READY PLAYER ONE Written by David McConnachie It’s all about the game and how you play it.All about control and if you can take it. Motorhead, THE GAME (2001) So, you want to make a life – and a living – doing good?  Good for you – and, hopefully, good […]

The Green Carpet Kelly Drennan from Fashion Takes Action walks the talk when it comes to sustainability. Written by Greta Vaivadaite   Kelly Drennan is a systems thinker, thought leader and disruptor devoted to making change within the fashion industry. In 2007, she founded Fashion Takes Action, out of her […]

The Dean’s Gambit Staying one move ahead on the path of life-long learning. Written by Siobhan Mullally     Alice Hovorka is the Dean of the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. She is an accomplished academic, holding both Master’s and PhD degrees in geography; her research […]

The Musings of a Cautious Optimist  Affecting Change on a Journey to Save the World Written by Andrew Bowerbank Over the course of my career, I have come to understand a hard truth – any professional or philanthropic aspirations focused on improving our social condition are far more difficult to […]

The Enterprising Ecopreneur Making the world greener – one business at a time. Written by Greta Vaivadaite         Daniela Arroyo-Olson is the 2019 Lamborghini Future Fab Award winner in the sustainability category. She studied MSc Climate Change, Management & Finance and a certificate in Machine Learning for […]

Hungry for Change FoodShare’s Paul Taylor’s Activist Manifesto  Written by Paul Taylor I was intrigued when I saw the prompt for this essay: to write an “activist manifesto for a 17-year-old version of us; a time when we were energized and determined to make a real difference in the world.” […]

Sharing the Spotlight Connecting environmental enlightenment and economic opportunity. Written by Siobhan Mullally     Laurie Simmonds is the president and CEO of Green Living Enterprises – an impact agency that markets solutions to social and environmental issues. In her 20+ year career as an environmental entrepreneur and marketing expert, […]

Captain Community Leads change by empowering eNGOs Written by Greta Vaivadaite Paul Bubelis is the Executive Director of the Sustainability Network, which he co-founded in 1997. He is a founding Director of Green Economy Canada and sits on advisory committees for Ontario Nonprofit Network, the Masters in Conservation Leadership program […]

A Game of Snakes and Ladders Navigating the Traps and Tricks of Politics  Written by Natasha Arsenijevich & Siobhan Mullally Glen Murray is an entrepreneur, activist, and former politician. Glen paved the way for inclusion in politics as one of the first openly gay chief magistrate 1 of any large […]

Called to Duty How ecoanxiety is being transformed into youth-led climate advocacy. Written by Emma Tamlin I grew up on an 80 acre-farm in rural Ontario. I grew up immersed in nature, building forts, getting stuck in the mud, picking wild berries for breakfast and building makeshift rafts out of […]