Recent Releases from Canada Conserves
Canada Scores a āCā on Sustainability
Published Fri, 25 Sep 2015 04:59:56 EST Read More
Report Card released on the opening of the UN Sustainable Development Summit FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 25, 2015 As the United Nations prepares to endorse a new set of 17 goals for sustainable development, Canada receives an overall mark of “C” in a report card, The Future Canadians Want, released by Canada Conserves. The UN goals blend quality of life issues with environmental responsibility, and thus they offer an important framework f...... Click here to read this release
Three game-changing ideas for Canada in 2015: Restoring Confidence in Our Future
Published Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:30:45 EST Read More
Op-Ed January 15, 2015 Sometimes you have to stand back to see the big picture. After thirty years in the environmental movement in Canada, I am doing just that. I spent much of the past year researching a major report on Canada’s future, and my family and I are currently in Istanbul, four months into a year-long tour of the world. I’m standing back from the big picture that is Canada, and while I am immensely proud to call Canada my home, the trends are troubling, ...... Click here to read this release
A new universal icon for sustainability now available
Published Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:02:49 EST Read More
The Gift of an Icon ‘Tis the season for giving, and Canada Conserves has made a new and simple icon available to the world as a universal symbol of the shift to a sustainable path: the green arrow. “We need a single and readily identifiable image,” says Chris Winter, project director for the Canada Conserves initiative. “There are many terms that ...... Click here to read this release
Canada must learn to live better with less
Published Fri, 28 Nov 2014 04:20:28 EST Read More
Report challenges Canada’s leaders to focus on solutions people want For immediate release: November 28, 2014 Canada is poorly equipped to deal with the inevitable environmental and economic challenges that lie ahead, says “The Next Wave”, a report on the future of the environmental and sustainability movements in Canada. The report summarizes the downward environmental, economic, and social trends, concluding that they are all related to our unsustainable co...... Click here to read this release