Author Archives: Emi Do

  • How a Task Force is Helping Oregon Build Better

    Emi Do

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    How do you build bi-partisan support to pass climate-related legislation? In Oregon, a cross-sector task force played a pivotal role in developing legislation to decarbonize buildings.

  • Lessons in Rebuilding After a Wildfire

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    When the entire town of Lytton, BC, burned down on June 30, 2021, the community decided to rebuild better. Their process offers lessons for other communities facing wildfire risks. 

  • How Two American Cities Integrated Federal Funding Into Their Climate Action Plans

    Emi Do

    SSG collaborated with Lakewood, Ohio and Ames, Iowa to identify the role of specific federal funds through detailed financial modeling. They are, to our knowledge, the first municipalities to account for federal funding from the Infrastructure Bill and Inflation Reduction Act in their climate action plans—setting them up to save hundreds of millions of dollars by…

  • SSG Featured in New Book: Cooperatives at Work

    Emi Do

    Cooperatives at Work presents a range of success stories in employee ownership and worker cooperative enterprise, showcasing how such firms can embody important and highly contested ideals of democracy, equity, and social transformation. Co-authored by member Emi Do, the book features SSG as one of the standout examples for how a cooperative can lead the…

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    What Happens Now That Edmonton Didn’t Meet its Carbon Budget?

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    On November 3, 2022, the City of Edmonton released the first municipal carbon budget report in Canada. The report indicated that Edmonton is set to blow past its carbon budget of 176 million tonnes by 2037 and fall short of its target to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.  Though this news is alarming, it’s promisingContinue…

  • Government of British Columbia Ecological Restoration Best Practices Paper

    Emi Do

    SSG advised BC Government’s Real Property Division on potential inclusion of ecological restoration into its strategic direction. The paper summarized ecological restoration best practices, and included key recommendations for inclusion of restoration into the department’s operations.