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Alternatives Journal and the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation are hosting a celebration of the possible expansion of the Greenbelt into Waterloo Region and Wellington County. There’s just one problem: earlier this month, Waterloo Regional council voted for revisions to the greenbelt expansion before agreeing to join. In fact, if […]
One of the best things about travel is that you can see there are a million ways to live a life, and most of them are very good.” Through all his years of experiencing, studying and teaching about travel and tourism, this is one of the most important lessons Joe Pavelka, […]
Avoid the office. And help save the planet. These were Laura King’s guiding principles when she began her studies in wildlife biology. She couldn’t have known they would lead her on a mission to the Indian Ocean to serve as Canada’s New Noah. King is the latest Noah in a […]
UPDATE: OTTAWA, Jan. 16, 2018 – Katimavik Volunteers will be returning to communities across Canada in 2018, ready to make their contributions towards shaping a better Canada. Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, announced the government’s new Canada Service Corps, which includes funding to restore Katimavik’s national community-based youth development experience. […]
Humankind is an inherently social species. Not only do positive relationships reduce stress and feelings of loneliness, but they also result in long-term happiness and good health. A sense of belonging plays an important part in this social phenomenon.
In recent years, there’s been a re-emergence of the need for joy, connection and spiritual energy that has permeated environmental movements. While the data of climate change, species loss and ecological destruction are sometimes numbing, the role of faith and faith communities in engendering activism and hope have become key […]
Public opinion: – GPC 2015 – http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/results-2015/ – e-recycling – http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=6541 – GMO ban – http://www.ipsos-na.com/news-polls/pressrelease.aspx?id=7006
Last year British Columbia’s government launched a now-controversial program to kill wolves in the Peace and Selkirk Regions in order to protect the dwindling caribou population. The government has enlisted various methods of controlling wolves to reduce caribou loss since 2001. BC’s Pacific Wild is leading the charge to fight against […]
We’re in the final stretch of the Paris climate change summit and COP21 negotiators are in a race with time as they try and finalize an agreement. The deadline for a universal agreement endorsed by all 195 signatories is looming and failure is not an option.
The first week of climate negotiations has come and passed and the world is looking to Paris for a climate consensus. Although things are moving along, a lot will need to happen in the coming week for COP21 to be considered successful.
