Tag: Sustainability
How To Make Your Next Vacation Green
This article was featured in the June Climate Legacy newsletter. Climate Legacy is a project to engage and mobilize older Canadians in climate action...
The Renewable Revolution Will Play Out This Decade
"This decade will see enormous opportunity for those that embrace change, and catastrophic risk for those that fail to do so" according to RMI...
Get A Heat Pump: Save Money, Energy and the Climate
As I post this article by Stephen Leahy, there's a heat pump being installed in our home. This will complete another step on our...
Message to Premier Doug Ford: Don’t Unplug
The last thing our climate needs is more gas. But that's exactly what the Premier of Ontario is planning to do. Doug Ford wants...
The Big Switch To Net Zero
"Clean electricity will power Canada’s net zero transition." This is the first paragraph of The Big Switch: Powering Canada's Net Zero Future report. The...
Five Ways for Canada To Transition the Oil and Gas Sector
"The transition to a secure and sustainable energy future for all requires unprecedented shifts in the global energy sector," says Faith Birol, executive director...
A Heat Pump Success Story – Five Years Later
Some five years ago, Bill and Lenore took an important step toward the decarbonisation of their home in Ottawa by installing a heat pump....
Climate Solutions From Around the World
This summer is breaking hundreds of temperature records producing heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, water shortages and electricity outages. But it's not only doom and gloom. While...
Has the Green Energy Transition Stalled?
For many of us in the climate movement, 2022 was going to be the year the green energy transition would take off, building on...
Living Well On Less Energy
A study published in the Global Environmental Change journal shows that enjoying a decent living with minimum energy—living well with less energy—is possible. Stephen...