Canada's Environmental Voice
Travel has the power to open our minds and deepen our appreciation of the world we live in. As we explore, it’s up to us to travel responsibly and tread lightly on the earth. You can make greener choices on your travels, and even have a positive impact that will […]
Succulent and perfectly balanced, this slightly saucy dish is quite simple to prepare. While mixing okra with water tends to enhance its slippery mouth feel, the lemon juice in this recipe counteracts that, giving the dish a great texture. Using freshly harvested okra also helps keep the texture firm – good […]
When travelling throughout Southern Ontario this summer one can’t help but notice the proliferation of wind turbines. After the Green Energy Act and the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program were enacted in 2009, large scale wind farms sprang up across the province driven by a desire to increase clean, renewable energy […]
If you grew up watching the Flipper television series in the 1960s or 90s, you probably developed an affinity for charismatic marine mammals. You may have also begged your parents to take you to a marine amusement park to see dolphins and whales “in real life.” This feature documentary shatters […]
Think about the last time that you replaced your running shoes. If you’re having a hard time coming up with an answer, chances are your shoes have stopped doing their work for you.
Canada’s renewable energy industry has suffered a great deal from ham-fisted attempts at implementation and education from governments and environmentalists alike. So it’s sometimes tempting to believe that greater education is all that stands between our ostensibly well-reasoned opinions and the irrationality of others.
MUFFLED VOICES, backpacks and headlamps. We arrive at a remote forest location in the dark: 4 a.m. A trail leads us to a lake and a sky-theatre of stars. The water scintillates, an ageless dance of light and reflection. Ancient awe. Sitting in silence on the shore, we wait. Listening. […]
The list of things that expectant mothers should avoid is notoriously long: hair dye, unpasteurized cheese and even some herbal teas, to name a few. But according to Pre-Polluted, a new report on the toxic loads of Canadian newborns, our everyday lives are packed with toxins that are difficult for […]
The Canadian government is all-in on the tar sands, the nation’s reputation be damned. The Keystone XL pipeline has been a central focus of opponents of unlimited tar sand development, but it has been selected for challenge in part because the pipeline decision does not rest with a government that […]
THE FIRST MOTION PICTURES were simple observations. About 125 years ago, when the medium of film was hatching, it captured snippets of basic human and animal behaviour. It allowed us to witness things we hadn’t.
