by Jennie Moore, Director, Institute Sustainability at British Columbia Institute of Technology and Director, Ecocity Centre of Excellence at BCIT. Many people frame economic and...
Category - Ecocity Insights
Discussions around the International Ecocity Framework and Standards indicators and other details of scientific evaluation of ecocities, from Dr. Jennie Moore, BCIT.
Clean and Renewable Energy: rethinking consumption and growth for a Just Transition
by Jennie Moore, Director, Institute Sustainability at British Columbia Institute of Technology and Director, Ecocity Centre of Excellence at BCIT. On April 22, 2020 we...
An Accelerating Pace of Change: Welcome to the New Normal
As people around the world brace for the impacts of the Novel Corona Virus (aka SARS-CoV-2 or COVID 19), it is worth observing a few long-standing insights about the accelerating...
Courage in the Anthropocene
Personal acts of courage may be required now, more than ever, as the impacts of global unsustainability manifest. Whether it is climate change, ocean acidification, soil...
Ecocities Emerging in Vancouver: Transforming Oakridge Shopping Mall into an Ecocity Fractal
An ecocity fractal is a place where all the elements of an ecocity come together in a small area (between two and seven city blocks). It provides a post card, snapshot of a place...
Reflections and Outcomes of the Ecocity World Summit 2019 in Vancouver
The 13th edition of the Ecocity World Summit was held in Vancouver, October 7-11. By all accounts it was a great success with participation from 1,063 people from 59 countries...
Understanding the Whole Systems Perspective behind the International Ecocity Standards
The International Ecocity Standards evolved from a whole systems perspective starting with Earth’s ecosphere. This is the web of life comprising air, water, soil, plants, and...
Socio-Economic and Socio-Ecological Progress in the Anthropocene
Many people frame economic and ecological progress as trade-offs. The belief that we need economic growth, even at the expense of ecological stability, is put forward as a...
The Power of Youth and the Climate Emergency: Facing Off with Politicians after Scientists Ignored
At the recent World Economic Forum conference held in Davos Switzerland, a Swedish teen named Greta Thunberg spoke directly to the participants, charging them with direct...
Ecocities and Inter-regional Ecology
Ecocities are concerned with the long-term health of people and Earth’s ecosystems upon which all life depends. “An ecosystem is a biological environment consisting of all the...