Canada's Environmental Voice
“Keep calm and carry on.” “Think positive thoughts.” “Be the change you want to see.” Yeah, right. What a joke. Let’s be serious – the vultures of this world – the scavengers that pick at the meek, the fallen, the innocent – they are the ones that get what they […]
Tori Mikhnovsky is the Chair of the Board at Alternatives Media Inc (AMI). She has a long-standing record of being a champion of progress and positive change from working over 20 years in the software industry. Now, she works to grow and develop cross-sector partnerships in the field of green work […]
You are probably aware that nature is dead. This may be why you are gloomy all the time. We tried so hard to ensure that biodiversity wasn’t lost and climate change didn’t spiral (further) out of control, but only an extreme idealist can maintain the illusion any longer. We have […]
The fashion industry is broken. Of course, you won’t notice this walking around the shops, but behind the scenes at a production level the resources needed to make your clothes are rapidly approaching their limit. With circular fashion touted as the savior of this phenomenally wasteful industry, hundreds of the […]
In an Alternatives Journal (AJ) summer 1978 article by Julia Gardener and John Marsh entitled “Recreation in Consumer and Conserver Society”, they discussed the meaning of recreation from both consumer and conserver society perspectives. Forty-two years since the publication of this article, society still has tendencies to either consume or […]
This interview with La Siembra Co-operative, the company behind the Camino brand, is an exclusive preview of our Invest in Change issue. Invest in Change will be out in the new year! A\J: Why did you make the decision to go fair trade?
Earlier this month, 15 youth from across Canada gathered in Inuvik, Northwest Territories as part of the FutureXChange Program, designed to connect and equip them to collaborate on new community projects to help adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
Jackie Bastianon is a graduate of Carleton University’s School of Journalism with bylines in Capital Current, CBC All in a Day and the Windsor Star. She’s always been passionate about environmental issues, and currently works as the Communications Director at Youth Climate Lab and as the Co-Founder/Executive Director of PlantEd […]
Elenore is interested in biology, biodiversity and conservation. She’s currently working on her Masters of Environment and Sustainability at Western University.
