Richard Watts: Three Seasons Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC \ April 11 to July 13
Search Results for "western"
Fully Destructible
In his book, The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, Bernard Suits defines the act of playing games as “the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles.” It’s easy to dismiss playing games as an impediment to the real-world experiences required to develop an environmental ethos.
Federal Government Approves Northern Gateway Pipeline
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.
Tree-Free Paper from the Prairies
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 […]
Tar and Feathers
In the future, the pragmatic goals of survival, balance and sustainability will govern all design decisions, either by regulation or to remain competitive and win clients and commissions. It is within this climate of calculated trade-offs that the design of the expanded Fort McMurray airport by Vancouver’s Office of McFarlane […]
Boozing Sustainably
As the snow (finally!) melts and warmer weather arrives many Canadians are looking forward to the opening of local patios so they can enjoy a refreshing beverage outdoors. Those beer and wine drinkers have seen a perceptible rise in local, sustainable, organic options in recent years. Much like the coffee industry, […]
Animal Use and Abuse in Fashion and Entertainment
A\J first featured animal rights photojournalist Jo-Anne McArthur’s work in a photo essay of pigs on their way to slaughter, in our Lifecycles issue in January 2013.
Implementing the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
The Neptis Foundation is well known for its research reports on land use and transportation issues in the Toronto region. It is one of the few outfits currently publishing material at a regional scale of analysis in Canada. So when Neptis releases a new report, it’s a bit of an […]
Share Now: Your How-to Guide to Getting More and Wasting Less
Sharing is about maximizing the use of products, services and ideas in order to minimize overall consumption by a community. This principle has a surprising number of applications – people can and do share just about anything. It’s also nothing new; sharing books, movies, equipment and hand-me-downs has been common […]
Reports Question NEB Assessment of Line 9 and Northern Gateway Pipeline Risks
Opponents of Enbridge’s Line 9B pipeline in Southern Ontario are scrambling in the wake of its tentative approval earlier this month by the National Energy Board to highlight just how dangerous overhauling the 38-year-old, 639-kilometre pipeline could be for flora and fauna alike.
Recent
