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Searching for more sustainable options

Phew. That’s all I can say now that I’ve finished a 30-day cross-Canada road trip to listen to Canadians’ concerns about the environment.
It’s been exhausting and at times bewildering, but I now know that the concern for environmental issues we’re reading about in the polls isn’t just a surface anomaly – it’s real and it’s palpable. Canadians are hungry for sustainable solutions and frustrated by what they see as a lack of political leadership on these issues.

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Community Stewardship and Living

Women of the Earth Awards in Canada

For the second time in Canada, three women will be honoured with the Women of the Earth Awards. Whether it is a simple project like creating a community garden or a program as large-scale as preserving coral reefs, any woman above the age of majority in their province of residence, who is working within an organization and is conducting a program that benefits nature and humanity, is eligible to compete. To do so, one must fill out the Women of the Earth Awards application form below and provide a written and visual detailed description of her program, its accomplishments, funding requirements and long-term prospects, between June 1st and October 31st.

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