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A photo of scaffolding on a construction site. Photo by Tolu Olubode on Unsplash.

Analysis: More Homes Built Faster Act

Recent moves by Ontario’s government seem likely to create conditions for a number of crises in the next few decades that, when combined, are greater than the sum of their parts. This is what’s known as a “polycrisis”, a term popularized by economic historian Adam Tooze.
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Photo of a country road. There are a few trees on the left side and a corn field on the right. The road stretches out ahead of the viewer with slight turn to the left, where some dust can be seen as if a vehicles has recently passed along it. Photo by Bradyn Shock on Unsplash.

Suggestions from a 16 Year Old for Community Resilience in Rural Ontario

How can I make my community more sustainable? That’s the question that many of us have been asking ourselves more and more as of late.
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Photo of an urban park, with benches on which people are sitting in the foreground and lawn and trees in the background. Photo by I Do Nothing But Love on Unsplash .

Simcoe County 2022 – 2051 Land Needs Assessment

…value in the context of a community is achieved through livability, which in turn drives economic and social dynamism. Propinquity, or the accessibility of the areas we inhabit, whether that’s for people we socialise with or for consumer good or employment, is the key metric to achieve in this regard.
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Province Rushing Bradford Bypass

Highways are the gateway drug for sprawl and the Bypass is a perfect example. Developers own over 3000 acres of land around this highway waiting for the greenlight to destroy more farmland and wetlands.
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Photo of several high-rise apartment buildings, with blue sky above and trees below. Photo by Galen Crout on Unsplash

Vertical Sprawl

By building spaces that prioritize equity, diversity, and inclusion, we are setting the foundations for a future that is more sustainable. Sprawl, including vertical sprawl, is not the right way to do this.
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Photo, from the air, of a aggregate quarry, with trees at the edge. Photo by Ivan Bandura on Unsplash

New Highways and Aggregate Mining in the Greenbelt

Research by Gravel Watch Ontario, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition and Environmental Defence suggests aggregates needed for the Bradford Bypass and 413 highways will come from the 905 and the Greenbelt.
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Photo of an island in a lake with mist rising from the water. Photo by Juan Davila on Unsplash

Act Now to Protect Lake Simcoe

Very soon, the federal government will be deciding whether the Holland Marsh Highway (aka Bradford Bypass) poses enough risk to the health of our environment and communities to designate it for a federal impact assessment. The 25-year-old studies the province is using are woefully out of date and must be
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Photo of a child reading with a flashlight under his blankets. Credit Klim Sergeev.

finding your place in the story​

I didn’t know what I was in for, but I knew that helping youth get engaged through a grassroots organization was something I couldn’t pass up. This is exactly what I was looking for – a chance to do something in my community.
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Photo of two young women looking down at the camera. Photo by Adam McCoid on Unsplash

Report: Youth Vision of Simcoe County

How local organizations can help reduce barriers to youth engagement in community organizations, local government, and climate action.
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