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Oil lobby looking to plastic to keep the petrochemical industry afloat
All the headlines screaming about the record drop in oil prices and the decline in demand for fossil fuels due to lockdown measures mask the fact that oil’s sister sector - petrochemicals - is booming.
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How Dumpster-Diving Opened My Eyes to the Problem of Food Waste
Over the past decade I’ve volunteered at various food rescue charities. Such charities receive unsold food donations from shops or restaurants, and redistribute it to food banks or shelters. Whilst…
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The Good, the Bad, and the TBD in new federal bailout for big business
Reading between the lines of the federal government’s new loan package for big business, there is a sense that Justin Trudeau’s minority government (with some strong shoves from the NDP,…
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Single-use plastics ban: 5 actions you can take for a #PlasticFreeFuture
In Canada, this year was expected to be the year that signalled a shift towards an economy less dependent on single-use plastics. We were going to be told what plastics…
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The Makers: People like you building hope for a kinder, fairer economy after COVID-19
Big, transformative change can be hard to picture. Here are four extraordinary "regular" people living the values that should underpin the economic recovery, from installing solar panels, to delivering healthy food to those in need, to sewing masks for health professionals. Let's make the personal political.
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Open letter to RCMP Deputy Commissioner – Tiny House Warriors
Below is an open letter Greenpeace Canada is addressing to the BC Premier, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Strachan and BC Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation requesting a public condemnation…
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Hope in dirty hands
As a first-time mother, the slightest cough, sneeze (or was-that-a-wheeze?) and he’s got my attention. Born in November, it didn’t take a global pandemic for me to force all visitors…
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How to Start your Garden: Seed Starting Guide
A series of blogs to guide you towards a more resilient diet in times of health and environmental crisis The The social distancing and confinement required by the coronavirus crisis…
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Ban on single-use plastics: let’s make more noise than lobbies!
Will years of efforts to fight plastic pollution and reduce single-use plastics be wiped out? The year 2020 was supposed to be the year of a marked shift towards an economy less dependent on single-use plastics.
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REACTION: Federal government announcing $252 million aid for farming and agri-food industry
“Food is essential to our health and survival, yet this pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in our food system and supply chains that demand attention and action. By investing in a…