Welcome to the WWOOF program in Canada. Willing Workers On Organic Farms and World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. Vacationing … Continue reading Willing Workers On Organic Farms and World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms
– Harper’s government failing Canada’s species at risk…
Sierra Legal
– Government invests $2.8mil in community environmental projects…
Environment Canada
– Ontario seeking to protect woodland caribou…
MNR ON
Continue reading “ElectricGreen Environmental News – July 15, 2006”
B.C.’s Wildlife Rescue Association says it took too long to help the birds affected by last week’s diesel fuel spill … Continue reading Birds unhelped for days after spill in Burrard Inlet, group alleges
Artificial lighting is so ubiquitous in modern life that we hardly notice it or think about it anymore. In fact, even the term “artificial lighting” probably gives people pause. Most of us in the developed world spend so much time under artificial lighting that we’ve come to see it, rather than the sun, as our primary light source.
Continue reading “Bright lighting ideas need regulations to spur market”
TheRenewablePlanet.com launched this week provides interactive maps and search features to access details about renewable energy projects. Students can quickly do research for school projects. Homeowners can find information that relates to their own home. Businesses and researchers can learn from existing projects in other countries. TheRenewablePlanet.com gives visitors the opportunity to add their project to the growing database of projects. This free exchange of information from around the world aims to speed up renewable energy development and ultimately reduce the effects of global warming.
Continue reading “The Renewable Planet ? It?s Where You Live”
Cool Shops is a market transformation program targeting street-facing retailers in neighbourhoods across Ontario. The purpose of the program is … Continue reading Cool Shops
– Canada greens fight $7bil Suncor Oilsands project…
Planet Ark
– Ontario passes first new Parks Act in fifty years…
Wildlands
League
– Nahanni too small for wildlife: report…
CPAWS
Continue reading “ElectricGreen Environmental News – July 8, 2006”
– Canada greens fight $7bil Suncor Oilsands project… Planet
Ark
– Ontario passes first new Parks Act in fifty years… Wildlands
League
– Nahanni too small for wildlife: report… CPAWS
– Gold rush threatened Sacred Headwaters in BC… Sierra
Legal
Continue reading “News Clips from Electric Green – July 8, 2006”
SAN FRANCISCO ? For four generations, Geoff Bettencourt’s family has fished the waters off Half Moon Bay by dragging heavy … Continue reading Green group buys trawling licences
WASHINGTON ? The increase in the number of large western wildfires in recent years may be a result of global … Continue reading Link suggested between warming, wildfires
I have good news and I have bad news. So let’s start with the good.
Last week, a long-awaited (since 2002!) piece of federal legislation came into force – the Pest Control Products Act. It’s a boring name for a vitally important tool to help protect farm workers, gardeners and other Canadians across the country from hazardous pesticides.
WASHINGTON ? Corals and other marine creatures are threatened by chemical changes in the ocean caused by the carbon dioxide … Continue reading Fossil fuels threaten oceans, scientists suggest
