Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jul 13, 2008	Toronto Public Health Warns: Limit Children's Cellphone Use (to 5-10 Minutes Only)
Toronto Public Health is asking parents to think twice before giving their children cellphones. In what is believed to be the first policy of its kind in Canada, the agency is advising children and teens to limit the time they spend on cellphones until more is known about potential health...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 8, 2008	Event: NatureWatch/IWA Young Water Professionals Conference/2008 Call for Paper(On-going)
------------------------------------ NatureWatch (On-going) ------------------------------------ NatureWatch is a suite of community-based "citizen science" monitoring programmes including FrogWatch , WormWatch , IceWatch , and PlantWatch .  Through these programmes,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 4, 2008	Warning: Cellphone Use During Pregnancy can Seriously Damage Your Baby
Study of 13,000 children exposes link between use of handsets and later behavioural problems Women who use mobile phones when pregnant are more likely to give birth to children with behavioural problems, according to authoritative research. A giant study, which surveyed more than 13,000...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jun 2, 2008	China: Plastic Ban Effective Jun 1st
SHANGHAI—Thin plastic bags are used for everything in China and the Chinese use up to three billion of them a day--an environmentally costly habit picked up by shopkeepers and consumers in the late 1980s for convenience over traditional cloth bags. Fruit mongers weigh produce in them,...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  May 21, 2008	Call For Submissions - "A Question of Scale" (Due: May 28th)
Call For Submissions A Question of Scale Due: May 28, 2008 Is small always beautiful? Small-scale industry is often functional and sustainable, but sometimes it seems to be limited to a peripheral role. Where and to what extent can it be dominant? When is small best, and when do we need...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Dec 14, 2007	Lights out Toronto!
Frustrated by Canada's stalling as the climate change negotiations head into their final hours in Bali? Then you can join a movement to let political leaders know you are worried about global warming and willing to do your part. Toronto is among a dozen other cities worldwide that will...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jan 4, 2008	Container City - A Sustainable Housing Solution!
Containers are an extremely flexible method of construction, being both modular in shape, extremely strong structurally and readily available. Container Cities offer an alternative solution to traditional space provision. They are ideal for office and workspace, live-work and key-worker...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jan 8, 2008	"The Sustainability Test" - Call for Submissions (Due: Feb 4th)
Alternatives Journal is looking for articles that define the boundaries and test the soundness of sustainability in the 21st Century.   It’s been 20 years since Gro Harlem Brundtland coined the phrase “sustainable development.” Since then, the term has had amazing...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jan 18, 2008	Public Consultation - Community Right to Know Bylaw on Toxic Chemicals
Toronto is close to becoming the first city in Canada to pass a Community Right to Know Bylaw which will be instrumental in reducing our exposure to toxic chemicals. Toronto Public Health (TPH) has just released a consultation document on the draft bylaw on Environmental Reporting and Disclosure...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Jan 30, 2008	Sustainable Home Appliances & Electrolux Design Lab Competition
"Return Pot" - turning plastic bags into compose... a plastic decomposer made from polyactic acid (PLA) and turns into compost for plants (Taiwan). "e-Wash" - no more toxic chemical laundry detergents required... a compact washing machine with a regular wash load capacity that...... [view]

Posted By:  vkam Posted On:  Feb 13, 2008	Protect Yourself from Cellphone Radiation
A new study completed by the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) on effects of the mobile phone radiation on human skin strengthens the results of the human cell line analyses: living tissue responds to mobile phone radiation. The results were published in the web journal...... [view]