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DAVID SUZUKI MY FATHER. My earliest memory from childhood was when I was four, and he was taking me camping. It was my father’s absolute love of the outdoors. He was an avid gardener. He would gather plants and small trees wherever he went and plant them in his garden. […]
The last I saw Hermann Scheer, he was walking north up a side street from Unter den Linden in Berlin. It was mid-evening in August 2009 and we’d been talking for well over an hour, seated at a small table on the sidewalk next to the Café Einstein, an establishment […]
In early October 2013 the United Nations body responsible for global aviation committed to curbing pollution from the world’s airlines by the end of the decade. Members of the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), including Canada, had strongly criticised European Union efforts to include emissions under their Emissions Trading […]
The glaring fluorescence of Atlantic Superstore lights must have blinded me. How could I buy a shiny, temptingly red – and cheap – Mexican tomato when I knew I could purchase local, organic ones at the Halifax Farmers’ Market? Why did I do it? What possessed me to buy outside […]
The protagonists in Elemental are very different people with unique approaches to their campaigns, but are united by vision, passion and the ability to persevere despite personal hardship and opposition. Rajendra Singh is the Commissioner of Rivers in India and is on a self-declared “pilgrimage to purify the Ganges.” He […]
Two decades was a long time for cycling advocates in the province to wait for an overhaul of the Ontario Cycling Strategy, and the draft report released August 30 has left many underwhelmed. The report from transportation minister – and avid cyclist – Glen Murray (who represents the urban riding […]
Eating healthy doesn’t necessarily mean completely overhauling your diet. Small changes can add up. Keep these eight better choices in mind when you plan meals.
This article is part of A\J’s web series Night School. In celebration of back-to-school time and our Night issue, the A\J web team brought you a series of quick lessons, posted between September 16 to October 11, 2013, covering everything from activism tactics and canning tips to how factory farms breed disease.
Charlie Angus, NDP MP for the northern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay, has been singled out by numerous political commentators as one of Canada’s most effective parliamentarians and influential citizens. His latest book shows why. Unlikely Radicals: The Story of the Adams Mine Dump War is about the success of […]
