Living in Toronto for nearly…

Living in Toronto for nearly my entire life, I have seen the city change.

In my childhood, the winters were entirely different. We would bundle up in December, take the recycling containers, and use them as molds to build snow-bricks to make a snow-igloo. Now, that idea is completely laughable. It is considered “lucky” if we have a sticking snow by Christmas.

I understand that this level of climate change is not fully due to our actions alone…it is due to everyone’s, from around the world. But we must do our part. If we do not do our part, then we have failed ourselves, and our future generations.

Yes you can just expand the green belt up North. But then what? Keep on expanding until there’s no land left? Nowhere to go to?

Keep the green belt. Expand it without destroying it. Invest in multi-level homes (3-5 storeys) to increase population capabilities. We don’t need more suburbia. We need better, denser housing, and more green spaces. We need more housing, yes, but we don’t have to sacrifice nature to do it.