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  • Open Ontario

    Posted by admin on April 21st, 2010 and filed under smart growth network | No Comments »

    Read our blog post “Open Ontario: Will more students mean more education?” http://bit.ly/cNpJyd

    What does the McGuinty government’s ‘Open Ontario’ plan mean for the province?

    Guests:

    Janice Stein is TVO’s Foreign Affairs analyst, the Belzberg professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the director of the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.

    Janet Ecker is president of the Toronto Financial Services Alliance and a former MPP and Ontario Progressive Conservative Finance Minister.

    Mark Winfield is a professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University. He is also a senior research associate with the Pembina Institute and a steering committee member for the Ontario Smart Growth Network.

    Duration : 0:25:38

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    VP Biden on Economic Expansion for the Middle Class

    Posted by admin on April 21st, 2010 and filed under smart growth history | 25 Comments »

    Vice President Biden speaks at the Brookings Institutions Hamilton Project forum, From Recession to Recovery to Renewal, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. The Vice President emphasizes the importance of making policy choices now that will lead to economic growth and development for the American middle class in the next economic expansion.

    Duration : 0:23:21

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    “Building: A new Green Economy” 003 Tim Jackson

    Posted by admin on April 21st, 2010 and filed under smart growth communities | No Comments »

    From The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment’s 7th Annual Conference, “Building: A new Green Economy”. This conference focused on methods to deliver more sustainable growth in our towns and cities.
    More info: http://www.princes-foundation.org/index.php?id=1123

    Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development in the Centre for Environmental Strategy at the University of Surrey and author of the groundbreaking book Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet.

    Duration : 0:7:31

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    Creating New Jobs by Investing in High-Speed Rail

    Posted by admin on April 10th, 2010 and filed under smart growth movement | 25 Comments »

    President Obama, joined by Vice President Biden, announces $8 billion in Recovery Act funding for high-speed rail projects that will provide faster, more energy-efficient travel between cities and create new jobs for American workers. The announcement came during a Town Hall meeting in Tampa, FL. January 28, 2010.

    Duration : 1:21:25

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    Youth Clean Energy Economy Forum Part II

    Posted by admin on April 10th, 2010 and filed under smart growth neighborhood | 25 Comments »

    In the second segment of the Clean Energy Economy Stakeholder Briefing with Youth Leaders, top White House staff on clean energy hold a live online breakout session via Facebook.

    Duration : 0:46:53

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    Promoting Jobs and Growth Through Innovation

    Posted by admin on April 6th, 2010 and filed under smart growth history | 25 Comments »

    President Obama visits battery technology company Celgard in Charlotte, NC to talk about how the Recovery Act is helping to create jobs and economic growth by investing in innovative technologies.

    Duration : 0:56:21

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    “Building: A new Green Economy” 005 Rob Hopkins

    Posted by admin on April 3rd, 2010 and filed under smart growth network | No Comments »

    From The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment’s 7th Annual Conference, “Building: A new Green Economy”. This conference focused on methods to deliver more sustainable growth in our towns and cities.
    More info: http://www.princes-foundation.org/index.php?id=1123

    Rob Hopkins is co-founder of Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network. He set up the first 2-year full-time permaculture course in the world as well as coordinated the first eco-village development.

    Duration : 0:5:56

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    President Obama Addresses Business Roundtable

    Posted by admin on March 31st, 2010 and filed under smart growth history | 25 Comments »

    The President speaks to the Quarterly Meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington DC about the economy and creating new jobs. February 24, 2010.

    Duration : 0:38:57

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    Youth Clean Energy Economy Forum Part I

    Posted by admin on March 20th, 2010 and filed under smart growth neighborhood | 25 Comments »

    In the first segment of the Clean Energy Economy Stakeholder Briefing with Youth Leaders, Cabinet Members speak with over 100 young leaders on clean energy at the White House.

    Duration : 1:40:10

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    Youth Clean Energy Economy Forum Part I

    Posted by admin on March 20th, 2010 and filed under smart growth neighborhood | 25 Comments »

    In the first segment of the Clean Energy Economy Stakeholder Briefing with Youth Leaders, Cabinet Members speak with over 100 young leaders on clean energy at the White House.

    Duration : 1:40:10

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