Canadian Sustainable Fish
June 28th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
New research in a benchmark study by WWF Canada has found that 91% of Canadians feel it’s important that fish and other seafood on sale in Canada come from sustainable and not overfished stock. Over two thirds (68%) of Canadians feel that it’s very important that fish and seafood come from sustainable stock. Howeve...
Tags: Canada, fish, Loblaw, sustainable, WWF
June 9th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Rupert Baumgartner and Vasilis Fthenakis presented industrial ecology, sustainable production and sustainable global product chains at the recent 17th An...
Tags: business, sustainable
May 16th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne announced that landlords will be forced to improve their most energy inefficient properties, during hi...
Tags: energy, Green Deal, sustainable, UK
April 13th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
The best way to ensure we will have fish to eat in the future is to implement sustainable fishing. The UK might lead the way, if a recent poll by WWF is ...
Tags: fishing, sustainable, UK, WWF
March 22nd, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Harrison Ford and Conservation International are launching a social game with an eco-friendly theme on Facebook.
Called Ecotopia, the game starts by placin...
Tags: Conservation, Ecotopia, game, sustainable
Costa Rica Marine Reserve
March 7th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in General
Good news from Costa Rica for endangered species including hammerhead sharks and leatherback turtles. Costa Rica has designated a new marine protected reserve around Cocos Island, and established new rules to help recover fish stocks that are important to...
Tags: Costa Rica, Marine Protected Area, shark, sustainable, turtles
Prize Winning Conservation Projects
February 28th, 2011 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
An AFISAP forest conservation initiative in Guatemala and a MDI-Nepal sustainable development project in Nepal have both won this year’s $200,000 Sasakawa Prize, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced.
Both projects fit in with UNEP’s theme “Forests for People, Forests for Green Gr...
Tags: Conservation, forest, Guatemala, Nepal, sustainable, UNEP
Conservation Agriculture
December 6th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Conservation
A recent study published in the Trocaire Development Review focuses on three semi-arid districts in Zimbabwe in order to demonstrate the positive effects of conservation agriculture on farmers in developing countries.
Conservation agriculture has bee...
Tags: agriculture, Climate Change, Conservation, farm, sustainable, water
Water Footprints
August 25th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Conservation
It’s August, hot in many places, and “everyone” is talking about water. A lot of water may be used in summertime for lawns and swimming pools, but we all have a year round footprint that uses an amazing amount of water. As WWF Canada recen...
Tags: energy, environmental, petition, sustainable, water, WWF Canada
One Million Trees
August 23rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Climate Change
Earth Day Network recently announced it had found partners in 15 countries who together will plan one million trees in 2010 as part of the Avatar Home Tree Initiative. The Initiative is a partnership program between Earth Day Network and Twentieth C...
Tags: Avatar, Earth Day, reforestation, sustainable, tree, Twentieth Century Fox, UN, Woodland Trust
UNEP Travel and Conservation
August 23rd, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Susie Hill in Travel
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is linking travel with conservation in order to conserve the Arctic’s habitat.
The UN News Centre reports that a joint campaign by conservation groups and tour operators in the 1990’s has helped set up protected areas in Svalbard, Norway. S...
Tags: Arctic, biodiversity, Conservation, map, sustainable, tourism, Travel, UN, UNEP
Brazilian Indians Rally
August 12th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Humanitarian
Hundreds of Brazilian Indians from across the country are gathering to protest the killing of their leaders, the theft of their land for industrial projects, and other threats to their survival, reports Survival International.
The August 16th to 20th rally is expected to draw around 800 India...
Tags: Amazon, Brazil, dams, election, government, Indians, president, rainforest, rally, roads, Survival International, sustainable
Greening the Energy Grids
August 9th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Climate Change
A recent report demonstrates how a revised global energy “revolution” could create 3.2 million jobs, with 8.5 million in the renewable energy sector alone. All while reducing energy related CO2 emissions globally by over 80% by 2050.
The June 2010 ...
Tags: carbon emissions, CO2, coal, electricity, energy, energy security, green, Greenpeace, grid, renewable, Repower Alberta, Sierra Club, solar, sustainable, wind power
World Oceans Day
June 8th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Greetings
Happy World Oceans Day 2010!
A lot of groups and websites are celebrating World Oceans Day today. Here are two that you might want to check out:
The Ocean Project is hosting a World Oceans Day website at: www.theoceanproject.org/wod/
If you like eating seafood, please try to ensure it’s sustainable. S...
Tags: Ocean Project, SeaChoice, seafood, sustainable, World Oceans Day
Water Matters
June 1st, 2010 by Susie Hill in General
The need to ensure a sustainable water supply is a reality that affects everyone. Currently, the state of California is split over the issue of whether or not to support an $11 billion water bond that will be on the November 2010 state-wide ballot, ac...
