Every year, 3.74 trillion sticks of gum are made. That doesn’t include gum balls or other forms, but chewing gum is the second most common form of litter next to cigarette butts. According to...
Consuming can support sustaining. That’s the goal of More Than Just a Brew, an evening to sample specialty coffee, tea and baked goods in support of Evergreen’s outdoor education efforts...
Ottawa-based electro-pop quintet Fevers, particularly its frontman Colin MacDougall, doesn’t believe the world is too big to tackle and change. The environment is his top priority. The band...
Tesla Motors Inc. has elected to make all of its intellectual property available to the public in order to speed up the creation and evolution of fossil fuel-saving electric cars by allowing more...
We drink it, bathe in it, swim in it. So let’s take care of it.
The Tragically Hip’s Gord Downie co-hosted and curated a fundraising gala that included words of water from such well-...
Making a salad or stir fry can do more good than just good for your body, if you’re a customer of D’Arrigo Bros of California. Their bags of romaine hearts, for example, have the...
When musicians’ profiles and success begin to grow, often they become ambassadors for a specific charity. If they become excessively wealthy, sometimes they’ll start their own foundations...
Bruce Cockburn, who recently received the Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award, has added another cause to his life-long interests — suicide awareness and prevention. The famed Canadian folk...
Why should a great idea like a lending library only be used for resources such as books and movies? Why not a lending library for power tools, kitchen appliances, sports equipment and other costly...
The story of the Congo is largely a tragic one, and one of its sad chapters involves Virunga National Park, the subject of a new documentary bearing the park's name from British director Orlando...