NATURE TRUST LAUNCHES NEW GREEN GIFT IDEA
Trees In Trust has the perfect green gift. For a donation of $30, you can dedicate a piece of woodland … Continue reading NATURE TRUST LAUNCHES NEW GREEN GIFT IDEA
Newswire: Harper vs. Commonwealth on binding climate change resolution
Canada and Australia are the only countries among the Commonwealth’s 53 members that oppose the wording of a climate change … Continue reading Newswire: Harper vs. Commonwealth on binding climate change resolution
Powell River’s 50-mile diet
Articles about Powell River’s 50-mile diet…
Devoted Powell River shrinks the 100-Mile Diet to fit its isolation.
Published: August 8, 2006
TheTyee.ca
The 100-Mile Diet wasn’t good enough for the good people of Powell
River, B.C. No, living on a peninsula that connects to the outside
world only by boat begs a different definition of local. A few quick
measurements on the map and…the “50 Mile Local Food for Change
Challenge” was born.
The 100-Mile Diet
The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple
who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a
100-mile radius of their apartment.
When Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon learned that the average
ingredient in a North American meal travels 1,500 miles from farm to
plate, they decided to launch a simple experiment to reconnect with the
people and places that produced what they ate. For one year, they would
only consume food that came from within a 100-mile radius of their
Vancouver apartment. The 100-Mile Diet was born.
Trees In Trust: Saving our forest one piece at a time
Charlottetown – Trees In Trust has the perfect green gift. For a donation of $30, you can dedicate a piece of woodland to someone special. Your donation is used by a charitable land trust to purchase and preserve endangered forest in the Maritimes. Continue reading Trees In Trust: Saving our forest one piece at a time
Newswire: Program to encourage fuel efficiency flawed: study
The federal government’s program to encourage consumers to buy fuel efficient vehicles is flawed and needs a “major retooling,” an … Continue reading Newswire: Program to encourage fuel efficiency flawed: study
Newswire: With ‘green as the new black,’ fashion sure to follow
Global warming may not only affect climate and the environment, it will also have an impact on clothes and fashion, … Continue reading Newswire: With ‘green as the new black,’ fashion sure to follow
Shades of greenwashing
Have you been greenwashed? If you’ve ever bought Lululemon clothes that were supposed to soften your skin, you certainly have. … Continue reading Shades of greenwashing
The greening of the computer
While the specially designed XO laptop, intended for children without access to electricity, is the most environmentally friendly, other computer … Continue reading The greening of the computer
B.C. first province to legislate gas reduction targets
Jeff Rud , CanWest News Service; Victoria Times Colonist Published: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 VICTORIA – B.C. became the first Canadian province … Continue reading B.C. first province to legislate gas reduction targets
Earth’s Eighth Continent
It swirls. It grows. It’s a massive, floating ‘garbage patch.’
Located in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii and
measuring in at roughly twice the size of Texas, this elusive mass is
home to hundreds of species of marine life and is constantly expanding.
It has tripled in size since the middle of the 1990s and could grow
tenfold in the next decade.
Although no official title has been given to the mass yet, a popular label thus far has been “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.”
Ethical Sourcing & MEC: “I wanna, I need it”, the Rights of Man & Global Warming
The toughest thing about business travel is the time away from my daughter. On average, I spend three months of … Continue reading Ethical Sourcing & MEC: “I wanna, I need it”, the Rights of Man & Global Warming