The mayor has portrayed the controversial soda tax as a great source of revenue with which to do fabulous things for the city, rather than a benefit for public health.

It's almost like there is a concerted campaign to turn distracted walking into a serious problem.

This is very smart marketing, and not a bad looking bike.

We have gone beyond gentrification and are now talking about Pikketyfication, aristocratization and plutocratification.

These sliver towers are incredibly inefficient and even have fake mechanical spaces to make them even taller. We all pay the price in carbon.

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem?

In Toronto and New York, Vision Zero is just talk. It's time for action.

One Passive House architect gives his clients what they want.

It makes a lot of sense in a country with no workers and five other permanent stadia.

Made with a tight budget and schedule, this structure was up and running within a matter of weeks.

I mean, shipping containers are hot. But does this kind of shipping container architecture make sense?

It is an eye-catching Kengo Kuma design, but it ain't sustainable.

Another look at a controversial housing project.

Almost two years after a ketchup snub sparked a patriotic backlash in Ontario, sales for French's ketchup remain strong.

Called 'First Light,' this now-famous event at Ontario's first European-built settlement is a special experience for the whole family.

Wiarton Willie saw his shadow this morning, which means the cold weather will stick around.

Going green is going too far in the Province of Ontario

It's partially built out of Cross Laminated Timber; it "immerses students in this relatively new product."

Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change.

Architect Jonathan Kearns shows that you can have it all.

Just what we needed in what was a decarbonizing planet.

No green energy issue is too small for the rampaging Premier.

A lot of the permaculture design principles make just as much sense for buildings.

Who needs trees when you can have beer in corner stores?

They cry "freedom" for them to smoke, drink, drive really fast and fry the planet. Everyone else, get out of the way.

220 years ago a lot of people wanted to move to Canada. Here is how they were welcomed.

One side effect of gold prices continuing to rise (now at a new record of $1500/ounce): Deforestation in parts of the Peruvian Amazon have increased up to 600% since 2003.

Pay attention, as this sort of thing could hit other mountainous areas that are dependent on glaciers for their water supply.

Oldest ever popcorn discovered in Peru tells the story of indigenous corn varieties versus gmo monoculture crops.

Awamaki Lab's fashion-forward collection successfully pairs Peruvian textiles with modern styles.

The new find may change anthropologist's conception of early Peruvian prehistory.

Hundreds of dolphins and pelicans have been found dead on beaches in Peru since February, prompting the government to issue a public health warning.

Demand for quinoa in developed countries means agrarian people in Bolivia and Peru can't afford the one-time staple crop. Is that entirely bad news? The answer is complicated.

This innovative billboard does double duty: advertising for a university's engineering program while producing much-needed clean drinking water for local communities.

Find all your sunny-day basics made with fair-trade fabrics and natural dyes.

Designer Michelle Sheppard creates sustainable garments with a connection to cultural traditions.

A skeleton of the bizarre land-walking whale provides answers about how whales first spread around the world.

Nicolas Laisné's vast project is a very different kind of office development.

It harms retailers, drives overconsumption, and contributes to traffic jams and pollution. What's the point?

From mites to cockroaches, our house dust is literally crawling with things.

And the 15 cleanest, according to the annual ranking from Environmental Working Group.

New research documents that mantises worldwide are eating small birds; in the US, invasive mantis species are devouring hummingbirds.

Our food chain can so easily be disrupted, as this example of eggs contaminated with a pesticide not approved to be anywhere near a chicken proves

"It's not just about the bees, it's about the survival of humanity"

Pesticides make lawns unplayable.

New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.

When four American families switched to all-organic diets for a week, the results were dramatic.

And the top 15 that are least toxic.

A mixture of leftover citrus rinds and vinegar is an easy, food-safe way to cut ants off at the pass.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.