Hello Green Tomorrow
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Coming to more than 65 countries is the Avon Hello Green Tomorrow initiative. This global movement powered by women to help nurture nature is built upon the coordinated strength of some 6.2 million Avon sales agents. Avon kicked off the Hello Green Tomorrow campaign with a $1 million contribution to The Nature Conservancy. At $1 [...]
Alberta Oil Sands Bitumen – Heavy Crude Oil
Saturday, December 26th, 2009Canadian oil sands extraction, greenhouse gases, and the tailings as a result of the process of recovering the oil are of major contention in Canada and increasingly around the world. The Alberta lands leased for mining are scarred and polluted with oil trails. Government regulations concerning these environmental damages have resulted in responses from several [...]
Boreal Forest Ecosystem Protection
Sunday, May 3rd, 2009The University of Toronto was recently the scene of a discussion on new ways to help protect the Northern Boreal Forest. Taking part were academics, government policy-makers, various environmental groups, scientists and members of the general public. The panel that assembled at the University of Toronto was moderated by the Ontario Environmental Commissioner Gord Miller. [...]