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In April, the Green Building Council of Canada awarded Montreal's Centre for Sustainable Development (better known by its official name, Maison du développement durable) a LEED® Platinum NC rating. The Maison, which is home to Equiterre's headq ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/05/2013 - 17:35 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Laure Waridel will participate in a talk on fair trade to be held at the Centre for Sustainable Devlopment (better known by its official name, Maison du développement durable) as part of a lecture series celebrating Equiterre's 20th anniv ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/05/2013 - 17:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Even if it doesn't spill, it will already have been an environmental disaster. In the fall of 2012 Enbridge filed an application with the National Energy Board (NEB) to re ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/05/2013 - 17:08 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

It has been almost a year since Etienne Théroux began his bike trip of a lifetime, CycloExpedition Americas: 27,000 km across the Americas, to raise awareness about food sovereignty and ecological agriculture. After eight countries an ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/05/2013 - 11:20 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

More than 50,000 Quebecers gathered peacefully in downtown Montreal on Sunday, April 21 to Walk for the Earth and register opposition to pipeline projects that could soon bring tar sands crude from Alberta through Quebec. The Walk &nd ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/05/2013 - 11:01 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/05/2013 - 10:19 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Good news: in a bid to become a leader in promoting Quebec food products, Montreal-based supermarket chain METRO has adopted a new local purchasing policy, which will give more shelf space and improved visibility to food products from Quebec. How do ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/05/2013 - 10:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Two years ago, out of a desire to give back to the community, Mélanie filled out a volunteer application on our website. "It was my dad who first told me about Equiterre. I thought it sounded like a good cause," she says one ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 23/04/2013 - 16:47 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 c ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 15/04/2013 - 11:52 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

The family farmers in our community supported agriculture (CSA) network are taking orders for the summer season of deliveries.  From June to October, nearly 100 farms ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/04/2013 - 16:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

This year we Walk for the Earth on Sunday, April 21, leaving from the place des Festivals in Montreal at 2 p.m. Bring your alarm clock or cell to sound the alarm for a collective awakening.  The Walk is part of a global movement ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/04/2013 - 15:35 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

For the 5th year in a row, our members have joined forces with the Caisse d’économie solidaire to encourage the next generation of environmental leaders. This year's winner, Marcus Lobb, an undergraduate student in Geography and the ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/04/2013 - 15:05 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

In anticipation of National Volunteer Week (NVW), we would like to acknowledge how much we depend on our volunteers. They are at the heart of everything we do. We couldn't do it without them. They are crucial to our mission of ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/04/2013 - 14:08 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/04/2013 - 13:36 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 p ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/04/2013 - 11:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 trad ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 08/04/2013 - 11:38 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 e ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 07/03/2013 - 19:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 w ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 07/03/2013 - 19:16 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

If the National Energy Board okays the reversal of the section of the Line 9 pipeline between North Westover, Ontario and Montreal, then tar sands oil could soon flow through the following regions of Quebec: Montérégie, the lower Laurenti ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 07/03/2013 - 19:11 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

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 ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 07/03/2013 - 12:10 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Dr. Margaret Sanborn, coauthor of a literature review on the effects of pesticides on human health published last June by the Ontario College of Family Physicians, was in Montreal earlier this month to explain her findings, on the invitation of the Queb ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 18/02/2013 - 12:44 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Take a moment to discover the winners of the first-ever Dux prize, an award for initiatives that promote better eating habits in Quebec. * Equiterre served on the jury for the prizes, which were awarded at a gala on January 16 to winners in c ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 18/02/2013 - 11:48 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

If you haven't already received a tax receipt in the mail for all donations made to Equiterre in 2012, look for it soon. Some of you have asked about the possibility of receiving an electronic receipt. We think that this is a gre ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 06/02/2013 - 16:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

By popular demand, our Guide to Sustainable Promotional Products is now available in English. Use this free e-guide to help your organization develop a promotional product strategy that is compatible with its sustainability goals. It briefly explain ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 06/02/2013 - 15:17 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Quebec health care facilities would like to use more local food in their food services, but is it possible? According to a report released this week, yes. The study, avail ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 06/02/2013 - 12:29 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Are you planning a sustainable building or renovation project? Take advantage of our new free support service. We can help your project suceed, no matter what size your bu ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 06/02/2013 - 11:24 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

"One of the basic tenets of organic farming is to prevent problems by choosing appropriate breeds rather than relying on medications," says Jean-François Levasseur, w ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 06/02/2013 - 11:23 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

This month, the people of Trois-Rivières can choose from a host of environmental activities. First, Equiterre will be participating in the 4th edition of the  Éco-Salon du Lac Saint-Pierre , which runs from Friday, February 15 ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 06/02/2013 - 10:43 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Authenticity in every basket, that's how idée BIO! magazine describes the work of family farmer François Tanguay, co-owner of Les Jardins du petit tremble in the Montérégie. Find out how this product of a suburban childhood became a p ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 05/02/2013 - 18:23 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Julie Guicheteau won the 2008 Laure Waridel bursary for her master's project on success factors affecting sustainable mobility. Now she has turned her project into a book, Projets efficaces pour une mobilité durable , co-authored with her research di ...

Actualité - Anne Chudobiak - 05/02/2013 - 11:26 - 0 comments - 0 attachments