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SUSTAINABLE LIFE
The Greenbelt Prescription
Most people don’t exercise enough. According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, only seven per cent of Canadian kids get 60-plus minutes of moderate to vigorous activity every day, and about half of all men and women above age 12 are considered physically inactive.
What’s Worth More: Your Time or the Planet?
Waiting for the bus one morning on your way to work, you realize your reusable travel mug is at home. You’d rather not use another single-use plastic cup, but if you run back to grab it you’ll miss the next bus and be five minutes late for work. Do you […]
Why You Should Ignore Canada’s Food Guide and Follow Brazil’s Instead
The Globe and Mail recently published an article about the broken state of Canada’s Food Guide. The article points to a number of things wrong with our national food guide.
Indigenous Health Institute Aims to Address “Corrosive Effects of Poverty” and Colonization
The Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health is the world’s first privately endowed research institute dedicated to the health of Indigenous Peoples. Created last June with a $10-million gift from Michael and Amira Dan, the institute was unveiled on March 23 of this year at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana […]
Friends of the Greenbelt’s Next Growth Phase
Since its creation in 2005, Ontario’s Greenbelt has become a renowned example of how to protect natural and rural environments in a rapidly urbanizing world. To foster the vitality of more than 725,000 hectares of green space (nearly 50 per cent of which is farmland) surrounding the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation financially supports projects […]
Health Issue Contributor Spotlight
Gideon Forman Gideon Forman holds an MA in Philosophy from McGill and a certificate in Renewable Energy from the University of Toronto.
Outdoors for All Ages
Recently, a group of senior citizens calling themselves the “Walking Sticks” met at High Park Nature Centre in Toronto to participate in a unique Nature Elders program. Nature Elders is an environmental education experience designed to address the unique needs and interests of seniors.
Think Outside the Sandbox
Picture a towering garden overflowing with native wildflowers. Add a Hobbit hole, an Ewok village, an airplane and a pirate ship all made from recycled and repurposed materials. Weave it all together with a network of winding trails and hidden treasures, and what do you get? The most fabulous natural […]
The Best Things Ever of All Time, This Week!
EACH WEEK, A\J staffers will be sharing our favourite facts & findings from whatever books, articles, documentaries, podcasts and other media we’ve been consuming. Here’s what we’ve learned this week.
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