In Canada today, 1 in 5 Canadians over 15 years old (or 22 per cent) report having a disability, and approximately 47 per cent of Canadians say they spend time with or help someone who is dealing with these difficulties. By 2036, nearly 9 million Canadians are...
As a bright-eyed college volunteer for AmeriCorps, I spent time in some of the poorest neighborhoods in Puerto Rico. It was probably the hardest year of my life and the most eye-opening. In the aftermath of Hurricane Georges, I traveled around the island with FEMA...
Remember the 80s and 90s? Shoulder pads, briefcases—and the movie Wall St., which captured the spirit of the age. At the time, a couple of beliefs carried a lot of cultural currency: that maximizing shareholder value was the only thing that mattered, and that doing...
The way we produce, consume and discard food is no longer sustainable. That much is clear from the newly released UN climate change report which warns that we must rethink how we produce our food — and quickly — to avoid the most devastating impacts of global food...
For almost one billion women worldwide, having a basic bank account is beyond their reach. I recently met Sawsan in Jordan, where she runs her own sewing workshop with four other women. Their business is growing, and the orders are flowing in. But Sawsan has no...
After all the shouting there are just two types of coffee We get asked all kinds of questions about ‘sustainability’, we’re frequently asked what’s ethical and what isn’t and, more often than not, we’re asked why we don’t just...
