Pollution and its impacts on human health and assets cost Canadians tens of billions of dollars each year, according to a recent report from the
A nation-wide ban on the marketing of unhealthy food to children under 17 has been proposed by Health Canada. On the chopping block is everything
Today, 35.8 per cent of the world’s population still lacks access to any proper sanitation facilities. That’s why in 2015, the world’s leaders agreed to
Hurricane Harvey has dropped more than 20 inches of rain on Houston, and the scenes from the city are devastating. Emergency crews carrying children through waist-deep water
This article first appeared on Ensia Seventy-seven-year-old Heinz Spahn — whose blue eyes are both twinkling and stern — vividly recalls his younger days. The
We are all pedestrians. Even if a car is your primary means of transportation, you are a pedestrian from the moment you park your vehicle
Aside from the rustle of wind-tossed leaves or the creak of a limb, silence is the prevailing sound most of us hear from a tree.
While tangible, on-street changes like bike lanes, busways and plazas attract lots of attention, parking policy is arguably the unsung hero of urban transportation reform. Removing off-street
This article first appeared on Ensia It was a time of year that should have been perfect. Warming temperatures marked Southern California’s gentle return to
Like many cities that have introduced or tried to introduce a congestion charge, there was initially widespread resistance to the idea in Stockholm. The system
The Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain (CCAR) was formed in 1981 and became what was then the largest single-issue coalition in the nation’s history. It
A bill moving through the Icelandic parliament would require public and private firms to prove they offer equal pay regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or
When Marianne Smith interviewed with Blake, Cassels & Graydon for an articling position in 2003, it never occurred to her to ask about the storied
Is organic agriculture the solution to our global food system challenges? That’s been the premise and promise of the organic movement since its origins in
Even if you’ve never lived in Los Angeles, you still probably know the city’s eponymous river from the movies. Over the decades, Hollywood has given
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Mancera is pursuing a sweeping overhaul of the city’s parking policy that’s expected to do away with minimum parking requirements and
Hero: Unilever Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever announced a new transparency initiative in February intended to provide a detailed breakdown of all ingredients in each
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last November that his government was approving Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, it was bound to be a
This piece appeared as an editor’s note in the Spring 2017 issue of Corporate Knights As sesquicentennial events take place around the country in 2017, Canadians have
Canadians may end up consuming more sugar – not less – as a result of new food labels the federal government says are intended to
London should replace its existing inner city congestion charge with a broader pay-per-mile system, according to a report submitted by the London Assembly transport committee
The CEO of KIND Healthy Snacks, Daniel Lubetzky, has committed to donating $25 million over the next 10 years to exposing the outsized influence the
One of my all-time favorite articles from the spot-on satirical publication The Onion ran under this brilliant headline: “Report: 98 Percent of Commuters Favor Public
Revered for far more than its contribution to Indian civilization, the Ganges represents the goddess of salvation, Ganga. As a symbol of purity in Hindu
Impressionist painter Claude Monet was able to see beauty in the swirl of fog encompassing Britain’s Houses of Parliament at the end of the 19th
A group of international development and health organizations launched a pressure campaign in November against the International Tax and Investment Center (ITIC), a Washington, D.C.-based
Every year, Montreal transforms more of its streets into public spaces where people can rub shoulders with their neighbours without worrying about car traffic. Block by block, experiment
Holland’s State Forestry Commission introduced an ambitious woodland expansion plan in October, calling for the addition of 100,000 hectares of new forest over the next
More and more Canadian cities are coming to a simple conclusion: they’ve got too much darn parking. As a recent City of Ottawa video quips: “It’s not the
