“Growing complexity means that trends and data are amplifying and meshing at the speed of light, and those who are able to see the patterns that are emerging from this clustering of ideas and events will be those who can pull transformational futures into the present.”
Frank Spencer – Turning Wicked Problems Into Wicked Opportunities
Will complexity kill us or save us?
I was supposed to be in Calgary and Banff this past weekend. Instead, I’m staying in Ontario as the event I was supposed to attend was cancelled. As I watched the shocking images emerge of flooded cities in my native province, the scale and complexity of our society’s collective sustainability challenge was top of mind once again. So too was the fact, known but often forgotten, that we are part of nature – and tiny in relation to its powerful forces.
We know more of this is coming. The challenges we face are daunting indeed.
This past week, we closed the first Call for Expressions of Interest for the newly formed 
Collaboration is complicated. I am working with a non-governmental organization (NGO) to bring together four other non-governmental organizations, one municipal government with multiple engaged departments (energy, water, transportation, waste, wellbeing), two utilities, businesses and neighbourhood groups to launch a city-wide conservation and environmental footprint reduction program.
Thank you to Adrienne McCurdy, our storyteller, for capturing this story and photos during the 