From pipelines and pork to Donald Trump, Barlow fields some of the more slippery questions on the looming threats to our freshwater ahead of her Toronto stop on a 14-city book tour. ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Montreal just got a new one and Vancouver has two in the works, but there’s nowhere in Toronto to buy prepared foods, cleaners and body care products in deposit-return glass jars sans the disposable packaging ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Montreal just got a new one and Vancouver has two in the works, but there’s nowhere in Toronto to buy prepared foods, cleaners and body care products in deposit-return glass jars sans the disposable packaging ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

What are we doing cutting down virgin trees, even “well-managed ones,” to buy filtered Michigan tap water? ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

What are we doing cutting down virgin trees, even “well-managed ones,” to buy filtered Michigan tap water? ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Toronto aquarium stands by its educational and animal welfare efforts, but does it deserve special permits to capture endangered sharks if it can’t even bother to teach its 2 million visitors about an ocean in peril? ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

National Energy Board bows to public pressure to give the boot to panelists facing conflict charges over Energy East review, but that won’t solve Trudeau’s pipeline problem ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

The province says it’s heard the outpouring over nestlé’s water guzzling, but what it can do to curb corporate thirst for profits depends on trade deals ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Canada still awaits feds’ follow-through on 2012 promise ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

The NEB will likely be forced to turf commissioners at the centre of the storm, but it may not be enough to placate the majority of Quebecers who see the pipeline as all risk and little reward ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Resisting Canadian projects has become especially deadly in Honduras ever since a 2009 military coup – and the Harper government lobbied for new law that lifted a moratorium on mining ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

When did BC start sucking so bad on the environment? ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

How you can help a park or street tree survive this summer’s drought ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Nestlé pays just $3.71 for every million litres of water it pumps out of the aquifer system in Ontario, but ours isn’t the only drought-stricken jurisdiction the bottled-water giant is tapping for free H2O ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Craig and Marc Kielburger’s massive We movement lands in North America’s busiest mall promising millenials a different kind of retail therapy ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

We know. You love avocado toast. And, really, any dish with a soft green wedge on it. We all do. But what happens when the whole world starts eating something at the same time? ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

It’s in hundreds of products, from detergent to vitamins to – yep – cocaine. But Health Canada warns that we should minimize exposure. ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

As Health Canada warns against overexposure to borax, do-it-yourselfers say the feds are going after the wrong target ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Surging popularity of shampoo powders is a sign that more of us are sudsing less often. Just beware – some involve spraying your scalp with totally unnecessary toxins. Here are the brands you should avoid – and the best dry shampoos on the market. ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Up to half the food we produce is trashed on fields, in store dumpsters and household bins. As a campaign calling for canada to ban grocer waste rolls out, here are some new tricks and tips to help us get a grip. ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸

Dig fresh-pressed juice? I love me a good apple, beet and ginger beverage, but it leaves a massive amount of fibrous waste that just ends up in the compost bin. Village Juicery produces hundreds of pounds of organic fruit and veggie waste pulp every month. Nice thing is they donate all of it to Earth… ◂ReadPreviousNext Post▸