The Clean Bin Project

What started as a personal challenge – a household competition to see who could produce the least amount of garbage – has now become a feature documentary that will be coming to Montreal for a single showing on Monday, Aug 23rd. Vancouver filmmakers Grant Baldwin and Jenny Rustemeyer are currently on the road, bicycling across [...]

The case against Teflon takes roots in Montreal

The controversy over the health effects of Teflon, the widely used non-stick coating in cookware, has been raging in the United States since the early 2000. Teflon was invented in the 1930s and marketed by DuPont the only company that still manufactures it in the US. Today it is widely used in clothing, apparel, carpeting [...]

Fondation Rivieres strikes back

On September 1st, Fondation Rivieres launched a multimedia green energy campaign unique in Quebec and possibly in Canada. With a star studded line-up, the Avec Energie Campaign is expected to become a province-wide citizen movement that can impact the energy policy in Quebec for the long-term. The message is simple yet ignored by the present [...]

Water wars: Quebec think-tank promotes bulk-water exports

A couple of weeks ago the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), regarded by some as Quebec’s right-wing think thank, opened a can of worms when it published a 4-pager brief on bulk-water exports.
Essentially the idea has its roots in Robert Bourassa’s 1995 book Power from the North. Bourassa, the architect of the James Bay hydroelectric complex, [...]

Municipalities to ban bottled water

In a bid to raise awareness about the environmental impacts of bottled water, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities asked it members to ban its sale on municipal property. So far 27 Canadian municipalities have phased out the sale and purchase of bottled water on their property. Read more here

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Concordia University: a sustainable development playground – Part I

Since the 1987 Brundtland Report, the sustainable development concept has become the mantra of the 21st Century. At the core of the concept lies the confluence of three constituent parts: environmental, economic, and sociopolitical sustainability. These mutually reinforcing and interdependent ‘pillars’ of sustainable development involve the simultaneous pursuit of economic prosperity, environmental quality and social [...]

Nouvelle Tendance: recycled clothing becomes Quebec’s fashion alternative

A trip to Village des Valleurs used to be stigmatized as a low-income family affair or for finding a Halloween costume, but today for Quebecers buying used clothing means making an ecological choice. Certex, a textile recycling business in suburban Montreal, goes through 120 tons of used clothing a week, the equivalent weight of a [...]

Toronto City Council votes to ban plastic water bottles by 2011

The bottled water backlash is gaining ground and finding a sympathetic ear from city councils across Canada. On December 3rd the City of Toronto council has voted to ban water bottles on all municipal premises by 2011, joining the 17 municipalities form 5 provinces that have already done so. The move is part of the [...]