688: 5 July 2010 – Published by Green Communities Canada. PULL THE PLUG. Clean Nova Scotia’s Pull the Plug program … Continue reading Water Award, Energy Award, Hemp Bags, Bicycle Towing – GCNews #688
Toronto – More than 580 billion litres of drinking water, the equivalent of 236,000 Olympic swimming pools, are being wasted every year by homeowners in the Great Lakes region of Ontario and Quebec, according to a report released today by Environmental Defence. Down the Drain: Water Conservation in the Great Lakes Basin outlines how much water could be saved in bathrooms, kitchens, laundry rooms and gardens across the Great Lakes. Continue reading Are We Conserving Great Lakes Water?
By David Suzuki. Many people were rightly outraged at recent reports that coins thrown into a whale pool may have … Continue reading What the beluga can teach us about ourselves – Science Matters
Not since Alternatives Journal’s last Out of the Box issue have newsstands seen such action. Alternatives’ newest collection of unconventional stories and ideas has been on the newsstands for only a couple weeks and is already selling out! Get out and be uplifted by Alternatives, where we take you to the outer limits of environmental ideas and action. Searching for Planet B, becoming a Swami, rainmakers meeting meterologists, exploring the mystery of crop circles and lots more — it’s our best summer reading issue yet!
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The Manitoba Eco-Network (MEN), a not-for-profit charity organization, connects individuals and groups in Manitoba communities and encourages positive environmental action … Continue reading Manitoba Eco-Network
686: 21 June 2010 – Published by Green Communities Canada. NEW DIRECTOR. Axel Tscherniak is Peterborough Green-Up new Executive Director. … Continue reading Racing to Fundraise, New Old House, Haute Barrel, Greentrepreneur – GCNews #686
Climate change, climate forcing, global warming – all these terms frame a collective public debate about the future of the world as we know it. Since that “world” is dynamic and geographically diverse, it is not surprising that political responses range widely from hand-wringing to commitment and resignation, to disbelief and reticence, or even outright denial. Continue reading Some Like It Cold: The Politics of Climate Change in Canada
n Bush’s Fringe Government, Garry Wills identifies the origin of the administration’s overwhelming religious support: the recent pragmatic alliance between evangelical Christians and conservative Catholics in the United States. Continue reading Bush’s Fringe Government + Welcome to Doomsday
To address global inequality, the authors acknowledge that they “grappled with the use of terms designating geopolitical regions and decided to use both conventional language reflective of existent mindsets, as well as visionary language that strives to free us from these mindsets.” Continue reading The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights
Planet U: Sustaining the World, Reinventing the University Michael M’Gonigle and Justine Starke Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers 2006. The … Continue reading The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights
The serious territory is, of course, ecological sustainability, and the philosophical tone is set in the opening and closing chapters. The first essay, by David Lavigne, the book’s editor, provides a concise overview of conservation biology, sustainability and the often difficult relationship between humans and their use of natural resources. Continue reading The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights
For McKibben, there are three fundamental challenges to Western society’s fixation on growth, which taken together deal an absolute knockout blow to Adam Smith’s claim to fame. First, there is the political argument concerning the glaring economic inequalities that are inherent in capitalism’s dark side. Continue reading Deep Economy
