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Health experts call for reusable PPE to protect people and planet
Health experts from around the world today endorsed the use of well-made reusable masks or gloves that are properly sanitized in order to protect the environment from pollution as well as our communities from the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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No summer holiday for climate justice: join the 3rd social media storm for a Just Recovery
Our MPs aren’t on summer holidays. They’re busy making plans for the economic recovery from COVID-19. But will they listen to the voices of climate strikers? Black Lives Matter? Indigenous…
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Scandal in Aisle 3: Time for Canada’s wealthy grocery store owners to clean up their act
Our economy is suffering due to COVID-19, but big grocery chains linked to environmental problems and cutting employee pay are raking in profits. Take action.
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Food Resilience in Times of Crisis: Rethinking the Broken Food System
The Covid-19 pandemic hitting the world has revealed several structural weaknesses in our economic and social systems. The food system is also revealing its flaws and showing that it is imperative for people, biodiversity and climate to transform the system and not return to abnormality.
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These solutions could transform your take-out coffee experience
It's no secret that Canadians LOVE coffee. Third in the world on highest per capita consumption per litre in 2015, and consistently in the Top 10! A sustainable and profitable…
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Starbucks should invest in a plastic-free future rather than forbid reusable cups
As we enter a new phase in the COVID-19 pandemic, and more businesses open up across the country, lots of us have been keeping an eye on what the modus…
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Reusables can be used safely: Over 125 health experts fire back at the plastic industry
While the world is rightly preoccupied with tackling COVID-19, oil companies are pushing to produce more single-use plastic than ever before. So what do we need to know about plastic…
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Over 120 health experts defend safety of reusables during COVID-19 pandemic
Over 100 health experts including 5 canadians from eighteen countries signed onto a statement today assuring retailers and consumers that reusables are safe during COVID-19, pushing back on claims by the plastic industry.
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Despite COVID-19, Quebecers want government to do more and reject calls to abolish environmental regulations
A Léger poll, conducted from May 29th to June 2nd [1] and commissioned by the Communauté de pratique sur la communication climatique au Québec [2], shows that Quebecers prioritize social…
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How to get your mayor going and your city growing!
Are you eager to eat locally and organically produced food? Do you want to enjoy it at a personal level but also see this change take effect in your community…