When I was little, no one had air conditioning. And we survived. I can remember my mum telling us to run our wrists under cold cold water to cool ourselves down. Yesterday I told my daughter to do the same. Here are more advice on how to cool yourself without air conditioning - check out [...]

“Well, I don’t believe that climate change is just an issue that’s convenient to bring up during a campaign. I believe it’s one of the greatest moral challenges of our generation. That’s why I’ve fought successfully in the Senate to increase our investment in renewable fuels. That’s why I reached across the aisle to come [...]

Rock Port, Missouri is the first 100% wind powered city in the US! Very cool.
It is estimated that the turbines will generate 16 gigawatt hours of electricity annually. Historically, 13 gigawatt hours have been consumed by the 1,400 residents and businesses in this town.

National Geographic and the international polling firm GlobeScan have just conducted a study measuring and monitoring consumer progress toward environmentally sustainable consumption in 14 countries around the world. Unlike other measures, Greendex is the first to rank the performance of individual consumers, rather than countries as a whole.
The results? America placed LAST. And Canada [...]

Parenting has always been hard. It seems harder lately because all of the rules seem to have changed!
Stuff that was considered essential just a year ago is now known to be unsafe and is being pulled from shelves. Further, what is safe and what isn’t safe isn’t clear at all! Is plastic safe? What [...]

I love this. Our Power - essentially localized buying clubs for residential solar energy systems. It’s so smart and simple and *important*. As a fund raiser, a complilation album has been released that includes Canadian musicians Gord Downie, Ron Sexsmith, and Steven Page alongside indie rock heros like Mike O’Neill, Jill Barber and The Violet [...]