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Agricultural Institutes Are Driving Sustainable Chocolate Production in Peru
To help satisfy chocolate cravings all over the world, many Peruvian farmers have chosen to dedicate their lives to organic cacao cultivation. But they need more support from agricultural research institutes for local sustainable economic development to thrive.
NIGHTSHIFT 2014 Call for Proposals
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth
Chris Hadfield, perhaps the first out-of-this- world rock star, wastes no time before waxing poetic in his book about the bounteous beauty of space and our planet. “The windows of a spaceship casually frame miracles,” he writes in the opening paragraph of his introduction. “Every 92 minutes, another sunrise [because […]
Who Speaks for the River? The Oldman River Dam and the Search for Justice.
When Robert Girvan began to research the dramatic events around the Oldman River Dam controversy and the resulting 1992 Supreme Court of Canada decision, Friends of the Oldman River Society v. Canada (Minister of Transport), he could not have foreseen how much his book would resonate, nearly two decades later, […]
Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Lady Gaga
UPDATE (May 15, 2017): It seems that this article resonated with the fans of Lady Gaga, who is currently on her JOANNE tour. Click here to learn more about the tour, their sustainability efforts of the tour and the ground-breaking work of Lady Gaga to advocate for greater love, understanding, acceptance and […]
People of a Feather
In People of a Feather, filmmaker and ecologist Joel Health takes viewers on an Arctic adventure with time-lapse video footage, underwater photography, and raw scenes of Inuit life to show how environmental changes are impacting the people and wildlife of the Belcher Islands in Canada’s Hudson Bay. The film was […]
Federal Court Finds Canada Has Failed to Uphold Endangered Species Act – Ontario Could Be Next
Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller is warning Queen’s Park could face sharp reprimands by the courts for its failure to uphold wildlife protections under the Endangered Species Act.
Major North American Crude Oil & Dilbit Pipelines
The Trial of David Suzuki
After announcing his Carbon Manifesto in front of the Toronto Courthouse, David Suzuki was part of a mock trial held on November 6, 2013 at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). The premise of The Trial was that Suzuki committed seditious libel by “express[ing] an intention to… publish or circulate… writing […]
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