Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Miller Hull’s Powell River Library to Become Social, Cultural Hub for Canadian Town
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Tagged Architecture, british columbia, canada, community space, Daylighting, green roof, mill town, Miller Hull, Powell River, Powell River Library, public space, Public: Architecture + Communication, revitalization, Seattle, social design, sustainable, Ventilation, views
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Friendly Water for the World Helps Bring Clean Water to Millions for Pennies
Share This: Nearly half the people on our planet do not have safe water to drink. Friendly Water for the World is a nonprofit organization, founded by Quakers, whose mission is to help expand access to low-cost clean water technologies, … Continue reading
What can I do to fix climate change?
By Amy Huva The voting age in Australia is 18, and when I was 17 and only months away from my 18th birthday, the Victorian State election was held and I missed out on voting by months. I was pretty … Continue reading
Posted in canada, clean energy, Climate, Climate Change, conservation, Government, WWF
Tagged Electricity consumption, GHG emissions
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Glassy Renovation Brings Natural Light into Canadian Museum of Nature
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Frances Edmonds: Why fundraising is part of being a green champion
By Frances Edmonds, Director of Environmental Programs, Hewlett-Packard Canada, Champion of the Living Planet @ Work program So how did it happen? One minute I was an environmental manager and the next, I was a fundraiser? Well that’s a lie … Continue reading
Posted in canada, Employee engagement, Fundraising, WWF
Tagged Business, Living Planet @ Work Community
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Nails driven deeper into the watery coffins of northern cod
HOLD your breath. A week before World Oceans Day, Canada published an alarming notice on a back page of a DFO website announcing a 33% increase in the quota for the northern cod “stewardship” fishery. The allowable catch was raised … Continue reading
Free LEED Certification For Groundbreaking Projects Abroad
With the aim of broadening the reach of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and accelerating the growth of sustainable development in new markets, the US Green Building Council will offer free LEED certification to the first projects to … Continue reading
Posted in africa, canada, Ecolabels & Sustainability Certifications, haiti
Tagged Afghanistan, Algeria, Asia, Belarus, Bhutan, Central African Republic, Construction & Refitting, Empire State Building, Environmental & Sustainability Events, Environmental Design, Global, Green Building, Green Global, Honduras, LEED, myanmar, pakistan, rwanda, Serbia, South America, Swaziland, Trinidad and Tobago, uganda, USGBC, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, yemen, zambia, Zimbabwe
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A city-dweller’s love for the oceans
By Rachel Wang, Research Intern, WWF-Canada I didn’t grow up on the ocean coast, and so I am sad to say that when I was asked by WWF staff why I love the ocean, I didn’t have a heart-warming story … Continue reading
Posted in canada, conservation, fish, fishing, oceans, students, water, WWF
Tagged connection to the ocean, endangered, Sustainable seafood, World Oceans Day
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The frozen ocean: Oceans Day dispatch from the Arctic
On Oceans Day, people across the planet recognize the value that they get from salty water. Around the circumpolar world, people’s interactions and values with their oceans are unique from the rest of the planet. That is because, for eight … Continue reading
Living Biofilters Could Use Bacteria to Help Manage Methane Emissions
Photo via Shutterstock Just ask any dairy farmer, climate scientist, or landfill site director about methane emissions, and they will tell you they are a serious challenge to manage. Methane is about 25 times more potent than CO2 as a … Continue reading
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Tagged alberta, bacteria, biofilter, biological greenhouse gas management program, canada, ccemc, climate change and emissions management corporation, CO2, faculty of science, green technology, greenhouse gas, Methane, methanotroph, patrick hettiaratchi, peter dunfield, schulich school of engineering, University of Calgary
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