Canada's Environmental Voice
Last July, a rogue businessman dumped 100 tonnes of iron sulphate into the Pacific with the intention of creating a massive plankton bloom to absorb carbon dioxide and attract salmon to the area. Although he meant to benefit the planet, oceanographers were quick to declare that “it is difficult, if […]
AFTER THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT CREATED THE ONTARIO GREENBELT IN 2005, an unforeseen land-buying frenzy began just beyond its borders. Developers, land bankers and their offshore investors have since bought up thousands of hectares of farmland in the counties of Brant, Simcoe, Niagara and Wellington.
In September 2012, the Leadership Council of the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS) identified innovation as one of the top sustainability challenges for businesses. Luckily, NBS, a Canadian non-profit established in 2005, has been exploring what innovation activities firms engage in to become sustainable.
AWARD-WINNING FILMMAKERS Rita and Michael Schlamberger founded ScienceVision film production in 1992 and have won more than 100 awards globally for their blue-chip wildlife, science and natural history programs.
THE ELDERS OF KITCHENUHMAYKOOSIB INNINUWUG (KI) FIRST NATION KNOW that local water flows through their blood, and that their bodies are built of the trout that swim in its clean rivers and lakes. Taking care of their watershed is a sacred responsibility handed down to the KI youth from the […]
As greenhouse gases go, hexafluoroethane (C2F6), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) are about as obscure as a high school band at the Rolling Stones concert of atmospheric warming. Nobody’s suggesting they deserve top billing, but Ozzie Zehner of the University of California thinks these three GHGs are worthy […]
Many people are already reaching for organic products on supermarket shelves. But does certified organic really mean health, harmony and happy cows? This young American director makes it clear that many people also aren’t really sure.
It would be easy for a writer to bite off more than they can chew by addressing subjects as far-reaching as colonialism, genocide and the guiding magnetic orientation of bees. But in Matt Soltys’ first book, he not only addresses these diverse, complex topics, he weaves them into a thundering […]
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