by luuceo | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog, Environmental, Founders, Quin MacKenzie, Resilience, Sustainability, Women in Business
Deep Ecology, coined by Arne Naess in his 1973 essay, is the concept that all living beings are inherently valuable, regardless of their utility to humans. It is an eco-centric philosophy that challenges the notion that we should only conserve the environment to...
by luuceo | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog, Bronwyn Worrick, Infrastructure Projects, Injustice, Social Justice, Systemic Racism
How can infrastructure projects act as assets for all communities? As Black History Month comes to a close, I decided to take some time to learn and write about the story of Hogan’s Alley. Hogan’s Alley was a historic black community in Vancouver – part of the...
by luuceo | Jan 28, 2021 | Blog, Envision® Framework for Sustainable Infrastructure, Founders, Infrastructure Projects, Lifecycle Planning, Quin MacKenzie, Sustainability, Sustainable Procurement Advisory
Back in my undergrad, I was introduced to a book called Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. Almost two decades after it was published, it is still a good reminder of why we need to strive to develop and use...
by luuceo | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog, Bronwyn Worrick, Founders, Infrastructure Projects, Injustice, Social Justice
How can infrastructure projects act as assets for all communities? We talk often about the importance of considering the entire triple-bottom line of sustainability on infrastructure project development (i.e. environmental, social, and economic impacts and benefits),...
by luuceo | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog, Bronwyn Worrick, Founders, Infrastructure Projects, Podcasts, Quin MacKenzie, Resilience, Sustainability, Youtube
Happy New Year! Here is our first podcast for 2021. We decided to discuss some strategies for setting goals, metrics and targets for resilience and sustainability for an organization. *Also available on iTunes and...
by luuceo | Dec 29, 2020 | Blog, Bronwyn Worrick, Quin MacKenzie, Sustainability, Sustainability Planning & Reporting
We decided to do something a little different for our last blog of 2020. We started by thinking about an interesting question for us both (Quin and Bronwyn) to answer independently, to see how we each process, analyze, and discuss a specific concept. The...
