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Water 40.5
In these times of climate change, with unexpected floods and drought, this issue shows how important it is to take care of our freshwater and marine resources. A\J travels from coast to coast to coast to examine fresh- and salt-water initiatives that are making waves and inspiring change in our […]
Snowy Safaris
Winter’s here but you don’t need to hibernate! Celebrate wildlife with these family-friendly indoor and outdoor activities.
Guts Over Fear
We have to admit, this is a challenging idea for a blog series: a year around the world, learning about how other countries are dealing with environmental and sustainability issues, and making connections to what we can do in Canada. It should be an interesting series as Chris Winter, a […]
Climbers Reach New Heights
Rock climbing is an ideal outdoor recreational activity: it brings people together, allows you to explore remote locations and helps you fall in love with the outdoors. This great physical activity requires little equipment and challenges you to achieve your maximum potential. But like most outdoor recreational sports, rock climbing […]
Is a (Mostly) Solar World Coming?
Recent gains in solar and wind energy are tremendously encouraging. In 2013 there were 40 gigawatts of new solar installed globally and for 2014 the estimate is for 52 gigawatts and the rate of expansion is rising fast. To put these numbers in perspective, Canada, a highly electrified nation, has […]
Meet 6 Environmental Grads
Evan Hall BScH, Environmental Science, Queen’s UniversityPostgrad certificate in Environmental Visual Communication, Fleming College Current Job: Marketing and communications officer, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF)
Jane Goodall’s Chimp Rescue Mission (Video)
In 1957, 23-year-old Jane Goodall travelled on a passenger liner from her native England to Nairobi, Kenya. She had meagre savings and no university degree, but hoped to fulfill her lifelong dream of working with African animals. By luck or destiny, Goodall met famous paleontologist and anthropologist Louis Leakey, who […]
How To Organize Your Community
At this stage of history, either one of two things is possible. Either the general population will take control of its own destiny and will concern itself with community interests guided by values of solidarity and sympathy and concern for others, or, alternatively, there will be no destiny for anyone […]
Change Agents
At first it can be tricky to pin down what Sustainable Waterloo Region does. That’s not to say the volunteer-fuelled non-profit doesn’t share its own success story well. It’s that SWR’s influence is naturally understated, an unseen support beam to the goals and achievements of other businesses trying to cut […]
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