The province hopes to reinforce child and family wellbeing by providing basic supplies up front, as well as long term mentoring.

"'If you give people more places to hide, more naughty things will be done"

One study and a pile of anecdotal evidence has shown that perhaps the decision to remove fluoride in 2011 wasn't such a great idea.

This stunning park isn't as famous as Banff and Jasper, but it has every reason to be.

It's that seventies show all over again as a Trudeau gets blamed but it's not his fault; it's simple economics.

Cars kept running into a big rock in a Calgary parking lot, perhaps because it didn't make eye contact.

Concerned citizens want Parks Canada to consider visitor quotas.

Ethics and environmental consciousness drove this project by DIALOG at the University of Calgary.

Canadian National Railways figures out a crazy new way to mix oil and plastic – to what end?

The easiest way to mix up an outfit is with accessories. Fortunately, Daily Candy recently highlighted 8 green fashion handbags for spring 2010. From vintage handbags with a hand-painted twist to multifunctional back-packs with

We've covered Jendarling's organic garment bags before. But with the holiday/travel season in full swing, their new chic Chelsea Girl collection, comprised of non-plastic garment and travel bags, is right on cue. For Jendarling,

The holiday season is in full swing, and that means one thing: the spirit of

She gets around, little Miss Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. First she was the face of super trendy and super expensive Burberry. Then she launched her own line for People Tree.

It seems that the upcoming Royal Wedding is being taken more seriously abroad than it is at home in the UK. Ticket sales for flights out of the country during the royal weekend have skyrocketed and spoofs abound.

Image credit: Karen, used under Creative Commons license. Dear Pablo: Say an average fancy t-shirt holds carbon footprint of 6kg but is never sold and sits in the warehouse of a textile/clothing production company. I take that same t-shirt and use it to

As most environmentalists know, there are hidden costs behind most price labels. This video explores how to uncover those facts.

With demand for natural textiles spiking, sustainable companies need to look beyond pesticide- and water-intensive cotton

If your cold-weather wardrobe needs replenishing, we’ve got a few sustainable suggestions.

It's only happening in half the world. The rest of us can keep using plastic sticks. (Don't they know about ocean currents?)

I write often about the lessons that one can learn from old buildings, usually discussing ventilation and lighting. It turns out that there are lessons in security and defence as well; Eli Lehrer of Frum Forum notices some

On a recent trip to the south of Spain, I visited the beautiful Cathedral of Seville, amongst the largest of all medieval and Gothic cathedrals, in terms of both area and volume. According to Wikipedia, the interior is the

The US federal government announced a big bet on big data today. What is Big Data, what does the government have to do with it, and where could this lead?

An amazing wooden bicycle, hand-made in Spain by two brothers for professional cyclists. The wooden frame is lightweight, resistant and beautiful!

FOROBA YELEN is the name given by villagers in Mali to the lighting prototype following an anthropologic study. A shared technology to improve work, education and rituals.

Here's a building that saves up to 50% CO2 by controlling the sunlight with screens on its facade.

Interest in rocket stoves is growing, and with good reason, as they're fast, efficient, and cleaner-burning than most other options. Here's a small affordable model for camping or emergency preparedness.

Kris De Decker questions some of our most cherished assumptions.

TreeHugger just keeps on having to eat its hat with these guys.

Corn mills, water pumps, blenders and more: the bicycle as a tool for self-empowerment.

In a cruel twist of irony, some of the world's healthiest food – leafy greens – have become some of the riskiest in terms of foodborne illness.

Researchers find an intriguing link between foods + drinks rich in flavonol and staving off dementia.

From social distancing to self-quarantine or isolation, being apart from people doesn't have to mean being bored and lonely.

Social distancing doesn't mean you can't go for a solitary hike in the wilderness.

No gym required: From frequency and stride to what to do with your arms, here’s how to get the world's easiest fitness fix.

War correspondent Gwynne Dyer says they should worry more about carbon and climate change.

When Governor Sonny Perdue of the US State of Georgia filed a legal complaint and then formally asked for the support of the Bush Administration to force the US Army Corps of Engineers to stop releasing water from Atlanta's Lake Lanier, perhaps he did

US Department of Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has reported on a compromise between three Southern US Governors who had been struggling over diminished access to shared surface waters. The language used to report this progress indicates a small

Image: Google Maps. We think this is the Widows Creek power plant where the spill happened, but if anyone from Alabama could confirm, please do so in the comments. Coal Waste Spill at At Alabama Coal Plant It wasn't so long ago that we were writing

A Federal judge has ruled that seven Virginia homeowners made legitimate damage claims regarding corrosion of metal items in the home and personal inconvenience caused by use of

A little salamander that is found in only a

Floating residues from the ongoing BP oil 'blowout' in the Gulf are expansive enough to be easily visible from space. Satellite photos of oil on salt water

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that

British Petroleum has created a 22 mile long undersea oil plume, measured as "dispersed" beneath the ocean's surface, stretching from the wellhead, toward Mobile Alabama. Via the Chron: "The thick plume was detected

Last weekend, January 22nd - 23rd , over 500 volunteers from Alabama and across the country came together in Mobile Bay to lay the beginnings of oyster reefs. The volunteers strapped on boots

A beautiful film celebrates doing things, like starting a fire entirely by hand, that are no longer necessary. There are lessons for us all.

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

Even in the dark pit of poverty, where rays of hope shine their dimmest, there's often still light enough for a new life to take hold.

Cece Durden, a 17-year-old from Uniontown, Alabama, fights coal ash pollution in her hometown

They have toilets but they just dump the sewage out the back. This is nuts.

50% of Americans had reduced their electronics and apparel expenditures in the past 12 months, according to a survey conducted by management consulting firm, Booz & Company. They sum up their findings saying that "the impact