Canada's Environmental Voice
Back in the days of big ol’ lacquered hair, aka the 1980s, the United States led the charge on saving the ozone, responding to damage caused in part by the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) found in hairspray and other aerosols, as well as refrigerants. In Shattered Sky, Dorst and Evans argue this […]
The Earth Month Youth Forum, presented by Earth Day Canada’s EcoMentors program and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), promises to be brimming with opportunities.
The A\J team is taking up Earth Day Canada’s challenge to Act for the Planet by trying out new habits during Earth Month. We’ll be following (roughly) along with the EDC’s list of 30 challenges, and you can follow our progress – and let us know how you’re doing – […]
Climate change is not a problem of the future – it’s happening now, and has emerged as the most demanding environmental and economic challenge facing our planet. Its effects are felt every day, in the form of health problems, environmental damage and a system that doesn’t meet today’s needs. And what […]
First nations chiefs and hereditary leaders gathered in Ottawa on March 20, 2013, to take a stand against the plan to build four tar sands pipelines through their territories in the United States and Canada. The Yinka Dene Alliance, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Yankton Sinoux […]
David Brower’s legacy is unparalleled. The visionary activist practically created the environmental movement, and he might be its most controversial and influential figure. Brower transformed the Sierra Club from a group concerned primarily with California into the most powerful environmental organization in the US. Later he founded Friends of the […]
Climate change, overpopulation, rampant consumerism and other huge problems make it pretty hard to feel hopeful about the fate of the world. We can all rhyme off many ways in which our planet is being assaulted. Yet, according to Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, none of these phenomena are what […]
Re-published from Green Living Online. They are the next generation of thinkers, teachers, politicians, scientists, activists and environmentalists. People under 25 make up almost half of humankind – three billion people who, for the most part, have little say in political affairs, yet it’s their future that’s at stake.
It’s been said that every migrant to a mountain town idealizes that town in exactly the form it existed in on the day they arrived. In The Weekender Effect, Canmore, Alberta-based author and water use expert Robert Sandford suffers from a severe case of this particular nostalgia.
Whether it’s infiltrating reality TV or politics, Donald Trump is no stranger to controversy or the limelight. This doc profiles The Donald’s plans for a megaplex golf resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and the locals who dare to oppose his plans, which include two courses, a 450-room hotel and holiday apartments […]
