Low-cost, Co-operative, Creative Solutions

Urban Systems team members support the activation of under-used public spaces with innovative, cost-effective ideas, by creating an interactive sculptural activity using beach balls for a downtown Edmonton plaza.

Urban Systems Gets the Ball Rolling for Community

Thriving public space results from design intervention in Edmonton

Carrying as many red-and-white beach balls as they could six blocks from their office to Centennial Plaza in downtown Edmonton, a group of about 25 Urban Systems team members captured some attention on the street.

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Calgary Co-op Working Hard in
Flood-relief Effort

Response is reflective of what co-ops are all about, says manager Karen Allan

The Calgary Co-operative Association (Calgary Co-op) has been living the co-operative spirit since severe flooding struck southern Alberta in late June.

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Will this Tweak to Journalism Create the World We Want to Live In?

'Cultural narrative a life-and-death issue'

Peggy Holman had an "a-ha" moment in Seattle last week that has her rooting through different thinking about how journalism might help create the world we want to live in.
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Creative Tension at Axiom News

On the one hand, working at Axiom News provides an opportunity to do something which feels important, exciting and meaningful.
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Bringing Solar Energy to 10 Million People

Lesley Silverthorn Marincola has a dream to bring affordable solar energy to 10 million people around the world in the next five years. Learn more in this video from Echoing Green, a global nonprofit striving to build a robust ecosystem of high-impact "solutionists" for the world's biggest problems.