In cities around the world, the ever growing demands for food is putting increasing pressures on the already stretched food distribution systems. One way to reduce this pressure, is to start growing the food right in the city.On this podcast episode, we discuss the urban agriculture revolution and how it may just change the world, or at least chang…

In 1982, a film was released that would forever change the fate of a small town in the Pacific Northwest. That film was Rambo: First Blood, and the town was Hope, British Columbia. This podcast episode is all about why the film left such a unique footprint on the town and how that relationship is still thriving today.…

The take-a-book, leave-a-book movement is going global, but not everyone is excited about it. These localized book-sharing boxes have been put under recent scrutiny and accused of being elitist and nothing more than a highly visible form of self-gratification cleverly disguised as book aid (but how do you really feel???). This opinion caught the at…

On the cutting edge of experimental learning, Dr. Owens has knocked down the barriers of the classroom by taking the students out into the “real world”. The unique study travel programs give students the chance to interact with people and places that they may never have experienced inside a classroom.In this podcast, Dr. Owens discusses the benefit…

A growing trend in the food industry is meal kit delivery services. Companies like Local Urban Bites take online orders from customers, then deliver the necessary ingredients and recipes directly to the customer’s home, then the customer follows the instructions and 30 minutes later, voila! dinner is served.These services are helping to ease the ag…

Tania Wegwitz started her transportation career as a coin counter at BC Transit. Twenty years later, she‘s become one of the most experienced transit planners in Canada, having worked in big cities, tiny towns and everything in between. Recently her passion inspired her to develop a blog called “Connect Dots” which is an excellent resource for plan…