cond year course on Urban Ecology, uses the concept of Urban Metabolism as an engineering tool to analyze the sustainability of a city and proposes and defends changes to urban infrastructure in light of that analysis, demonstrating how environmental awareness can be key to urban planning. My second piece, a third year position paper supporting cycling as a primary mode of transportation in Toronto, applies the same priorities to a more specific issue, focusing how environmentally conscious urban planning can help develop more sustainable practices in transportation engineering. This focus on environmental issues can also be seen in my third piece, from a third y