TORONTO, May 27 /CNW/ – On the cusp of another week celebrating our connection to the environment (Canadian Environment Week, … Continue reading Canadian cities embrace Earth Day Canada conservation program
Image by Martin Cathrae via Flickr Lifejacket, Bailer and Best Practice Documents Offered to Premier Halifax – The Ecology Action … Continue reading EAC Seeks to Rescue Province’s Floundering Climate Change Agenda
Sharon Labchuk is a force of nature. She is the founder and leader of the Green Party of PEI. She served as the campaign manager for Elizabeth May’s successful campaign to become leader of the Green Party of Canada. And she served as the Co-Chair of the GPC Shadow Cabinet for the last two years that I was leader of the party. Continue reading Sharon Labchuk: A Force of Nature Leading the Green Party of PEI
The Salmon Restoration Project is a community initiative of the Elsipogtog Miimag First Nations to work on restoring the salmon populations in the Richibucto River. Continue reading Elsipogtog Salmon Restoration Project
Ride Share is a new online service at Memorial that helps you to make contacts for one-off journeys for holidays … Continue reading Ride Share @ Memorial University of Newfoundland
GREEN HOME TOUR. Peterborough Green-Up first Green Home and Garden Tour highlights examples of green lifestyles: off grid home, hot … Continue reading [Green Communities News] GCNews #583: 26 May 2008
La démarche de la CSQ en éducation pour un avenir viable (EAV) est concrétisée par le mouvement des Établissements verts Brundtland, … Continue reading Établissement Vert Brundtland (CSQ)
Le CDAQ a été créé le 7 mars 1996, à la suite d’une entente intervenue entre l’Union des producteurs agricoles … Continue reading Conseil pour le développement de l’agriculture du Québec
ACA’s territory extends over over 2900 square km, is rich of a
multitude of natural habitats and ecological treasures, and includes
over 13 000 hectares of protected land. Over a dozen organisations are
involved in the protection of these fragile natural sites and act as
environmental watchdogs in their area. ACA’s terrirory includes two
administrative regions (Estrie and Montérégie), four MRCs and numerous
municipalities.
ACA is proud to provide website users with an interactive map of its
territory. Familiarise yourselves with this new and original web tool
and see how you can discover more about the territory and conservation
strategy of ACA and its affilated members.
Click here to access the Interactive map.
Continue reading “Appalachian Corridor is launching its new Interactive map on the web”
HOUSTON, BC, May 23 /CNW/ – West Fraser and EPCOR are working together to explore the potential of a biomass … Continue reading West Fraser and EPCOR exploring biomass power opportunity in B.C.
Attendance at the recent Building Green Conference and Trade Show held on the NSCC Waterfront campus was more than 50% greater than organizers had anticipated. “We’re just thrilled with the way things turned out,” says conference co-chair Jennifer MacNeil.
Co-hosted by the Atlantic Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council and the NSCC, organizers plan to make this an annual event.
And, if this is any indication of things to come, organizers should be planning for a much larger event next year. “When the US green building council got started with their first green conference they had a couple hundred people – and last year in Chicago they had 26 thousand,” points out CaGBC Atlantic Co Chair John Crace. “So that gives you an idea of how fast things can grow.”
Continue reading “There is no doubt – Building Green is popular in Atlantic Canada”
Analysis of census data finds recent decline in Greater Vancouver’s compact, walkable neighborhoods
Despite impressive growth in pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods in some parts of the region, Greater Vancouver’s overall smart-growth record slipped in recent years, according to a new analysis by Seattle-based think tank Sightline Institute. From 2001 through 2006, the share of new urban and suburban growth that went into compact, walkable communities declined and the amount of land developed to accommodate new residents increased, compared with the 1990s.
Continue reading “Greater Vancouver’s Leadership in Smart Growth Slips”
