VANCOUVER, June 5 /CNW/ – The Canadian Environment Awards hosted a gala evening at Vancouver’s spectacular Pan Pacific Hotel to … Continue reading Canadian Environment Awards Announces Winners for 2006
More than 1,000 kilometres into his solo cross-Canada canoe journey, CPAWS board member Jay Morrison is still feeling strong as he enters Lake Superior after leaving Sault Ste Marie. Jay started out from Les Escoumins, Quebec on April 9th, when snow was on the ground and ice in the water. Two months later, his dream of paddling the 8,000 km to Inuvik before the October freeze-up (and becoming the first person to do so in one season) is still within his reach.
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Ottawa, June 6, 2006 ? Twenty-four communities were rewarded today for leadership and innovative approaches to urban forest management. The … Continue reading Minister Lunn Announces Green Streets Program Winners
Bring your lunch and come out to listen to a free, inspirational public presentation about how Whistler, BC and Canmore, AB developed and implemented integrated community sustainability plans.
Coalbed methane exploration and development are being proposed for the Yukon. But it is not here yet. We still have time to decide whether we want it and, if so, how the industry should operate. Continue reading Frozen Gas: A Coalbed Methane Primer
The Discovery of Global Warming, the book, is a compact 200-page summary of what I learned from my research for this Website, woven into a single narrative. It begins as a sort of detective story, describing how a few scientists got obsessed with the mysteries of climate change. By the end it has become an epic tale where entire governments, national publics, and communities of scientists press upon one another. Visit the web site…
Laura Bell is getting a head start on her career — lining up a full-time job even before she has … Continue reading A head start on her career
Paul Mennega graduated from the Geography program at Waterloo in 2003 and is now working in northern California as an … Continue reading Planning growth in the heart of Silicon Valley
Caroline Marshall is currently working to make transportation in the Atlanta area more efficient, a task which is important to … Continue reading Easing traffic flow through intelligent transportation
This book is aimed very clearly at municipal practitioners and will be of use to locally oriented sustainability activists as … Continue reading City Stepping – Book Review: The Natural Step for Communities: How Cities and Towns can Change to Sustainable Practices
