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8 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Gift Wrap Waste
As the holiday season approaches and gift shopping begins, not only do stores fill with customers but the environment strains with the inevitable waste of this otherwise joyous time of year. North Americans are slowly changing our ways, however, and one way to give back to the world this year […]
Snowy Safaris
Winter’s here but you don’t need to hibernate! Celebrate wildlife with these family-friendly indoor and outdoor activities.
9 Guidelines for Green Giving
Rather than a list of specific products or DIY ideas (there are enough of those already), our gift guide focuses on basic principles you can apply to avoid filling the world with more plastic, toxic, resource-sucking or unwanted crap this holiday season. (But we also have some specific gift ideas, […]
AJ’s Winter Holiday Survival Guide
December isn’t always an easy time of year. Winter weather is bearing down, kids are home from school on holidays, you have to talk to family members whose political views you can barely tolerate – and of course there’s the constant bombardment with pressure to consume, consume, consume.
Celebrate 12 Days of Joy with AJ
A\J shared 12 joyful stories from our archives over the first 12 days of December. Know someone who shares your for the world? Send them an A\J gift subscription so they get stories like these ones all year long!
The Culture of Getting Around
Think Global is a new blog series from Canada Conserves’ Chris Winter. During a year-long trip around the world, Chris will be sharing examples of how other countries are dealing with climate change, resource scarcity and economic turmoil, showcasing the role of culture in our ability to tackle big environmental […]
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Plastic
Plastic is the scourge of our post-industrial age. So much waste has accumulated that we could – and should – have foreseen.
Greening the Maple: Canadian Ecocriticism in Context
The arrival of Ella Soper and Nicholas Bradley’s anthology, Greening the Maple: Canadian Ecocriticism in Context, marks the solidification of ecocriticism in this country. Ecocriticism is defined by the editors “in very general terms as the investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment . . . […]
Academic Evolution: Innovation Knows No Boundaries
This is part three of our Skills for the New Economy series.
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