…logging companies certified as sustainable extractors. As reported in E‘s January 2004 feature article “Oh, Canada!” (https://emagazine.com/view/?1184), the boreal forest is one of the most diverse and fragile environments in…
Clothing manufacturers have lost order after order due to the Coronavirus and some are hoping fast fashion can’t make a comeback….
…release of Canada’s new guide also underscores the need for the U.S. to update its own food guidelines accordingly. But regardless of whether or not the Trump administration feels compelled…
…it includes in its products. After various forms of public haranguing from Greenpeace, the company committed to sourcing 40 percent of its North American tissue fiber—some 600,000 tons yearly—from recycled…
…by hazardous zones.© GINNY DIERS Indigenous Arctic grayling are threatened by the ravages of extractive industries© GINNY DIERS Oil pumpjacks are a common sight in western Canadian backyards.© GINNY DIERS…
Canada“s boreal forest is the largest intact forest on the planet.www.forestfriendly500.org Canada’s federal government last week announced that it is setting aside some 25.5 million acres of boreal forest and…
Smokestacks spew emissions from tar sands processing (S. Jocz)© Western Canada Wilderness Committee Canada is receiving heavy international scrutiny at COP15 for its mining of tar sands—a sand and clay…
…because it revolves around togetherness and inclusiveness and preparing and eating our favorite foods—and usually doesn’t include any overt commercialism. But just because you don’t have to buy and wrap…
…Sow, an investor corporate accountability group, filed a shareholder resolution proposal last fall with Best Buy asking the company to test free take back in its stores. The company agreed,…
…time. Still, solar energy mostly coincides with peak electrical usage, although evenings are a problem (albeit less of a problem if electric cars come to be used as local power-storage…
