Canada’s biggest eco embarrassments
The magazine Green Living performed a reality check on the nation’s environmental record — and the results weren’t pretty
29 September 2009
Month: September 2009
Postcard from London: On climate change, new message is “Blame Canada”
“We are facing a climate emergency—and there is no better symbol for that than the nation of Canada.”
28 September 2009
Canada accused
If more than 40 countries have banned the use of white asbestos (also known as chrysotile, the only kind still used), where is it all going?
23 September 2009
Documenting water
It is water’s very ubiquity that might make the topic seem so banal, but also which makes it so worthy of serious examination.
21 September 2009
Greening the silver screen
As Canada’s film festival season kicks off this week in Toronto, Zoe Cormier takes a look at how Canada’s tinseltowns are leading the way to greener movie industry
11 September 2009
“Not really a green country any more”
In the wake of China’s controversial investment in the oil sands this week, the intense northern exposure that took place in the heart of London left the red maple leaf with an extra-black smudge.
5 September 2009
Small is beautiful
What these pint-sized sustainable homes lack in size, they make up for in design ingenuity.
3 September 2009
Under the microscope
Suspicion and distrust of modern 'science' is widespread. But it is not 'science' that is to be criticized, but rather the way that it is used. 'Science' is not good or bad, racist or sexist, biased or unbiased. People are, and it is people who conduct science.
2 September 2009