Canada's Environmental Voice
“What is it about activists that they can’t even be optimistic for one day after a whole decade?” The disgust and disappointment on my 16 year olds’ face is somewhat heartbreaking as he pours cereal the morning after the Canadian election and surfs the comments on my Facebook page. I […]
Living in Kitchener in 1989-92, I was introduced to Danny’s music by some friends who said I had to come and hear this “kid” play at a local club. From the first time I saw him on stage he was full of energy, incredibly creative, and seemed to pour all […]
In his brief career, Phil Ochs wrote over 100 songs – many of them about civil rights and other caring social/environmental observations. “When I’m Gone” was just one of his many anthems pointing toward a better world. From a songwriting standpoint, Elephant Revival does not appear to be influenced by Ochs’ music, […]
On June 18, Pope Francis released a 180-page encyclical letter on the environment, addressed to every person on the planet. He covers a lot of ground: pollution, our throwaway culture, the breakdown of society. Here are the passages that particularly resonate with A\J.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVs) have been around since the early nineteenth century, and, at one point in the early 1900s, were one of the most popular forms of motor transportation.
As two friends and I drove home from David Suzuki’s Blue Dot Tour this Fall, we wondered aloud if our critical views were sacrilegious. At the very least we felt un-Canadian. As we contemplated this, a lightning bolt shot down in front of us. No kidding. It’s not that we […]
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 […]
Chris Hadfield, perhaps the first out-of-this- world rock star, wastes no time before waxing poetic in his book about the bounteous beauty of space and our planet. “The windows of a spaceship casually frame miracles,” he writes in the opening paragraph of his introduction. “Every 92 minutes, another sunrise [because […]
COLONEL CHRIS HADFIELD spent 21 years with the Canadian Space Agency. During his three trips to space and 144 days commanding the International Space Station in 2012-13, he enjoyed a rare perspective on planet Earth. Six months after his return home and retirement from the agency, just what does one […]
Of the over 400 exhibitors and attractions at this month’s Green Living Show, we’ve picked out a few you won’t want to miss. The Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance will host a tasting pavilion, Junk Raiders star Gordie Wornoff will be teaching how to build a solar heater from recycled […]
