What's happening in your environment?
What's happening in your environment?
Posted by Montreal Environment in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Consumer Life on 23. Jul, 2011 | No Comments
Plastic ice-cream buckets, bubble wrap, cardboard boxes, plastic water bottles, coat hangers, and pop cans have transformed the Montreal Eaton Centre into a unique ecosystem this summer. The brain child of Montreal street artist Roadsworth and collaborator Brian Armstrong, this innovative eco-exhibition invite the public to think differently about their
Continue Reading »Posted by Montreal Environment in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Sustainability on 25. Jun, 2011 | No Comments
On June 22 the Council of environment ministers from Canada, Mexico and the United States concluded their meeting in Montreal. The cooperative work program for 2011-12 sets out the main priorities, including: promoting healthy communities and ecosystems; addressing climate change by moving to a low-carbon economy; and working with partners
Continue Reading »Posted by Montreal Environment in Aboriginal, Biodiversity, Consumer Life, Energy, Montreal, Resource Development, Sustainability on 15. May, 2011 | No Comments
This week, the first 5-year action plan of the Plan Nord was made public in Levis, Quebec. Unsurprisingly, it has been both applauded and booed depending on the audience. After more than 60 meetings since the first version came online on November 6, 2009, the new policy document provides some
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Posted by Montreal Environment in Biodiversity, Sustainability
Guest post: Equipe Kyoto L’ÉQUIPE KYOTO ACCELERE LE TRAVAIL DEPUIS L’ANNONCE D’UN ÉCHANCIER ET D’UNE DATE D’AUDITION : LE 1ER JUIN 2012 Montréal, le 24 mars 2012 – Suite aux échanges entre l’avocat du Procureur général du Canada et Me Julius Grey, l’échéancier relatif à la demande de contrôle judiciaire présentée par
Continue Reading »Posted by Montreal Environment in Climate Change, Events/Conferences, Sustainability
The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the Brundtland Report twenty five years ago. It marked a potential paradigm shift for the world community and the future of our species, one that envisioned a way of life circumscribed by the limits of our ecosystem and concerned with the wellbeing
Continue Reading »Posted by Montreal Environment in Events/Conferences, Sustainability
1% for the Planet is hosting a complimentary dialogue session on Revitalizing Quebec’s Freshwater Ecosystem on November 16 at Maison du Développement Durable in Montréal. Québec’s waterways face numerous environmental threats, from industrial pollution, shipping, and oil and gas to a variety of other economic activity. How do we reconcile global demand
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We don’t usually make judgements of others’ opinion in the spirit of free speech and democratic deliberation. Yet, recent incidents on CBC programming has pushed us to wonder whether, as a public broadcaster, certain standards should be upheld if the opinion of one ‘expert’ comes at the detriment of an
Continue Reading »Posted by Montreal Environment in Mining, Resource Development
Last time we wrote about the Rosia Montana project in the Apuseni mountains in Romania, the Canadian gold mining company, Gabriel Resources, was almost sure that its EIA report will be enough to get his project going. It has been almost 4 years since and the local communities are still
Continue Reading »Posted by Montreal Environment in Biodiversity, Sustainability
So far, 24% of respondents to our Best-Of Lists for a Better World say that Robert Bateman is their favourite Canadian nature artist. 43% say that The Lorax by Dr. Seuss is their preferred environmental book for children. Help Alternatives Journal celebrate its 40th birthday by adding your choices to
Continue Reading »Posted by Montreal Environment in Documentaries
“Spanish director Sebastian, his producer and all his crew are in Bolivia, in the Cochabamba area, to shoot a motion picture about Christopher Columbus, his first explorations and the way the Spaniards treated the Indians at the time. Costa has chosen this place because the budget of the film is
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