Canada's Environmental Voice
Ontarians may have no idea of the volume of nuclear-related facilities in the Great Lakes basin, but a new map offers a clear picture. The Great Lakes Nuclear Hot Spots Map recently created by Great Lakes United and the International Institute of Concern for Public Health is a comprehensive depiction […]
Victoria-based Heather MacAndrew writes and produces documentary films using common sense as much as possible. See asterisk.ca.
The warmer weather is coaxing humans and wildlife alike out of their dwellings and thus, human-wildlife interactions are on their annual upswing. These may include magical moments like listening to a frog chorus, admiring a bush bustling with songbirds, or glimpsing a fawn wobbling along; however, not all human-wildlife interactions […]
It’s remarkable that ants can carry 50 times their body weight, that there are 34,000 species of spiders in the world and that a mosquito flaps its wings 500 times per second. Impressive indeed. But we tend to lose appreciation for the wonders of nature when they’re buzzing annoyingly around […]
In India, a man sleeping on a mat on the floor stirs, woken up by his wife’s bustling morning activities. Just like you or I, he tosses and turns, yearning for another few minutes of sleep. Yet his mind is overflowing with worries, and matters of life and death. The […]
This year is a critical one for Canadians. Through the course of 2013, major decisions are being made that will determine the scale and magnitude of Canadian oil development for decades to come. The US government will decide whether or not to approve the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline […]
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 […]
What on earth is a zine? A short-form magazine in both title and format, a zine (pronounced “zeen”) is a small, self-published booklet, generally distributed via mail order, online, in zine libraries, and through independent booksellers and infoshops. They are often created in a do-it-yourself style, with handwritten text, cutting-and-pasting […]
Be A Careful Consumer Think before you buy. The Better World Shopper evaluates social justice and environmental performance and assigns a letter grade to companies that make everything from ice cream to office supplies.
SLAM POETRY is quickly gaining ground in Canada, with poetry slams popping up in cities across the country, sending new teams to the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word each year. Janice Lee of Kitchener-Waterloo Spoken Word (KWPS) argues that there isn’t actually such thing as “slam poetry” per se, only poetry slams.
