Canada's Environmental Voice
Being an informed grocery shopper can be hard work. Everywhere you look, companies are trying to sell you on how “natural” and “eco-friendly” their products are. Often, it can be downright tricky to distinguish between meaningful labels and greenwashing. Read on for a crash course in common Canadian eco-food labels […]
Suburban sprawl has defined much of the last half century of North American development. Suburban design and use have changed continuously throughout this period and are still evolving as suburban retrofit projects become ever more common.
One of North America’s largest conservation areas sits on the suburban fringe of Canada’s largest metropolis, home to more than five million people. The Oak Ridges Moraine spans 190,000 hectares of forests, wetlands, lakes and prairies north of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), but it has been conceptualized as a […]
Inspired by Isa Chandra Moskowitz of the Post Punk Kitchen
Eating healthy doesn’t necessarily mean completely overhauling your diet. Small changes can add up. Keep these eight better choices in mind when you plan meals.
This article is part of A\J’s web series Night School. In celebration of back-to-school time and our Night issue, the A\J web team brought you a series of quick lessons, posted between September 16 to October 11, 2013, covering everything from activism tactics and canning tips to how factory farms breed disease.
This article is part of A\J’s web series Night School. In celebration of back-to-school time and our Night issue, the A\J web team brought you a series of quick lessons, posted between September 16 to October 11, 2013, covering everything from activism tactics and canning tips to how factory farms breed disease.
Earth Day Canada’s Beyond Green Environment Summit is less than a month away, and A\J is excitedly prepping our two workshops on Environmental Blogging and Responsible Living. But beyond our own workshops, we’re looking forward to all of the other offerings throughout the weekend. We touched base with Jon-Erik Lappano […]
We’re so used to the arguments between those who say tar sands and those who say oil sands that we might forget it’s just called paying the bills for many Northern Albertans.
Last week, our How To lesson was about canning, and this week we’ve also posted some rad reviews of food-related books: Digging the City: An Urban Agriculture Manifesto and Food and the City: Urban Agriculture and the New Foo
