Local Solutions

Originally posted on my website at alexacsmith.com Sustainability, as we have established many times over, is a prime example of a wicked problem. Wicked problems as defined by Jonathan Pryshlakivsky and Cory Searcy, 2 professors at Ryerson University in Toronto, are “ ill-defined, with an undetermined number of possible approaches…

Problems with supply chains and demand for critical products due to Covid-19, mean that people in local contexts are facing similar challenges all over the globe. The ideas that people come up with to solve those problems however — are often unique. …

By Katerina Rybalchenko, Anton Tyshkovskyi, Sulamita Romanchik, Solomia Stakhiv, Solomiya Stakhiv It is a bright Saturday morning and you are walking down the central street of your beautiful but run-down city when a stranger approaches with a question: Will you to contribute money to restore the city’s historic properties? Do…