Canada's Environmental Voice
You Zoom into the meeting and you know something is different. What’s with the guy in the suit? And those binders and that projector? “Good morning, everyone,” states the Executive Director, a little quieter than usual. “As you know, this past year has been very challenging for everyone on the […]
The Christmas holidays are great, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE Christmas. But one thing I do not love about Christmas is the waste. Gift wrapping, ribbons, bows -THE PLASTIC! It is overwhelming. And don’t even get me started on the food waste. Every year around the holidays, we go […]
I am a fortunate human being. In spite of some legendary stupidity – and usual vagaries of life (and death) – I find myself a 57-year-old alive and well (enough) during a time of a global pandemic, amidst an era of unprecedented societal demands for change, all the while dealing […]
When it comes to tourism there are many conflicting ideas as to how it can be conducted in such a way that it remains viable, and thus sustainable, for years to come. Definitions of sustainable tourism are often conflated with eco-tourism, leading to more confusion about the two topics. Therefore, […]
Plastics & CO2 – a threatening combination for our oceans Source: Unsplash According to new research, the combined environment threats of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on marine ecosystems. An international team of scientists at the University of Plymouth, England, in collaboration with the University of Tsukuba, Japan, […]
Rebuilding the economy after the COVID pandemic will be complex, challenging, and long-lasting. Almost every part of our economy has suffered. Some sectors may rebound quickly, but many will take years to recover fully. National, provincial, and local recovery planning is essential and so is a broad-based buy-in. The process […]
Have you ever considered the impact of investing locally? We have. 10C, a shared workspace and community hub for social enterprise, has built a placemaking project and social finance investment opportunity capable of answering these questions. And through the recent purchase of a 15,000-square-foot building in Guelph, Ontario, our community has turned a dilapidated furniture store […]
Epic Fail Source: Pixabay Ten years ago, 196 countries gathered in Japan to attend the Convention on Biological Diversity. The meeting resulted in a ten year-plan to save our planet’s natural biodiversity through various targets to meet by 2020. Well, its 2020. How have we done? According to the United Nations’ Global Biodiversity […]
Recently I have been thinking about how I can actively make environmental change. It could be due to increasing restlessness as a result of being inside a lot more thanks to the seemingly never-ending pandemic. But this restlessness and desire to make change has been burning within long before I […]
It is easy to become accustomed to the system standards in a workplace and to turn a blind eye to it, even when unfair. When viewed through the prism of ‘fairness’, the fast-paced world of fashion may not be as glamourous as it seems. Behind the scenes and in the […]
