This article from the Toronto Star describes some of the preliminary findings from Ontario’s basic income three-year pilot project. It details stories from some of the recipients and what struck me
The largest university in the UK is going fossil free by selling all their investments in the fossil fuel industry! They are joining the increasing number of more than 60 universities in the UK that
A recent study estimates the amount of natural mercury stored in perennially frozen soils (permafrost) in the Northern Hemisphere to be twice as much mercury as all other soils, the ocean and the
General Motors of Canada (GM) is planning, by mid-2019, to power 32% of its plant in St. Catharines, Ontario using renewable landfill gas as fuel, reducing their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while
Despite being among the top ten largest crude and refined oil exporters and ranked as the 3rd natural gas exporter (just above Canada), Norway’s electricity1 is generated almost completely (96%) from
This stunning time-lapse photography makes time suspend for a moment. Let the gratefulness flow into appreciating the blessings of nature, perhaps an antidote to loneliness.
In Buddhist myths, it is within the void that we find new fertility. And according to the Biblical myth, God made the world ex nihilo. It is from the same nothingness that a new self emerges after the
In the ocean, plastic has become a part of the food chain. According to Plastic Oceans, over 8 million tons are dumped into the ocean every year. We’ve all heard the alarming reports of whales
I read a lot of newsletters and one I find most interesting is Fast Company. This latest article talks about how four of our biggest global problems—inequality, consumption, climate change and clean
This poignant article describes the life and death fight of BC's trades deadly fight against asbestos. In a chapter in my new book, I talk about the failure of governments to get out of evidence-based