CHN @ COP27
As part of this recognition the “Sharm El-Sheikh Declaration on Culture-based Climate Action” proposed at COP27 by the Climate Heritage Network (CHN), argues that culture, from arts to heritage, plays a fundamental role in helping people meet low carbon goals, while contributing to larger climate resilient futures. Culture-based Climate action has the potential to play a crucial […]
TRACE Takes MOTOWN: APT Conference 2022
After visiting and experiencing the city it is clear that there is a stark difference between the once lively motor and industrial city of the early 20th century and the now quiet, bespoke downtown. Covered in scaffolding in an effort to revitalize, there is a clear indication of a willingness re-invest in Detroit since its economic […]
TRACE @ THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR CANADA CONFERENCE
Key Highlights There seems to be a major shift in the horizon in the fields of architecture, heritage and sustainability, that values a larger discussion of what it means to provide healthy, sustainable, equitable and inclusive futures. Throughout the conference, heritage professionals called for immediate action to tackle the climate crisis, LGTBQ2S+ inclusivity and Reconciliation action. […]
Catherine McBain’s M.Arch Thesis Published in Harvard GSD-based Journal OBL/QUE
This is an exciting accomplishment, and reflective of the Catherine’s immense effort to present a challenging subject matter through an innovative, inclusive, sensitive and decolonial approach. A journal on architectural conservation, O B L / Q U E acknowledges that there is no neutral historic site, place, or narrative and proposes that Conservation architects have […]
Empowering People to Imagine and Realize Low Carbon, Just, Climate Resilient Futures Through Culture
Culture – from arts to heritage – enables transformative climate action by helping people to imagine and realize low-carbon, just, climate resilient futures. Unlocking that potential is the Theory of Change on which this Action Plan is based. Climate Heritage Network Designer The Climate Heritage Network (CHN) has just announced their upcoming 2-year plan which includes realizing […]
TRACE TAKES DETROIT: 2022 APT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Lectures, Field Sessions, Networking, Symposium, Workshops and downtown Detroit, rapidly becoming known as “Phoenix City,” for it’s robust bounce-back and reinvention of itself as a progressive urban carnival of so many features of interest – social, ecological and small-scale economic “experiments” have given the place a renewed vitality. Music, manufacturing and many other cultural traces […]
Building Carbon Zero with CLF
The Carbon Leadership Forum (CLF) plays an essential role in the fight against climate change through pioneering research, creating resources, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and developing member-led projects to bring the embodied carbon emissions of buildings down to zero. Important initiatives include promoting climate action, creating sessions for continuing education on carbon policy, funding research projects […]
CAHP: Building on The Past to Sustain the Future
MTBA: Thoughts on the recommendations and observations from the Canadian Association of HeritageProfessionals Workroom Series, on building reuse for climate action. The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP) has just announced their new reference guide for building reuse and conservation needs within the goals of climate change mitigation and sustainable approaches to construction and existing […]
A Surprise Deal on Climate Change
Months of negotiations among Democrats in the U.S. Senate has finally produced an agreement to invest in reducing fossil fuel dependency and meet the pledges that the United States has made under the Paris Climate Accords. If passed, the Inflation Reduction Act would be the largest investment in renewable energy in the history of the […]
MTBA becomes an Ottawa Green Business Member!
MTBA is proud to announce that we are now an Ottawa Green Business (OGB) Member! This means that we, alongside many other Ottawa businesses, are committed to reducing our impact on the environment in the short-term and moving towards net-zero emissions by 2050 (or sooner). The OGB Membership Program, run by the EnviroCentre, provides support […]
