News - Projects
1 March 2012
A gang of environmentalists gathered on an outdoor Montreal rink on February 16 for a friendly hockey match. The goal: to raise awareness about the threat climate change poses to this winter sport.
Each player wore the number one to mark the fact that Canada is the only country...
29 February 2012
Last week in the Métro newspaper, environmentalist Steven Guilbeault reported on three pieces of good news in the fight against the tar sands.
It was announced that the European Union's proposed Fuel Quality Directive, a policy that would see oil from the tar sands...
13 February 2012
You want to eat more locally grown, organic food, but find shopping for groceries difficult enough to fit into your schedule as is...
Did you know that you can arrange to have a farmer's basket full of healthy, locally grown vegetables delivered directly to your workplace once a...
13 February 2012
A new Leger Marketing poll confirms that there is widespread support in Quebec for the fight against climate change.
Eighty percent of respondents want their province to be a North American – or even world – climate leader.
As for how to achieve this goal,...
13 February 2012
Until recently, for coffee to be certified fair trade, it had to be produced by a democratically run co-ooperative.
But Fair Trade USA is opening the fair trade market to other types of producers, including the big coffee plantations, in a bid to double U.S. sales for fair trade...
31 January 2012
According to Statistics Canada, Canadians spent more than $2.2 billion on cosmetics in 2010. Women use makeup; men, aftershaves and colognes… Although beauty products may promise confidence, they don't always respect basic environmental rules.
To begin with, cosmetic...
31 January 2012
There's only one problem with a romantic evening in front of a wood fire: air pollution.
When wood burns, dozens of hazardous tozins are released into the air, including fine particles, carbon monoxide, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds.
These...
30 January 2012
At the recent International Furnishing Show in Germany, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Fairtrade introduced a new type of furniture with dual FSC and Fairtrade labels. The wood, mainly from Bolivia, Chili and Honduras, is grown in forests managed according to strict...
