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Watershed - Eric Peterson and cast

New Play about the Experimental Lakes Area, The Watershed, Opens in Toronto This Week

Annabel Soutar and Chris Abraham are, respectively, the artistic directors of Montreal’s Porte Parole theatre and Toronto’s Crows Theatre. Between 2012 and 2014, the two collaborated on producing and touring Seeds, a play about the use and spread of genetically modified organisms. I spoke to them last weekend about their new […]

Environment and the 2015 Federal Election: How to Talk About It

Environment and the 2015 Federal Election: How to Talk About It

A\J was thrilled to host a roundtable discussion at the Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s 2015 conference (ESAC 2015), held at Congress 2015 in June. A panel of experts, including Members of Parliament, leaders of national not-for-profits and experts on policy and climate change, came together to discuss how Canadians […]

(Photo: a cityscape of downtown Los Angeles, California)

California Isn’t Having a Water Crisis, it’s Having a Runoff Crisis

California once possessed one of the most precious and critical natural resources of the North American continent. The Redwoods, also known as Sequoioideae, are the majestic, mystical trees that line the Oregon and California coast by the thousands. They are a keystone species, the pillars of an entire ecosystem that […]

(Photo: a woman sews a button on fabric)

Mend Your Wears

Not getting new shoes until the old ones wore out, darning the toe hole in the end of a sock, patching a favourite pair of jeans for the third time; these practices are no longer a reality for most of today’s youth. Maybe, if we are lucky, our moms can […]

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Fur or Faux?

No debate in the fashion world gets as heated as the one about fur. Both sides are firmly entrenched in their points of view and making an informed decision can be difficult. As I was doing research for this article, it became apparent that finding unbiased information about fur is […]