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Focuses on the impact of the publication of the book "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" on the publishing industry in Canada. Process of making ancient-forest-friendly paper; Effort for acid-free paper.

The article presents a number of barriers which can contribute to the impediment of the progression or the success of water soft path. These include attitudal and perception barriers, organizational and administrative barriers, resource-related and financial barriers, data and informational barriers, as well as policy, regulatory and governance barriers. Information regarding the details, description and characteristics of the identified progression barriers has been discussed. A website address has also been provided for the availability of its complete report.

Focuses on forest certification in Canada. Use of the market-based incentive in the management of forests; List of certification systems in Canada; Changes in the forest certification sector.

The article discusses the important factors which can possibly affect the forestry industry in Canada. It states that the industry has been threatened to collapse due to various reasons. It cites the biological products, climate change and transportation costs as some of the factors. It mentions that the growth of carbon emission in the environment has increased the severity of the fires, drought and damage to the forest ecosystems. It notes that the country's government and its people must act to protect the industry from the full impacts of climate change.

The article explains that mandating the municipalities to collect the rubbish, which are manufactured items such as bottles, clothing and paper, in Canada a hundred years ago appears to be a mistake. Public policy should have required producers to offer customers a service for returning products for recycling. Several provinces now are experimenting on alternatives.

The article reports on developments concerning the Canadian economy. Energy efficiency is encouraged by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. through two new funding initiatives. In December 2004, Irving Pulp and Paper Ltd. is fined 30,000 dollars after pleading guilty to a violation of Canada's Fisheries Act. In addition, the federal government is entering the second phase of new gasoline regulatory measures.

The article offers news briefs related to environmental protection in Canada. The Ministry of Natural Resources has been culling at the Presqu'ile park because of its claim that the acidic faeces of cormorants have destroyed nesting trees. The National Association of Evangelicals and the Global Environment have joined together to focus on climate change. ForestEthics has made Limited Brands Inc., parent company of Victoria's Secret, to switch to Forest Stewardship Council certified paper.

The article presents facts on how the administration of Prime Minister Stephen Harper fails to recognize the environmental rights in Canada. Among the evidence includes the abolition of the Office of the National Science Adviser in January 2008, implementation of restrictive protocols in 2007, and the country's withdrawal in the Kyoto Protocol in December 2011. Moreover, David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice fight to have a healthy environment under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The article focuses on the People's Food Policy Project (PFPP) in Canada which helps fix the food system. It emphasizes that the success of PFPP will depend on continuing the process of energizing and mobilizing the emerging national food movement to continue the process of preassuring government to introduce a multi-functional national policy. Cathleen Kneen, strategist and chair of PFPP's Food Secure Canada, says PFPP makes ordinary people realize that policy is something they can make.

The article discusses the importance of biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystem in Canada. It examines the role of biodiversity in the country's boreal forest where it builds resilience to disease and invasive plants. Shahid Naeem, professor of Ecology at Columbia University, mentions that greater biodiversity in forests means more services and more elasticity towards environmental challenges such as global warming.

The article presents milestones in waste management in Canada. In 1993, the Alberta oil industry launched a program for collecting used oil for recycling. In 1994, paint producers were mandated by law to get back old paint for recycling in British Columbia. In 1995, Manitoba created the Multi-Material Stewardship Board to collect fees from the beverage industry in order to subsidize municipal recycling programs.

The article presents an editorial about the importance of environmental education. She notes that environmental education contributes to the collective effort of environmentalists to pass on a healthy planet to future generations. She discloses that environmental programs across Canada will flood this autumn with students intent on saving the world. Meanwhile, an overview of the papers published within the issue is provided.

The article presents information on several environmental developments that are taking place in Canada. The Natural Resources Canada's Office of Energy Efficiency, has offered to fund building owners' new institutional, commercial and industrial projects to increase the energy-efficiency of their properties by investing in green roofing. Green roof technologies include root-repellent and waterproof membranes that allow vegetation to grow directly on rooftops. It reduces energy costs by regulating building temperatures. Green roofs are also effective in reducing greenhouse gases and beautifying the community. NB Power and Eastern Wind Power Inc., are considering the plans for a wind farm at Dark Harbor on the western coast of Grand Manan, in New Brunswick. Reportedly, the wind farm's 11 turbines will generate 20 megawatts of energy, which would be enough to early as the fall of 2005. The Ontario government has released its discussion paper, "Places to Grow," which outlines the first long-term regional smart growth strategy of its kind. The plan is very the first step in order to managing growth in Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe area.

The article reports on the waste management at textile industry in Canada. It highlights the opportunities that the circular economic strategy provided to its stakeholder to stop the lifecycle loop of the garment. Also mentioned is the significant participation of stakeholders involved in the aspect of an item's lifecycle.

The article reports on the ecoschools program for the environment at every school in Ontario. It highlights the collaboration between students in the province in creating ways to assist and improve the world. An overview on the innovative approaches of elementary and secondary schools from urban and rural areas across the province for environmental education and awareness, is also mentioned.

The article discusses simulation model of the Canadian economy to move the economy towards prosperity and well-being without increasing gross domestic product (GDP). Topics discussed include reduction in average annual working hours to reduce unemployment, carbon tax to discourage greenhouse gas emissions, and antipoverty measures to reduce poverty.

The article focuses on issues regarding the growth of online music download and mp3 players and their environmental impact in Canada. It notes the advantage of digital music in minimizing the production of compact discs (CDs) which uses environmentally-damaging plastics. On the other hand, it stresses that it notes that mp3 players contain heavy metals and toxic chemicals which are harmful to public health. Moreover, it examines the government's awareness and regulations on such technologies.

In this article, the author, who is an alumnus of the charity Katimavik, presents an open letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, asking him to reboot the organization. It states that Katimavik was brought into being by Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau in 1977, and mentions that Katimavik's program taught her how to be present and active in solving interpersonal conflict. It notes the need of engagement strategy for Indigenous peoples.

The article discusses the lack of adequate housing in Canada. Topics discussed include correlation of inadequate housing with social disadvantages such as social exclusion, poor education outcomes in children and food insecurity; Canadian government's commitment to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February 2016 and rise of monster homes.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the issue on topics including efforts of the Canadian association Sustainable Canada Dialogues towards sustainability, the Toronto's Green Living show and the ways Canada can achieve sustainability.

The article looks at the development of the environmental laws and policies in Canada. Topics discussed include role of changing political philosophies and public service on federal policy development in the country, influence of investments in the government's selection for less sustainable options, and need of legislative framework in order to stimulate climate change adaptation and mitigation innovation in the country.

The article focuses on employment, equity and environment for improving quality of life. It mentions that Nobel Prize-winning economists Joseph Stiglitz and Amartya Sen and their team have criticized GDP as an indicator of progress. It mentions improved focus on direct indicators of employment, equity and the environment.

The article presents information on shale gas mining by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which requires brute force and causes substantial problems that are hard to measure and mentions strategies related to tackling the problem of fracking in Canada as of January 2014. It mentions strategies including designing a counter campaign, building a resistance network and documentaion of the conflicts.

An interview with Community Foundation of Canada (CFC) president Ian Bird and director of member services Cindy Lindsay on food issues with poverty, health, the environment and economy, is presented. Cindy discusses how they assess community vitality using local data sets such as from school and health boards and municipalities. Bird says that they decided to focus on food in 2013 as a result of his observation of the involvement of community foundations in Canada with food systems.

In this article, the author focuses on the introduction of new crops in Canada with the influx of newcomers. He says that one-fifth of Canada's population is foreign-born and new Canadians are enjoying the flavours of their homeland. He also says that Canada's citrus and banana-laden trade are related to Latin America and the Caribbean are well established and have made tropical fruits household staples. INSETS: What Are World Crops?;World Food Lab;Curried Chicken and Okra.

A directory for environmental education universities in Canada is presented.

An interview with Canada's environmental scientist David Schindler is presented. Schindler says that the environmental protection in Canada is under attack and that environmental assessment will be done by provinces, which only few have science capacity. He says that fish habitat protection is the most affected for the cuts of habitat protection units made by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). He expects that Canada will take action on climate change following a major catastrophe.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the national parks in Canada. The author states that 31 of the national parks in Canada suffer from significant to severe ecological stress as a product of human activities. He says that Parks Canada Agency, responsible with protecting national parks, marine conservation areas, and heritage sites in the country, celebrated its 100th birthday in 2011. He adds that Banff is the most controversial among the 42 national parks in the country.

The article discusses the suggestions of environmental lawyer and planner Jerry DeMarco to help environmental organizations in Canada to become more successful and effective. DeMarco has recommended for organizations to engage in an open dialogue to promote thinking and refine strategies, expand the definition of environment, reflect Canadian diversity by reaching out to underrepresented groups, develop a sector-level capacity-building and substantive capacity through the development of links with think-tanks and academia to build science and policy knowledge. In addition, organizations must identify emerging leader and should teach them.

The author focuses on the issue regarding the development of tar sands in Canada. He mentions that tar sands are causing damage to the earth in which their green gas emissions have increased 300 percent up from five percent in 2008, where the global costs such as ocean acidification, extreme weather and rising sea levels are being offloaded on everyone. He notes that ecological economists have discussed the real costs of development and they are not just environmental.

The article focuses on the search for an environmental anthem by the David Suzuki Foundation in Canada. In response, musicians across the country have submitted songs with environmental themes at a website on Canadian Broadcasting Corp. (CBC) Radio 3. The song has been chosen through a combination of public voting and jury selection. The "Heal" by Jack Lavoie was chosen to represent the province of Quebec.

A directory for the universities which offer environmental programs in Canada is presented.

The article offers information on the Ontario EcoSchools, which is an environmental education and certification program working with schools and school boards across the province. It states the program aims to create environmental leaders, reducing the ecological impact of schools and building environmentally responsible school communities, and mentions that Ontario EcoSchools offers workshops, webinars and conferences to support EcoTeams in the program.

The article discusses several challenges in overcoming the wicked issues of community sustainability in Canada. It initially focuses on the difficulty of the community to win on the wicked problems of green development, centering the issues that include climate change, greenhouse gas, and environmental degradation. It also accounts the problems why the federal government finds it hard to combat the wicked nature of sustainability demands, including the failure of the government to carry out sustainability and to demand for it. Furthermore, it delves into the observed ten traits for wicked problems, as well as the proposed factors on the potential success to community sustainability.

The article presents Clean City Kitty, the mascot for the Mississauga Clean City Campaign. Clean City Kitty is painted on the side of trash cans across the park system of Mississauga, Ontario. The cat features in special promotional videos and posters. There are even a series of colouring books that focus on his adventures battling litterbugs determined to destroy the local environment with thoughtless littering. It is a complex and worldly character. Occasionally he would transform into his alter-ego, Super Kitty, who wore a red cape and a SK mark on his chest. When a really stubborn citizen just wouldn't listen to the regular Kitty, Super Kitty is called in with his large push-broom.

The article presents information about various universities in Canada that offer environmental education. Students of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario can make use of specialized research opportunities related to tourism and the theory and practice of ecotourism. Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia offers education and awareness projects needed to create communities that are empowered to make sustainable choices. Students can study various topics such as Canada's shifting tree line and the impact of roads on wildlife habitat and coastal management planning at Dalhousie University.

The article discusses a variety of environmental programs and measures taken up in the European Union (EU) and states what other developed countries can learn from the EU experience. It is reported that countries such as Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark have often fought for stronger environmental standards. EU's relatively strong performance on environmental issues is because of its focus on areas where it could exercise international leadership commensurate with its economic power. Other nations, particularly Canada, is placed at the bottom of developed states on nearly every environmental issue. Hence, nations like Canada need to devote more resources to environmental measurement and monitoring.

Reports on effect of the government spending cuts on the way non-profit and voluntary organizations are funded in Canada. Effect of the lack of secured funds on the time spent by organizations for public service; Modification of projects to suit the criteria set out by funding agencies; Illustration of the financial problems faced by Rideau Environmental Action League.

The article offers information of the 40 universities in Canada relative to their environmental programs and environmentally focused degrees. Community involvement is a key component of coursework at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. At Bishop's University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, the Environmental Studies program balances physical science and social science courses with fieldwork that culminates in a final year seminar. The environmental program at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario focuses on the socio-ecological aspects of tourism at local, national and international levels.

The article offers information on the advantages of using water soft path in water management in Canada. According to the author, the water soft path offers a new perspective on various challenges that have been emerging such as the new source protection laws, climate chaos, out-of control urban growth, and the changing urban landscapes. It has been known that the said water management system is an innovative framework as well as a principled planning approach integrating several conservation and efficiency tools.

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Focuses on the mining in Fernie, British Columbia. Number of coal-bed methane test wells in British Columbia; Industrialization of the British Columbia Rocky Mountains; Adoption of a resolution demanding that the government stop any auction of coal-bed methane rights.

Focuses on the recognition of forests as carbon reservoirs in Canada. Use of the Kyoto Protocol; Determination of the amount of forest that must be protected in order to maintain biodiversity; Assessment of the carbon value of the forests. INSET: Poor vs Poor in Nicaragua's Forests.

Focuses on the need for sustainable fisheries management in Canada. Evidence of chronic overfishing; Depletion of spawning-age adult swordfish; Practice of halibut catch limits being routinely exceeded.

This article provides steps to break energy addiction with technologies and policy options that are available today. The author says that one should reward efficiency and responsibilities. He further explains that many continuing subsidies to the fuel and electricity supply sectors work against the goal of a sustainable energy future in Canada. Future governments can and should use their policy and purchasing power to encourage efficiency and responsibility with green procurement and governments in turn should commit to purchase only products and services that meet high standards of ecological and social responsibility. The author also suggests that the government should set mandatory efficiency targets for the industry.

Discusses key lessons from the tainted water tragedies of Walkerton, Ontario and North Battleford, Saskatchewan. Flaws in the systems exposed by investigation; Lesson of protecting drinking water at the source; Multibarrier approach recommended by the inquiries; Legislative measures.

The article offers Canada news brief as of July 1, 2015. Government of Alberta has released a guidelines the Surface Water Quantity Framework, regarding water extraction form Athabasca River by water oil sands industries. Despite of conservation efforts from industries, groups, and federal the woodland caribou of British Columbia are about to extinct. The president of World Bank announced that fossil fuel subsidies would be immediately removed for Canada.

The article discusses how lifecycle analysis (LCA) can help in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to apply the ecologist Barry Commoner's law of ecology. It states that LCA provides framework of connecting things which could be an effective response to climate change in Canada by lowering or even eliminating the emission. It also states that analysis from the point-of-emission of GHG to the energy end use indicates the demand for energy services such as heat, mobility and electricity. INSET: Plotting a Low-Carbon Future.

The article offers news briefs related to animal species in Canada. The Greenpeace International, a non-government organization for the conservation and protection of the environment, has launched a campaign on unsustainable fishing practices which decreased the number of Atlantic cods. The public officials in Florida has issued permits to kill and search the Burmese pythons which are not native snakes in the state. Salmons in British Columbia's Fraser River have also decreased in populations.