Environment

Winemaker Bill Redelmeier is the kind of guy who makes environmental sustainability seem really cool. And he will happily blab your ears purple about the critical importance of local and seasonal...
Leave it to a musician to make environmental activism look cool. When not fronting American alt-rockers Guster, 39-year-old singer-songwriter and guitarist Adam Gardner serves as co-director of...
Folks can quibble until they’re blue over who wins what at the 42nd annual Juno Awards this weekend in Regina. But one area virtually impervious to criticism — yet largely invisible to...
Rock 'n’ roll band by night; eco-warriors by day. These dual roles are being played across North America by Victoria, BC reggae-infused rockers Mindil Beach Markets, whose members became...
Loads of musicians boast benefit concerts on the resume, but few bands approach philanthropy with the zeal or unwavering commitment of Bon Jovi. The enduring New Jersey-reared rockers don’t...
Creatures don’t come more iconic than the polar bear. Resilient, strong, free — and possessing the cutest babies ever — polar bears are at once powerful symbols of the rugged far...
Leatherworker and bike enthusiast Mihály Felbert got the idea for Friends of 2 Wheels when he spotted a bike that had been tossed in a river.  The bicycle recycling program passes...
Few things combat the holiday season’s crass commercialism as effectively as charity. Ironically, few holidays offer such a smorgasbord of altruistic choices for the forward-thinking. You just...
You don’t really want to buy apples with a waxy film on them or eat a tomato drenched in pesticides. And that chemical-laden laundry detergent residue can’t really be good next to your...
Kalen Emsley was at his computer, looking through Facebook, when he came across arresting image after arresting image of friend and former football rival Dave Luba in Hawaii. Luba, who was attending...

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