Canada's Environmental Voice
Knowing the Land is Resistance (KLR) has been running nature exploration workshops in southwestern Ontario for three years, demonstrating to participants how to (re)connect with the natural world around them, in any setting. I attended a very different KLR workshop in Waterloo in March, at which they presented five starting points […]
With the introduction of the green bin in regions across Ontario, most of us have gotten used to composting around our house with little hassle or effort. But what about when we’re out, away from our own green bin, looking for a place to dump our apple cores and other […]
PHONOGRAPHS AND GRAMOPHONES brought with them remarkable changes. As fidelity increased, music recorded on discs changed from a single performance that was overheard and “captured,” becoming a document that could be edited, redrafted and refined many times before its release. But, in addition to changes in the production of most music, […]
Anežka is a recent uWaterloo planning grad who believes most problems can be solved through holistic design. Battling a map obession, chess addiction and cheese cravings, she travels the world (whenever she can) looking for cures.
AS THE PUSH FOR TAR SANDS PIPELINES ESCALATES and the legal channels for fighting them become exhausted, some environmentalists are reconsidering the value of civil disobedience, which Sierra Club Canada (SCC) executive director John Bennett describes as “breaking an unjust law or breaking a law to draw attention to an […]
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The whole A\J gang came out to the Green Living Show this month.
If you’re planning on visiting the Green Living Show (GLS) in Toronto this week, you’re in for a sustainable treat and here at A/J we want to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the activities! Last week we highlighted a few exhibitors and attractions to watch out for, […]
The A\J team is taking up Earth Day Canada’s challenge to Act for the Planet by trying out new habits during Earth Month. We’ll be following (roughly) along with the EDC’s list of 30 challenges, and you can follow our progress – and let us know how you’re doing – […]
Climate change is not a problem of the future – it’s happening now, and has emerged as the most demanding environmental and economic challenge facing our planet. Its effects are felt every day, in the form of health problems, environmental damage and a system that doesn’t meet today’s needs. And what […]
