Canadian mag pioneers the “wheat sheet”
May 26, 2008
Canadian Geographic’s annual environment issue, which hit newsstands last week, is the first glossy magazine in North America to be published on paper made from the pulp of wheat straw. The mag’s publishers hope to send a message to others in the industry that adding agricultural waste to pulp mix can provide a new source of revenue for wheat farmers while easing some of the demand of pulp from Canada’s boreal forests.
That’s a wrap
December 19, 2007
Just because you are super cool and wrap gifts in reusable organic cloth bags or ‘gently used’ wrap from last year, doesn’t mean you can’t try other ideas to help save hundreds of thousands of trees this season.
The future of climate change on local neighbourhoods
December 8, 2007
This summer, Stephen Sheppard and David Flanders from UBC’s Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning presented their findings on their ’Local Climate Change Visioning’ project. Their objective was to show how climate change might affect local communities in alternative futures for Delta and the Lower Mainland.
Margaret Atwood: green inventor
December 7, 2007
Acclaimed Canadian writer and poet Margaret Atwood is also an environmental pioneer. Her LongPen™ invention, comprised of a video screen and digital writing pad at one location and a video screen and automated pen at another, helps authors and other celebrities reduce their ecological footprints by allowing them to forgo air travel.
Green gift guide for your MINI ENVIRONMENTALIST
December 7, 2007
Gifts for your little ones! We’ve hand picked these special items and think the babies in your life will have an excellent start with these all-natural and fun toys and games. Happy holidays!
Green gift guide FOR HIM
December 6, 2007
We know that we’ve been advocating a Buy Nothing Xmas, but we’ve also searched high and low to bring you gift ideas for the men in your life that are either locally made, totally organic, made from ‘repurposed’ materials, or a combination of all three. We think he’ll love it!
Green gift guide FOR HER
December 5, 2007
We know that we’ve been advocating a Buy Nothing Xmas, but we’ve also searched high and low to bring you gift ideas for the ladies in your life that are either locally made, totally organic, made from ‘repurposed’ materials, or a combination of all three. We think it’s a pretty good list!
Keeping the green in your xmas tree
December 4, 2007
Tired of sifting through boxes filled with tangled and broken ornaments? Dreading the idea of finding a place for them again in January? If you are looking for eco-friendly tree decorating ideas, why not consider the old tradition of bringing the outdoors in with cedar boughs, holly, mistletoe, colourful bowls of fruit and decorating your tree with ornaments that are biodegradable? Not only will they be locally sourced, but making them will be a great way to spend a weekend with your family.
Vancouver’s plan: ecodensity
November 30, 2007
The City of Vancouver’s EcoDensity initiative is intended to engage public dialogue in regards to how we can reduce our ecological footprint in terms of sustainable housing, accessible amenities, transportation and land use. In conjunction with this the goal is to support new and different housing typologies as a way to promote affordability.
Ban the plastic bag Vancouver
November 30, 2007
In late November, Vancouver’s official opposition party requested the City to eliminate the distribution of plastic bags from its grocery stores, something San Francisco legislated as of March of 2007, and the town of Leaf Rapids, Manitoba did the following month.