Starting in August 1st, (2007) a province-wide used electronics recycling program will be available to consumers and business in British Columbia. You will be able to drop off any of the regulated products at the identified collection locations without charge, and be assured they will be recycled responsibly.
Somewhere we got the crazy idea that it was all about us. You can even see it in the word we use to describe the world we’re bent on ruining: the environment ? the stuff that surrounds the mammal with the outsized brain who almost by definition (our definition, of course) is at the centre of things.
We’re not the norm, though, whatever we pretend. Our presence has been brief, almost non-existent when measured against the planet’s 4.5 billion years. And our long-term prospects are doubtful, even if we take advantage of global warming to resist the next ice age for a few measly millennia while managing to evade the killer asteroids, tectonic jolts and toxic habitats that did in our predecessors.
July 17, 2007, Vancouver ? The Harry Potter series has galvanized the world?s book industry into going green, from spurring the development of 32 new ecological papers, six for Potter exclusively, to igniting a shift where 300 publishers have adopted environmental policies that are helping to protect Canada?s Boreal forest among others, says Markets Initiative, the Vancouver-based environmental group that worked with J.K. Rowling starting in 2003 and hundreds of publishers and paper mills since to turn other books green.
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ROME ? Rome’s obsession with food goes beyond the pizzerias and the trattorias that make it a gastronomical wonder. Appropriately, the city is also home to three United Nations food agencies whose job, ultimately, is to keep the undernourished fed. They wonder whether biofuel is an item that should be struck from the planet’s menu.
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On the banks of Mali’s Niger River, Soumana Natomo and his family gather for a communal dinner of millet porridge with tamarind juice. In the USA, the Ronayne-Caven family enjoys corndogs-on-a-stick with a tossed green salad. This age-old practice of sitting down to a family meal is undergoing unprecedented change as rising world affluence and trade, along with the spread of global food conglomerates, transform diets worldwide.
Planet in Focus promotes the use of film and video to frame and explore environmental issues and stories and serves as a catalyst and springboard for environmental awareness, discussion and action. We execute our mission at our annual festival and through our special year round programs.
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Food prices are heating up globally as soaring energy costs, wonky weather and an ethanol boom all combine to push grocery bills higher.
Canadian food prices are 3.1 per cent higher than a year ago, Statistics Canada said Wednesday, well ahead of last year’s rate of 2.4 per cent. Higher prices for meat and dairy are the main culprits, but the pickup in prices spills into everything from bread and applies to ice cream, eggs, jam and juice.
The reasons vary with each product, but one factor behind higher prices may be an ethanol boom south of the border, with Canadian chicken and dairy farmers saying they’re seeing higher feed prices.
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Think you’re too small to do your part for the environment? These six entrepreneurs spent anywhere from a few bucks … Continue reading How to green your business ? and save money
The Air Quality Health Index or “AQHI” is a scale designed to help you understand what the air quality around you means to your health. It is a new tool developed by environmental and health professionals to communicate the health risk posed by local air pollution conditions.
It is designed to help you make decisions to protect your health by limiting short term exposure to air pollution, adjusting your activity levels during increased levels of air pollution as well as reducing your personal contribution to air pollution.
This index pays particular attention to people who are sensitive to air quality by identifying specific health messages for this group.
The Canadian Youth Climate Coalition is looking for a National Director to bring together youth from across Canada to to stand united for a sane climate future.
Position: National Director
Organization: Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
http://ourclimate.ca http://notreclimat.ca
Application deadline: Aug 1, 2007
Start date: Aug 15, 2007
Location: anywhere in Canada
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The leader of P.E.I.’s Green Party is demanding government put Montague’s new school away from farm lands where pesticide spraying could be an issue.
In a statement sent to media Thursday, Sharon Labchuk said she expects government to put the newly announced school in a safe place.
The highest priority should be put on selecting a safe site for the school, a location where children will not be placed in harm’s way, she said.
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