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  • Ruling ourselves: The deliberate evolution of global cooperation and governance

    Vision of Earth is proud to announce that we have been selected as a semi-finalist for the New Shape Prize from the Global Challenges Foundation. We've made our submission open to the public.
  • Morph My City Report – Transforming Regina: Planning for 2040 and beyond

    We're releasing our entire urban design report on the city of Regina. Originally developed for the Morph My City design competition and the National Infrastructure Summit, this report contains our main insights into the future of Regina and other North American Cities.
  • Vision of Earth submission chosen as finalist in Morph My City Competition

    Vision of Earth has been selected as a finalist in the Regina Morph My City competition. We'll be presenting our work at the National Infrastructure Summit and releasing all of it to the public.
  • Opportunities and perils of natural gas usage on the road to renewables

    Our increasing reliance on natural gas brings with it both opportunities and dangers during the shift towards renewable energy. This issue deals with some major issues regarding natural gas deployment in industry, power generation, food production, and heating.
  • Capitalism’s Labour Transitions – An Argument for Social Welfare

    Capitalist labour transitions are a heavy burden on the working class and society in general, but they are also one of the cornerstones of progress. We can solve this problem in an economically practical as well as morally and socially desirable through the creation of a strong social welfare system.

Harvest and Hunger: Amy Jo Ehman on local food choices

November 26, 2012February 23, 2016 Mark Cazakoff Leave a comment

Hello! This is my first post on Vision of Earth. Glad to be here. On November 9th & 10th, SCIC (Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation) hosted an event in Saskatoon called Harvest and Hunger (introduced in our earlier post: Harvest and Hunger: Brainstorming the future of the world food system). SCIC is an umbrella organization that represents […]

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Harvest and Hunger: Brainstorming the future of the world food system

November 9, 2012November 9, 2012 Ben Harack 1 Comment

Harvest and Hunger The Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation is hosting an event in Saskatoon on November 10th called Harvest and Hunger. The event sets out to answer three questions: Who controls the world’s food? Who has power in the global food system? Who doesn’t? What are people doing – both in Saskatchewan and around […]

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Ethics, Slavery and the Ivory Coast

October 27, 2012February 23, 2016 Steven Kuski Leave a comment

Ethics and morality are not permanent fixtures of our society. They are constantly evolving and adapting to new social norms and necessities. Today in Canada, slavery is considered to be absolutely immoral. This is, however, a relatively recent development. Two hundred years ago slavery was legal and widely accepted. At present in the Ivory Coast, […]

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Morph My City Report – Transforming Regina: Planning for 2040 and beyond

September 11, 2012January 30, 2016 Kyle Laskowski 2 Comments

We’re releasing our entire urban design report on the city of Regina. Originally developed for the Morph My City design competition and the National Infrastructure Summit, this report contains our main insights into the future of Regina and other North American Cities.

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Vision of Earth submission chosen as finalist in Morph My City Competition

July 29, 2012January 30, 2016 Ben Harack 2 Comments

Vision of Earth has been selected as a finalist in the Regina Morph My City competition. We’ll be presenting our work at the National Infrastructure Summit and releasing all of it to the public.

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Moving Planet Montreal video by Developing Pictures

November 5, 2011 Ben Harack Leave a comment

A wonderful video about Moving Planet Montreal was created by Alex Pritz of Developing Pictures. The video features Ben Harack in his first-ever YouTube appearance!

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Moving Planet Montreal

October 1, 2011February 23, 2016 Ben Harack 3 Comments

Moving Planet Montreal was a celebration of the transition away from fossil fuels in our society. The event was a green kilometer drive and a grand picnic, symbolizing the central role of transportation and food in sustainability.

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Envisioning a Green Life: 10 ways you can make a difference

September 30, 2011July 25, 2013 Ben Harack 2 Comments

Simple, practical advice on how to live a green life. Based on years of research and thought on the matter by the Vision of Earth team.

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Ben’s Interview on Radio CKUT 90.3 FM

September 10, 2011October 1, 2011 Ben Harack 4 Comments

Ben Harack was interviewed on the Ecolibrium radio show on CKUT in Montreal. Topics were Moving Planet, Saskatchewan’s sustainability, and peer-based cross-disciplinary efforts towards sustainability.

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How much would it cost to end extreme poverty in the world?

August 26, 2011August 25, 2011 Ben Harack 49 Comments

Ending extreme poverty in twenty years is very feasible if the developed world delivers on their promises. The United States alone could end world poverty with a fraction of their military budget.

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Releasing some posts in mp3 format

August 25, 2011August 24, 2011 Ben Harack Leave a comment

Vision of Earth has begun to offer mp3 downloads of some of our content. These mp3 downloads can be considered podcasts of the same content.

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Story Of Afghanistan That Everyone Should Know

August 24, 2011February 23, 2016 Ben Harack 3 Comments

The US sent huge sums of money to support freedom fighters in Afghanistan to fight the Soviet Union during the 1980’s.

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Wage reduction through inflation

August 23, 2011February 23, 2016 Ben Harack 2 Comments

Inflation means that a dollar is worth less at the end of a year than at the beginning. Real wages go down when raises are not higher than inflation rates.

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Voted for Koch on the Corporate Hall of Shame

August 21, 2011August 23, 2011 Ben Harack Leave a comment

I voted for Koch Industries in the Corporate Hall of Shame. They push toxic political and economic agendas that hurt the world.

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How healthy is Canada’s political market?

August 14, 2011February 23, 2016 Ben Harack 2 Comments

Looking at Canadian politics as a market, it is clear that left-leaning voters in Canada have a lot more choices at the ballot box than do their conservative counterparts. The melding of fiscal and social conservatism has left conservative voters with only one real option during elections. We might summarize this as a ‘Monopoly on conservatism in Canada’.

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Opportunities and perils of natural gas usage on the road to renewables

August 10, 2011February 23, 2016 Ben Harack 2 Comments

Our increasing reliance on natural gas brings with it both opportunities and dangers during the shift towards renewable energy. This issue deals with some major issues regarding natural gas deployment in industry, power generation, food production, and heating.

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Applying free market ideas to politics: How fares the US?

August 2, 2011February 23, 2016 Ben Harack 1 Comment

We apply the ideals of a free market economy to politics and realize that US politics is an extremely unhealthy market dominated by a pair of monopolistic ‘sellers’ who deliberately bar any third party from effectively challenging them.

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Fact sheet on Canada Post lockout: Conservatives launch blitzkrieg on unions

June 29, 2011June 1, 2017 Ben Harack 1 Comment

The Conservatives have launched an attack on unions by creating a crisis to exploit. They control Canada Post since it is a crown corporation, and thus could have ended the lockout at any time. Instead they chose to slam the CUPW with back-to-work legislation that curtails the freedoms and rights of the workers.

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Critique of Center for Freedom and Prosperity’s video featuring Dan Mitchell

May 29, 2011June 1, 2017 Ben Harack Leave a comment

This piece is a critique of a video featuring Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute created by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity. Our conclusion is that this video utterly fails to demonstrate the truth of its claims, and instead relies on psychological manipulation to try to ‘win’ the argument in the minds of viewers

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John Klein: Social involvement and sustainability in Regina, Saskatchewan, and Canada

May 25, 2011February 23, 2016 Ben Harack Leave a comment

John Klein is a notable blogger and community activist in Regina, Saskatchewan. Here he answers our philosophical and practical questions about the most important issues facing our society today, and what each of us can do about them.

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