Canada's Transport Minister, John Baird, and the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment, announced federal government support for a joint Canada-U.S. proposal to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish an Emission Control Area (ECA) in North American coastal waters.
Courtesy Environment Canada

At some point, we all have to get rid of our outdated or broken electronics. Think about how many cell phones, televisions, computer monitors, microwaves, copiers, printers and other electronics you have gone through in your life time. So what happens to your old electronics when you discard them?
By K.S. Louman

Intriguing compounds found in familiar fruits, vegetables, and spices help fight harmful inflammation.
By Marcia Wood, Agricultural Research Service

HOME ENVIROSENSE

CITY & COMMUNITY EFFORTS

Although gasoline prices are heading upward once again, they are nowhere near last summer's average high of $4.11 a gallon, meaning that you could drive more for less. But is that smart?
Courtesy Alliance to Save Energy

New Orleans is going green as it continues rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina – with a big assist from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
By Joseph B. Verrengia

GLOBAL FRONTIER

BACK TO NATURE

A roadmap towards greater global fuel economy that would halve greenhouse gas emissions from cars must be embarked upon immediately, and integrated into financial support for the car industry, according to a joint international agency report.
Courtesy FIA Foundation

At the first meeting of the signatories to the CMS agreement to conserve West African populations of the African Elephant, governments and international conservation bodies agreed on steps to stop the depletion and the loss of their habitat.
Courtesy United Nations Environmental Programme

GREEN LEADER PROFILE

GS PRODUCT PICKS

Van Jones is a civil rights and environmental advocate working to combine solutions to social inequality and environmental justice. He is the president and founder of Green For All, a national organization dedicated to building an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty.

Sony's Flexible OLED Display

This 2.5-inch prototype OLED display is just .3-mm thick.

TO YOUR HEALTH

ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHANGE

If you learned of an easy way to protect your body from degenerative diseases like arthritis, cancer and heart disease you would probably implement it immediately and tell all of your friends and family, right? By simply eating foods as nature intended, unprocessed and unrefined, you can greatly reduce your risk of all of these diseases and more.
By Michele Dupper

The Earth Foundation opens a new mural project that will span a Burnaby, BC wall. The project, with the working title of "Gray Wolves", will be a large scale public art piece painted on a wall at 7611 Edmonds Street in Burnaby, BC. The piece depicts a family of endangered wolves, bringing awareness to their plight and beauty.
Courtesy The Earth Foundation

BOOKS FOR THOUGHT

ECO PHOTO & WORD OF THE MONTH

A real look at what the natural world looks like through the eyes of a prominent naturalist.
By Edward O. Wilson

Coral in Aquarium.


aquaculture — the cultivation of the natural produce of water (fish, shellfish, algae and other aquatic organisms).