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Aid initiative launched at poverty conference
Amid the staggering data on child poverty and disease reeled off at the Montreal Millennium Promise Conference, one Canadian aid … Continue reading Aid initiative launched at poverty conference
Take Action
Write Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) minister Loyola Hearn and ask him to back up his words with action: … Continue reading Take Action
Caribou Under Threat
Woodland caribou represent Canada’s natural legacy, but their population is in steady decline due to expanding industrial development in the boreal forest.
Harper ‘twiddling his thumbs’ on climate change: Graham
Interim Liberal Leader Bill Graham and Bloc Qu?b?cois Leader Gilles Duceppe accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Thursday of “twiddling his thumbs” on climate change as a majority of Canadians say their concerns about the environment continue to increase.
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The Prairie Perspective: An Introduction to Green Manitoba
Manitoba is a stunningly beautiful province. I’m biased, of course; I was born and raised here, and have spent the … Continue reading The Prairie Perspective: An Introduction to Green Manitoba
Field Notes from a Catastrophe
Drawing from her three-part series in the New Yorker, ?Climate of Man,? Elizabeth Kolbert?s Field Notes from a Catastrophe makes a convincing case for the urgent danger of global warming. This book is very much in the tradition of Rachel Carson?s Silent Spring.
Schad Family Gallery of Life in Crisis
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) announces a new major gift to its Renaissance ROM expansion and renovation project from Robert Schad and family. This remarkable $12 million gift will be used to establish the Schad Family Gallery of Life in Crisis in the historic buildings of the Museum.
NetSquared
Our mission is to spur responsible adoption of social web tools by social benefit organizations.There’s a whole new generation of … Continue reading NetSquared
Online Advocacy Services with eAdvocacy from ActionStudio.org
ActionStudio’s eAdvocacy is an affordable, online Web service for leveraging the power of your organization’s members with elected officials and … Continue reading Online Advocacy Services with eAdvocacy from ActionStudio.org
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization
This is a groundbreaking, essential book for our times. Thomas Homer-Dixon brings to bear his formidable understanding of the urgent problems that confront our world to clarify their scope and deep causes.
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Ontario to harvest solar power
North America’s largest solar project is planned for Ontario.