Caviar trade suspended - but can the sturgeon survive?

The suspension of the international trade in caviar from wild sturgeon, announced today by the CITES secretariat in Geneva, has been widely welcomed by environmental groups.

January 3, 2006 [International]

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New Year's Resolutions: Kindness to Animals and Respect f...

December 31, 2005 [B.C.]

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Environmental links to homicides

San Francisco Murder Rate Highest In 10 Years

December 30, 2005 [U.S.]

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Nature's Path Foods earns second BC Exporter of the Year ...

December 30, 2005 [B.C.]

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Catalogs Clogging Santa's Sack, Advocacy Group Says

He's making a list and checking it twice, but who knew Santa's naughty and nice list would be based on good forest conservation practices?

December 20, 2005 [U.S.]

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Dreaming of a green Christmas

Have yourself a Kyoto-friendly Christmas. Make your yuletide green. Environmentally green.

December 18, 2005 [Canada]

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Monitors cut energy usage, study finds

Instant display helps owners try to save energy - Results surprise Hydro One after 500-home test

December 17, 2005 [Canada]

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Local Government Returning Responsibility for Discarded P...

December 16, 2005 [International]

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Eco-Kids: Raising Children Who Care for the Earth

ONE-OF-A-KIND BOOK AIMED AT HELPING PARENTS RAISE ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE CHILDREN

December 9, 2005 [B.C.]

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Leading Mercury Experts: Mercury in Fish Harmful, Harvard...

Mercury levels in fish are high enough to pose health risks to moderate and heavy fish eaters, mercury experts said in a report released today.

December 6, 2005 [U.S.]

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Forests Urged as New Front in Global Warming Fight

Forest preservation should be the new front in the fight against global warming with Third World nations earning cash for protecting trees, tropical countries told U.N. climate conference.

December 2, 2005 [Canada]

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Carbon in Canada's boreal forest worth $3.7 trillion

Ecosystem services estimated at $93 billion per year

November 25, 2005 [Canada]

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An Evening with David Suzuki

Annual fundraiser for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (BC)

November 25, 2005 [B.C.]

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America is thirsty

They're already looking for ways to take our water. We should tone down the emotion and figure out how to sell it to them.

November 24, 2005 [Canada]

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Conference Organizers Take Measures to Reduce Delegates' ...

Eco-friendly transport, recycled paper, and composting leftovers are just some ways the COP MOP is attempting to make an influx of over 10,000 conference-goers more environmentally sustainable

November 23, 2005 [Canada]

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Going for Gold: Final Approval of Forest Stewardship Coun...

Today, a significant opportunity was provided to BC timber companies who seek international 'green' approval for their logging practices. The world’s preeminent forest certification system, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), today announced that their new forest management standards for BC are approved and ready for implementation. The FSC-BC Standards are the mark to meet for timber companies wanting to take advantage of the commitment by Vancouver’s 2010 Olympic Committee to green building.

November 23, 2005 [B.C.]

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Provinces ramp up wind power deals

"This is the year that wind energy has moved mainstream in Canada," said Robert Hornung, president of Canadian Wind Energy Association of Ottawa.

November 22, 2005 [B.C.]

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$500,000 Gift to Offer Students and the Environment a Gre...

The University of Ottawa announced today that a new bursary will be available to students who are enrolled in programs with an environmental focus. The TD Green Bursary has been established with a $500,000 donation from TD Bank Financial Group (TDBFG). The bursary, open to any University of Ottawa student focusing his or her studies on an aspect of the environment, will provide a minimum of $1,000 and a maximum of 50 per cent of the student's tuition.

November 21, 2005 [Canada]

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Innovative tools announced by leading land use groups

November 16, 2005 [B.C.]

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Lab Tests Find 60 Toxic Chemicals in Canadians' Blood

On average, 44 chemicals were found in each volunteer.

November 15, 2005 [Canada]

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Reviewing Conservation Easements & Covenants in BC

Today, land trusts monitor covenants annually, set funds aside to protect and defend them, have processes to transfer easements to other organizations if the original grantee ceases to exist, and they have the willingness to defend them in Court.

November 10, 2005 [B.C.]

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'Fence Pulling' Becomes a Wilderness Pastime

There's a waiting list of volunteers to take down the barbed wire that crisscrosses an Oregon region designated by law as cow-free public land.

November 10, 2005 [International]

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Vancouver Sustainability Events

Assorted Vancouver-area sustainability events

November 10, 2005 [B.C.]

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Courage Awards Honor Three Who Became Leaders in Face of ...

Eva Georgia, Andy Marra, and Michael Shakelford have been named as recipients of the sixth annual Colin Higgins Foundation Courage Awards.

November 9, 2005 [U.S.]

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The unique Green Globe project is putting the problem of ...

November 9, 2005 [International]

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FSC-US and Forest Products Solutions Announce Winner of D...

November 7, 2005 [International]

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Endangered Species? Not Tonight, Thank You

With the world at its door, China takes a crash course in Western etiquette

November 6, 2005 [International]

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Kimberly-Clark: Flushing Ancient Forests Down the Toilet

November 3, 2005 [International]

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Best chance for coastal rainforest

Some continue to claim the proposed land use agreements to protect B.C.'s Central and North Coast -- also known as the Great Bear Rainforest -- and the islands of Haida Gwaii don't go far enough. Others think it goes too far.

November 3, 2005 [B.C.]

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Rosa Parks Lives on in BC

Where fights for the environment and social justice intersect.

November 3, 2005 [B.C.]

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When murre is, unfortunately, less

Murres are sleek little black and white seabirds, related to puffins, that are one of the star attractions of seabird colonies like those on Triangle Island, Kerouard Islands in Haida Gwaii, or Protection Island down in Washington.

November 2, 2005 [B.C.]

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Newsprint Inventory and Capacity Down, But Exports and Pr...

Newspapers have been reducing the basis weight of the newsprint they buy and using other conservation measures to save on newsprint costs. Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal announced it would trim the size of its newspaper by about 20%, to be phased in through January 2007. Other major newspapers have done likewise in recent years (Forestweb, Oct. 13).

November 2, 2005 [International]

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The Obligation to Endure: Art & Ecology Since Silent Spri...

November 1, 2005 [U.S.]

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CBC backs 'green' home reno format: Code Green Canada

The show puts an environmental spin on the home renovation contest concept, as 12 homeowners compete to retrofit their houses in an effort to reduce their energy and water consumption, as well as their greenhouse gas emissions. The homeowner who manages to reduce consumption and emissions the most will win a 2006 Prius hybrid car, courtesy of Toyota Canada.

November 1, 2005 [Canada]

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Victoria Secrets

Info freedom under attack again

November 1, 2005 [B.C.]

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Sewage high priority in Victoria

Sewage treatment has suddenly moved up the agenda as a high priority in Victoria, even if politicians in neighbouring municipalities -- and the provincial government -- don't see the need for it yet.

November 1, 2005 [B.C.]

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Portable electric fences are bear barriers

No one can know if a portable electric fence could have saved Richard and Katherine Hoffman from a deadly tragedy along Alaska's Hulahula River this summer, but there is evidence it might have bought them time to react before a grizzly bear ripped into their tent.

October 30, 2005 [U.S.]

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You can avoid a bear attack

After a recent attack in Bella Coola caused by a habituated grizzly bear, Williams Lake residents are putting themselves in a position to create a similarly dangerous situation, says Bear Aware Program Delivery Specialist Caroline Morgan.

October 28, 2005 [B.C.]

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Conservation for the next generation

No one needs to be convinced about the benefits of introducing kids to nature. It's a no-brainer. Each generation is born more reliant on technology for its entertainment. So how can we keep the next crop interested in the world outside cell phones, computers and iPods? A world that desperately needs their help? The answer is simple, say educators: Show them what they're missing.

October 28, 2005 [International]

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The Natural History of Architecture

Interview: Seattle-based architect Johnpaul Jones is a nationally renowned "green designer" who blends sustainability concepts like energy efficiency, recyclable building materials and native landscaping into his overall site plans.

October 28, 2005 [U.S.]

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Frankensteer definitely something to beef about

Ever wonder what exactly is in that ground beef you buy at the supermarket?

October 27, 2005 [Canada]

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Livability isn't sustainability by William E. Rees

The world is experiencing the greatest human migration in history. This is a rural-urban migration that has swelled the population of the world"s cities 50 percent to three billion in the 1990s and is expected to add another 2.2 billion people to those cities by 2030. This means that in just three decades, the urban population alone is expected to grow by the equivalent of the total human population in the early 1930s!

October 27, 2005 [B.C.]

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For Enviros, it's 'Us' or 'Them'

A reader recently sent me an e-mail about a woman he had met and fallen for. Apparently the attraction was mutual — until one fateful day the subject of the environment came up.

October 26, 2005 [U.S.]

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Tides Announces Purchase of Office Space for Nonprofits i...

October 26, 2005 [U.S.]

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LEED Is Broken; Let's Fix It

Top green-building system is in desperate need of repair

October 26, 2005 [International]

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Consumers Demand More Morals on the Menu

Consumers want to know where their food comes from and that it is produced without damage to the environment.

October 26, 2005 [International]

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EPOD Announces Wind Power Storage Pilot Test

October 25, 2005 [B.C.]

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The Ethical Economist

Economists have long been a natural constituency in favor of growth.

October 25, 2005 [International]

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Finding Justice In Charity by Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers is a broadcast journalist and former host of the PBS program "NOW With Bill Moyers."This piece is adapted from a speech Moyers presented to a wealth and giving forum on Oct. 24, 2005. Moyers also serves as president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, which gives financial support to TomPaine.com.

October 25, 2005 [U.S.]

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Wal-Mart Launches Environmental Drive

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. unveiled an environmental plan to boost energy efficiency, reduce waste and trim greenhouse gases as part of a wider effort to address issues where it has been pummeled by critics

October 25, 2005 [B.C.]

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