On reading about the growing resistance to a mega-quarry being proposed for southern Ontario, I had an epiphany about the media’s use of the term NIMBY, for "not in my… Continue reading A new kind of NIMBY: Nature in My Backyard – Science Matters
Greenpeace and Sierra Club Prairie have offered their support to the Dene Suline who have erected a Peace Camp just north of Cold Lake, Alberta. Continue reading Alberta groups support Dene Suline in their battle for traditional territory
731: 7 June 2011 – Publised by Green Communites Canada ONTARIO WALKOLUTION FUNDING. Green Communities’ Canada Walks has been awarded … Continue reading Sustainable municipalities snapshot – GCNews #731
ECO Canada officially launched the new Professional Meteorologist (P. Met) certification at the 2011 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Congress in Victoria, British Columbia. Continue reading ECO Canada Announces Official Certification in Meteorology
Vancouver – Supporters of the Save ecoENERGY Coalition applaud the Harper government’s $400 million extension of the ecoENERGY Home Retrofit program, but say the one-year timeline is not enough to help the energy savings industry transition to self-sustainability. Continue reading Energy auditors applaud $400 million ecoENERGY extension
If the world as you knew it was going to end in 21 days, what would you do? Find shelter, locate a water supply or possibly pull out your SKS assault rifle? Wendy Brown’s Surviving the Apocalypse in the Suburbs takes readers through day-by-day preparations in order to live comfortably after an infrastructure collapse created by cheap oil.
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Toronto – The Ontario government will not, with its current programs, meet its targets for reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs). This is just one conclusion from the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario’s recently released 2011 Greenhouse Gas Progress Report. Continue reading Ontario Has a Long Way to Go on Climate Change
Through support for Evergreen Brick Works, Ontario is helping to launch a new project that will advance new technologies in energy, transportation, green building design and water and waste management. Continue reading Ontario’s Sustainable City Innovation Network: Building Green Communities
On Friday, June 10th, 2011, TEDxNovaScotia (Acadia University) & TEDxHalifax (NSCC Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth) are bringing you leading thinkers and doers from Nova Scotia and beyond to share in extraordinary insights, unexpected connections, and powerful inspiration. Continue reading Designing Your Life Within Your Community – TEDxNovaScotia – June 10th
On Friday, June 10th, 2011, TEDxNovaScotia (Acadia University) & TEDxHalifax (NSCC Waterfront Campus in Dartmouth) are bringing you leading thinkers and doers from Nova Scotia and beyond to share in extraordinary insights, unexpected connections, and powerful inspiration. Continue reading Designing Your Life Within Your Community – TEDxNovaScotia – June 10th
If I were asked by a visitor from outer space for the best information on the history and ecology of life on Earth, I’d offer this book. Deservedly short-listed for the 2010 Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize, The Ptarmigan’s Dilemma covers all the bases, bridging the authors’ decades of research into animal ecology and their many engaging encounters with animals. From Alternatives Journal 37.3: EcoBooks, published May 2011
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Musicians have always drawn inspiration from the world around them, but what happens when that world is in trouble? For an increasing number of environmentally minded artists, their efforts are moving off-stage. Instead of writing green lyrics, they are setting up foundations, leading conservation drives, greening their tours, and changing the faces of both environmentalism and music. Continue reading Rocking the Environment with Alternatives Journal (37.4)
