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Skills for the New Economy: Creating an Artisanal Life as an Eco-Polymath
Structural changes in the labour market since the economic downturn of 2008 have resulted in a work reality that society is grappling to define.
Natasha Milijasevic
Natasha Milijasevic is a Toronto-based management consultant whose practice focuses on projects, processes, data, and how organizations can measure these to improve their social impact. Her past research and publications span group psychology to business strategy. Wife, mother of two and occasionally exhibiting artist, Milijasevic also loves school: she has […]
Greening the Silver Screen
Until this assignment, I had never thought about the environmental impact of the film industry. But of course, there is an environmental impact from most everything we do, and the making of a film is no exception.
Ontario Won’t Hand Over Rouge Park Lands, Citing Weak Federal Protection
A standoff is brewing east of Toronto in the Rouge Valley between Queen’s Park and the federal government over the proposed Rouge National Urban Park. Ontario Infrastructure Minister Brad Duguid made it clear to federal Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq that the province would not hand 5,400 acres of land it […]
Salvaging Beetlemania
The mountain pine beetle has arrived in western Canada in what Canadian Geographic has described as “a slow-moving tsunami,” and Canada’s boreal forest is at risk of potential obliteration if the destruction continues to spread. An unfortunate perfect storm of climate change and decades of improved fire suppression have given […]
Friends Don’t Let Friends Destroy the Environment
Environmentalists are often involved in some way in other progressive political movements, such as feminism, economic justice, civil rights or the LGBTQ rights movement. This means that if you are an active environmentalist, you are probably no stranger to the phenomenon of being “called out.” In fact, you’ve probably experienced […]
Unicycling for the Climate
Lots of people have cycled across Canada. Joseph Boutilier is unicycling across Canada – at least most of the way, bringing his concerns about the government’s lack of action on climate change from Victoria, BC to Ottawa. We caught up with him last month to ask a few questions about his journey, his […]
Competing Interests? Environmentalism and the Live Local KW Challenge
“This is going to be easy.” That was my first thought on being challenged to sign up for Live Local KW and “eat, shop and play locally” for one week (next week – you can still sign up here).
Playtime Hacked
It’s after school on the south shore of Nova Scotia, and a handful of kids have gathered in the two-room public library in Lunenburg. Some flip through books, some tap on computers, but none seems to notice the new black box near the checkout desk. Roughly the size of a […]
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