Canada's Environmental Voice
Our third annual Art & Media issue is being printed right now and we’re offering it as a free bonus issue to all new subscribers until July 1st! The issue delves into video games, television, hand-held electronics and other personal technology in search of latent environmental messages and opportunities to turn technology […]
A\J’s third annual Art & Media issue delves into video games, television, hand-held electronics and other personal technology in search of latent environmental messages and opportunities to turn technology into a force for positive, conscious change.
Filmmaker, activist and coastal BC native Richard Boyce has spent the past year looking at Canada’s West Coast through the lens of Enbridge’s highly controversial Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. He takes viewers on a journey along the Inner Passage, a shipping route for oceangoing vessels where a landmark proposal could […]
Cristina Richie is an ethicist in the Boston area, currently teaching Health Care Ethics at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Boston. She is working on a PhD in Theology at Boston College and has been published in over a dozen journals and magazines.
“Worms are the heroes of existence.” This is what Alejandro Rojas said as we stood amid the raised beds of Eastdale Collegiate Institute’s 16,000 square foot rooftop garden in Toronto. He was here on a visit from Vancouver to meet with some key actors in food education, FoodShare among them, […]
The federal government has approved the $5.5-billion Northern Gateway pipeline project from Enbridge, to carry 525,000 barrels of crude oil each day from Bruderheim in northern Alberta to the port town of Kitimat along British Columbia’s rugged Pacific Coast.
In a recent interview, Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson called waste management a “sexy” topic for Edmontonians. Hey, we’re all a little loopy after such a long winter.
Papermaking remains a thriving industry in parts of the non-Western world including India, Nepal and Egypt. In many of these locales there are efforts in place to maintain handmade paper as a viable local industry for both economic and cultural reasons. Handmade paper also often relies on local organic materials […]
The past decade has taught environmentalists a hard truth about voting patterns, one that many have been trying valiantly to change: the environment takes a backseat when issues surrounding jobs and the economy are front and centre. Just ask Green Party leader Mike Schreiner. “The year 2007 was a great […]
City councillor David Chernushenko’s documentary “Bike City, Great City” showcases the facet of Ottawa transportation that is ready to shine: cycling. With a “silver” rating in terms of cyclist accessibility, designated by the League of American Bicyclists and the Share the Road Coalistion, Chernushenko shows how the nation’s capital can […]
