Structural changes in the labour market since the economic downturn of 2008 have resulted in a work reality that society is grappling to define.
Education
Fully Destructible
In his book, The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, Bernard Suits defines the act of playing games as “the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” It’s easy to dismiss playing games as an impediment to the real-world experiences required to develop an environmental ethos.
Share Now: Your How-to Guide to Getting More and Wasting Less
Sharing is about maximizing the use of products, services and ideas in order to minimize overall consumption by a community. This principle has a surprising number of applications – people can and do share just about anything. It’s also nothing new; sharing books, movies, equipment and hand-me-downs has been common […]
Slow Food Story
In an age of cheap thrills, many have found solace in celebrating traditional and regional ways of growing and preparing food. This documentary is an intimate portrait of the man behind the slow food movement, Carlo Petrini, and the gastronomes that helped make it a global crusade.
Why Hire a Sustainability Graduate?
As a third-year Environment and Business student at the University of Waterloo, I am often asked what I plan to pursue as a career after graduation.
Carbon 14: Climate is Culture
The Cape Farewell Foundation has an ambitious mission: to bring artists and scientists together to explore the impact and future of climate change. Just as ambitious is the wide-ranging exhibition curated by David Buckland and Claire L. Sykes and headquartered at the Royal Ontario Museum’s Centre for Contemporary Culture until […]
AJ’s Better Back to School Guide
It’s hard to believe, but summer vacation is almost over and school will be starting soon. Okay, I may be a few weeks too early to really mean that, but that’s how it feels. Here are ten tips for dealing with food preparation, back-to-school shopping and keeping a green lifestyle […]
New Conference Brings Ecology into the Urban Environment
OCAD University’s Faculty of Design is hosting their first ever Urban Ecologies conference on June 20th and 21st. This conference will examine how ecological approaches to design are shaping the future of our cities, focusing on five intersecting themes: information visualization, systems thinking, regenerative urbanism, urban health and community engagement.
A Taste of Canada’s Food-Tree Groups
Hidden Harvest Ottawa was founded in 2012 to help reduce the amount of food going to waste from untended public fruit trees around the city. Read more about it in Concrete Orchard in the Art & Media issue.
No Paper Cups Allowed
On a campus littered with food options, how does a hungry student choose? There are the obvious factors that help us settle the debate between the big name coffee companies on campus and the local joints. Price is a major factor – especially for students – and of course the […]
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