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What It Means to Govern a Sustainable Community

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Sustainability is often framed as something governments must create. In reality, the most durable sustainability already exists long before policy enters the conversation. It lives in households that repair rather than replace.In residents who conserve water because they understand its limits.In communities that value long-term thinking over short-term gain. The role of governance is not […]

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When Sustainability Becomes Practical

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Sustainability often sounds like something distant — a future goal, a policy decision, or a technical conversation meant for experts. But in daily life, it’s far more ordinary than that. It shows up in the choices households make when something breaks, when water becomes scarce, or when monthly bills start to feel less predictable. In

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collecting glass bottles/jars (often in separate bins or depots) to be crushed into "cullet," melted, and reformed into new products like bottles, insulation, or road paint, saving energy and resources

From Waste to Weight-Bearing: How Glass Can Build a Local Circular Economy

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In most recycling systems, glass gets a rough deal. It’s heavy, expensive to transport, and often down-cycled into low-value uses — or worse, it ends up in the landfill. But in communities like Diamond Valley, Alberta, that weight becomes an advantage when we rethink glass as a local resource, not waste. Right now, municipalities and

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