Environment Minister Peter Kent announced recently that Canada is officially pulling out of the new Kyoto agreement, claiming that it would cost the country billions in fines for not meeting emission checks, and also that the agreement is outdated. Kent has talked about other climate policies, such as those talked about in Copenhagen and Cancun, [...]
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Ski Resorts Should Mind Their Environmental Manners
What’s the best thing about Canadian winters? Snowsports! From alpine skiing to snowshoeing, there are so many exhilarating activities to partake in, in the Cold North. The unfortunate thing is that the popularity of winter sports also comes at an environmental cost. People often don’t consider the impact they’re having on the environment while speeding [...]
Add These Books to Your Winter Reading List
Winter is the best time to catch up on reading. Snuggling up on the sofa with a great book and a warm cup of tea—or a glass of red wine—is an excellent way to learn more about Canada and what’s going on in the sustainability movement. We’re blessed to have a number of great authors [...]
Say No to Oil Sands and Help Save the Great Bear Rainforest
It’s becoming more and more obvious how dependent we are on oil and its by-products. This resource plays an important part in everything from the cars we drive 10 blocks to work, to the plastic wrapping on our 100 % recycled toilet paper. With the impending destruction of natural land from the proposed Enbridge bitumen [...]
Oil Pipelines Will Devastate Environment
TransCanada’s Keystone pipeline could potentially harm a number of environments stretching from Alberta’s oil sands to Texas. While some, including the founder of Green Peace, Patrick Moore, believe that that the pipeline is a good thing for North America—it will lessen our dependence on foreign oil—it’s hard to believe that it’s worth the risk to [...]
Reviving the Southern Mountain Caribou: is Captivity the Answer?
Southern mountain caribou populations, found in British Columbia and Alberta, have severely declined in the past 30 years. Vulnerable to predation, and natural disasters such as avalanches, these beautiful creatures are heading the way of the dodo bird—extinction. Currently there are only 250 southern mountain caribou throughout the region. Parks Canada and the Calgary Zoo [...]
Is Durban the Next Climate Disaster?
As many of you know, representative from 194 countries, including Canada, are currently meeting in Durban, South Africa for the COP 17 Climate Change meeting. The Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012, and a new binding agreement has yet to be reached. Many say it is unlikely anything like Kyoto will come out of the Durban [...]
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