Eat Your Greens, Toronto
Reducing your ecological footprint doesn’t have to be a sacrifice. Eating healthy and responsibly can be divinely delicious, with the added satisfaction of knowing you are not contributing to the...
View ArticleBicycle Culture in Copenhagen: An Example To All Cities
In the pursuit of sustainable cities, we have much to learn from the Danes. The post-World War II development boom in North America was based around cheap oil and the automobile, so our cities today...
View ArticleA Real Life Hobbit House! Sustainable and Cheap Living
This real life ‘Hobbit house’ is astounding. The owner, Simon Dale, built it in 4 months and spent under $5,000 in total. It is built with all natural and reclaimed materials, and generates its own...
View Article‘Selling Nature to Save It’? The Story of Environmental Change
Everywhere we look today, we are inundated with facts about how the world is facing environmental catastrophe. Climate change, rising sea levels, deforestation, desertification, drought; the...
View ArticleSolar Power can be Cheaper than Coal?
Let’s face it, why are our governments (and the voters they answer to) continuing to push for dirty energy at a time when it is known that a 2ºC increase in global temperatures would drastically change...
View ArticleSweden’s Remarkable ‘Waste-to-Energy’ Program …and why Canada should be...
While most people would probably consider the United States the most wasteful of all the developed nations, you might be surprised to learn that Canada throws away more trash than the U.S. “Canada...
View ArticleUPS Sends Out New 100% Electric Trucks
UPS is making Green waves in California. They’ve just released 100 brand new 100% electric trucks to make their delivery service more environmentally friendly. “These all-electric vehicles remind us...
View ArticleNew Bikes out of Old Cars
There are few things sadder than a junk yard full of broken down old cars. They’re like rusty souvenirs of the failed (and continuously failing) American dream. Not only did these poor machines...
View ArticleBP On Trial: “Gross Negligence” in Oil Spill
Yesterday in New Orleans, a trial began to assess whether BP was grossly negligent during the 2010 BP oil spill. Suffice to say, BP was not only grossly negligent, but the spill itself was grossly...
View ArticleMayor in California Orders Solar Power for All Homes
The mayor of the small desert town of Lancaster, California, is on a mission to brand his community the solar capital of California, and beyond that, as the solar energy capital of the world....
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