“The times they are a-changin’,” belted Bob Dylan in his iconic 1964 song that tapped the revolutionary ethos of the decade. The first time I
Neon green, according to Vogue.com, is “winter’s hottest trend.” But while the fashion world fleetingly embraces this season’s blinding shade of chartreuse, one major international apparel
“Our supply of ingenuity … involves both the generation of good ideas and their implementation within society,” Canadian scholar Thomas Homer-Dixon wrote in his 2000
In 1976 two economists (Jensen and Meckling) introduced the concept of agency costs – the costs of aligning the incentives of different corporate actors. This
Ed Waitzer is squeezing this interview into a schedule that doesn’t appear to have any breathing room. Today, for example, he’s already been to the
When Québec’s financial services giant Desjardins decided to adopt a sustainability plan earlier in this decade, company officials began looking at a range of strategies,
Processed foods have never been a bigger part of the North American diet, with a 2016 study concluding that ultra-processed foods account for 57.9 per
A walk starting from the stone edges of the Lachine Canal up towards the leafy flank of Mount Royal is an exploration through Montréal’s rich
Brainstorming unorthodox solutions for “recharging” Lake Chad was on the agenda at the International Conference on Lake Chad (ICLC) hosted by Nigeria in February. The
Not too long ago, consumers with broken electronics – everything from smashed phones to cracked dishwashers – would turn to independent repair shops for help.
Every April, about a thousand social entrepreneurs gather in Oxford, England, for the annual Skoll World Forum. Founded by Canadian Jeff Skoll, the first president
The University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law will soon launch Canada’s first joint common law and Indigenous law program, as long as it secures final
Policy-making is increasingly focused on the “appearance” of progress, wherein maintaining appearances becomes an excuse for side-stepping many of the difficult policy choices that must
The Trump administration on Monday, April 2, took steps to ease pollution and efficiency rules for new passenger cars and trucks, giving automakers a reprieve
Hero: When it comes to damaging our planet, the fast-food industry has much to answer for. The attractions of cheap burgers and drive-thru coffee are
If you ask a Bay Street CEO their company’s share price, a likely response is: “Right now or 10 minutes ago when I last checked?”
The European Union is lauded as a climate leader for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 20 per cent since 1990. But it realized
Canada’s progress on climate change has been marked by key policy announcements, but only modest progress on real emissions reductions thus far. In December 2016,
At a summit back in 2014, then-Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Gary Doer extolled the environmental virtues of pipelines, leaving a lot of people scratching
When people think of the biggest cities in Canada, they often think of the iconic features of their downtowns – the CN Tower in Toronto,
On the morning of December 13, 2017, news from Alberta refashioned the discussion of affordable energy in the country. From the heartland of Canadian oil
“I have such a grin on my face talking about this,” Annie Quadros says, recalling her three years at Dawson College and her experience with
Slavery has been widely recognized as a crime against humanity. Yet nearly 70 years after it was addressed by Article 4 of the Universal Declaration
The largest pension fund in the U.S., the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), is studying how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be
The U.K. government announced plans in January to plant a new “Northern Forest” that would stretch across northern England from Liverpool to Hull. The project
The effects of climate change on an abandoned U.S. nuclear project in Greenland could create not just environmental problems, but also disrupt military politics and
Every morning, retired biology teacher Ingrid Dorner opens her laptop to check in on 14 white storks who roam the villages, fields and forests near
This article originally appeared on Streetsblog USA To improve traffic safety and make streets more welcoming for walking and biking, Portland will lower speed limits on
It’s been eight years since a public–private partnership — the Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) — was formed in northern Ohio to attract an
In a significant development for global fisheries, blockchain technology is now being used to improve tuna traceability to help stop illegal and unsustainable fishing practices
