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Survival of the Indigenous Spirit – April 8th, 2011

| April 1, 2011 | 0 Comments
Survival of the Indigenous Spirit – April 8th, 2011

An evening with Anishnabe Spiritual Leader Dave Courchene & ‘Survivorman’ Les Stroud.

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Who is the Greenest of them all?

| January 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
Who is the Greenest of them all?

Call for Nominations for the 2009 Green Toronto Awards Toronto, ON, January 12, 2009 – Nominations are now being accepted for the Green Toronto Awards – the City of Toronto’s environmental awards of excellence. The City of Toronto, in partnership with the Green Living Show, invites residents of Toronto to nominate the companies, organizations and [...]

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Choosing how to be more sustainable

| February 13, 2008 | 0 Comments
Choosing how to be more sustainable

Over at YouSustain we recently added a new feature to more easily find the best ways to become more personally sustainable. We call them Recommendations, and you can view the various sustainable solutions by: Popularity Lowest Cost Most CO2 Reduced Most Cash Savings We have already had a lot of great feedback on this, because [...]

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NEW FOOD BANK/INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP TO MARKET RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM FOOD INDUSTRY BY-PRODUCTS

| January 31, 2008 | 0 Comments
NEW FOOD BANK/INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP TO MARKET RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM FOOD INDUSTRY BY-PRODUCTS

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Can you reduce your household energy use by 5%?

| January 30, 2008 | 0 Comments
Can you reduce your household energy use by 5%?

This is a great new challenge over at YouSustain: Reduce household electricity use by 5%. 5% is actually a very easy reduction, and a great first step.  The challenge is only a month long and includes tips on how to achieve it.  For example, if you haven’t already converted to CF lighting, that’s probably your [...]

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PRIME TIME, Sold out on newsstands (and sold out tonight) – Alternatives Journal

| January 25, 2008 | 0 Comments
PRIME TIME, Sold out on newsstands (and sold out tonight) – Alternatives Journal

Thanks for all of your continuing support and friendship to Alternatives. We are so excited about the response to Alternatives’ first issue of 2008: Out of the Box. It’s sold out on various newsstands (while accolades roll in). Also sold out is the concert we organized to launch Out of the Box. Award-winning Rose Cousins [...]

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Newswire: Green energy plan could wither in court: native bands

| January 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
Newswire: Green energy plan could wither in court: native bands

Two native bands are threatening to tie up the Ontario government’s long-range power plans in lengthy court delays.

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Newswire: Environment group to prosecute Detroit firm

| January 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
Newswire: Environment group to prosecute Detroit firm

An Ontario court has set the stage for an environment group to prosecute a U.S. company it says dumps toxic mercury on to the province.

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Newswire: Water group to prosecute U.S. firm

| January 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
Newswire: Water group to prosecute U.S. firm

An Ontario court has set the stage for an environment group to prosecute a U.S. company it says dumps toxic mercury on to the province.

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10 Easy Ideas For A Sustainable 2008

| January 10, 2008 | 0 Comments
10 Easy Ideas For A Sustainable 2008

Here is a detailed list of easy things we can do in our everyday lives to be more sustainable.  Ideas range from the obvious like installing CF bulbs to exploring studies showing eating vegetarian has a much smaller footprint and tips for how to integrate sustainable transportation into our lives. 10 Easy Ideas For A [...]

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