Canada's Environmental Voice
THE OVERRIDING QUESTION in Kai Reimer-Watts’ Beyond Crisis is why is our response to climate change “absurdly slow”? Humanity is already experiencing horrific forest fires and flooding – think Fort McMurray and Hurricane Sandy – yet many of us still engage in the flying, driving and beef-eating which bring wide-spread […]
“Put your money where your heart is. Give yourself permission to invest in what you care about.” That creed is what makes investor Joel Solomon’s The Clean Money Revolution such a transformative read. Personal finance is often described as an agitating and taboo subject, yet Solomon attacks it in a highly […]
Carolyn’s passion for advancing the status of marginalized populations is complemented by her degrees in management, international business and political science. She has supported the teams at Mennonite Economic Development Associates (MEDA), Grand Challenges Canada and Sarona Asset Management to operationalize their respective impact investment in emerging markets projects.
Michelle Sin is a designer for Project Trashion, a student-led initiative that presents sustainability issues in the fashion industry through art, media and design. She is currently studying Environment and Business at the University Waterloo.
Andrew Spicer is an Associate Professor of International Business at the University of South Carolina.
Lane Burman is a husband, father of two, community rebel rouser, lover of wonderful smelling things and owner of a small local business.
Fahad has always had an interest in finding simple, elegant solutions to complex, global problems. He developed the idea to turn animal and human waste into energy while pursuing his MBA at the Ivey Business School at Western University. Fahad considers himself a global citizen having grown up in four […]
Emma Rain Smith is an Anishinaabe artist from Walpole Island (Bkejwanong) First Nations. She studies Fine Arts with a Studio Major in the Honors Arts and Business at the University of Waterloo. She was the president of the Aboriginal Students Association at UW for two years. As an artist she […]
Shahan Engineer is a second-year Environment & Business student (not an engineering student; he doesn’t understand sciences) at the University of Waterloo. Hailing from Karachi, Pakistan, one of the most polluted cities on the planet, Shahan was inspired to take-up an environmental program at university to understand how humans can […]
The Toronto MPP and former Greenpeace head introduced Bill 21 Monday at Queen’s Park, legislation that would pave the way for individuals, governments and businesses to sue fossil fuel companies for property damage or loss, the higher cost of insurance or infrastructure expenses to protect against future harm.
