Canada's Environmental Voice
Just over halfway through the reintroduced six-week spring bear hunt, which runs from May 1 to June 15, the province of Ontario has issued close to 2,300 licenses for black bears. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Natural Resources has no idea how many of those licences will be used this spring, […]
The cosmetic and perfume industry, which includes skin care, body washes, shaving products, deodorants and hair products, is worth US $170 billion annually and is dominated by a small group of multinational corporations, mainly L’Oreal, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Shiseido and Estée Lauder.
The cutting edge in solar cars is a vehicle that looks like something your dad might drive every day on his way to the paperwork bureaucracy factory. In the early days solar cars stretched the definition of the term. They were more like flying saucers than earth-bound vehicles. Drivers lay […]
Have you ever noticed this twittering sound? I didn’t until a friend pointed it out a few years ago. I was amazed to learn it comes from tiny birds that spend their nights clinging to the walls of chimneys and their days aloft on long, sickle-shaped wings. I’ve heard it […]
The words local and organic dominate discussions about greening our eating habits. Lately it seems that local food has overtaken organic as the preferred method of sustainable food consumption.
Dandelions are everywhere. It’s impossible not to notice the yellow blooming plants this time of year. They grow just about anywhere, including our lawns, where most people see them as the annoying weed that needs to be killed, whether by pesticides or the more environmentally-friendly (and safer) method of just […]
I was a kid in the seventies when a serious drought in Southern California left swimming pools emptied, which created the ideal environment for skateboarding to evolve from its quaint “sidewalk surfing” days, as Jan and Dean sang, to a legitimate and highly profitable industry.
So we keep waiting. Ontario’s environmental community had reason for optimism when Kathleen Wynne assumed leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in January 2013, knowing the new premier was more progressive than her predecessor Dalton McGuinty and perhaps more inclined to want to beef up the Liberals’ green cred.
As you prepare to welcome your newest family addition, it’s a lot of fun to make baby’s room as cute as they are bound to be. It’s a room in the house where you can really play, getting creative with colours, patterns, fabrics and more. That said, you wouldn’t want […]
This past March, the Conference Board of Canada launched its Canadian Food Strategy at the 3rd annual Canadian Food Summit in Toronto. That Canada needs a national food strategy is largely agreed upon. Canadians are relying on food banks in ever-increasing numbers and the rate of diet-related diseases continues to […]
