IKEA Canada announced Tuesday that it will no longer offer plastic bags to customers to tote their purchases. Instead, customers … Continue reading IKEA Canada to Eliminate Plastic Bags – July 1, 2009
The first season of green followed the transition to organic food, cleaning green and awareness of global social justice issues. … Continue reading Four Seasons of Green – Update
Earth Day Canada, in partnership with Cascades Inc., is searching for Canada’s 2009 Hometown Heroes. Nominators only have two weeks … Continue reading Nominate your local ‘Hometown Hero’ before Earth Day
Research infrastructure and sustainability at the University of British Columbia today received a major boost from the federal and provincial … Continue reading UBC welcomes $68M investment in “green” infrastructure
Episode 1 of the 100-Mile Challenge on the Food Network was considered the wake-up call. Hosts, James MacKinnon and Alisa … Continue reading 100-Mile Challenge: Episode 1 – The Purge
Who would have thought that the personal goal of a couple of locavores (or, localvores, as rendered by some) would … Continue reading 100-Mile Challenge: Mission in Mission, B.C.
Fredericton – Six provincial city mayors and the minister of environment will fight against climate change by participating in the Mayor’s Eco-Challenge 2009 for the next three months. The announcement was made today in Fredericton by Environment Minister Roland Haché. Continue reading Six New Brunswick mayors to compete in ‘eco-challenge’
Toronto, ON – Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is accepting nominations for the 2009 Excellence in Education Award for … Continue reading CMHC to reward Ontario educators for excellence in sustainability education
The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is now holding a workshop series called LEED® Canada for Homes. The workshops are designed to … Continue reading LEED Canada for Homes: Workshop Series
Quinte Sustainability was launched in 2007 to encourage local citizens to explore sustainable lifestyle options through access to information, resources … Continue reading Quinte Sustainability
February 15, 2009 – Sustainable Montreal provides “information, solutions and a forum to make Montreal and its surrounding boroughs (Westmount, … Continue reading Sustainable Montreal
February 13, 2009 – For some great stories about how heritage buildings can retain their historic character, while renovating for … Continue reading Vancouver Heritage Foundation
