Manitobans celebrate the provincial government’s announcement to permanently protect the Meditation Lake area in Whiteshell Provincial Park. But concerns about private development at Sylvia Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park remain. Continue reading Manitoba’s Meditation Lake still protected Whiteshell Park
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is once again offering the Excellence in Education Award. Continue reading CMHC’s Excellence in Education Award – Nominate an Educator
OnePlanet Catering has made it it’s purpose to contribute to well being and awareness. It starts with the recognition that we are all one, living on one planet and that we as individuals are 100% responsibility for our actions, which impact the beings and matters that make up our environment. The company uses organic ingredients, locally grown when available. It has developed a delivery system that eliminates the need for paper or plastic, therefore significantly reducing waste. It also donates 5% of all sales to environmental and social causes. Continue reading Hungry? Check out One Planet Catering
Winnipeg – The Manitoba government has granted the logging corporation Tolko approval to log the habitat of endangered woodland caribou in northwestern Manitoba. Continue reading Caribou habitat still in decline in Canada’s Boreal Forest
716: 21 February 2011 – Published by Green Communities Canada. JACK McGINNIS. Friends and colleagues remember Jack McGinnis in this … Continue reading Teaching Sustainable Happiness – GC News #716
Animal Factory: The Looming Threat of Industrial Pig, Dairy, and Poultry Farms to Humans and the Environment is a captivating journalistic narrative that follows the stories of three families and their communities as they campaign against concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO), more commonly referred to as factory farms. Kirby’s exceptionally well-researched book is a detailed account of the issues that CAFOs cause to both the environment and to the humans who neighbour them.
Kirby’s book is a hybrid, mixing investigative journalism with academic text to create an engrossing storyline that will capture a large reading audience. The reader can take it as a gripping story about community advocates and their struggles with CAFOs, or accept his book as a guide to further their own research, advocacy and consumer decisions. Either way, the power of Kirby’s work lies in his engaging writing.
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Manny Howard was commissioned to write an article for New York magazine about attempting to spend a month eating only food grown in his Brooklyn backyard. Like many books based on magazine articles, My Empire of Dirt quickly wears thin…. Howard comes across as egotistical, ignorant, and privileged. He jumps into farming completely unprepared, then is surprised when things don’t work. Lucky for him, the seemingly unlimited resources provided by New York magazine make up for his failings.
Irrigation accounts for 70 per cent of the world’s fresh water use, so it has been evident for many years that food security is considered a greater issue, if less immediately critical, than drinking water. Add climate change into the mix, and what was already a difficult global problem becomes significantly more so. The nexus of water, food, and climate change is the focus of this book. Its central goal is clearly expressed in the preface: “… as the requirement for more equitable access to food for all grows, so too grows the need for best science to under pin the development of more effective food systems.” The 22 chapters in this edited volume provide an excellent compendium of the issues that arise when growing populations, limited availability of water and early impacts of climate change impinge on the world’s food supply.
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Beyond sustainable fibres and second-hand shopping, one of the most intriguing ways to green your wardrobe is not for the faint of heart. It’s called the Uniform Project and all it takes is one girl, one dress, boundless creativity and a cause worth fighting for. Continue reading Greening Fashion with the Uniform Project
“Am I A Monkey? aims to convince creationists that Judeo-Christian religion is compatible with evolutionary theory by explaining the basic tenets and underlying theory of natural selection. After a smattering of recent texts that have done much to polarize the religion-evolution debate, this is a refreshing thesis. However, although Ayala’s heart is in the right place, much of this book does not do his point justice.”
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Toronto — Oil and state are a perfect match on Valentine’s Day, suggests a new video released today by Greenpeace. Continue reading Greenpeace video depicts oil-based love for Peter Kent
