This week saw the premiere of Nature’s Big Year, a new eye-popping documentary that captures first-hand the effects of the pandemic on nature. Filmed across 11 locations – from the Canadian wilderness to urban America to the backyards of Britain –...
Bringing together chefs, restaurants, food and beverage companies and grocery retailers, the first-ever Upcycled Food Festival in Canada launched on October 27, auspiciously during Canada’s Waste Reduction Week. Supported by the Grain Farmers of Ontario and the...
Approximately 56 billion coffee pods are consumed each year which end up in the landfill and can take up to 500 years to decompose, leaving behind contamination and microplastics. Recyclable pods, meanwhile, often include non-recyclable plastic and aluminum –...
Marianne Larned is the best-selling author of the “Stone Soup for the World Series” and founder of the Stone Soup Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization that develops multicultural digital educational tools, leadership training, and Sustainability...
Lauren Gropper is the founder and CEO of Repurpose, which produces plant-based tableware that fully break down. She founded the company in 2010 to extend the disposable lifespan of single-use products and reduce waste. Repurpose also happens to be the first tableware...
It’s been three years since human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh was incarcerated as a political prisoner in Iran. Her inspirational story – one that saw her rise to prominence as the defender of the country’s marginalized (women, children, religious...
