It’s not a joke, on Sunday, the British explorer Lewis Pugh swam for nearly 19 minutes in the open water at the North Pole. Until recently, the North Pole was constantly covered in thick ice, so Pugh did the swim to raise awareness of the devastating effects of global warming.
The water was -1.8°C and [...]

I was reading an older article in the NY Times this morning about how little the average American knows about science. I am sure that Canadian statistics wouldn’t be much better, but it makes you wonder how a democratic society can make intelligent decisions about issues like global warming or nuclear energy when they don’t have [...]

While trolling around the Internet this morning, I found another example of over-the-top excessive packaging. Today’s winner in the destroy the environment contest is ineeka tea. This is clearly a company that doesn’t get it. Their tag line is “cultivating consciousness” and they advertise that their tea is Certified organic, Fair Trade certified and Grown [...]

Juliette bought me the wagamama cookbook for Christmas this year. For North Americans who have never eaten at a wagamama restaurant, let me just say that the food is absolutely amazing. It is one of the things that I miss most about England. As I was checking out the great recipes in the book [...]

With recent polls showing that the environment is now the number one concern of Canadians, Conservative Prime Minister Steven Harper has been changing his tune lately. In his recent budget speech, he vowed to tackle major industrial polluters and bring in regulations for vehicle emissions by 2011.
Forget for a moment that this is the Prime [...]

There is some more good news on the global warming front. Al Gore and Canadian environmentalist Sheila Watt-Cloutier have been joinly nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Climate change is also a threat to global welfare. One hundred million climate refugees, major changes in potable water supply and a reduction in biological diversity that will first [...]

I found a bit of good news in the newspaper this morning. In a recent survey conducted by the Globe & Mail and CTV News, the environment has passed health care as Canadians’ number one priority and the numbers are rising quickly. The poll also found that 20 percent of Canadians are likely to [...]

RadioFreeEurope is reporting that the Siberian tundra is melting. New lakes are forming, existing lakes are getting bigger and houses built on the permafrost are starting to sink.
What is especially scary is that the rate of warming is expected to increase. As the permafrost melts, it releases methane gas which is considered to be 20 [...]

With the changing weather, people are becoming more serious about global warming and the environment. Many of us are thinking about how we are going to leave this planet to the next generation and are wondering just how much impact we are having.
There are several online environmental calculators available. One that may shock you [...]

It is a sad day for Alaskan wildlife. On Tuesday, President Bush lifted the last remaining drilling ban for Alaska’s Bristol Bay. The 5.6 million acre area has been off limits since 1989. Bush has done this while Congress attempts to put new bans in place, but he will probably just ignore those with another [...]