NVCA news release The community is invited to a meeting on January 13 in Adjala-Tosorontio to learn about enhancements planned for the Pine River in 2016. The Pine runs from the top of the Niagara Escarpment in Mulmur Township to join with the Nottawasaga River in Angus. From there, the Nottawasaga ...
By Michael Pollan and Debbie Barker, The Washington Post December 4 2015 When Will Allen is asked to name the most beautiful part of his Vermont farm, he doesn’t talk about the verdant, rolling hills or easy access to the Connecticut River. Though the space is a picturesque postcard of the agrarian i...
News release from OEAC The Oxford Environmental Action Committee (OEAC) applauds the recent passage of Bill 52 in the Ontario Legislature, and calls for reform of the Ontario Municipal Board to further encourage public participation. “Passage of Bill 52, the Protection of Public Participation Act, is...
Casey Camp-Horinek of the Ponca Nation in Oklahoma presents a traditional cradleboard to the people of Paris during a march Dec. 12. The cradleboard represents future generations. -Indigenous Environmental Network photo By Sujata Dey Council of Canadians December 11, 2015 You’ve heard of off-Broadway...
Voices from Paris AWARE News Network Helen Szoke Oxfam International This deal offers a frayed life-line to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Only the vague promise of a new future climate funding target has been made, while the deal does not force countries to cut emissions fast enoug...
Song sparrow at Tiny Marsh -Barbara Crawford photo General info from Bird Studies Canada: Started in 1900, the Christmas Bird Count is North America’s longest-running Citizen Science project. Counts happen in over 2000 localities throughout the Western Hemisphere. The information collected by t...
From the Blue Dot Team Today, Toronto, Ontario became the 100th community to pass a Blue Dot municipal environmental rights declaration — a significant step towards ensuring that all levels of government recognize your right to breathe fresh air, drink clean water, eat safe food and have a say in the...
Indigenous women from the North and South Americas gathered in Paris against false solutions and extractive industries – IEN photo IEN news release by Suzanne Dhaliwal Indigenous peoples from Canada, U.S. and the world were initially elated to hear that Canada’s Minister of Environment and Clim...
From Indigenous Environmental Network December 6 2015 An all-Indigenous flotilla of kayaks took to the waters of Paris today, followed by a press conference featuring Indigenous leaders from the Americas delivering strong messages: warnings of the worst consequences of climate change, and holistic so...
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