The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Cure is an extraordinary single-day experience that unites more than 170,000 Canadians in 53 communities across the country. The event raises millions of dollars to fund innovative and relevant breast cancer research, education, and awareness programs.
Every Thursday night, like every other householder in our neighborhood, I collect our waste paper, cans, bottles and plastic and put them out on the street outside our house. On Friday morning a local municipal truck comes by and collects it for recycling. I pay for this service through my taxes. Apart from some gripes about the efficiency of the ...
by Colin Tudge, Tuesday July 31, 2007 – The Guardian
At a farm near my home in Oxfordshire, 50 sheep died in last week’s floods. Another farm, where the locals buy pick-your-own strawberries, asparagus and broad beans, has almost certainly lost its entire ...
If climate change is primarily the result of burning fossil fuels isn’t offsetting with trees simply a distraction? Shouldn’t we focus on renewable energy projects that can replace the use of fossil fuel?
This weekend the world witnessed the first global environmental event of the century, Live Earth. While the majority of attention was paid to musical performances, celebrities, and Al Gore’s decision to greet the Tokyo crowd as a hologram (yes, literally), the true purpose of all these bells and whistles was to simply communicate how people can reduce their environmental impact.
Planet Ark
Climate change threatens Australia’s A$2.1 billion (US$1.6 billion) commercial fishing and aquaculture industry, but may create new wild fisheries as tropical marine species move south as sea temperatures rise.
Even if the current economic climate is prompting some to tighten their belts, there’s no reason to believe that people will stop having their friends over.
And in many ways, eco-entertaining is a way to feel more virtuous. Whether by serving farmer’s market hors d’oeuvres, eschewing disposable dishware, composting, or minimizing waste, hosts are thinking twice about their fete’s carbon footprint.