Canada's Environmental Voice
I got my start in publishing in the early 1990s, although I did have some tangential exposure to the back-end of the industry during my brief stint as a child model. When I was doing that modeling work, for the wide-eyed younger version of me, everything seemed so big, so […]
Need a reason to go outside and explore nature this weekend? Well, we have you covered! Here are eight reasons why you should get lost in the great outdoors this weekend: 1. To build a relationship with your furry friends One of the best reasons to go outside for a […]
When I was 15, I had my first job working at Tim Hortons. I was that typical new, compliant underdog on staff, and since I could stay so calm in stressful situations, never letting my frustration show, all the older people I worked with threw me into every situation that […]
Bringing back the milkman model? Source: Pixabay On Monday, Canada’s delivery service acts upon the traditional milkman model set to launch in Toronto. It will deliver brand name groceries and goods right to your door – this time with reusable packaging. Loop, came to fruition from U.S recycling company TerraCycle joining forces […]
Source: Hillside Inside As we enter the month of February – the middle of a cold, grey winter, which also happens to be about the one year mark of the pandemic – you may be feeling a little blue or stir crazy (or both). I know I am. One of […]
Raising Climate Literacy by Kerstyn Lutz Buchholz, K. (2020, July). 2020 is predicted to be the hottest year on record, according to NASA. Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/07/earth-climate-change-nasa/ NOAA Climate. (2009). What is Climate Science Literacy? Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://www.climate.gov/teaching/essential-principles-climate-literacy/whatclimate-science-literacy UNESCO. (2018, December 10). Climate Change Education […]
OPERATION ENVIRONMENT, coming to a mailbox near you in January 2021! At Alternatives Journal, we are ecstatic to announce that at the end of this December, we will be releasing our final issue of 2020, “Operation Environment”. At A\J, we have a hard working, dedicated staff which has allowed us […]
The Christmas holidays are great, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Christmas. But one thing I do not love about Christmas is the waste. Gift wrapping, ribbons, bows -THE PLASTIC! It is overwhelming. And don’t even get me started on the food waste. Every year around the holidays, we go […]
Elon Musk ranked the second richest person in the world. Source: Shutterstock Mr. Musk did it again. Tech giant has become ranked the second richest person in the world right behind Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. He jumped the ranks after Tesla stocks boomed from $7.2bn to $128bn. Tesla is considered […]
Communities across the east coast of Canada rely on a functioning fishing industry for economic stability and to preserve a way of life that goes back generations, and for some millennia. The identities of Indigenous and non-Indigenous fishermen alike are rooted in these fisheries- chances are their father was a […]
