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Canadian Flood Insurance

September 30, 2013 Mike Thomas

Most homeowners are unaware that their home insurance policies are extremely limited when it comes to flood protection. Insurance companies…

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Posted in: Environmental, Featured, Governance, Stormwater, Sustainability Filed under: Alberta, Canada, disaster, disaster management, engineering, environment, financial, Flood, Flood Management, Flooding, Insurance

Little Qualicum Falls

March 28, 2011 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Last week we enjoyed a brief trip out to Vancouver Island. Here is a short set of photos taken on…

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Posted in: BC, Environmental Filed under: environment, hiking, Little Qualicum Falls, nature, Qualicum, Vancouver Island, waterfall

Nuclear Risk

March 14, 2011 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

One disaster after another. It seems that there are few countries that have come through the past couple of years…

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Posted in: Cities, Design, Energy, Environmental, History, Regulation, Sustainability, Transitions Filed under: disaster, disaster management, earthquake, Energy, environment, Japan, Nuclear power, power plants, preparedness, tsunami

The Price of Ignoring Water Infrastructure

September 20, 2010 Mike Thomas 4 Comments

Image by urbanworkbench via Flickr We’ve been living on borrowed time when it comes to infrastructure, not just the communities…

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Posted in: Civil Engineering, Kootenays, Sustainability, Water Filed under: Drinking water, Energy, environment, Sanitary sewer, Water, water resources, Water Supply, Water supply network

The Story of Oil in the 21st Century

August 9, 2010 Mike Thomas 1 Comment

Image by Barrybar via Flickr If you want to get a picture of the last twenty or thirty years of…

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Posted in: Business, Energy, Sustainability Filed under: Business, climate change, Energy, environment, Gulf of Mexico, Oil and Gas, peak oil, Petroleum industry

Post 950

July 20, 2010 Mike Thomas 2 Comments

Image by urbanworkbench via Flickr So I’ve been online on UrbanWorkbench.com for about four years now. It all started back…

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Posted in: Blogging Filed under: Australia, Business, Canada, environment, Sustainability

Why I Write

June 28, 2010 Mike Thomas 3 Comments

Image by urbanworkbench via Flickr Writing is part of my daily routine, I write a lot, both for work and…

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Posted in: Blogging, Civil Engineering, Kootenays, Sustainability Filed under: British Columbia, Civil Engineering, Creative Class, Design, engineering, environment, Sustainability, urban planning

Set Up for Failure

June 16, 2010 Mike Thomas 4 Comments

As a society, (or a species, take your pick), we are terrible at planning and strategising much further than what…

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Posted in: Energy, Sustainability, Technology Filed under: agriculture, Energy, environment, Fossil fuel, Latin America, peak oil, Population growth, resource depletion, resources, Sustainability, United States

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