Long dismissed as fashion’s dowdy cousin, sustainable clothing is making a comeback among both global brands and local indie designers on the eve of Earth Day. Ecoholic columnist Adria Vasil explains why fashion’s latest eco boom is more than just another greenwashing bust.
Rabbit is turning up on more Toronto restaurant menus as the new “ethical” white meat of choice, but animal rights activists say there’s nothing humane about the way they’re treated by the industry
According to the Canada West Foundation, keeping the oil sands in the ground and stopping new pipelines “will actually increase greenhouse gas emissions” – wait, what?
General Mills marketing execs were confident they’d cooked up a brilliant campaign. Trying to generate buzz around its Honey Nut Cheerios brand, the food giant started handing out millions in
Research around atrazine has found endocrine-disrupting properties connected to hermaphrodite frogs, feminized fish and low sperm counts in humans living in agricultural areas
Efforts are afoot to put divestment motions on the floor at teachers union meetings this weekend as OTPP continues to pour a hefty $24.8 billion of its $170 billion in total retirement holdings into dirty oil, coal and natural gas projects
On a cold afternoon in late February, a small group of teachers, students and activists gathered outside the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan office on Yonge Street to offer up a
New study by the Environmental Working Group in the U.S. found that a third of grease-repelling takeout wrappers and boxes from 27 fast-food chains contained PFCs
Environmental filmmaker Andrew Nisker’s new documentary Dad and the Dandelions explores the connection between golf and cancer on CBC’s The Nature of Things
The future for plug-ins and concept cars is here, but just as curiosity is starting to translate into sales in Canada, car and truck brands stateside want the EPA to roll back Obama-era emissions standards
“Making the world greener, one auto show at a time,” promised the official press release announcing details of this year’s Canadian International AutoShow at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. But
Ever since the feds announced that the provinces have until next year to slap a price on carbon pollution, debate has been raging about the best way to do that:
