Mention ecologically sustainable and socially responsible practices in industry and consumerism these days, and the subject typically turns to autos, … Continue reading Verde by Gwendolyn Davis: The Green Standard for Jewelry
OTTAWA, June 19 /CNW/ – WWF-Canada and the Pembina Institute have joined forces to give all 308 MPs a climate-change … Continue reading Federal MPs Given Summer Recess ‘Homework’ Reading Assignment
From metals to minerals, we all need natural resources brought up from the earth through mining. But mining can have a huge environmental impact, and some companies are giving the industry a bad name around the world – with Canadian firms being some of the biggest offenders.
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VANCOUVER, June 5 /CNW/ – The Canadian Environment Awards hosted a gala evening at Vancouver’s spectacular Pan Pacific Hotel to … Continue reading Canadian Environment Awards Announces Winners for 2006
More than 1,000 kilometres into his solo cross-Canada canoe journey, CPAWS board member Jay Morrison is still feeling strong as he enters Lake Superior after leaving Sault Ste Marie. Jay started out from Les Escoumins, Quebec on April 9th, when snow was on the ground and ice in the water. Two months later, his dream of paddling the 8,000 km to Inuvik before the October freeze-up (and becoming the first person to do so in one season) is still within his reach.
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Ottawa, June 6, 2006 ? Twenty-four communities were rewarded today for leadership and innovative approaches to urban forest management. The … Continue reading Minister Lunn Announces Green Streets Program Winners
The Discovery of Global Warming, the book, is a compact 200-page summary of what I learned from my research for this Website, woven into a single narrative. It begins as a sort of detective story, describing how a few scientists got obsessed with the mysteries of climate change. By the end it has become an epic tale where entire governments, national publics, and communities of scientists press upon one another. Visit the web site…
Paul Mennega graduated from the Geography program at Waterloo in 2003 and is now working in northern California as an … Continue reading Planning growth in the heart of Silicon Valley
Caroline Marshall is currently working to make transportation in the Atlanta area more efficient, a task which is important to … Continue reading Easing traffic flow through intelligent transportation
This book is aimed very clearly at municipal practitioners and will be of use to locally oriented sustainability activists as … Continue reading City Stepping – Book Review: The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is forging an active partnership between industry and all levels of government through the … Continue reading Net Zero Energy Healthy Housing in Canada (NZEHH)
TORONTO, June 8 /CNW/ – The Clean Air Foundation is encouraged by the announcement by the Hon. Rona Ambrose, Minister … Continue reading Clean Air Foundation is encouraged by Environment Minister’s mercury collection plan
