Good for the Planet, Good for You
Organic Earth Magazine is an environmental and natural living publication. Founded in 2003 out of an individual?s need for detailed … Continue reading Good for the Planet, Good for You
Windfall Ecology Centre
The Windfall Ecology Centre is a community based, non-profit organization that brings environmental solutions to homes, businesses, institutions, and communities. We have achieved results by mobilizing community cooperation and by providing practical sustainability services and advice since 1998.
The environmental programs delivered by Windfall Ecology Centre focus on actions we can take today in our own lives – in our homes, our businesses, our communities – to begin the transition to a sustainable future.
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For a Better Future – Bathurst Sustainable Development
It is the mandate of this organization to facilitate interactions between members of the community, businesses, industry, municipal governments, representatives … Continue reading For a Better Future – Bathurst Sustainable Development
Selling ‘green’
Companies are jumping on the bandwagon by touting themselves as environmentally friendly. But not all claims are what they seem
Dave Mcginn, National Post
Parks and Carrying Capacity: Commons Without Tragedy
By the early 1990s, the U.S. national park system reached an average of 250 million visitors per year with no sign of decline. The increased public interest in the national park system was worthy of celebration, but according to professor and author Robert E. Manning, the visits also presented a serious threat to the integrity of the parks. ?The quality of the visitor experience was being threatened through crowding and congestion, conflicting uses, and the aesthetic consequences of resource degradation,? Manning states in the introduction to Parks and Carrying Capacity: Commons Without Tragedy (Island Press, February 9, Cloth: $70.00, ISBN: 978-1-55963-104-4; Paper: $35.00, ISBN: 978-1-55963-105-1). Parks are intended to be protected as well as used, which raises the most fundamental question in environmental thought: how much can we use the environment without spoiling it?
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There ought to be a law
Sometimes I feel like I’m the only person in Canada who doesn’t own a cell phone, and I don’t think I ever will. Watching people barking into their phones at the gym, on ski hills and in restaurants, I wonder why they bother to go there in the first place. But that’s their personal choice. What really bugs me is the planned obsolescence of so many of these technologies.
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden was initiated in 1971, under the supervision of Bernard Jackson. It was opened … Continue reading Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden
OneGeology
The project’s aim is to create dynamic digital geological map data for the world! The target scale is 1:1 million. … Continue reading OneGeology
DFO praised for NB salt marsh protection – WWF-Canada
HALIFAX, March 7 /CNW Telbec/ – WWF-Canada, part of the global conservation organization, today congratulated Federal Minister of Fisheries and … Continue reading DFO praised for NB salt marsh protection – WWF-Canada
The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook
The first book in North America to provide a detailed carbon accounting of a family’s carbon emissions and how to … Continue reading The Carbon Buster’s Home Energy Handbook
The Economics of Climate Change : The Stern Review
The Stern Review is an independent, rigourous and comprehensive analysis of the economic aspects of climate change. Order from Amazon.ca… Continue reading The Economics of Climate Change : The Stern Review
eBird Canada
A real-time, online checklist program, eBird has revolutionized the way that the birding community reports and accesses information about birds. Launched in 2002 by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society, eBird provides rich data sources for basic information on bird abundance and distribution at a variety of spatial and temporal scales.
eBird Canada || Canada’s destination for birding on the Web