The Fraser Basin Council welcomes nominations for the 2006 Sustainability Awards. These awards celebrate the achievements of the most inspired … Continue reading Nominations now open for 2006 Sustainability Awards
(August 22, 2006) Greenpeace today announced that more than 650 businesses in North America and from around the world are refusing to use tissue products made with pulp from ancient forests by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. The businesses, which were featured in an ad in the New York Times today, are calling on the company to use more recycled fiber and pulp from sustainable logging operations in its products including Kleenex brand facial tissue. The company has been implicated in the destruction of North America?s largest ancient forest, the Boreal, which is home to endangered species and essential in combatting global warming pollution.
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?Where political will prevails, solutions will follow.”
~ Former Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney on environmental leadership
Few might have thought of Mulroney as a green leader, until his recent crowning as ?Greenest PM? during Earth Week festivities of 2006 asked us to see him in a new light. These and other recent events suggest public interest in environmental issues is on an upswing ? and that the definition of environment is broadening in the public mind. What new policies and actions will come of this renewed attention, and how can public interest and political momentum be sustained? Green politics takes many forms – some passionate, some quite technical – but rarely with the success that most environmentalists would like to see. A common refrain in the environmental movement is to wonder where the environment disappears at election time.
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Lake Simcoe needs help. Following the huge success of the Calendar, the Ladies of the Lake are organizing a series … Continue reading A Lake Simcoe Call to Action
During the month of October, students from all over the world participate in either a Walk to School Day, Week … Continue reading International Walk to School Week
We need to provide safe environments for people to bicycle and walk as a mode of transportation as well as … Continue reading The Petition to the Nova Scotia Government to Allocate 10% of Gas Tax Revenues to Active and Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure is hosted at two locations…
This is the time to make a difference! At the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting in November 2006 … Continue reading Let the Ocean and Its Creatures be Heard – Write to our nation’s leaders
Survey Info: If you have just received an information notice through the HRM pesticide bylaw programs and would like to … Continue reading Halifax Pesticide By-Law Project
This is your chance to plant a beautiful, native tree in your own back yard or neighbourhood. It can add … Continue reading Native Tree Spree
For each minute Vancouverites idle per day, we collectively produce about 4,500 tonnes of greenhouse gas in a year- almost … Continue reading On The Road Vehicles…..Idle-Free
Speak out about Ontario’s Energy Future — Say No to Nuclear To send a message to the Premier, you must … Continue reading Help stop new nuclear reactors from being built in Ontario!
These short submissions are generally in response to a previous item in the newspaper, but can be related to other … Continue reading Email a letter to the editor of your local newspaper
