The Green Party of Canada launched its 2021 election platform on Sept. 7, with a focus on sustainability and economic recovery. The plan aims at advancing policy toward three major goals: a “Green Future,” “Life with Dignity,” and a “Just Society.” “Many of the tragic events that unfolded during the past 18 months revealed gaping…

Article by Gordon Tredgold Highly engaged teams are the holy grail of business success. According to researchers, the benefits are many and varied, including increased revenues and earnings, reduced costs, fewer sick days, and fewer defects. All of which have a tremendous impact on the bottom line of your business. Sadly, far too many businesses aren’t willing to…

Syndy Clark’s cleanup crew munched on brush on an early morning in June at a residence in rural Pekin, Illinois. Clark’s goats were clearing brush on 2 acres. They already had eaten their way through 1 acre of the 2 acres they were tasked with in the previous week and had perhaps another week to…

Monarch butterflies have a friend in Jeff and Roxanne Stelle of Springfield, Illinois, who have set up “butterfly gardens” throughout their back and front yards that will help the insects survive. A chief nursing officer at an Illinois hospital, Roxanne Stelle began last summer working in the garden when she returned home from long hours…

Leading supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles are committing to ambitious goals to fight plastic waste through a vision of ensuring all plastic packaging are recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2025. The two supermarket groups have joined 60 groups—including ALDI and Nestle—across the supply chain that have signed up to the ‘Australia, New Zealand and Pacific…

Every year, students compete to win the James Dyson Sustainability Award. The contest has produced remarkable, innovative inventions, from bionic hands to the O-Wind turbine and single-use plastic alternatives. This year, a Filipino engineering student has caught international attention for his ingenious method of turning food waste into eye-catching decorative solar panels. Twenty-seven-year-old Carvey Ehren…