The Canadian Environment Awards today announced the short list of finalists who will be honoured during its annual celebration of … Continue reading Canadian Environment Awards Announces Annual Short List of Finalists
Most issues of Alternatives Journal hinge upon one particular theme, such as Water, Politics or Food. But for our December 2007 issue we?re breaking from tradition to make room for those important and fascinating stories that just can?t be hemmed in. This Out of the Box issue will explore a wide range of environmental topics and ideas that don?t make it into the mainstream press in a substantial way.
Continue reading “Call for Submissions – Out of the Box Issue”
One of the hot topics at the international climate meetings in Bonn, Germany, this week is whether or not forest-rich tropical countries should get credit for protecting their forests as a way to reduce global warming. The issue is complicated, but the answer is simple: Yes.
Continue reading “Forest protection vital to stem global warming”
A researcher at the Universite de Moncton has been hired by the Nova Scotia government to draw up a wind … Continue reading Moncton scientist designing wind map for N.S.
As a broadcast journalist, I’m well aware of the challenges today’s reporters and journalists face in covering stories – from tight deadlines and a lack of resources, to corporate ownership and the pervasion of tabloid-style reporting in mainstream media. But as guest editor for a recent Saturday edition of the Vancouver Sun, I found out that I still have a lot to learn.
1000 businesses promote their environmentally friendly initiatives for 2008 in one place. The idea is to collect all these plans … Continue reading 1000 Green Logos
DreamGreen aims to present an eclectic cross section of the issues and opportunities facing us in the early twenty-first century. … Continue reading DreamGreen
Feed contaminated with an industrial chemical was distributed to 57 fish hatcheries and fish farms in Canada, according to the … Continue reading 57 Canadian fish hatcheries, fish farms got tainted feed
Chi-chi restaurants are now banning bottled water. How did the ubiquitous accessory become the latest environmental sin? Macleans.ca – Culture … Continue reading Green Report: It’s so not cool
Macleans.ca – Business – Economy | The cost of going green in the oil patch A day after the federal … Continue reading The cost of going green in the oil patch
Macleans.ca – Business – Companies | Green Report: The colour of money Sitting on a plateau over the Red Deer … Continue reading Corporate Canada has awakened to the huge benefits in going green
Environmental group ForestEthics is proposing an ambitious new conservation agenda and new green business model for the Canadian forest industry, … Continue reading New forest plan to combat climate change
