Éco-Quartier St-Jacques – Gala 2011 de reconnaissance en environnement et développement durable de Montréal. Montreal – Pour la 5e édition du … Continue reading Video: Éco-Quartier St-Jacques – Gala 2011 de reconnaissance en environnement de Montréal
With Spring just around the corner, and Bike to Work Week coming up in May, we can help you encourage and support cycling at your workplace with our fun and interactive workshops Continue reading Bike-to-Work Education
Corporate Knights publishes a report entitled “The 2011 Most Sustainable Cities in Canada” . See if your cities made the list. Criteria indicators include: Ecological Integrity, Economic Security, Governance & Empowerment, Infrastructure & Built Environment, and Social Well-being. Continue reading Ranking the most sustainable large Canadian urban centres
Bike buyers and sellers in the Calgary get together for a one day sale at the Bowness Sportsplex in Calgary, April 1 & 2, 2011. Continue reading Calgary Bike Swap
January 1 is the day most people stop to question their consumption levels and think about what is truly important in life. Writer Colin Beavan took a whole year to do this, along with his wife and toddler, as chronicled in No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet, and the Discoveries He Makes About Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process. In this witty and entertaining narrative, Beavan starts with producing no garbage, traveling carbon-free, eating low impact food, and buying only used items. He then progresses to using no electricity, conserving as much water as possible, and, finally, offsetting any remaining impacts through good works such as volunteering for an environmental group.
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WE: Vancouver Exhibition Opens Tomorrow and Runs Until May 1st SFU Community Trust is proud to announce its participation in … Continue reading Vancouver Art Gallery Showcases UniverCity’s “Living Building” Childcare Centre
The Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo is Western Canada’s largest sustainable lifestyle show and eco-marketplace. Continue reading Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo
Leonard, a self-described “systems thinker,” aims to debunk the entrenched “growth at all costs” model. She does so by discussing the materials economy and its underlying paradigm of economic growth, but opts to not lay the blame with individuals or inspire feelings of guilt. … Readers, however, should not be misled by her bubbly prose: Leonard gets to the heart of serious subjects and exposes the inter-connectedness of today’s consumption, environmental, social and economic crises.
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Vancouver Foundation is excited to announce the launch of our Generation Green Awards, which celebrates young ideas for green neighbourhoods in the city of Vancouver. Continue reading Vancouver Foundation’s Generation Green Awards
Toronto – Christmas is around the corner and many people are preparing to take part in the cherished family tradition of putting up a tree. As always, we have to ask, “Should we get a real tree this year?” Continue reading Christmas Trees: Real versus Fake?
Ecoholic Home
Adria Vasil
Adria Vasil will have you laughing all the way to the bank with this delightful book stuffed full of tips on green products and green living. As part of Vasil’s wildly successful Ecoholic series, the book offers a wide-ranging resource for green-minded homeowners – from the best green cleaning products to those that are no better than a “spit on a rag,” and from banks that provide green mortgages to bedding materials that may be bathed in harmful chemicals. With a specific focus on Canadian products and services, Ecoholic Home provides everything you’ll need to achieve a greener home and lifestyle. Continue reading Ecoholic Home
Social Change 2.0
David Gershon
While a few readers may find David Gershon’s approach overly self-promoting – suggested resources all take you to his website’s order page – his experience in creating social transformation is authoritative, and this book is a successful marriage of vision and pragmatism. Gershon balances principles and practices, and highlights his ideas with stories of people in action. Social Change 2.0 emphasizes you, the reader, as the primary agent of change in the world. Each chapter ends with a useful set of questions that form a “practitioner’s guide” to further thinking. Continue reading Social Change 2.0
