On November 25, CBC Radio One’s show Q featured an interview with Dr. David Suzuki and former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore. Suzuki and Gore discussed everything from the roots of the environmental movement, environmental activism, climate change, the upcoming United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (COP15), and the anticipated outcomes for COP15. To [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Recycling Art: One Person’s Trash Is Another Person’s Inspiration
Posted in Art, Consumption Habits, Environment, packaging, tagged Consumer Habits, consumer products, Consumption, Environment, packaging, Photography, Recycling on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Art is a very specific mode of communication, and the way that photographs can communicate images, themes, events, and so on, can be incredibly powerful. I came across Heidi Leverty’s photography the other day by way of an ‘eco’ design show. Although her art is somewhat reminiscent of Chris Jordan’s work and his views on [...]
Let’s Be Clear: The COP15 Jargon
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Events, human rights, tagged Climate Change, COP15, Copenhagen, Environment, human rights, Language, sustainability, transparency on November 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Most people are put off by complicated wording, phrasing, convoluted language, and jargon. As I’ve been reading more and more about the upcoming United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen (COP15) the language is not only becoming more convoluted, but it’s also becoming bleak. Recent reports have suggested that it is unlikely that a [...]
Who’s Picking Your Cotton?
Posted in Consumer Commitments, Corporate Commitments, Eco-labeling, Environmental Marketing, human rights, tagged apparel, Corporate Commitments, forced child labor, human rights, labelling, transparency on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Back in August, the website Social Alterations provided a very informative article on the use of forced child labour for cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. Nadira Lamrad, contributing writer for the site, highlighted issues surrounding the use of such labour and the implications that it for the apparel industry. In her follow-up article, posted early this [...]
