les oiseaux ? La façon dont nous concevons les villes en dit long sur ce (et ceux) que nous valorisons, et les oiseaux sont largement négligés dans l'urbanisme traditionnel: imaginez-vous être un pigeon au milieu de déserts de béton, remplis de verre (trompeur) et de bruit.
Homes made of fungi (and not just for smurfs)
If I were to ask you about “human-fungi relations”, you might answer that they’re something we eat, cure with, or avoid in damp corners (or on our body, for that matter!). And you’d be right. But there’s another relevant dimension to them: in recent years, fungi have been proving themselves as a source of building materials.
No Roof? No Problem: The Rise of Balcony Solar in Germany
As a child, I was often in charge of preparing the mayonnaise. I remember pouring with care (and faith) olive oil, raw egg, and lemon juice, hoping to have come up with the right amount of each so that the sauce would set - it did most of the time! In a bit more complex way, the energy transition seems to require some sort of cosmic alignment as well — every ingredient needs to fall into place: governance, technology, policy.
