Posts Tagged ‘Social Sustainability Consulting’

As we emerge from the financial turmoil of the past two years, Asia is showing the fastest economic growth. This dizzying change is generating newfound global political and economic power. However, the speed and scale of this unprecedented development is raising alarm bells. The impacts to people and the planet are just too profound. Back from six months in Asia, Junxion ...

Junxion Strategy principals, David Kuefler and Peter ter Weeme, are back. They've returned to Canada following a six-month sabbatical in Asia. During their sojourn they visited several countries including two of the world's fastest growing economies, China and India. "One ...

After spending 15 years working to advance sustainability in a North American context, my partner and I are on sabbatical exploring Asia for six months. Why Asia? Because it is home to 60 percent of the world’s population and two of the fastest growing ...

As my family has travelled through India for the past seven weeks, we’ve seen a widespread public campaign called Save our Tigers that invites Indians to help protect the 1,400 or so cats that are left in the country. For a nation that views the tiger as a national symbol, it only ...

Putu, a local village guide in Keliki, Bali, stops to mop his brow and sighs, “It’s hotter than I can remember.” He takes another few steps and turns, “We’re just not used to it. The seasons seem to be all mixed up.” It’s another steamy day ...

Almost every headline we read, almost every story we hear or watch today is talking about the latest business casualty or struggling company trying to keep afloat in these rough economic waters. The financial value of many companies both in BC and globally has plummeted with the stock market. In our desire to hear some ...

Hope and uncertainty. This might just be our society's current, uneasy zeitgeist. As the economy reels and one headline after another preaches gloom, we are simultaneously buoyed by a sense of hope after witnessing the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States last month. In the sustainability realm, 2008 was a ...

Fraser Basin Council’s Smart Communities project has tapped the team at Junxion to evaluate, enhance and help to expand the program. Smart Planning for Communities is a province-wide collaboration between local, regional and First Nations governments, aimed at creating long-term action plans for socially, culturally, economically and ...