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The Stimulus Map: Open Data and enhancing our democracy

The subject of the distribution of stimulus monies has been generating a fair amount of interest. Indeed, the Globe published this piece and the Halifax Chronicle-Herald published this piece analyzing the spending. But something more interesting is also happening…
Yesterday, my friend Ducky Sherwood and her husband Jim published their own analysis, an important development for [...]

Posted 30 October 2009 | David Eaves § canadian politics § open data § public policy ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , ,

Chicago’s green roofs and our failed stimulus

I was completely floored (and excited) to read this article about how the Sears Tower in Chicago (recently renamed the Willis Tower) is to undergo a $350M green retrofit that will give it a green roof and it’s own wind turbines. This will reduce the energy consumed by the tower by 80% and its water [...]

Posted 03 July 2009 | David Eaves § public policy ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , ,

Feeding the next economy – Give us a stimulus that stimulates, not placates

Last December – as the debates over the stimulus packages were just beginning, I wrote a piece on why the wrong stimulus today could fail us tomorrow. Well, today has become tomorrow, and we are failing.
A stimulus package should be an investment. It should create new industries and markets, it should find help create efficiencies [...]

Posted 22 June 2009 | David Eaves § canadian politics § public policy ‡ Comments ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

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