From My Bottom Step

City Sourced

Would you be willing to be a Civil Issue reporter? Would the City of London be willing to let you?

CitySourced is a real time mobile civic engagement tool. CitySourced provides a free, simple, and intuitive tool empowering citizens to identify civil issues (potholes, graffiti, trash, snow removal, etc.) and report them to city hall for quick resolution; an opportunity for government to use technology to … Continue Reading

Delay Now Will Cost More Later

London’s recycling program is poised to expand on Dec. 1. That’s when residents will at long last be allowed to divert more things from the landfill.

Drinking boxes (from soups, juices or wine) and milk and juice cartons will have their paper fibres recycled into things like paper towels, tissues, and cereal boxboard.

It’s taken a long time to get this far. Many would say that it’s taken too long and that it’s not enough. And I’m one of them. Continue Reading