Transitioning to Clean Energy: A Great Lakes Case Study
Check out the recording from this webinar below! The Council of the Great Lakes Region hosted a webinar on Thursday, April 28 with the Nuclear Innovation Institute (NII) to discuss the economic and environmental benefits of clean energy. Using the region of Bruce, Grey, and Huron Counties of Ontario as a living case study, a […]
Beyond the Business Case: Investing in a Sustainable Built Environment
Watch the webinar recording below! The Council of the Great Lakes Region and the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) hosted a webinar on Wednesday, March 16th. This webinar focused on Beyond the Business Case, a groundbreaking report by WorldGBC outlining why real estate businesses can’t afford NOT to invest in a sustainable built environment. Launched […]
Great Lakes Economic Forum 2022
Attendees joined CGLR at the 2022 Great Lakes Economic Forum in Chicago from June 26th – 28th, 2022 to network with hundreds of business executives, government officials, thought-leaders, and subject matter experts from the binational Great Lakes economic region. After its launch in Chicago in 2015, the premier Great Lakes Economic Forum is returning to the […]
Turning Point – the Circular Economy in Canada
The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has released its latest report, Turning Point, requested by Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and informed by the Expert Panel on the Circular Economy in Canada, a multidisciplinary group of 16 experts from across Canada and abroad. The report identifies the opportunities and challenges for a circular economy in Canada, including […]
Canada and the United States: Exploring New Nuclear
Watch the recording from the virtual event below! The Council of the Great Lakes Region partnered with the Canada Institute, Ontario Power Generation, and the Nuclear Energy Institute to host a virtual event where panelists came together to discuss nuclear energy and how the governments of Canada and the United States can work together to […]
Circular Procurement Summit 2021
Circular Innovation Council hosted an immersive and interactive experience designed to offer guidance and practice for professionals and entrepreneurs across public and private sectors to accelerate circular economies in communities around the world by leveraging collaborative buying power. Over a multitude of concentrated sessions, attendees gained knowledge from circular practitioners who redefined value through strategic […]
Premier Virtual Great Lakes Book Launch – “MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us”
Please enjoy the recording from this event (below) which is hosted on our YouTube channel along with Parag’s PDF presentation slides which you can download by clicking HERE. In the 60,000 years since people began colonizing the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility—the ever-constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global […]
The Future of the Great Lakes Series – Water Infrastructure
Billions of dollars in spending are headed to North America’s communities, and investing in the nation’s water infrastructure has been made a major strategic priority. But where – and how – should those dollars be spent? And who is influencing those decisions? On September 9th, the Council of the Great Lakes Region teamed up with […]
The Future of the Great Lakes Series – Building the World’s Automobility Hub
The Great Lakes Region has always been a world leader in the future of the automobile. Now, the region is taking it to the next level — in automobility. As the global transportation industry retools to electric and autonomous vehicles, automobility is the opportunity to create new software, data technology, autonomous and electric vehicles, EV […]
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Water School Resources for Leaders to Learn
It may be the end of the school year for the kids, but school is in session for leaders in the Great Lakes Region. Water School, that is, and specifically the Michigan State University Extension Water School. The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and Michigan Sea Grant hosted a Water School Twitter […]