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City Densities

The Tyee has a great article on city densities and how a city needs to change as the number of people that live within a specific area increases. That said, the question that comes to mind is — how do we appropriately shape city areas based on demographics or population?
Erick Villagomez makes an interesting [...]

What are you willing to do?

World Wildlife Canada is holding its 18th Annual CN Tower Climb — I’m sure many Torontonians will join in to raise money for the cause — how’re you supporting your cause?
I may or may not join in on the fun. Unfortunately, I’m a tad tied up with work and school…

Photograph by Bill Wrigley

Politics vs. Environment and Safety

Sometimes I wonder if politicians are creating more problems for the country in order to make opposing parties look bad.
There is a recent article about the Chalk River Nuclear Reactors in Canada that were originally shutdown by a regulating body and then restarted by parliament. Why? So that there would be enough isotopes [...]

Research on Extinction and Recovery

Interesting news from Bristol University’s press release about recovering from a mass extinction.

Earth Hour

A powerful video from WWF. But will it really change the way we think and act? Will it change how companies do business around the world?
The change really comes from within but perhaps social activism may change perspectives — hopefully not just by being trendy.
Check out Earth Hour for yourself … maybe sign [...]

Not Feeling Green Enough? Find out what is important to you first

An article on Treehugger reported a couple of weeks ago that young asians are not as concerned about the environment as their peers in the west.  This struck me as a rather intriguing study as I continued to ask myself … what does that really mean?
I remember when I was in elementary school and the [...]

Macbook Air to be more Earth Friendly?

It’s always interesting what companies are doing to be more environmentally friendly. Apple continues to distinguish itself for thinking different yet it hasn’t really pushed the threshold on being a tech company that is truly environmentally conscious.
The BIG news of today? Of course Apple fans will know — the introduction of the Macbook [...]

Why Nature Trademarked?

Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Ehren Cheung. I’m a 27 year-old male and I live in Toronto, one of Canada’s cosmopolitan cities. My background is in web marketing but I wanted to help the environment, and not in the conventional sense.
I have to admit that my knowledge of the [...]