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17 October 2012
Quebec fair trade association, the Association québécoise du commerce équitable (AQCE), has declared a fair trade focus for each month of the coming year:
October – cocoa and sugar for Halloween
November – tea
December – wine and spirits for the...
10 October 2012
Last week, Ontario's Ministry of Agriculture introduced a Local Food Act, establishing "a target to aspire to in respect of local food." Quebec should take note.
According to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, if Ontario households were to take just $10 of their normal...
3 October 2012
Equiterre and the Caisse d'économie solidaire Desjardins (Desjardins Solidarity Credit Union) are pleased to launch the 5th edition of the Laure Waridel bursary, which supports socially minded research projects. The bursary is now worth $10,000.
Students in a BA or MA program at...
1 October 2012
It has now been a year since Marie-Eve Arbour, winner of the 2010 Laure Waridel bursday, and partner Simon Côté, left Montreal in a veggie-oil-powered pickup, looking for citizen-led environmental initiatives to add to their online directory: visagesregionaux.org. Now they...
22 September 2012
The first annual Canadian Fairtrade Awards, recognizing businesses for their commitment to ethical business practices that support farming communities and sustainable agriculture around the world, were presented this week in Toronto, to:
Federated Co-operatives...
17 September 2012
Last Thursday, a caped thank-you squad led by environmentalist Steven Guilbeault and partner in crime, Michel Labrecque, chair of the STM, hit the Square-Victoria metro station to show appreciation for the everyday superheroes who use public transit. At final count, 1785 high...
12 September 2012
Do these people look familiar to you? You may have seen them in a neighbourhood near you: A dedicated team of people who care about the environment as much as you, combing the streets of Montreal and Quebec City in search of new members and donors.
As you may know,...
3 September 2012
Family farmer Jean-Martin Fortier, whose Eastern Townships microfarm, Les jardins de la Grelinette à St-Armand, owned with partner Maude-Hélène, has been hailed, at home and abroad, as a model of its form, has written a guide, based on his decade of experience, for aspiring...
