The Green Living Show – 2014
The Green Living Show is back for 2014! April 25th to the 27th at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. … Continue reading The Green Living Show – 2014
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The Green Living Show – 2014
The Green Living Show is back for 2014! April 25th to the 27th at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto. For more information, visit: http://www.greenlivingonline.com/torontoshow/ Here are some highlights from last year… Green Living Show achieves record success! TORONTO, April 22, 2013 The 7th Annual Green Living Show—North America’s largest consumer show dedicated to providing simple solutions […] Continue reading The Green Living Show – 2014
Energy choices risk climate chaos for Atlantic Canada – Science Matters
When it comes to climate change, our future will not be determined by chance but by choice. We can choose to ignore the science, or we can change our ways and reduce carbon emissions and our dependence on fossil fuels. Continue reading Energy choices risk climate chaos for Atlantic Canada – Science Matters
David Suzuki: Philippines tragedy shows urgency of Warsaw climate summit
We’re exhausting Earth’s finite resources and pushing global ecosystems to tipping points. The only hindrance to developing a fair, ambitious and legally binding climate plan for the world is lack of political will. Continue reading David Suzuki: Philippines tragedy shows urgency of Warsaw climate summit
Critical issues deserve a higher standard
The environment is the very air, water, land and diversity of plant and animal life we cannot live without. Why not work to build a healthy, prosperous economy that protects those things? Continue reading Critical issues deserve a higher standard
Ripley’s Aquarium is now open
The brand-new Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada is now open. The Aquarium is a 12,500 square-metre (135,000 square-foot) awe-inspiring attraction with more … Continue reading Ripley’s Aquarium is now open
Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
The final book in Maude Barlow’s Blue trilogy, Blue Future is a powerful, penetrating, and timely look at the global water crisis — and what we can do to prevent it. Continue reading Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever
David Suzuki: Help solve an orange-and-black mystery
What weighs less than a paperclip, tastes terrible and can travel thousands of kilometres without a map? Hint: this delicate critter is tawny-orange with black veins and white spots and has been mysteriously absent from Canada this summer. Continue reading David Suzuki: Help solve an orange-and-black mystery
Resource and Environmental Management in Canada
Bringing together contributions from over two dozen specialists in the field, this new fourth edition explains how the management process works; the variety of strategies used; the various technical and non-technical considerations that influence decisions; and the tradeoffs that must be made to accommodate a broad range of legitimate societal interests. Continue reading Resource and Environmental Management in Canada
Free lecture: The Minnesota Series – Original Thinking from American Midwest (w/ Charles Marohn, Oct 24)
Over the next few months, the SFU City Program will be hosting speakers from a state that shares more than a border with Canada. We’ve been big fans of some of the urban thinkers there — in particular Charles Marohn, co-founder and president of ‘Strong Towns.’ Charles is a professional engineer who is passionate about planning and small towns, but also brings a civil-engineering perspective that results in original ideas. Like ‘Stroads’ — a street/road hybrid that manages to be both expensive and unproductive. Continue reading Free lecture: The Minnesota Series – Original Thinking from American Midwest (w/ Charles Marohn, Oct 24)
Documentary: People of a Feather
People of a Feather is an award winning documentary film about a unique Inuit culture that relies on birds for food and clothing, and the challenges they share adapting to changing sea ice ecosystems. Continue reading Documentary: People of a Feather
David Suzuki: IPCC report shows action on climate change is critical
Scientists are more certain now than in 2007 that humans are largely responsible for global warming, and that it’s getting worse and poses a serious threat to humanity. Continue reading David Suzuki: IPCC report shows action on climate change is critical