Canada's Environmental Voice
Water is embedded in and enriches nearly everything, including food. Agriculture accounts for a staggering 92 per cent of the rain, ground and surface water that people consume, most of it pumped for irrigation to produce cereal grains, meat and milk. This crucial reliance on water faces big challenges; a […]
Evan Hall BScH, Environmental Science, Queen’s UniversityPostgrad certificate in Environmental Visual Communication, Fleming College Current Job: Marketing and communications officer, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF)
Born in Rejkavijk, Iceland and raised in Vancouver, Sturla Gunnarsson is both a citizen of the world and a national treasure. He has received numerous awards for his films and television work, including an Emmy, a Genie, a few Geminis, and an Academy Award nomination. No stranger to telling environmental […]
Sara Shor is the US National Organizer with 350.org and has coordinated dozens of actions and organizing efforts to stop the Keystone XL pipeline.
Back in January of this year, The New York Times published an article detailing how the campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline had “changed American environmental politics.” For over three years now, thousands of people have marched, rallied, commented, blockaded, been arrested and done almost everything in between to stop […]
This November, fashion industry leaders from around the globe will gather in Toronto with one goal in mind: sustainability. The World Ethical Apparel Roundtable (WEAR), to be held November 3rd and 4th at Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto, is the first of its kind in Canada.
Investment managers are waking up to the fact that holding vast reserves in fossil fuel companies, especially for vital purposes such as pension funds, is an unacceptable risk for investors.
In 1957, 23-year-old Jane Goodall travelled on a passenger liner from her native England to Nairobi, Kenya. She had meagre savings and no university degree, but hoped to fulfill her lifelong dream of working with African animals. By luck or destiny, Goodall met famous paleontologist and anthropologist Louis Leakey, who […]
To quote John Goodman’s character (Hound) from the film Transformers: Age of Extinction, “That’s a bad idea — but I’m all about bad ideas.”
We think sustainability is evolving – what do you think? It’s time for the next generation of critical thinkers to design, develop, and create positive change. We want YOU to show us what sustainability can be.
