Energy Stars

Energy Stars are good for our environment. Energy Stars are commercial buildings and industrial plants in the top 25 percent of energy-efficient facilities in the U.S., reports The Columbian. Energy Star products and buildings prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting strict energy-efficiency specifications set by the...

Factory Fishing

Wild fish populations can no longer meet the massive buyer demand for seafood, and fish-farming (or ‘aquaculture’) has become the fastest growing se...

Seabird Conference

More than 800 participants including world experts on penguins, puffins and albatrosses will be meeting in Victoria, BC, from September 7 to 11th as pa...

Vedanta Mine Blocked

If you want to see a classic case of concerned people winning a decision in favor of indigenous people, wildlife and conservation over a multi billion do...

Vedanta – India Mine Report

The controversy about the proposed bauxite mine in eastern India heated up today with the release of a report by the Environment Minister’s committee th...

Caring About Climate Change

If you drove through Vancouver’s Kerrisdale today, or one of many other neighborhoods across North America, you may have noticed groups of people holding signs about climate change.  The group I stopped to chat with was led by Janette McIntosh of KAIROS...