Canada's Environmental Voice
Daryn Caister of the Green Majority interviewed Giles Slade, author of Made to Break and The Big Disconnect (3:00). A\J has an excerpt of The Big Disconnect in the Art & Media issue and online, Bubble of Solitude. Daryn and Giles chat about the way our society disposes of anything we don’t like anymore, […]
WINNIPEG STARTED as a city that had a huge sense of the possibilities. The first people that arrived there were trying to attract the railroad, so they built grand railroad stations. They built beautiful Carnegie libraries and splendid boulevards with elegant tress. There was a sense that beauty had to […]
Glen Murray has been the mayor of Winnipeg, chair of the Big City Mayors’ Caucus and chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, and is currently the MPP for Toronto Centre in Ontario.
What on earth is a zine? A short-form magazine in both title and format, a zine (pronounced “zeen”) is a small, self-published booklet, generally distributed via mail order, online, in zine libraries, and through independent booksellers and infoshops. They are often created in a do-it-yourself style, with handwritten text, cutting-and-pasting […]
Be A Careful Consumer Think before you buy. The Better World Shopper evaluates social justice and environmental performance and assigns a letter grade to companies that make everything from ice cream to office supplies.
SLAM POETRY is quickly gaining ground in Canada, with poetry slams popping up in cities across the country, sending new teams to the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word each year. Janice Lee of Kitchener-Waterloo Spoken Word (KWPS) argues that there isn’t actually such thing as “slam poetry” per se, only poetry slams.
This historical exploration and how-to growing guide will scratch the itch of market and backyard gardeners alike. Beautiful Corn covers everything from harvesting to meal preparation, and offers useful advice that applies to household kitchens, backyard garden plots and larger acreage projects. Those interested in seed production will benefit from […]
There’s a type of water pollution that doesn’t start at a factory, a power plant or a toxic dump site. It starts right in your home. The pollutants are the unused and unwanted medications (prescription drugs, over-the-counter drugs and some personal care products) that are improperly disposed of, as well […]
It might seem odd that a show so deeply rooted in the disappearing customs, history and visual culture of Newfoundland and Labrador should drop anchor on the West Coast. But as AGGV curator Michelle Jacques explains, “there is, perhaps, something in our island experience and maritime history that makes Blackwood’s […]
Rachael Baker lives in Hamilton, Ontario, and studies urban land-use practices.
