How One City De-Polarized Climate Action
Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson explains how the City engaged the public to build consensus on climate action and why it adopted a carbon budget.
What It Means to Plan for Net-Zero
/by SSGGovernments and business can learn from Canada’s approach to climate action and reducing greenhouse gas emissions related to its real estate portfolio and emissions.
How We Can Reduce Emissions by Changing How We Work
/by Yuill Herbert and Erik FrenetteA Government of Canada study shows that transforming the way employees use space and how they get to work can drive down workplace emissions.
Aging Buildings and the Climate Emergency: Opportunity Knocks!
/by Ralph TorrieA Canadian study shows that upgrading North America’s aging buildings offer a historic opportunity for climate action and renewal.
Combining Electrification and Deep Retrofits to Decarbonize Canada’s Buildings
/by Lauren Malo and Sheldon MendoncaAs organizations and utilities plan for the future of electrification, efficiency is a critical way to minimize peak demand and make the transition to zero-carbon buildings viable.
Why Doesn’t Canada Have a National Retrofit Program Already?
/by Ralph TorrieIn 1906, American philosopher William James coined the phrase “the moral equivalent of war” in referring to the problem of sustaining political unity and resolve in the absence of war. U.S. President Jimmy Carter used the phrase in his famous energy crisis speech of 1977 to describe what it was going to take to respond […]
We Need to Accelerate Canada’s Green Recovery
/by SSGWhat would happen if Canada’s major cities prioritized a green recovery in response to COVID-19? Their investments could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by two thirds by 2030, create over 2.9 million jobs, and reduce air pollution by 32%, preventing 3,950 premature deaths over the next decade.
SSG Co-founder Yuill Herbert in Green Economy Heroes Podcast
/by SSGIn mid-July, SSG Co-founder and Principal Yuill Herbert was featured in the Green Economy Heroes Podcast with Dianne Saxe, an environmental lawyer and the former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.
SSG’s work is carried out on unceded and unsurrendered Indigenous territories, ranging from the traditional lands of the Michif Piyii in the North to the Huilliche in the South; from Hul'qumi'num Peoples in the West to the Mi'kma’qi in the East.
SSG recognizes that land acknowledgements alone are insufficient. We are committed to educating ourselves about the lands we are on and ensuring that our work contributes to healing and decolonization.
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