Seven Reasons for Hope in Our Troubled World

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Some 75th Anniversary Reflections

By Guy Dauncey

It’s been a long, a long time coming

But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

Listen here: Sam Cooke

To the left of me, to the right of me, in front and behind, I see people giving up on the belief that we can change the world. 

Saying awful things about humanity, fearing awful things about the climate crisis, feeling awful things about the future. Feeling panic. Feeling trapped. Good people, kind people, thoughtful people, drowning under all the bad news. Just can’t see a way forward. Concluding that it’s all too late.

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Seven ways governments can reach their COP15 goals to save the oceans

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Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: Negotiators at COP15 in Montreal agreed to protect biodiversity in our oceans. Where do governments begin?

https://www.corporateknights.com/category-climate/seven-ways-to-save-oceans-biodiversity/

Seven ways to tackle inflation without raising interest rates

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Corporate Knights Magazine, January 2023:

Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: Raising interest rates is a cruel cudgel that hurts the most vulnerable. There are other responses that governments and central banks should consider.

https://www.corporateknights.com/category-finance/seven-ways-to-tackle-inflation-without-raising-interest-rates/

Six ways to end Canada’s affordable housing crisis

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From Corporate Knights magazine

Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: Let’s end exclusive zoning, empower non-profit developers, and use the right balance of carrots and sticks to make housing affordable

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Six ways to produce rapid affordable housing

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Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: Solving Canada’s housing crisis will take time. So, what can governments do to lessen the burden for those suffering now? Click here to read the full story

Seven ways to end the climate crisis

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From Corporate Knights Magazine

Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: We need all hands on deck to solve humanity’s greatest crisis. Click here to read the full story.

Seven ways to reduce economic inequality

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From Corporate Knights Magazine

Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: A high level of inequality weakens public trust, causes resentment and threatens democracy. How can we reduce it?  Click here for the full story.

Seven ways to include nature in our economic choices

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Guy Dauncey’s Big Solutions: The COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal has ambitious goals. Here’s how we could embed these goals into our economies. Click here for the full story

Can We Solve the Farm Housing Problem?

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First Published in Planning West (PIBC), Summer 2022

By Guy Dauncey PIBC (Hon); Rob Buchan Ph.D., FCIP, RPP; Jack Anderson MCIP, RPP; Heather Pritchard; Kent Mullinix Ph.D. August 2022

There’s a global food catastrophe coming our way, and we’re not ready for it. It’s being caused by a disastrous combination of climate-induced deluges, droughts and heat waves; the war in Ukraine; supply-chain disruptions; and food export bans by leaders who are worried about popular insurrections if they can’t feed their people. Meanwhile, farmers’ profit margins are being squeezed by the rising cost of fuel, fertilizer and animal feed.

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Looking Back to the Beginning of the Universe

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Photo Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

By Guy Dauncey, August 2022

While we have been quietly growing our tomatoes, kayaking on the ocean, and working at our jobs, a team of the planet’s most brilliant people have been sending a telescope one and a half million kilometres into space.

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