A new generation of conscientious hair salons is cropping up across Canada, offering a breath of fresh air in a usually toxic industry. Here’s how salons and their customers can – pardon the pun – join the cutting edge of sustainability.
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Stop Buying Deodorant
I reluctantly stopped using conventional antiperspirants and deodorants a couple of years ago because they have too many questionable ingredients for my comfort – like petroleum products, parabens and aluminum.
Is the Age of No Repairs Coming to an End?
For the most part we live in an age of “use it and toss it.” I lived this reality recently when I needed one rechargeable battery for the three-phone set in my home. I went to four stores and was running out of possibilities. No one had a replacement battery […]
New Ontario Organization is Advancing the Role of Women in Renewable Energy
At the 2013 Canadian Wind Energy Association’s (CanWEA) conference a new group launched to encourage greater inclusivity in the energy field, Women in Renewable Energy (WiRE). Founded and co-chaired by Rebecca Black and Joanna Szarek Osawe, this non-profit organization is dedicated to “furthering education and awareness surrounding renewable energy development and […]
Saving Energy in the Bathroom
Replacing working fixtures for the sake of getting energy efficient ones is rarely the most sustainable option, because it ignores the energy and resources that go into making them in the first place. But if you’re renovating anyway, it makes sense to purchase energy-saving fixtures over conventional ones.
Carbon 14: Climate is Culture
The Cape Farewell Foundation has an ambitious mission: to bring artists and scientists together to explore the impact and future of climate change. Just as ambitious is the wide-ranging exhibition curated by David Buckland and Claire L. Sykes and headquartered at the Royal Ontario Museum’s Centre for Contemporary Culture until […]
The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles: Development, Sprawl, and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region
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 […]
How to Heal from Trauma with Plants
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.
Oil Sands Karaoke
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.
A brief history of AJ since 1971
This article is part of A\J’s web series Night School.
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