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Innovation is the way out

Student: Vansh

School: William Lyon Mackenzie

INSPIRATION: What ideas, projects or movements have you seen that make you hopeful about the future of our cities?

VISION: In what ways should we design our cities differently in order to have a sustainable future?

“we need less “”sin taxes””
they have consistently been proven not to work, and only increase the wealth gap and eventually lead to an even larger carbon footprint

we need less sensationalism
a child saying “”how dare you”” or sharing videos of turtles might bring shock value, but it leads to uninformed decision making like the banning of disposable bags which has bosted the amount of paper and permamanent bags, further increasing carbon footprints”

ACTION: What can your generation do now to bring us closer to this future?

  • push for less regulation and more free, open markets — free market environmentalism
  • vote with our dollars, support sustainable businesses
  • stop sensationalizing and sharing things that give us a false sense of being eco-friendly and smart,, instead we need to actually take action
  • stop pointing at the government for solutions, government is slow and ineffective, take change into our own hands
  • INNOVATE!!! innovation is the way out of climate change, telling everyone to stop using all plastics and install solar panels and get electric cars is unrealistic. Humanity has always moved forward and made progress not because of government or taxation or sensationalism. We have done so only because of our unique ability to rapidly innovate, and nothing has changed.
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Ed-Action

Student: Shreya

School: Harold M. Brathwaite

INSPIRATION: What ideas, projects or movements have you seen that make you hopeful about the future of our cities?

VISION: In what ways should we design our cities differently in order to have a sustainable future?

By taking inspiration from other countries, Canada can really step up its game by using innovative and creative approaches to achieve a more sustainable future. For example, using solar panel built roads, in which the tires generate electricity by the friction between the rubber and the panels, is an option.

ACTION: What can your generation do now to bring us closer to this future?

  1. Raise awareness!
  2. Take action by participating in local or global events
  3. Encourage family and friends to participate as well
  4. Set up community challenges (such as this one) to encourage and motivate individuals to help
  5. Educate ourselves so we can implement our learnings towards a better future
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Create a Better Future

Student: Anujan

School: Stouffville District

INSPIRATION: What ideas, projects or movements have you seen that make you hopeful about the future of our cities?

VISION: In what ways should we design our cities differently in order to have a sustainable future?

Some things that we can do is going plastic free in our cities. This would help with climate change and reduce pollution if other cities do it as well. They should also consider small-scale infrastructure such as cycle lanes and bike sharing. They can also create systems that recover carbon dioxide and use it for other applications, or create systems that can cool or heat multiple buildings at once.

ACTION: What can your generation do now to bring us closer to this future?

  1. Being more active in social media by informing about big issues in society.
  2. We can stop using plastics and change your lifestyle because climate change is a growing problem.
  3. Be more active in the community to inform and make changes within the community.
  4. We can talk to higher authorities to and inform them about our ideas and how it allows us to have a more sustainable future.
  5. Innovating the city to make it more eco friendly.
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