Boston's Adopt-A-Hydrant Program.
Calgary's Neglect-A-Hydrant-oh-and-don't-forget-to-ignore-the-bench-too Program:
Calgary's Neglect-A-Hydrant-oh-and-don't-forget-to-ignore-the-bench-too Program:
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Showing posts with label city of calgary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label city of calgary. Show all posts
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Straight to Hell
A favourite song from my youth was Straight to Hell by The Clash.
M.I.A. used the Clash track in her huge hit Paper Planes.
Fittingly, it's the soundtrack for the City of Calgary's quasi efforts to divert waste (resource) from the landfill.
The items below are headed Straight to Hell, aka the Calgary Landfill.
It will not be sorted. Hello, Sorting Stations!
It will not be reused.
It will not be recycled.
It will not be used for something useful and thereby eliminating the need to extract those materials from the planet.
It is a resource that will be turned into a waste by City of Calgary inaction.
It will decompose over the next 1000 years and perhaps with a methane capture system, 1/1000th of the energy via LFG (Landfill Gas) will be recovered.
The City of Calgary has waste diversion targets that are almost comedic when juxtaposed with on the ground action. While European cities are implementing intelligent sorting and diversion strategies, achieving 95%+ diversion from landfills, our unused resources (aka waste) are going to Straight to Hell.
M.I.A. used the Clash track in her huge hit Paper Planes.
Fittingly, it's the soundtrack for the City of Calgary's quasi efforts to divert waste (resource) from the landfill.
The items below are headed Straight to Hell, aka the Calgary Landfill.
It will not be sorted. Hello, Sorting Stations!
It will not be reused.
It will not be recycled.
It will not be used for something useful and thereby eliminating the need to extract those materials from the planet.
It is a resource that will be turned into a waste by City of Calgary inaction.
It will decompose over the next 1000 years and perhaps with a methane capture system, 1/1000th of the energy via LFG (Landfill Gas) will be recovered.
The City of Calgary has waste diversion targets that are almost comedic when juxtaposed with on the ground action. While European cities are implementing intelligent sorting and diversion strategies, achieving 95%+ diversion from landfills, our unused resources (aka waste) are going to Straight to Hell.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
The #1 hurdle to housing families in Calgary
The fund would be accessed as a loan. Repayment based on financial capacity.
Here's what damage deposit and 1st month's rent looks like on a $2000/month rental...
$2000 + $2000 = $4000 This must be paid before taking possession. Very difficult for a young family to both be unstable/homeless and save $4000.
A single person, renting a basement suite at $800/month... $800 + $800 = $1600... Again, difficult to accomplish when not in a stable home environment.
The City of Calgary has some very expensive maps, they just don't follow them.
Here's an example from City of Calgary's "Social Outlook":
"A lack of sustainable funding also challenges
the ability of many agencies to provide longterm
support. At the same time, there is a lack
of coordination among service providers, and
competition for funding limits their ability to fully
explore and capitalize on partnership opportunities.
Access to programs and services could benefit
from partnerships between organizations such
as schools, family resource centres, mainstream
organizations, immigrant serving agencies and
ethno-cultural groups" (Hurlock et al, 2004; Howard
Research, 2001, Boakye, 2009).
Social Outlook www.calgary.ca/CSPS/CNS/Documents/social_outlook_2011-2016.pdf
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