How does a 30% cut by 2020 sound? How about 80% by 2050?

A brittle electrical grid, foul water, encroaching vermin and disease, mounting crime, soaring heat, vicious storms: this is what temperate Toronto will look like in 2050.

Like Toronto and Durham Region municipalities, Vaughan and six other York Region municipalities are set to reduce their weekly garbage collection to a two-week schedule.

The WoodGreen community, located on Queen Street, now houses the largest rooftop solar thermal heating system in Ontario. The 108 solar panels installed will help save money and energy.

Experts gathered at the Walk21 conference to discuss options for more pedestrian-friendly cities and suburbs. David Miller also signed the International Charter for Walking, “making Toronto the 26th city in the world to sign on. But it takes more than talk to produce people-friendly streets, warned experts” at the conference.

“It’s time for Toronto to give less priority to cars and more to other modes of transport, a senior Toronto official bluntly told the city’s works committee.”