appropriate urban design: all of our responsibility

Dear Mayor Dicicco-Best, Dear Councillor Bryant, and other members of the Planning Committee,
I am writing to you to express my personal opposition as a London resident and taxpayer to the proposal to rezone the plot of land at
168 Meadowlily Rd. S. to become a commercial retail development. Such a proposal is inappropriate given the adjacent [...]

Story of Stuff | Most Amazing Video

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Responsible Shopper | Profile | Wal-Mart

Responsible Shopper reports on global research and campaign information regarding the impact of major corporations on human rights, social justice, environmental sustainability and more.
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• Wal-Mart operates over 6,500 discount stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico and sells products ranging from [...]

Chris Jordan pictures some shocking stats | Video on TED.com

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Time to build a new relationship with the world

Walking home from the cinema the other night, we looked way up and saw a ‘moon dog’ or halo around the moon. It’s an optical phenomenon due to the refraction of light on ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere. They are often visible in winter when there is thin, high cloud. [...]

Driven to Action | Stopping Sprawl in Your Community

Sprawl consumes large quantities of land, segregates houses from shops and workplaces, depends on cars, and has little regard for the natural environment. In some parts of
Canada sprawl is the largest driver of greenhouse gas emissions.
Of course, most Canadians do not personally build the houses, streets, schools, parks or water lines that [...]

Rich Canadians have bigger carbon footprint

Size matters. Study links national income, consumption
JOHN MORRISSY, Canwest News Service
Published: Wednesday, June 25
When it comes to ecological footprints, wealthy Canadians are a confirmed size 12, creating a global warming impact 66 per cent greater than the average household, according to a new study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
The study [...]