A press release issued on January 23, 2008, by a group of food safety advocates, American farmers and conservationists didn't make front-page headlines in Canada, but it should have. The group has filed a suit in U.S. federal court "challenging the deregulation of herbicide-tolerant Roundup Ready ...
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Sarnia, Ontario, is a small, welcoming city on the south shore of Lake Huron's famously blue waters. Belying its waterfront parkland and a municipal website that describes it as "vibrant and healthy," however, this southwestern Ontario city is also the heart of Canada's Chemical Valley. Within ...
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The summer's most highly anticipated book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, is now being touted as the greenest book in publishing history. Thanks to Nicole Rycroft (Gold Award, Sustainable Living 2006) and her Vancouver-based Markets Initiative, the final Harry Potter installment has galvanized ...
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Climate-change activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier finally got her day in court. Speaking in front of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on March 1, Watt-Cloutier delivered impassioned testimony about the price climate change is exacting on Inuit culture. The ...
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At the ripe old age of 20, Wildsight — the Gold Award winner in the 2005 Canadian Environment Awards Conservation category — shows no sign of slowing down. Committed to working locally, regionally and globally to protect biodiversity and encourage sustainable communities in Canada's Columbia ...
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