News - Projects
8 April 2013
A new pilot project, Croqu'Plaisir, is helping Centres de la petite enfance (CPE) in the Montérégie region of Quebec serve more local food to their young charges.
The project, which launched on March 25, seeks to foster healthy food environments for preschoolers attending...
8 April 2013
Ten years ago, Quebec did a gutsy thing: it adopted the first Pesticides Management Code in all of North America, restricting the use of certain pesticides for cosmetic purposes.
But since then, Quebec has been overtaken by some of the other provinces, notably Ontario and...
8 April 2013
This year's Member meetups will double as our 20th anniversary celebration.
Join us for these Brazilian-themed evenings! Music, dance, and more...
Discover how you made a difference in 2012 as a member of Equiterre. Fighting climate change... Keeping tar sands...
8 April 2013
By popular request, grocery store chain IGA is restocking its shelves with fair trade bananas.
IGA had briefly replaced fair trade organic bananas from Quebec-based, family-run business Equicosta with organic – but not fair trade – bananas from multinational Dole....
4 April 2013
Polar Bear on Thin Ice comes to downtown Montreal.
As an emblem of the North, the polar bear invites us to reflect on climate change. What kind of impact is climate change having on wildlife, Arctic communities and the planet as a whole?
Our ice bear is a work of art created by...
7 March 2013
For International Women’s Day, we’ve put together a list of some of our favourite women environmentalists.
Scientists and community activists...
Fashion designers and business women...
If you like them as much as we do, share this page on Facebook.
Marie-Eve Arbour (...
7 March 2013
This year our two member meetups will be a chance to celebrate our 20th anniversary as a force for environmental good in Quebec and beyond.
We would love to see you there.
Because we couldn't have done any of it without you! Your support means everything to us.
Reserve the dates...
7 March 2013
Rent space in our demonstration green building, the Centre for Sustainable Development (better known by its official name, Maison du développement durable).
Conveniently located in the Quartier des spectacles (Montreal's entertainment district).
Ideal for individuals or...
