Sustainable Great Lakes: A Regional Assessment of Sustainability in the Binational Great Lakes Megaregion
For over fifty years, governments around the world, including in Canada, have discussed the importance of sustainability or sustainable development. One of the more prominent undertakings was the Rio Summit in Brazil in 1992, which led to the creation of Agenda 21. Subsequently, the Millennium Development Goals were adopted by the United Nations in 2000, […]
Great Lakes Carbon Collaborative
The bi-national Great Lakes region is home to 107 million people and has a combined GDP of US$6.0 trillion, making it an ideal place for American and Canada businesses, governments, academia, and the non-profit sector to come together as one to discuss shared decarbonization interests and solutions. The Council of the Great Lakes Region is […]
Mar 23: Inforum Launches Sustainability + Environmental Affinity Group
By Terry Barclay With more than 25 affinity groups for professional women in Michigan, Inforum launched its newest affinity group around sustainability and environmental work Tuesday, March 23, 202. The goal of this group is to provide learning and inspiration about work in this area being done in Michigan–but the lessons transcend state borders. The […]
CGLR CEO Highlights Opportunities for US-Canada Cooperation for Great Lakes Region
Great Lakes Now highlights new opportunities for U.S.-Canadian cooperation, including the perspective of Council of the Great Lakes Region CEO Mark Fisher. Despite blustery rhetoric about zeroing the GLRI budget, restoration work continued without disruption, Council of the Great Lakes Region president Mark Fisher told Great Lakes Now. “We’ve seen an even stronger commitment to […]
Council of the Great Lakes Region Announces First Great Lakes Economic Forum
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Council of the Great Lakes Region are pleased to announce that Chicago will play host to the first Great Lakes Economic Forum, April 26-28, 2015.
Powering Forward: Accelerating the Bi-national Great Lakes Region’s Clean Energy Transition Report
The bi-national Great Lakes mega-region, home to 107 million Americans and Canadian and center of the United States-Canada economic partnership, enjoys a multitude of shared sectors and socio-economic strengths, as well as integrated assets such as inter-state and cross-border supply chains, transportation corridors, and energy systems between both countries, that connect, unify, and advantage the […]
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FALL 2020: Upcoming Virtual Dialogues to Address Water, Food Systems, Circular Economy & Energy
“Seek first to understand,” said Stephen Covey, in his groundbreaking work, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, “Then to be understood.” Some thirty years later, it’s still true, and the purpose of establishing a series of dialogues for the Great Lakes Region. Starting in September, the Council of the Great Lakes Region will take the […]
Bold Agenda for Cross-Border Skills Development, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in North America’s Great Lakes Region Released
Immediate Release Cleveland, Ohio and Toronto, Ontario – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region released its report, Great Lakes, Great Minds: Setting the Stage for Higher Education, Business, and Government Collaboration in the Great Lakes to Drive Talent Development, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, which was funded by the United States Mission in Canada. “The […]
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